W A-JLAAW AL WT w TI"H E MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY APRIUl343A.l Fifty-Third Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan .nder the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Publishe d every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- dlay and Tuesday during the summer session. Member of The Associated Press The Asociated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise creolitd in this newspaper. All rights of repub- all other matters herein also reserved. Enitered at tlie Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second-cla nail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier $4.25, by maii $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 194243 National Advertising Service, Inc. Col/ege Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YOTi. N. Y. CH!CV4O - *BOSTON - Los AnGELO5 '-cSARqFRAI$CtSCO Editorial Staff Bud Brimmer . . . . . . Editorial Director Leon Gordenker . . . . . City Editor Marion Ford . .. Associate Editor Charlottp Conover Associate Editor Betty Harvey . . . . . . Women'S Editor' James Conant . . . . . . . Columnist Business Staff Keep 'em flying - ) V 44 -- Ziethere to-the &ditor Conwint Praised do it, too, without being commis- the South, can be called a champion sioned as officers. Furthermore, they I of democracy. IT WAS with pleasure that I read would be quickly available if and No one would question the fact the Case of William Claytor, and when they should be needed for field that Andrew Johnson made a great. the Results of Daily Poll which ap- service. many blunders as president, but his- peared in The Daily April 8 and 9; There is, it seems, a tendency on tory records that the restoration of written by Jim Conant. It is not im- the home front to "sissify" the armed the Union, with the least possible portant whether the University of service. bitterness, was the aim toward which Michigan employs a Negro instructor Members of the Coast Guard per- he consistently strove. In July, 1861, or not. But it is important if the sonnel assigned to land duty refer the House of Representatives adopteo University refuses to employ anyone to their hotels and other lodging the Crittenden Resolutions which of merit because of his race or creed. places as "ships" and glibly speak of stated "-that this war is not waged Jim Conant is to be congratulated the first floor as the "main deck." upon our part in any spirit of op- for having the courage to state his While our men at the front and on pression, nor for any purpose of convictions and The Daily is to be the high seas are grimly facing the conquest or subjugation, nor pur- congratulated for printing them. realities of war, here on the home pose of overthrowing or interfering As long as students like Conant front, many are "playing house." with the rights or established insti- and school papers like The Daily are -Jane O'Neill tutions of those States, but to defend permitted to express themselves, the * and maintain the supremacy of the hope for democracy will not die. If Fe ed EuoeConstitution and to preserve. the our daily press and officials would e g E op Union, with all the dignity, equality, take as definite a stand, then mem- I wish to applaud Mr. Raymond's and rights of the several States un- bers of religious and racial minorities letter refuting Mr. Fink's recent edi- impaired." The Senate passed a would have more faith in a better torial on the subject of working out similar resolution and President post-war world. plans for feeding occupied Europe Johnson, in his plan for Reconstruc- Such articles by Jim Conant should through the International Red Cross. tion, was merely putting this state- have much influence on the campus. As a recent Belgian newsletter puts meint of policy into a concrete pro- He has no axes to grind, he repre- it, "Theawhole question is whether gram. sents no racial nor religious minority. the United Nations are fighting to Mr. K~ing states, "The movie puts His background is the best that liberate oppressed peoples or. to lib- 1 over the thought that although the American institutions can give. I crate a vast cemetery." It may also progresSive forces won the war, they hope his zeal for democratic princi- be relevant to recall the comment of cQmnletely and correctly lost the ples will not be diminished by lack H. N. Brailsford,. "The popular belief peace." It is true that the progres- of success nor discouragement from that our hunger blockade won the sive forces won the war, but when officials and students. last war is a delusion. It would be, the victory was completed, these E. E. Neal more nearly true to say that it lost forces ceased to be progressive. They I us the peace." became reactionary and intent only Wiliam M. Fuson uponi evenge. They did not lose the * peace; they simply delayed it for In one of your recent crusades you Tennessee Johnsonapproximately fifteen years. questioned all University women