io GE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, FEB. 13, 1943 G1~ TWO SATtTRDAY, FEB. iS, 1945 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, as second-class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier $4.25, by mail $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1942-43 t Break it up, uncle. e .1 r .. The WASHINGTON N- MERRY-GO-ROUND _- By DREW PEARSON 9. t REPRESENTED FOR NATIONIL ADVERTIJINO. National Advertising Service, Inc: College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N.-Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON * LOS ANGELES *SAN FRANCISCO Editorial Staff John Erlewine. JIrving Jaffe Bud Brimmer Marion Ford Charlotte Conover . Eric Zalenski Betty Harvey * . . anfaging Ert * . .Editorial- Dlrec City E Associate Ed . . . Associate Ed . . . . Sports Ed . . . Women's Ed ditor etor itor itor litor itor ditor ager ager aler ager 5) y. t , , -- - n"" y : 54 r~~..... .. WASHINGTON- If Capt. Eddie; Rickenbacker really has any presiden- tial ambitions, they have already been tarnishgd by, his supporters. Huey Long's oid protege, rootin'- tootin' rabble-rouser Gerald K. Smith, has now come out for Rickenbacker for President, which is the kiss of death for almost anyone. Also some of the Chicago America First crowd who tried to boom Lind- bergh are now grooming Ricken- backer behind the scenes. Ricken- backer himself was an isolationist, testified against various war bills be- fore Congress, but admitted his errors immediately after Pearl Harbor. Shipbuildig Shocking waste occurs in the con- version of ships built by the Martime Commission and taken over by the Navy. The ships are originally de- signed for merchant uses, but are taken over when completed, or nearly completed, for combat use by the Navy. The Navy has different require- mets, and demands installation of different equipment, and the dis- carding of e4uipineat already in- stalled. For instance, two Alco ships built at the Moore shipyards at Oakland, Calif., were equipped with automatic motors to work davits for lifeboat hoisting, eVen though the Maritime Commission knew the Navy would immediately rip them out and install life rafts and land- ing boats. The waste comes from failure to anticipate these changes before the ship is completed on merchant de- signs. -In fact, it often happens that a ship which the Maritime Commis- sion knows is to be taken by the Navy will be completed along the original lines, then delivered to the Navy, only to have great quantities of equipment torn out, new bulkheads built in, sea- men's quarters rebuilt, and so on. Explanation for Maritime's action is that if they allow the Navy to come into the yard and take over the con- version, "we never get the ship out." In other words, they don't want the yard cluttered up with a ship which the Navy, in its elaborate and pro- crastinating manner, is trying -to con- vert. Navy Delays In one case, the Navy took over two ships before theyvhad moved out of .a Maritime Commission yard, one to be converted into a submarine tender, one a destroyer tender. But the con- version was protracted for 18 months, thus immobilizing .the ship ways and preventing other construction. Consequently, the Maritime Com- mission feels it is better to com- plete a ship according to original designs, and get it out, and require, the Navy, if it wants-to make-chan- ges, to make them in its -own yards. In many cases, however, the Navy does not decide to take over until the ship is completed. Then they tear out hundreds of thousands of dollars of new equipment and cause delay in completion. There is hard feeling ;letween the two agencies on account of the hide- bound methods of the Navy, which is cluttered up with officers and desks and bureaucracy, and cannot move rapidly. One officer comes in ,and wants one change, and another wants another change, and then along comes a retired Annapolis graduate, and he has still oth&' ideas. With a little foresight, however, both sides agree that this waste could be remedied. Still another difference in practice is the size of crews. The merchant crew is moderately large (larger than in former years, before union regula- tions took effect). But the Navy crews will be twice as large, and the quar- ters must be more ample. The Navy is reckless with manpower, becaise a man has to be paid whether he is serving at sea or ashore. Also, when they get into action with the enemy, they may have to replace casualties, thus need extra men. Jap Ter6s In the-early part of the Pacific bat- tIe, reports came back that Jap zero planes were superior to ours. That was true. But now, the American pub- lic can rest at ease- For reassurance, consider this latest story .from the South