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Women's Advertising Manager Telephone 23-24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: CLAIRE SHERMAN' Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only., EI 1L( i-G-'VA-N AILY TWj~tJA A.T, R4"1. 1.94 Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow - SAMUEL GRAFTON'S I'd Rather Be Right NEW YORK, April 1.-Some- times you will hear from the lips of one and the same man that it is silly of us to think that we tan im- pose our ideas on the rest of the world, and also that Russia had better watch out lest she offend our ideas by taking the three Bal- tic states. This man (he seems to write all the editorials in all the isolationist newspapers) doesn't care much what happens anywhere in the outside world. Except Lithuania, Latvia and Esthonia. There he cares. Sometimes he wonders about Russia's war aims. It is about time we knew what Russia's war aims are, he says. After all, we can't fight this war and not know what Stalin intends to do. He thinks, however, that it is much too early to state Ameri- can war aims. How, he asks, can you state war aims in the middle of a war? That's just globaloney, he says. This unhappy gentleman thinks that Great Britain ought to give us permanent possession of those island bases we've leased from her. But, he says, the great thing about America is that we have no territorial ambitions. That makes us the perfect country to be trusted with the international airlines when this thing is over. You see, it's this way, the one country which doesn't care what happens to the rest of the world ought to have the air transport business to everywhere. It stands to reason. Occasionally, this man tried to clear up the strategic questions. He thinks that the way to win a war is to strike at the heart of the enemy. All this fighting on the outskirts doesn't get you anywhere, this island-to-island business in the Pacific is no good. You have to hit Tokyo, you have to strike at the heart, then the limbs perish. But on the manpower question, he thinks we ought not to mobi- lize too many soldiers, but ought to use our manpower for pro- ducing arms and food. We ought to be the supplier of the United Nations, rather than the striking arm, he says. He wants us to strike the enemy at the heart, while keeping our boys home. But if you write on manpower and strategy on separ- ate days, it keeps the confusion down. He thinks both main fronts are equally important, and he writes ten pieces about Japan for. one about Germany. He sees things this way: Russia Is trying to get us to jump into the continent of Europe before we're ready. Also, she is trying to get to Berlin before we can get there. He also thinks it is a hell of a note for us to have anything to do with Europe, anyway; above all, we must not commit ourselves to having anything to do with that place after the war. Let the world clearly understand that, he says. But you know, he says, those Russians are going to try to see to it that we don't have anything to say about Europe after the war. That's their plan. rs That, of course, is precisely the same as his plan, but he doesn't like it, He thinks there is no such thing ds isolation an 'more, and what do those four Senators mean by disturbing national* unity' and starting a bitter debate at a time like this by saying there can be no such thing as isolation any more? He says England is going to desert us after she beats Hitler. He says-Russiar is going to walk out on us the minute her terri- tory is clear. But on this ques- tion of us making promises to our Allies, he says, well, if they don't trust us, then 'what's the- use? And anyway, he says, you can't set up any plan for avoiding wars in the future. Everybody knows you can't avoid wars. Wars are inevitable, he says. War is the law of human 'nature, he says. All except this war, which, of course, could have been avoided. He is a sad, sad man. He is going to be much sadder before it is over. (Copyright, 1943, N.Y. Post Syndicate) AFTER A FEW MOMENTS of the third act of Play Production's "Caste," the cast swung into all-out fun and maintained exuberance of spirit until the final curtain. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the many tricks of the old Victorian trade of tableau-acting. , Few situ- ati6ns were lacking: Catherin Flet- cher. as Polly Eccles, the semi-sou- brette, had opportunities to speak tenderly to the poor babe of her widowed sister but also played lively scenes of low comedy with Nathum Bryant, her plumber husband-to-be; John Babington, as old Eccles, ranted as the hard-working laborer he was not, whined for money for liquor, and even wept out a ditty beginning "They've given me to a plumber and broken every valve." The . main plot, concerning the breaking of caste (not yet class) distinctions by the marriage of the Hon. George D'Alroy, Harold Cooper, to Eccles' older, ballerina daughter, Esther, played by Janet Stickney, moved to a happy conclusion to the tune of Esther's proud refusal of her mother-in-law's patronizing offers to care fol the fatherless child, George's return from India mira&- ulously alive despite false reports, and the final softening of his mother, played by Blanche Holpar, and his snobbish friend, Major Hawtree, Clarence Foster. IT WAS FORTUNATE that the last Act of the drama was good. The first two had more than a necessary share of slow moments, many even heavy. There was pro- nounced disunityof tempo and the uncomfortable impression that the actors had not fully decided wheth- er to' play their