as Mr. King considers "Tennessee to the reasons why they weren't in-THE LETTER in Friday's Michigan Johinson" dangerous because it shows terested in the WAACS or WAVES. - Daily, concerning "Tennessee what could happen today. I consider It seems to me that the chief reason Johnson," shows a point of view that it excellent for this very reason. We we aren't signing up is that we have indicates misinformation on the part must gain from past history the little respect for the military organi- of Mr. King. Seeing the picture knowledge'of what could happen to- zation of the women's auxiliaries and without historical knowledge as a day, instead of hiding our heads in feel that it is unnecessary to learn to background, might have given him the sand of forgetfulness. This. pie- march to do the work. a wrong impression. Mr. King ture helps to make orie conscious of Are the WAAC's, WAVES and speaks of "the successors of Thad- how very possible it is, that when SPARS a military necessity to the deus Stevens, who championed de- this pi'esert world conflict is over winning of the war, or is politics re- mocracy." I do not believe that and we have won the war, the Thad- sponsible for their creation? Thaddeus Stevens, a man who deus SteVenses of the world will There are many men beyond the twisted politicians around his little cause us to lose the peace because oc draft age who would gladly do the finger and used every means to put their desire for revenge, work assigned to these women, and through his policy of revenge upon Alilea Haywood DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Elizabeth Carpenter Pat Geilert Jeanne Lovett Martha Opsion Sybil Perlmutter Molly Winokur Margery Woli'son Barbara Peterson Rosalie Frank . . Local Advertising Circulation * . . . . Service Contracts Accounts National Advertising Promotion Classified Advertising . Women's Business Manager Telephone 23-24-I NIGHT EDITOR: CLAIRE SHERMAN' Editorials published in The Michigan, Daily are wri//en by members of The Daily staff and represent th views of the writers only. !t T HE 200th: Nation Comimiemorates Jefferson AnniversarY r HE NATION today commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jeffer- son, a great American. At no time in our history has it beenmore fitting to remember the man who said, "I have sworn on the altar of God eternal hostility to every form of tyranny over th mind ofma" A strong advocate of the rights of the common man, Jefferson believed that all men should have equal opportunities. Hewas a steadfast champion of the people's rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. IN OUR WAR for the Four Freedoms-freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion-his words and his principles are living ones that contain a les- son for us all. In Washington today a memorial will be'dedi- cated to the third President, but throughout the country citizens would do well to re-dedicate themselves to his great democratic ideals. In this "centiury of the common man" it is espe- cially appropriate to pay tribute to one of our greatest "common men." - Ethel Rice SHYSCAClANS: Shortae I Caused by Inequitable Distribution DETERIORATION of health in many com- munities and a possible slowing down of our war program have been foreseen lately by the' Office of War Information "unless remedial steps are taken soon" in counteracting the effect of "extensive depletion of t'he number of physi- cians and surgeons in private practice." This ratio, however, is out of proportion geo- graphically. The OWI nation-wide' survey found sections were there is one doctr to 5,000 or 6.0t0 persons. On the other hand, some large citis have one doctor to every 500 or 600 people. In some instances, whole states have unnatural ratios. 'he doctor shortage is especially felt in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho. Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and West Virginia. 17OLUNTARY RELOCATION-shift of' doctors Sfrom communities that have more than enough to those in acute need-has been tried mnd been pronounced inadequate by the Office of War Information. The Procurement and Assignment Service for Physicians, Dentists, and Veterinarians, whose duty it is to aid and control the recruiting of these professionals by voluntary enlistment, has prowrd inadequate. It has not carried out the redi!4rbution so that the actual number of doc- tors in a state corresponds to its quota based On pul)t 1on1) Causes for the inadequacy- of the voluitary rclocation niain are numerous. Among the chief ones are resistance of local medical groups in their districts; the maintenance of license requirements in a few states, which prevent doctors from moving in during the emergence; and the natural reluctance of the' physicians themsclves to pull up, their roots and irngrate to a community which may not be attractir.. The crisis calls fpr redistribution on a basis other than voiunty. Local resistance must be overcome and better and fairer conditions pro- vided for the physicians. As far back as late last year, Harper's maga- ,7n ci~a Ool hi linfnn A pt i n i DREW e... PEARSON'S MERRY-GO-ROUND WASHINGTON, April 13.