1 1 [ 1-411 'J - . DAi I _ _ _ _ ,. 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 every 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 Associated 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 repub- lication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, a§ second-class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier $ r.25, sby mail $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1942-43 "Give us a hand, bud d y!" x I r P /TIKll MUSIC DA LY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ' AN EVERYMAN'S Chopin has yet E HEPRESENTED FOR NATION.L AbEN/TaIJS#4 Y'V National Advertising Service, i. College Publishers Repreentativ 420 MADIsON AvE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO 0 8$O"N - LOS ANGEII6 - SAN FANCISCO Editorial Staff John Erlewine . Bud Brimmer . Leon Goroenicer Marion Ford Charlotte Conover , Eric Zalenski Betty Harvey James Conant . . Managing 1ditor Editorial Director . City Editor Associate Editor Associate -Editor S . Sports editor , WoMon's Editor Columnist Edward J. Perlberg Fred M. Ginsberg Mary Lou Curran Jane Lindberg . Business Staff . . . . Business Manager * . Associate Business Manager . . Women's Business Manager . . Women's Advertising Manager to appear, a standard whereby performances of his work could be easily judged or played. Last night Mme. Novaes devoted the main por- tion of her program to this compos- er's Preludes, of which there are more interpretations than angels on a pin- point, accenting more the brightness and virtuosity of these miniatures rather than the eccentric blend of tenderness, power, and humor that this reviewer has associated with them. Yet there is ample room for Mme. Novaes' viewpoint, since, certainly her performance was punctuated with many sUccesses, and many of the pieces that are usually allowed to casually drool across the keyboard found new life in her playing. : But there were places that the deadly tradition of over-accenting Chopin's already well - wrought phrases or retarding them just a bit more than necessary-all in the name of expression-was fol- lowed; and the variations in dy- namics that can make the smallest of the Preludes a complete musical exposition were not always real- ized. The result in this case is a fragment rather than a miniature. I should have preferred too, per- haps slightly more "fantasy" throughout. Still enough was put, across to make the performance a better than excellent one. THE PROGRAM opened with a straightforward interpretation of Bach's Toccata in D Major. Here, as in the Chopin, Mme. Novaes was not entirely in command of trills, and was also guilty of slight blurring in the bass. But these are only occa- sional faults when set against the rhythmical precision and the ener- getic line she imparted to the music. There can be no quarrel with her performance of the Franck Prelude, Chorale and Fugue. Here Franck's intention in every phrase was both met and mastered by the pianist, as the whole work was unfolded with logic, precision, and beauty of tone. The last section of the program was devoted to the works of Villa- Lobos, Phillip, Poulenc and Albeniz. I say '"devoted" here advisedly since these charming works were not of great moment and it was the bril- liance and care of Mme. Novaes that' made them seem more important while they were being played. They, in their turn, served to paint up the best qualities of the pianist-the brightness, precision, and drive that make her Scarlatti (unfortunately not on the program) so stimulating. -Chester Kallman Telephone 23-241, NIGHT EDITOR: BETTY KOFFMAN Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. PLAN NEEDED: Deferment of Farmers '* Hinders Armed Forces CONGRESSIONAL bickering concerning whe- ther or not to draft labor for factory and farm work recently reached a new high when the Senate Military Committee voted blanket defer- ment from military service for all farm workers. This move, although it shows that Congressional leaders must realize the importance of the U.S. food situation, was made despite protests of the War Department and the Selective Service. While a satisfactory policy for distributing manpower is vital to an Allied victory, blanket deferment is not the answer. We don't need all our farmers on the farm, bat we do need a sufficient number of them in the right places to keep food production from bogging down. Briefly, the problem is this. On the farm Inef- ficient workers and an inadequate supply of them inevitably results in a shrinkage of food supplies. Such an incentive to further price rises is disastrous in our already inflated economy. With the United States supplying Great Britain with a quarter of her food, and, through ration- ing, already feeling sharply the pinch of a drastic cut in goods available for internal consquption, it is of vital importance to build up- agricultural production. The problem is the more insidious because of the time lag