Pacific: In oper- ations over Buna, 16 American P-40 pursuit planes engaged 18 Japanese Zero planes in a fight which was close enough to be observed from the ground. In spite of the fact that the P-40's are an older type of American plane, these 16 were able to destroy 13 of the Zeros, whiqh hurtled through the air within sight of U.S. soldiers watching the show. Only one American plane was lost, and its pilot was saved. (Copyright, 1943, United Features Synd.) Edward J. Perlberg. Fred M. Ginsberg Mary Lou Curran Jane Lindberg Business Staff Business Man Associate Business Man Women's Business Mant Women's Advertising Man Telephone 23-24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: JEAN RICHARDS Editorials published in The Michigan ail are written by members of The Daily sta and represent the views of the writers oni ARMY ESCAPE: Pressing of Malconteifts Into Service Should Stop PERHAPS pending Army service makes us un- duly sensitive but we are nevertheless very much inclined td resent the practice of rail- roading malcontents of various stripes and-colors into the Army as an alternate punishment for minor offenses, criminal and otherwise. It has, since the introduction of Selective Ser- vice, been a well-established practice of certain Judges and police departments to give to youthful troublemakers the option of prosecution or Army service as a penalty for their sins. It is no surpise that many of them have preferied the A'rmywith its G.I. food and clothing and its rather liberal basic pay to the public disgrace of a crimialcon- viction with its attendant heavy fine or sojourn in jail. Now a high - ranking Federal government spokesman, James F. Byrnes, Director of Eco- nomic Stabilization, has further stigmatized the idea of military service by "hinting;" so the Asso- ciated Press says, that the govrnnent would take steps to cancel the draft deferments of farmhands who refused to leave their war factory jobs for lower-paying farm work. We suppose that in the minds of the civil authorities there is, besides an overpowering de- sire to shift responsibility for trouble-makers to other shoulders, a hazy conviction that "the Ai'my will make a man of you." Since it remains for us to personally test the truth of that hoty bro- mide we don't intend to dispute it now. However, the Army has a war to win and whether or not it is a "weapon for social better- ment" we see no reason for expending the ener- gies of its officers in the care and feeding of petty miscreants. For a city or state enforcement body to be guilty of such a policy is regrettable but for the head of an important Federal agency to indulge in such amazing shortsightedness is almost in- conceivably stupid. The public mind lias long held an "anything but the draft" attitude and should this railroading be continued and expanded the Army will meet with correspondingly greater public antipathy. - Dick Collins BO[URKE-WHIE: College Girls Needed for Positions in War Plants OUTMODED ideas on the inferiority of factory work as an occupation for college women will have to be discarded according to the message of Margaret Bourke-White. She urges girls in the University to take their place in the war effort where they can be of most service, and if that place is on an assembly line, not to hesitate be- cause of false illusions of being too good for such work. This statement has special significance for us and must not be passed over with indiffer- ence or vague approval unaccompanied y ac- tion. A large portion of the women now on cam- pus will graduate while there.is great need for them to produce materials needed by our armed forces. When faced with the decision of choos- ing an occupation, one of the first considera- tins should be work in vital factories. BUT OPPORTUNITIES are not limited to grad- uates, for girls still in school are in demand at local plants. Plans have been arranged that are compatible with school work, and those now 'GLOBALONEY':' T he American' Way, Claire Booth Style THE RUMBLINGS of what may be the major cause of World War III were heard in Wash- ington, and echoed around the world, when Clare Booth Luce stated that America must maintain aerial supremacy of the world. This proposal, intended as it was to counter what Mrs. Luce calls Henry Wallace's "globalo- ney" of a post-war freedom of the air, brings to mind a struggle that has waged for over five hun- dred years among the nations of the world, the fight for control of the seas. - The 'histori policy of our nation has stood far the principle of freedom of the seas. Twice, in 1812 and again in 1917, we went to war to preserve 'this right; yet when it comes to the question of freedom of* the airways Mrs. Luce propoes that we expend