-Behind the pro- posed banning of the press from the Interna tional Food Conference was a test of whether the press and the public should be in on future international conferences, particularly the Peace Conference. When the press censorship code was first devised, the State Department wanted criti- cism of foreign policy and diplomatic discus- sions barred from press comment, but other Government departments refused to back it up. So 'also did Chief Censor Byron Price. Later, however, the State Department squeezed into the censorship code a very loosely worded rule, banning "premature disclosure of diplo- matic negotiations or conversations." Just what "diplomatic' means, no one quite knows and its interpretation largely depends on the judgment of tht censor. However, the real test came with announce- ment of 'the - International Food Conference, when the President volunteered the statement that the press would not be permitted in the neighborhood of the town (Hot Springs, Va.), where the conference was to be held. After this announcement, the President asked Press Secretary Steve Early what he thought 'of the idea. Early reacted against it. The President, not nleased, went on to push his 'oint home, exulaining to Steve that he didn't want newsmen buttonholing delegates to find out what was happening. Early shifted his ground, concurred with his Chief. However, OWI Director Elmer Davis did not. When he heard this news, he emphati- cally differed with his boss in the White House, argued that newsmen must be permitted to cover the Food Conference, and this was no time to begin infringing on the right of the public to know what was happening. le. won his' battle. The victory is not so important regarding the Food Conference. lUnt it is imnortant as a precedent whien it comes to writing the peace-an event in which ie mother of ckry soldier son will be vitally interested. Copyright, 1943. Unite Features Syndicate) ISOLATIONIST: Governor DWsregards 9 ity Pity Function 6OV. JOHN W. BRICKER of Ohio came partly out of his isolationist shell last week, peered around, anid realized for the first time that there is a war going on. However, he still refused to commit himself on a definite policy of foreign relations, prefer- ring to lash out at the so-called propagandists whom he accused of using the terms "isola- tionist" and "internationalist" as "name-calling" devises. Governor Bricker, who is being mentioned as the next Republican candidate for the Presidency, has long pursued a policy of stub- born oppesition to any proposal advocated by the Administration-more out of dislike for the source than for the principles involved. L AST JANUARY he violently attacked the independent administrative agencies. In branding his opponents as "name-callers" last week he had apparently forgotten that in his speech at that time he loosely applied the term a....,if..- c 117" -11,,-- Id Rather Be Right BySAMUEL GRAFTON NEW YORK, April 13.-I have just seen a pre- view of a fascinating English film, soon to be released here. It is called "Next of Kin", a droopy sort of title, sure to keep customers out of the theatres. It should have been called "The Girl Next Door", or something of the sort, for it is the story of how any small bit of mili- tary information, unimportant in itself, and spoken to someone unimportant, perhaps even the girl next door, may travel far and be just the missing bit that the enemy needs. The pic- ture tells it in fictional form, showing how infor- mation dropped in a dancer's dressing room, at a bar, in ahotel lobby, makes the circuit to Ber- lin and leads to the killing of; a thousand men. The big "democratic" point comes when an officer, talking to his command, tells the men simplythat each one has to be his own, security policeman. That is all. An hour and a half of content and about ten seconds of comment, which is the right proportion. What I like about the film is that though it is a thriller, and exciting, and often comical and even gay, it is serious; serious in the sense that it tackles a serious, specific problem. Too much of our propaganda work, though serious. in tone, is actually frivolous in effect, because it comes down to someone haranguing in a vague way about democracy, purpose, bravery, courage, without outlining a specific job, or telling the audience what to do. "Next of Kin" (what a title!) focuses on the quite narrow problem of persuading the audience to keep its mouth shut. It does a job of work. That is how one fight a serious war, not with a yawp, but with information. For example, the Wall Street Journal gives it as its opinion that a principal cause of absentee- ism is the worker's failure to understand the cumulative effect of one-day and two-day de- fections. There's