between a lack of work- ers now and a sharp decline in crops next. fall. So far only the farmers see how shap that de- cline will be. MOST of them are scornful of the proposed corrective measures, especially the plan to. release men from the armed forces periodically for farm work. They want experienced farmers,. which they feel will serve their country more effectively on the land than in the Army, From the administrative point of view the plan seems equally impossible, for it would impose insurmountable burdens on the train- ing and fighting programs of the Army. CLEARLY what is needed is a. definite plan of over-all draft to spread available work- ers where they will be most valuable. This was suggested by War Secretary Stimson. It may mean the releasing of men already in- ducted into the Army and some redistribution of manpower, but a true selective service should provide men where they are needed most, whe- ther to fight or to produce weapons and food for the soldiers. - Mart Guinan RED M ENACE: Bickering over Russia Is't Winning theWr O THOSE who are worried over the prospect of a Bolshevist post-war world, the words of Soviet Ambassador Litvinov should cause a mo- ment's contemplation. When told that Mid- western Americans were uneasy because they feared that Russia would attempt to spread its Communist doctrines throughout Europe after the War, he said that a simple way to prevent such an occurrence would be for American and British armies to march into Berlin fisrst. More than a clever retort, this is the best answer yet given to the pre-Pearl Harbor iso- lationists who still insist on withholding full cooperation while they keep their eye on Rus- sia. FREE CHOICE: Stable European Peace Depends on U.S. Lead AN INTERESTING and extremely unpleasant situation is developing in Yugoslavia. Recently, the Soviet Government formally branded General Draja Mikhailovich a Nazi trai- tor in a note to the Yugoslav Government in Exile. The note accompanied by evidence com- piled by the Soviet supported Bosnian partisans, charged that the erstwhile Chetnili hero has been bribed by the Nazis. T~ie Yugoslav Government in Exile, which appointed Mikhailovich head of all Yugoslav forces fighting on Yugoslavian territory, hasn't officially rejected the Soviet note. However, the Yugoslav government has not acted to remove Mikhailovich, and he is still the official com- mander of the Yugoslav forces. This negative course of action by the Yugoslav government has been allegedly encouraged by the Churchill gov- ernment which is in deadly fear of a Red Europe. THE SITUATION in Yugoslavia today is repre- sen4ative of what may happen in all the Balkan states at the end of the war. We find on the one hand, Mikhailovich (supposing that he is not a traitor) and his Chetniks (reminis- cent of Japan's Black Dragon Society) and on the other, the left-wing elements of the popula- tion who are interested in establishing complete political and economic democracy on a basis of close cooperation with the Soviet Union. In a recent speech, President Roosevelt de- clared that the peoples of the world will be able to choose their own form of government, as long as -they did not choose a Fascist, Nazi, or war-lrd type regime. However, it is obvi- ous that no election can be held immediately after the war. For a short period at least, martial law will have to be declared by the liberating troops and some sort of provisional government established. 'This indeed presents a dangerous situation, for the peoples of the occupied countries are a fertile field for new ideas and suggestions. Who- ever plants his seed first will reap the harvest. I EREFORE if, for example, British and American troops liberate Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav Government in Exile is temporarily given control of civilian affairs, the reactionary Chetniks will triumph. If, on the other hand, Soviet troops liberate the Balkans from the Nazis and the Bosnian par- tisans aided by Soviet propagandists are given a free hand, we will undoubtedly have a leftist regime with strong Soviet leanings chosen by the electorate. Realizing these facts, we must again operate on a policy of give and take. We should lib- erate the countries of western Europe and give the Soviets a free hand in the East, with a joint occupation of greater Germany. Then plebescites should take place under interna- tional auspices in all these countries. In the West, under this system, British-Anierican supported movements will have the advantage, while in the East, pro-Soviet governments will most likely be elected, However, Europeans of both East and West will be free to reject pro-Soviet movements in the East and British-American supported politi- cal parties in the West. This is the only way a fair and stable peace can be assured in Europe. - Ed Podliashuk first moment, with practical aid in the form of I'd Rather Be Right_ By SAMUEL GRAFTON NEW YORK, March 6.