our efforts toward assuming our aerial supremacy of the globe. Exeiuding' several smarting cracks about our allies, such as that the British are perhaps us ing lend-lease planes to accomplish their plans for aerial supremacy, the real danger in Mrs. Luce's remarks lies in' her failure to realize that the race which she proposes will not be one of friendly competition, but rather a struggle whlich can easily result in a repetition of the "control of the sea" wars of the last millen- um, a struggle which will see giant air fleets clashing as did the armadas of old, a struggle which, if some intelligent solution other than a, ntad race to this growing problem is not reached, may easily sabotage all hope for a post-war peace and cooperation among the United Nations. NO DOUBT Mrs. Luce's proposal is aimed at appealing to our national ego. Such state- ments as, "I doubt that the people of America would permit abandonment of sovereignty of the American skies . . ." are aimed to present to us a picture of what a humble and weak nation we will be if her scheme is not adopted. However, history can show us that supremacy races between nations can have only one result, war. Vice-President. Wallace has presented: us w itlh a doctrine whose principle coincides with that of the Four Freedoms and the Atlantic Char- ter, a doctrine which is in line with the tradition- a and historic policy of our nation, freedom of the airways for all nations. On the other hand Mrs. Luce offers a scheme which can only derive its ethical principles from the power-mad philosophy of the dictator na- tions. Which path we choose to follow will place us either well on the road to international cooper- ation or in a position where yet one more bloody struggle for power remains to be fought. - Monroe Fink T HURMAN ARNOLD His Resignation Closes Fiery Trust-Busting Era T HURMAN ARNOLD's resignation from the anti-trust division of the Justice Department marks the end of the most concentrated trust- busting campaign in governmental history. Not as loud nor as flashy as the wordy cam- - paigns conducted by Teddy Roosevelt, the Arn- old effert managed to save the public millions of dollars during his career. And now his resig- nation gains added dignity by his accepting an appointment to the bench of the Court of A^. :l.n . . fnn yet 1S9A 1. I'd Rather Right_ !By,-SAMUEL GRAFTON NEW YORK- It has been suggested that, after all, no section of French society is entitled to liquidate any other section, that all sections are going to have to live together after the war, and therefore they must all be allowed to work to- gether in North Africa. The argument is winningly plausible; it sum- mons up our deepest human instincts, and it would be appropriate, perhaps, if the de Gaullists had taken over North Africa, had jailed all the collaborators, and were treating them cruelly. Then our humanists might be entitled to come forward and say, oh, no; in spite of their sins you must forgive them, they are French still. THE RIGHT TO BE GOVERNOR But when the situation is precisely the re- verse; when (with the exception of Giraud) the men in power are men who were wrong, and the men out of power are the men who were right, the argument is merely grotesque. Vo cannot twist the thesis that poor Pey- routon is entitled to live into the proposition that poor PeyroUton is entitled to be governor general of Algeria. And while, under certain circumstances, it would be proper to rush forward with a plea to save the pro-fascists of France from the heads- man's ax, it is not nearly so convincing when the tearful plea is that these are, after all, human, and they have feelings like anybody else, and are therefore, boo hoo, entitled to rule and to run the works. CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE That is merely bizarre, and some of those mak- ing this argument have almost convinced them- selves that the problem is to stop the liquidation of French fascism, while, as everybody knows who looks at things in the hard light of day, the problem is the reverse, that many pro-fascists are in charge, and that the good and democratic Frenchmen have been left high and dry and 'lonesome in London and have almost been liqui- dated out of the right to participate in the re- construction of Overseas France. In fair ess to General Giraud, it must be said that he has nominated Professor Louis Joxe, a de Gaullist, to be in charge of press and propaganda in Tunisia, and that he has had a conference with Professor Rene Capitant, another de Gaullist. A de Gaulle mission is behimi sent to North Africa. Yet these are crumbs from the big table, at which a dismal row of ex-Vichyites is sitting and eating heavy. Tearful pleas against "liquidation" of