roles "straight" or as period pieces. Certainly all were not doing the same thing In the same degree. The two sets, the Eccles and the D'Alroy homes, were excellent, and the costuming was effective. IAlthough the play seems outdated to modern audiences in diction and over-simplification of attitude, it is to its, credit that in an age less sympathetic than our own, it uttered a protest against narrowness of at- titude toward- differences in social classes. Play Production proves that a large part of it still "plays" as well as the best of its type. I -Joan Hirsh Q-1943. Chicago Times, Int AS OF TODAY: Eight World Notables Make Gallant Gestures EDDIE RICKENBACKER will make a speech tonight over a national hook-up when he will announce the labor records of the leading defense industries in the nation and will praise workers for the great work they have done. He will at last give special praise to the thousands of work- ers who have been working eight and ten hour shifts seven days a week ever since Dec. 7, 1941. On the same program Representative Dies will speak on the rights of American citizens to join any political party they choose, to ex- press opinions about changes in the present government and to demand a trial by jury. One of the highlights of the program will be a ceremony in which Mr. Charles Lindbergh will redeem himself by giving the medal he received from Hitler to a special bomber pilot who will then take off for Germany where the medal will be returned with appropriate 'greetings. MRS. CLARE BOOTH LUCE will deliver a short speech asking that Congress send Henry Wallace to visit all the United Nations with the power to sign binding post-war plans. Secretary of State Hull will announce that no shipments of oil or other war material will be permitted to be sent to Spain. This program will be jointly sponsored by Col. MacCormack of the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Patter- son of the New York Daily News and the Honor- able Mr. Hearst. And, Today is April Fool's Day. - Charles Beristein ROAD TO CHAOS: Lewis's Demands Point To American IInfliation JOHN L. LEWIS is out to blow the Little Steel formula sky high. The stormy labor leader's demand for a $2 a day wage increase for his union affects not only some 8,000 bituminous coal miners, but the whole price wage structure. If John L. Lewis is successful in getting "bread" for his coal miners, the people will stand the risk of having the national economic structure, already wobbling dangerously, 'come crashing down on their heads. The entire price conti'ol structure will be imperiled. The question arises, "Can business afford to increase wages without having to raise prices?" A few industries have been successful in in- creasing wages. There is the ease of Bendix Aviation which has had a 35%'increase in wages balanced by a fifteen-fold increase in sales. The steel industry stood a 103% wage increase in the last ten years, but pro- duction has increased by 114% in six years. These companies have withstood the wage in- crease by spreading overhead expenses more thinly over increased cost of production. How- ever, they are isolated cases. ASIDE from a comparatively small number of war industries, business in general cannot absorb increase in wages and prices of raw mater- ials, especially farm products, without either raising prices or going out of operation. At present the Bureau of Economic Stabiliza- tion is trying desperately to keep wages from going higher. The price control policies of the federal government have been sincerely adonted MISSING GUEST: U.S. Neglects to Ask Argentina to Meetings A COMMENDABLE move on the part of the United States Department of State is the conference which has been called to discuss post- war food problems. But among the list of the 38 nations which have been invited to attend this conference there is one country whose name is missing, a country that above all others should have been asked. Argentina with whom our rela- tions are now strained because of a serious food situation will not be present on April 27. There are many reasons at the present time why Argentina refuses to join with the Allies, and one of the most pressing of these is our fail- ure to do anything about excess beef Ind wheat which this country has been trying to sell us. Now is the time to consider all plans which will promote security for the world after the war. We must now confer on the "possibilities of international agreements designed to assure efficient production of essential agricultural products at equitable prices." But are'"we in the position to ignore our rela- tionship with Argentina? How can we sincerely go ahead with our considerations of post-war food problems when we are at a loss to settle a trouble now hampering our winning of the war? - Mary Ronay BOTTLENECK: Britain Has Made India An Obstacle to Victory NDIA today is a crowning example of what the poor foresight of Britain has been able to create in the way of a bottleneck to an Allied victory. Although they are divided internally into a number of struggling factions, the Indian people arestill united in one idea-the desire of freedom from British sovereignty. G. L. Mehta, president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Com- merce and Industry, declared this last week, as has every Indian during the internal conflict between British rulers and Indian leaders. Mohandas Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the two great Indian leaders and rivals, are united in a common wish for the freedom that is supposedly the