- I must catch up on my obscurantisms. Mr. Herbert Hoover argues that there is a shipping bottleneck which limits the number of men and the quantities of muni- tions we can send abroad. Therefore, says he, we should turn some of our soldiers back to farming for the year, and some of our munitions factories back to producing farm machinery. That will solve the food problem. Solve it cheaply, too. The price we'd pay would be mere- ly to postpone our offensive for a year. It turns out there's nothing to solving this food problem during a war. All you have to do is not fight the war, just yet. * It is so simple and has escaped us all. I say it is obscurantism when a shipping bottleneck, which holds up the war, becomes the answer to the farmer's prayer. This would be the first case in history in which we would solve one war problem, food, by the lucky dis- covery that there was a still harder problem, shipping. I say it is obscurantism when it is proposed that we eat on the war's hard luck. Of course, if somebody solved the shipping problem, that would smash Mr. Hoover's food plan to splinters. It is a strange solution which depends on non-success in another field. The thought might even occur to some mighty riveter, working on a cargo vessel, that if he broke too many records he would be taking the food out of his children's mouths. Mr. Hoover's hope that we can solve our prob- lems easily is apparently based on his conviction that our problems are too hard to solve. Other obscurantist devices go further. Sen- ator Bankhead wants all farmers furloughed out of the Army for 10 months. That would mean 10 per cent of the ground forces. The Senator doesn't even care if we do have the ships. So, while Mr. Hoover's plan would take men out of the Army for want of ships, Mr. Bankhead's plan could conceivably leave ships idle for want of men. Then, I suppose, a third statesman might suggest that their crews be used for farming. Underlying all these obscure proposals is the outrageous theory that it is somehow abnormal to have shortages during a total effort. The opposition actually regards shortages as a sign of failure, when, obviously, in a country as rich as ours, they are a clear sign of success in mounting a war effort big enough to reach down deep. You can't have it big and cozy, both; just big is all. If it is not big enough to hurt, it is not total. It's interesting that the obscurantist attack on the food problem is a direct attack on totality. It says, in so many words, take men out of the Army. You couldn't have a clearer obscurantism, so to speak. The administration is willing to sacrifice food to totality. The obscurantist opposition is willing to sacrifce totality to food. And, while charging Mr. Roosevelt with bungling, it subtly changes the terms of the problem on him. It says: "We could solve the food problem; all we need is a smaller war effort.'- But Mr. Roosevelt is trying to do it in terms of a bigger war effort. The two prob- lems are not the same problem. The opposi- turn not n .r l inran in. n.4ftet.u f ai SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1943 VOL. LIII No. 106 All notices for the Daily Official flul- 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 Students entering the armed services: It would be advisable for all students enter- ing the armed services to take with them a transcript of their college record. In view of the large number of transcripts which will be called for, it is necessary that a student make application at least three days in advance of the date when he expects to withdraw. B. D. Thumta, Armed Services Representative Students, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: In connection with the numerous re- quests which have come to this office from students who are in the Enlisted Reserve Corps and who anticipate early orders for active duty, the policy of the College in general is not to attempt any prorating >f credit for those who -are withdrawing up to the end of five weeks. Students who remain in residence beyond five weeks nay petition for prorated credit if they ire in good standing in their courses at he time of withdrawal. In the case of graduating seniors who can remain in 'esidence for at least eight weeks, special arrangements will be made to allow them o complete as much of their work as yossibe. All requests for the adjustment f credit by students who are being. in- lucted into the Armed Forces should be made through this office (Room 1220 An- -ell Hall). E. A. Walter The American Association of University Professors is sponsoring a dinner, followed by an Open Forum, on Monday, March . at 6:30 p.m. at the Michigan Union. Forum ubject: "The University and Its Public Relations" DeaneEdmonson will preside and the four panel members will be Pro- fessors Harold Dorr, Wesley H. Miauer, Shlrley W. Allen and Norman E. Nelson. Send reservations to C. N. Wenger, 33 East Hall. The American Association of University Women