the right wing of French society are sheer bathos when measured against this one-sided political ban- quet. STARTING AT THE TOP To shed tears against a hypothetical liquida- tion of French collaborationists while North Afri- can democrats are still in jail is a frightful waste of salt water . - The theory appears to be that we must not be mean to French collaborationists, therefore they must rule. Or, that we have no right to exile them from French society, therefore we must put them in charge. Or, that Frenchmen will have to learn to live with them, and must therefore start by learning to live under them. And those Who bleat that we must not exclude DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN SATURDAY, FEB. 13, 1943 VOL. LIII No. 89 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 Sen- ate: The meeting of the University Sen- ate on Monday, February 15, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackhamn Amphitheatre has- been called at the request of certain members to afford opportunity for discussion of University salaries, provisions for those called into the national service, relation between the University Senate and the Board of Regents, and other topics of gen- oral interest. Applications in Support of Research Projects: To give Research Committees and the Executive Board adequate time to study all proposals, it is requestedthat faculty members hiaving projects needing support during 1942-1943 file their pro- posals 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. Applica- tion forms will be mailed or can be ob- tained at Secretary's Office, Room 1006, Rackham Building, Telephone 312. C. S. Yoaktim Application Forms for Fellowships and Scholarships in the Graduate School of the University. for the year 1943-1944 may be >btained from the Office of the Graduate School now. All blanks must be returned to that office by Feb. 15 in order to re- eeive consideration. C. S. Yoakum Ptiblic Health Assembly: An assembly for students in the School of Public Health will be held on Monday, February 15, at 4:00 p.m. In the Auditorium of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Institute. Dr. Haven Emerson of Columbia University will ad- dress the assembly on1 the subject, "The Principles and Content of a Uniform State Public Health Law." All Public Health students are expected to attend. German Table or Faculty Members will meet Monday at 12:10 p.m. in the Founders' Room, Michigan Union. Members of 411 :epartments are cordially invited. There will be a brief talk on "Die Universitat vor 50 Jahren" by Mr. H. A. Sanders. Students who plan to enter one of the following professional schools: Law, Busi- ness Administration, or Forestry and Con- servation at the beginning of the summer term on the Combined Curriculum must file an application for this Curriculum in the Office of the Dean of the College of Literature. Science, and the Arts, 1210 An- gt Hall, on or before March 1, 1943. After tbis date applications will be accepted only uponthe presentation of a satisfactory ex- cue for the delay and the payment of 'a fee of $5.00. seniors graduating in May and at the e nd of the summer session, who are regis- tered in the General Division of the Bureau :f Appointments are asked to come in to fill out a location blank for the spring term. Seniors registered with the Teaching Di- vision io have not as yet filled out the location. blanks should do so immediately. 210 Mason Hall, office hours 9-12 and 2-4. Bureau of Appointments and * Occupational Information No evening meals will be served on SUn- day.. Week day serving hours will remain un- changed. _ Freshmen who entered the-Hopwood Con- test for Freshmen should call for their manuscripts at the Hopwood Room. 3227 Angel Hall, between the hours of 2:00 and 5:50 on Monday, February 15. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Alberto Area- Parro, National Director of Statistical Serv- ices,. Republic of Peru, will lecture on the subject, "Peru's Population Problems: Eco- nomically Active and Inactive Population," under the auspices of the Department of Geography, on Tuesday, February 16, at 1 :15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The public is invited. Lecture: Dr. George' Calingaert of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation will lecture on the subject, "Some Reactions of Organ- ometallic Compounds," sponsored by the American Chemical Society, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 4:15 p.m. in Room 303 Chemistry Building. The public is invited. Academic Notices Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet on Monday, February 15, at 7:30 pm., in 319 West Medical Building. "Phenols. Ab- sorption, Conjugation and