issue of the present war. Mehta voiced the views of the business and industrial men upon whom India's war effort depends when he came out with the wish for freedom. . Why India is not granted that freedom is a question only Great Britain can answer, and that response is not forthcoming. India is an essential focal point in the fight against Japan. The United Nations need her cooperation badly, and yet by their ignoring of her one demand, they are endangering th con- tinuance of that cooperation Why the Indian people should continue to sup- port the United Nations when they are tricked and deluded into fighting for the freedom of every Axis-oppressed nation and at the same time enslaving themselves deeper into 6ondage toBritain is a question to which Indians demand an answer. Great Britain, imperialistic as always, will not readily relinquish India, unless she perceives the necessity. The one thing that could make her grant India the sovereignty she promised her during the last war would be the demand of the TTnitedS tats that a war for freedom he foght Take St, OP /eae St By Jason NOVELTY parties, particularly the ones you go to in the dorms, are tricky things. The line between corn and novelty is a shadowy one, and frequently, in this kind of affairs, it isn't drawn at all. Besides, when a house in the West Quad de- cides to throw a party, you think back to the one you went to last year, where twelve couples showed up (including three student officers, who had no choice.) And you finally reach the conclusion that maybe the Union is a better bet, after all. So when Ed Volpe, social chairman of Williams House, showed up in our room with the news that the house was going to have a combined treasure-hunt and novelty party a week from Saturday, I wasn't too enthusiastic about the whole thing. But Ed is a salesman. He put me on the Decorations Committee, and my roommate on the Floor Show Committee. He was sure, after that, of at least two people in the house going. He made certain of thirteen more by getting them blind dates. Sheer salesmanship put over another forty, bringing the total attendance up to an amazing 50% of the house. DON AND I were still dubious, though. The advertisements they put up all over Williams were colorful, and the tantalizing photographs of Dottie Tamura, Hawaiian girl scheduled for a hula, stayed on the posters for less than two days. But floor shows in any amateur party tend to- ward corn, and fifty-five couples is an awful lot for a treasure hunt. At eight o'clock Saturday night we were there, with dates-and misgivings. Then the treasure hunt started. The first clue was something about luxury and plush sofas. Chips (that's my date) and I were off to the Rackham Building in less time than it takes to say Dottie Tamura. My room- mate and Sue hit the scent at the same mo- ment. Three other couples followed us, though all chiseling in on our brains. To shakethem, we finally had to duck through the Ec building. TH AT worked pretty well, but, finishing first in a breeze, we discovered we'd missed a clue. After ten minutes of bickering ("It's a treasure hunt; so the prize cost ten cents, fifteen cents conciliator Jerry Berman broke in) they gave first place to somebody else. -"Why, you've just begun the evening!" our energetic housemother, Mrs. Harryman, told us when we mentioned how wacked we were begin- ning to feel. - She was right; the second-floor dining room had been transformed into the first speakeasy ever to hit the West Quadrangle. "Willy's Place" .Vwas complete with cigarette "girls," mustached waiters, an official bouncer, and bathtub punch; they frisked you for guns when you went in It was terrific. THERE was food and drink at the tables, and dancing. Punctuated by a floor show that sparkled all the way from Dottie Tamura (it was genuine hula, all right-the pictures didn't lie) to the barbershop auartet .. . The only corn DAILY FFICIAL ULLETIN (Continued from Page 3) Graduate students: Diploma applica- tions for degrees in May must be filed inI the Graduate School office on or before, April 10. Applications filed in any pre- vious term in which the degree was not awarded will not be carried over for a May degree, and it will be necessary in such cases to file another application for this term. C. S. Yoakum I Dinner Meeting and Forum, sponsored by the local chapter of the A.A.U.P., on Friday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Union. The subject will be "What the People Expect of the University in the Post-War World." Make reservations for the dinner by call- ing Professor Christian Wenger, 33 East Hall, Tel. 578. Forum starting about 7:30 will be open to all members of the University staff. Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences: A field trip to the Stinson Aircraft factory' in Wayne, Michigan, will take place Satur- day. April 3. Only Institute members in good standing may make this trip. Inter- ested members are requested to sign the list on the Aeronautical Engineering Bul-' letin Board, near Room B-47 East Engi- neering Building, before noon today. The group will assemble at 12:30 p.m. Satur- day, in front of the East Engineering Building, at which time those making the trip must produce proof of U.S. citi- zenship, and pay the transportation fee. Senior Engineers: Mr. T. W. Prior of Goodyear Aircraft Corporation and Goodyear Tire and Rub- ber Company will interview Senior Engi- neers for prospective positions with their organizations. Monday and Tuesday, April 5 and 6, 1943, in Room 214 West Engineering Building. Interview schedule may be signed on the bulletin board at Room 221 West Engi- neering Building. Application blanks are available in each departmental office. Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Midsemester reports are due not later than Saturday, April 3. Report cards are being distributed to all departmental offices. Green cards are being provided for freshman reports; they should be returned to the office of the Academic Counselors, 108 Mason Hall. White cards, for reporting sophomores, juniors, and seniors should be returned to 1220 Angell Hall. Midsemester reports should name those students, freshman and upperclass, whose standing at midsemester is D or E, not merely'those who receive D or E in so- called midsemester examinations. Studentstelecting our courses, but reg- istered, in other schools or colleges of the University should be reported to the school or college in which they are regis- Lecture: Dr. Richard Nebuhr of Yale Divinity 'School will present the" Protestant viewpoint in the last lecture of the series on "The Existence and Nature of God", on Friday at 8:15 p.m. at the. Rackham Amphitheatre. A reception for all stu-. dents who wish to meet and talk infor- mally with Prof. Niebuhr 'will be held immediately following .the' lecture at Lane Hall. Lecture: Dr. Joseph P. Free, Professor of Archaeology at Wheaton College, will .lecture on, the 'subrect,,. "Archaeological Discoveries and Christian Faith Today", on Tuesday evening, April 6, at 8 o'clock in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The lec- ture is sponsored, by -the Committee for Dynamic Christianity (affiliated with.the Student Religious Association). Illustrated. Academic Notices ROTC Drill: Today Company D will 'Fall In' on Hoover Street, in- front of IM Building, in uniform with street shoes. Officers will be prepared to give instruc- tion In extended order. Officers' school will* be held'on the drill fields Graduate Record Examination: Today is the last opportunity for obtaining an admission card for this' examination, Senior students in all schools and colleges are eligible -to'take the test. Those disir-, ing to do so must call at 'the War Infor- mation Center in the Michigan League or at the Office of the Dean of the Literary College today to fill out an information sheet and Obtain A card of admission. The examination itself will -be given - on Monday and Wednesday evenings, April 12 and 14. Students, College of Engineering: The final day for REMOVAL OF INCOM- PLETES will be Saturday, April 3. Peti- tions for extension of time must be on file in the' Secretary's before that date. A. it. Lell, Secretary Students, College of Engineering: The final day for DROPPING COURSES WITH- OUT RECORD will be Saturday, April 3. A course may be dropped only -with the permission of the classifier, after confer- once with the instructor. A. H. Lovell, Secretary School of Education Freshmen: Courses, dropped after Saturday, April 3, w'll be recorded with the grade of E except un- der extraordinary circumstances.,- No course is considered dropped unless it has been' reported In the -office of the Regis- trar, Room 4, University Hall.- Freshmen, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: Freshmen may not drop courses without E grade after Satur- day, April 3.* In admninistering' this:,'rule, students with less than 24 hours of credit are considered freshmen .Thebntinns mav Concerts The University of Michigan Concert Band under the direction of William D. Revelli, Conductor, will be heard in Its thirtieth annual concert at 8:30 tonight in Hill Auditorium. Among other nun-. bers the band will play Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music from "Die Wailkure", and introduction to the Third Act of "Lohengrin" by Wagner, the first move- ment of Scheherezade by 'Rimaky-Kobrsa-_ kov, and compositions by Morton ould and John Philip Sousa. The general pub- lic is cordially invited. Exhibitions Exhibition: Examples of Landscape Ar- chitecture and Planning furnished by 'the Michigan Department of Conservation, State Parks Division; Michigan State Highway. Department, Huron-ClintonMet- ropolitan Authority, Michigan State Plan- ning Commission, Detroit City Plan Com- mission, Department of Parks, etc., will be on exhibit in the Exhibition Hall, third 'floor, Architecture Building, through Sat- urday of this week. Events Today The regular Thursday evening recorded program in the Men's Lounge of the Rack- ham, Building tonight at 8:00 will be as follows: Beethoven:Symphony No. 9. Brahms: Double Concerto in A 1minor. Mozart: Concerto No. 14 in E flat major. The Sociedad Hispanica conversation group will -meet tonight in the League at 8:00. Oriental Religions Seminar: Orhan Bar- im, of Istanbul, Turkey, a graduate stu- dent, will discuss Islam (Mohammedan- ism) and the influence it exerts on mod- ern life in the Near East, at the seminar to be held at 7:30 at Lane Hall. The meet- Ing will adjourn In time for those who wish to attend the University Band Con- cert at 8:30. Michigan Dames home nursing unit will meet tonight in North Hall at 8 o'clock. The first lecture in Hillel's annual marriage lecture series will take place to- night -at 8 o'clock at the Hillel Founda- tion. Rabbi Morris Adler of Detroit will speak on "Problems of a Jewish Marriage." Coming Events War Movies: The following films are to be shown at the Kellogg Auditorium on Sunday evening. AprIl 4, at 8:00: "Divide and Conquer," "Listen to Brit- ain," "Men and the Sea," and "Price of vi ntory.t'' e I u. 1. Open to the public. I I