a film. Spice it up all you like with spies and dancing girls, but show how a one-day's absence in one department of a plant holds up production of gimpuses, which, as everybody knows, are vital parts of the badina, without which no tank can function. Show what it means to have a schedule destroyed. Let Hitchcock loose among the freight trains. But play it fair. Show how some of the absenteeism may have been caused by dalliance with a babe, but show, also, how some of it was caused by the worker's inability to find a room to sleep in. The result- ing picture might use a hundred frivolous de- vices, yet it would be a deadly serious picture; serious because it set out to do a job of work and did it, Such a movie would be a much greater contribution against absenteeism than Cap- tain Rickenbacker's recent denunciations. The Captain was serious enough. The net total of his activity was not. You measure seriousness, not by mood, but by choice of activity, by method, and by result. Of course, the question is whether, in addition to ending absenteeism, you also want to score de- baters' points. The latter activity is frivolous, no matter how it is done, or by whom "Next of Kin" (I don't know how anyone could have chosen that title) does not have to prate about its makers' ecstatic eagerness to win the war. The fact that they chose a serious, though quite limited and narrow, jQV of war work, and did it, shows that. They are so intent on win- ning the war that they went to a lot of trouble to persuade people to keep their mouths shut. What could be clearer? TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1943 VOL. Lill No. 137 Al notices for the Daily- Official Bul- letin are to be sent to the Office of the President in typewritten form by 3:30 pan, of the day preceding its publica- tion, except on Saturday when the no- tices should be submitted by 11:30 a.m. A7 Notices University Band: If members of the University Band need to be excused from classes a few minutes early oi Wednesday, April 14, to march in the Victory Bond parade, please notify your instructors indi- idually and permission will be granted. A. G. Ruthven Naval Reserve Class V-I: Unless they have already done so, all v-1 men who regard themselves as pre-medical or pre- lental students must register at the War Information Center, Michigan League Building. This registration must be ac- complished before April 17 if exemption from the V-1 qualifying examination is desired. B. D. 'Ihumla, Armed Services Representative Commencement Tickets: Tickets for Commencement may be obtained on re- quest after May, 10 at the Information Defsk in the Business Office, Room 1, University Hall. Because Hill Auditorium will be used for the exercises, and because of its limited seating capacity, only three tickets will be available for each senior. Please present identification card when applying for tickets. Herbert G. Watkins, Assistant Secretary School of Education Convocation: The eighth annual Convocation of undergrad- uate and graduate students who are candi- dates for the Teacher's Certificate curing the academic year will be held in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre on Thursday, April 15, at 4:15 p.m. This Convocation is spon- sored by the School of Education; and members of other faculties, students, and the general public are cordially invited. Vice-President Yoakum will preside at the Convocation and Dr. Karl Bigelow, Direc- tor of the Commission on Teacher Edu- cation of the American Council on Edu- cation, will give the address. Syracuse University Luncheon: There will be a luncheon in honor of the new Chancellor of Syracuse University, Dr. William P. Tolley. at the Michigan League an Wednesday, April 21. at 12:15 p.m. It is hoped that all alumni and former students and faculty members of Syra- cuse University will make a special effort to attend the luncheon. Phone 2-1176 for reservations which must be in by April 17. Kenneth L. Jones and may obtain particulars by calling extension 454. Students who plan to enter one of the following professional schools: Alediclne, Law, Dental Surgery, Nursing, Bfusiness Administration, Forestry and Conservation at the beginning of the fail term on the Combined Curriculun must file, an appli- caton for this Curriculum in the Office of the Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, 1210 Angel -iall, on or before April 20. After this date applications will be accepted only upon the presentation of a satisfactory excuse for the delay and the payment of a fee of $5.00. Aeronautical, Civil, and Mechanical En- gieening Seniors: Mr. Charles Woodhams and an Engineering Representative will visit the Campus on Thursday, April 15, to interview May and September gradu- ates for positions in the Engineering De- partment of the Fort Worth Consolidated- Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, Tex. Interviews will be held in ?oom 3205 East Engineering Building. Interested