Fellowship: The Ann Arbor-Ypsi- lanti Branch of the A.A.U.W. is again offering a fellowship for- the year 1943- 1944 in honor of Dr. May Preston Sosson. This fellowship is open to women students for graduate study in any field. Applica- tion blanks may be obtained now from the Graduate School Office and must be returned to that office no later than March 15 in order to receive consideration. Lectures Lecture on China: Professor L. L. Wat- kins of the Department of Economics Will lecture on the subject, "Inflation in China." This lecture, ,sponsored by the Michigan Chinese Economic Society, will be given today at 5:00 p.m., in the East Lecture Room, Rackham School. Latin American Lecture: Robert Friers, the Vagabond Reporter, will present a movie lecture, "Wheels over the Andes," on Tuesday, March 9, at 8:15 p.M. In the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, under the auspices of La Socledad Hispanica. This lecture will be in English. Open to the public. Tickets may be procured at the bookstores, the Romance Languages Of- fice, and the box office. Academic Notices Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet on Tuesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 319, West Medical Building. "Nucleic Acids and their Hydrolysis Products" will be discussed. All interested are invited. Bacteriology 312 Seminar will meet on Tuesday, March 9, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 1564, East Medical Bulding. Subject:- "Growth Requirements of a Butyl-Acetone Organism." All interested are invited. German I Make-up Final Examination will be given today, 10 to 12 a.m., in room 306, University Hall. Doctoral Examination for Pieter Jacobus Rabe, Latin and Greek; thesis: "Evidences of Foreigners in 'the Trades and Prof es- sions of Ancient Italy (Based on the In- scriptions)," will dbe held today in 2009 Angel Hall, at 9:30 a.m. Chairman, J. G. winter. By. action of the Executive Board the Chairman may invite members of the faculties and advanced doctoral candi- dates to attend the examination and he' may grant' permission to those vho for sufficient reason might wish to be present. C. S. Yoakum Concerts Faculty Concert: The first program of the Beethoven Sonatas series to be given by Gilbert Ross, violinist and Mabel Ross Rhead, pianist, of the School of Music - faculty, will be presented at d8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 7, in Lydia Mendelsohn Theatre. The second and third programs are scheduled for the Sunday evenings of March 14 and 21. All are open to the general public without charge, Exhibitions Exhibition -under the auspices of -the In- stitute of Fine Arts: Metal Work -from Is- lamic countries (Iran, Egypt, and Syria). Rackham School, through March 11. Every afternoon, except Sundays, 2:00-5:00. Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: Class work in the course in cam- ouflage showing techniques and materials is being displayed in the ground floor' corridor of the Architecture Building until March 10. Open daily 9 to 5 except Sun- day. The public is invited. EventsToday The Post-War Council will meet at 1:30 p.m. today at the Union, when all as- signments to committees will be Mde. Anyone interested in working on the coupcil is asked to attend this meeting. Michigan Chorus: Members who wish to sing with the women's Glee Club on Uni- versity Night must have Eligbilhty Cards. Those men who have them'already should bring them to the *ehearsal this after- noon at 4:00 in the Glee Club room of the Union. Cards must be signed by Wednes- day. March 10. women's 'clee Club: Will all members please wear white blouses and dark skirts to the broadcast this morning for broad- cast picture. Coming Events Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences: A meeting will be held on Monday, March 8, at7:30 p.m. in Room 1213 East -Engl neering Building. 16 mm. sound mioves describing "Metal Fabrication for Air- craft" will be shown. All interested per- sons are cordially invited. Gallery Talk on the exhibit of "Mfetal- work in Islamic Countries" by Professor Richard Ettinghausen on Thursday, March 11, at 8:00 p.m. ih the Exhibition Gallery of the Rackham Building. Ann Arbor Library Club will meet on Wednesday, March 10, at 7:45 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Topic, "South America and the Future of Libraries"** Refreshments. Mortarboard members will meet Sunday night at 7:00 In the League Undergraduate Council Room. The Lutheran Student Association will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. Bob Ring- kivst and Loyal Gryting will lead a dis- cussion on "Christians in Crises." Churches St. Andrew's Episcopal Church-8:00 a.m. Holy Communion; 11:00 a.m. .Junior Church; 11:00 a.m. The Order of Confir- mation with Sermon by the fit. Rev. Frank W. Creighton, s8T.1:., Bishop ofthe Dio- cese of Michgani; :00) p.m. Choral Evn- song and Commentary by the Rev. Jhn G. DahI; 7:30 p.m. Canterbury