Excretion," will be discussed. All interested are invited. Biological Chemistry III: Laboratory re- fund slips may be obtained from Mr. Kaer- Cher at the Storeroom Office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2:00 to 4:30, and on Saturday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30. Stu- dents who are not able to obtain the re- fund slips personally must send signed or- ders for themr, if they are to be given to fellow students. Political Science 52, sec. 2 (TTS,9) will meet in room 2029 A.H. instead of room 35 A.H. Lionel H. Laing Concerts Faculty Recital: Mrs. Maud Okkelberg, kssistant Professor of Piano in the School of Musid, will present a recital at 4:15 Sun- day afternoon, February 14, in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Her program will include compositions by Mozart, Schubert, Haydn, Weber, Casteinuovo-Tedesco, Ml- haud and Brahms. The public is cordially invited. Choral Union Concert: Jascha Heifetz, violinist, Will give the eighth program in the Choral Union Concert Series Tuesday, February 16, at .8:30 o'clock in Hill Audi- torium. A limited number of tickets are available at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower; and after 7 o'clock on the evening of the concert at the box office in Hill Audi- torium.' Charles A. Sink, President Events Today Michigan Outing Club will go on a hike to Saginaw Forest today, leaving Hill Audi- torium at 1:30 p.m. All studenits are wet come. For further information call Dorothy Lundstrom (2-4471) or Dan Saulson (2-3776). The Saturday Lunchen Discussion Group Children's Play School: A series of six lessons will begin this morning. Girls and. boys from 3 to 10 years old will be accented Christiansen will speak on "Jesus' Glory and His Transfiguration." The Lutheran Student, Association will hold its meeting at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Rebecca Conradson will discuss the work of the Lutheran Church with the Army and Navy. The Ann. Arbor Friends Meeting (Quakers) will meet for worship Sunday afternoon at 5:00 in Lane Hall. A Fellowship Supper will follow. All interested are cordially in- vited. Memorial Christian Church (Disciples): 10:45. a.m., Morning Worship. Rev. Fred- erick Cowin., Minister. 7:00 p.m., Guild Sunday Evening Hour. Dr. T. T. Brumbaugh of Detroit will speak to the Congregational and Disciple stu- dents at the Congregational Church on "The Future of Christianity in the .Orient." A social hour and refreshments will fol- low the program. First Congregational Church: 10:45 a.m., Public Worship. The Subject of Dr. L. A. Parr's Sermon will be "That Royal Day-Tomorrow". 5:30 p.m., Ariston League. Raymond Steiner will lead a discussion on "Mexico, Our Neighbors Across the Border". 7:80 p.m., Student Fellowship will have a combined Inter-Guild meeting in the Assembly room of the Congregational Church. Dr. T. T. Brumbaugh of the De- troit Council -of Churches, who has spent many years in the Orient, will speak on the subject: "The Future of Christianity in the Orient." First Church of Christ, Scientist: Wednesday evening service at 8:00. Sunday morning service at 10:30. Subject: "Soul". Sunday School at 11:45 a.m. Free public Reading Room at 106 IE. Washington St., open every day except Sundays and holidays from 11:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Saturdays until 9:00 p.m. Lutheran Student Chapel: Sunday at 11:00 a.mn.: Divine Service in MichiganN League Chapel. Sermon by the Rev. Alfred Schelps, "The Joy of Worship." Sunday at 6:00 p.m.: Supper Meeting and Valentine Kid Party at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, W. Liberty at Third. Meet at Lane Hall at 5:30 p.m. First Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation: 9:30 a.m. Student Class with Professor George E. Carrothers, leader. Subject for discussion: "The Individual and the Larger Self." Morning Worship Service at 10:40 o'clock. Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America and com- mentator for "Religion in the News" will speak on "A Religious Close-up of England in wartime." Wesleyan Guild meeting be- ginning with a Tea and fellowship hour at 4:00 p.m. At 4:30 p.m. Dr. Van Kirk will lead tlW discussion on "Protestantism." This is the last subject in the series on "Religions of the World."rDr. Van Kirk is brought here by the Henry Martin Loud Lecture Committee. First Baptist Church: 10:00 a.m.: The Undergraduate Class will study the work of Luke and the Acts, in the Guild House. 502 E. Huron St. The Graduate Class will discuss "What Can We Believe About the Sacraments?" in the Church. 11:00 a.m.: Sermon: "Sons", by Rev. C. H. Loucks. 7:00 p.m.: Evening meeting of the Roger ;Williams Guild in the Guild Honse. Mr.