men will please, sign the interview schedule posted on the Aeronautical Engineering Bulletin Board, near Room B- East Engi- neering Building. Candidates for the Teacher's Certificate, for May, 1943 are requested to call at the office of the School of Education Tues- day or Wednesday, April 13-14, to take the Teacher's Oath which is a requirement for the certificate. Mechanical Engineering Seniorp: Mr. E. W. Oldham of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company will interview Seniors for employment today in Room 214 West Engineering Building. Interview schedule is posted on the bul- letin board at Room 221 W. Engineering Bldg.; interviews for May and September graduates. Women students are needed to help with raking, mowing, trimming hedges, and planting on the University grounds. Pay is 60c per hour-lours are voluntary. Any- one interested may sign up immediately in the Undergraduate Office of the League. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Horace 14. Byers, Secretary of the Institute of Meteorology, University of Chicago, will lecture on the subject, "Thunderstorms," under the 4us- pices of the Department of Geology, on Thursday, April 22, at 4:15 p.m. in the Natural Science Auditorium. The public is invited. Lecture: Mrs. Carolina de Escalante, of Mexico, will give the fourth of a series of talks on Latin America on the subject, EVERYDAY MEXICO," under the auspi- ces of the Latin American Society of the Marine Reservists: There will be a meet- ing tonight at 8:30 in the Union. Greek 166 (Mythology): The mid-term test will be held on Thursday, April 15. Campbell Wonuer English 31, See. 8: There will be no meeting on Wednesday. C oncerts Student Recital: Sara Titus, viollnit, will give a recital in partial fulfillien't of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music at '8:30 tonight in LydoI Mendelssohn Theatre. A pupil of Wassily Besekirsky Miss Titus will be accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Maud Okkelberg. Tbe' program is open to the public. Organ Recital:. The final Wednesday afternoon organ recital in the curret group will be played by Mrs. Frieda Opt Holt vogan, of the School of Music fee- ulty. Her program will include works by Nfarcello, Bach. Vierne, Franck, Liszt, and DeLamarter. The public Is cordially ,Ii- vited. The, twentieth annual exhibition of work 1y artists of Ann Arbor and vicinity Is being presented by the Ann Arbor At Association in the EXhibition Galleries of the Rackham Building, 'through April 23, daily, except Sunday; 2 to 5 after noons and 7 'toe1 evenings. The publIc is cordially Invited. E~veints Today The English Journal Club will mcet tonight in the East Conference Room org the Rackham Building. Mr. Ralph Eberly will read a paper entitled "A Critical 'Test "or Poetry: Is It Truthful?" Graduate students and mpembers of tpe faculty are cordially invited. Varsity Glee Club: Serenade this eve- ning.9eet In the Glee Club room of the Union at 10:15 p.m. The Red Cross Surgical Dressing Unit will meet this afternoon, 1:00 to 5:30, at Ihe -illel Foundati n. Girls are requested to wear white blouses. Sophomore women: Interviewing for the central committee of the Junior Girls Project will be held today through Friday, april 16, from 3:36 t ''5:30 p.n. Be sure and bring your eligibility card. Michigan Dames general meeting In the Michigan League building tonight at 8:15. Election of officers for the coming year. Guest speaker: Mr. Fred Bent. Christian Science Organization will meet tonight at 8:15 in Rooms D and E of the Michigan League.' Coming Events Phi Beta Kappa: The Annual Initiation Banquet will be held at the Michigan Union on Tuesday, April 20, at 6:30 p.m. Dr. William P. Tolley, Chancellor of 9yra- cuse University, will speak on "The Fxature of Liberal Education." Reservations should be made at the office of the Secretary, Hazel M. Los, Observatory, by Thursday evening, April'15. Members of other Clbap- Dinner in honor of Professor A. Ii University of Michigan, on Wednesday,I White's 79th Birthday: Reservations fo April 14, at 8:00 p.m. in the Rackham this dinner must be made through Pro- Amphitheatre! this inne mus be mde trou 15Pro Faculty, students and townspeople are fessor G. G. Brown's office by April 15. Fciysuet n npol r fessr G.G. rowns oficeby Aril weicome to the lecture, which will be de- Any friends inadvertently omitted from livered in English and without charge. the invitation list are cordially invited,lv dn is d to cr tire, and information. Washington Academic Notices seems serious enough today; every- Bacteriology 31 Seminar will meet today body is talking about "problems", at 4:15 p.m. in oom 1564 East Medical such as how to get farmers out of Building. Subject: "Lymphocytic Chorlo- the army and how to restore state's meningitis." All interested are invited. rights. But it is a spurious Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet serinuness. Innnsamuentiality re- . .