Club for Episcopal students, Harris Hall. . Mr. Wil- liam Mueh, Acting Director of Lane Hall, will lead the discussion on "Political Bases for a Just and Durable Peace." .Lutheran student Chapel: Sunday at 11:00 a.m., Divine Service in the Michigan League Chapel. Sermon hy the Rev. A1- fred Scheips, "Mediation Between God and Man." Sunday at 6:00 p.m., Supper Meeting of Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club, at 1337 Wilmot. followed by discussion and fellowship. First Presbyterian Church: Morning Worship-10:45. "Ces for Our Day"- su'bject Of the 4'rmon by Dr. W. P. emon. Westminster Student Guild-supper at 6:00 p.m. followed by a discussion of "temisphere Neighbors" at 7 o'clock. All students cordially invited. First Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation: Student Class at 9:30 a.m. Professor George E. Carrothers will lead the discussion on "Seeking Happiness Through the Way of the Stoic." Morning worship Service at 10:40 o'clock. Dr. C. W. Brashares will preach on "Call to Dedica- tion." Wesleyan Guild meeting beginning with supper at 5:30 p.m. At 6:15 p.m. Dr. Brashares will speak on "The Sovereignty of the Self." A Choral Evensong will be presented Sunday evening, March 7, .at 7:30 o'clock in the Sanctuary of the Church by the Senior Choir under the direction of Hardin van Deursen, Director, with Mary McCall Stubbins as oranit. They will sing compositions by Haydn, Gounod, Brahms, DeLamarter and Voris. Guest soloist -wil be Charles Matheson, Tenor, graduate student in the School of Music, who will sing "Cujus Animan" by Rossini. The public is invited. Trinity Lutheran Church services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday with the Rev. Henry O. Yoder speaking on "Self- Sacrificing Love-A Spirit of Life." Zion Lutheran Church will hold its services at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday with the Rev. Stelihorn delivering the sermon. First Church of Christ, Scientist: Wednesday evening service at 8:00. Sunday morning service at 10:30. Sub- ject: "Man." Sunday School at 11:45 nm. Free public Reading Room at 106 E. washington St., open every day except Sundays and holidays, from J1.:30 a.m. antil 5:00 p.m.; Saturdays until 9:00 p.m. Menorial Christian Church (Disciples): 10:45, Morning Worship. Rev. Frederick Cowin, Minister. 7:00 p.m., 'Guild Sunday Evening Hour. The Rev. Ralph Douglas Hyslop of Boston, national director of student work for the Congregational Church, will address a joint meeting of Disciple and Congregational students at the Congregational Church. A social hour and refreshments will follow the meeting. i First Congregational Church: Fis ogeainlCuch10:45 a.m. Morning Worship. Sermon by Dr. L. A. Parr on "Open Windows.,y 5:30 p.m. Ariston League of high school students meets in Pilgrim Hall. Gale Potee will speak on "Indian Customs." 7:00 p.m. A joint meeting' of the Stu- dent Fellowship and the Disciples Guild in the Assembly Room. Rev. Ralph Doug- las Hyslop, national director of student work' for the Congregational Churches, will speak on "A Creed For The Christian Builder." Refreshments and social hour. LERRYUNGO By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON, March 6.-Not long ago Cordell Hull informed the President that he wanted a com- mittee of cabinet officers including the Secretary of State, the Secre- tary of the Navy Mr. Knox, the Secretary of War Mr. Stimson, plus Elmer Davis, Chief of War Information, and the President himself to sit down and decide whether Edgar Mowrer, crack Chi- cago News correspondent recently with the Office of War Informa- tion, should receive a passport to go to North Africa. Elmer Davis, who is Mowrer's chief, had ordered him to go, but Hull was opposed, so Hull wanted the President and other high- ranking cabinet officers to decide the matter. Mr. Roosevelt replied that he felt the matter of a passport' for Edgar Mowrer could be decided by his cabinet members without him, and hinted that the President of the United States had more important things to worry about. In the end, Secretary Hull de- cided to give Mowrer the passport, but by this time there had been so much delay and so much argument that Mowrer in disgust resigned. The incident is important not so much because of the personalities involved, but because it illustrates the manner in which various gov- ernment departments, especially the State Department, have en- deavored to block the Office of War. Information. That office was formed with the almost unanimous approval of the nation, certainly of the newspapers. It evolved from a confused group of bureaus-the Office of Facts and Figures, the Bureau.of Govern- ment Information and other infor- mation agencies, sometimes work- ing at cross purposes. Elmer Davis was appointed to weld them to- gether, and he has done a good job. He has done it despite, not because of. other government de- partments. (Copyright, 1943. United Features Synd.)