Pi t TW(' yii ~ T $A _ . C ' t . ..1. .4 C =. 1944i .. . .._--....... - . _ _-_t_ _ _- ----- - - - - _. __ _ _ ___- __ _ __....._____ .._...._......__.. _ r F'if ry=Fcurth Year 1 AG IMIJAY OFFICIAL GRIN AND BEAR IT Sify Uichty Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control or Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and u Tuesday during the slimmxer session. Member of Tfhe Associated Press T'he Associated. Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to itusr otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of repub- ilcation of all other matters herein also reserved. E'ntered 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, 1943-44 NEW YORK, March 24.-It's a funny thing, but soie of the worst enemies of Russia in Am- erica are letting Russia lead them by the nose. I refer to the gentlemen, on the air and in the press, who began to dislike Marshal Badoglio of Italy, the moment Russia gave him diplomatic recognition. Until about a week ago last Mon- day, they had thought Badoglio was a little bit of all right. Now they rather distrust him. And how much of current American support for the Polish government-in-exile in London stems from the fact that Russia opposes that government? The Kremlin breaks with the Polish government-in-exile, and immediately that distinguished Polish patriot, Mr. William Randolph Hearstski, clasps the Polish govern- ment to his bosom. Is not Mr. Hearst letting Russia lead him by the nose? He is doing it in reverse, of course, but to sit down when someone says "Stand!" and to stand when he says "Sit!" is a form of obedience, after all. What I mean is, there isn't much free will in the premises. To do the exact opposite of what Russia wants is still to take one's cue fromi Russia. The Kremlin has the awful [ ,* EdtoriSl Staff Jane Farrant . . . . . Managing Editor Claire Sherman . . . . . Editorial Director Stan Walliace... . .. . City Editor Evelyn Philips . . Associate Editor Harvey Frank . . . . . Sports Editor Bud Low . . . . . Associate Sports Editor Jo Ami Peterson . . . Associate Sports Editor Mvary Anne Oson . . . ., Women's Editor Marlorie osmarin. Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Elizabett A. Carpenter . . Business Manager Margry lBatt .. . Associate Bsiness Manager T elephone 23-24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: EVELYN PHILLIPS Erlitorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Thoroutgh OWl Probe Is Needed ImmedIately IN AN ADDRESS to the House last week, Rep. Brown of Ohio against asked for a thorough investigation of the Office of War Information and other services connected with the dissemin- ation tf news to our servicemen abroad. This speech was a continuation of one made by Brown some time ago in which he accused this organization of distributing only piartisan and biased information and of not giving the servicemen both sides of an issue. He substanti- ated this accusation with iumerous examples and facts, but the main controversial issue in- volved the publicizing of the President's message on the soldier-vote bill. The whole affair seems to have begun after Rep. Scott of Pennsylvania contacted the OW on the day the President's nessage was read to the House and inquired as to whether this tnessage would be covered in the next broad- cast. Having been told that it would be used, he asked if the action pf the minority leader would be given as news. He was assured that both sides of the story would be told. However, a copy of the broadcast showed that in no way was the reply of the minority leaer men- tioned. When questioned about this, the administra- tion spokesman in attempting to defend tfe oWI said that the message as well as a record of the vote in the House was sent to various news- seilvices and that the text was also sent to Algiers "in accordance with a request from the Psychological Warfare Branch of the Army." In this speech the same gentleman said that a check of all broadcasts showed that the OWIl did not broadcast anything concerning the message or the roll-call. He also stated that "in psychological warfare" action df the sol- dier-vote message was not considered good propaganda material for transmission abroad. What kind of "double-talk" is this? If our boys are to vote intelligently they must get the news-and both sides of it! If this can be con- sidered a fair sample of the confused state of the OWT at present, Mr. Brown is entirely justified in urging that an investigation committee be ap- pointed immediately. Certainly if the OWI is not guilty of such ac- tion it should have no fear of an investigation, but if it has been in error all the facts should be exposed.s-Shirley Heilman Rl BE CH ARGE: Smith Overestimates Himrsa l in ACCtt scaons Gerald L. K. Smith, organizer and director of America First, has accused Wendell L. Wilkie of attempting to bribe him with "anything you want," in return for his support in the coming elections. Willkie declared yesterday that Smith's ac- cusations were an absolute falsehood, and prom- ised to issue a lengthy statement at a later date. Who the hell would want the support of Gerald L. K. Smith anyway, and of what value would that support be if it was sought and 7The pendulumn ISPATCHES from New Delhi bode ill for the peace of India. Indications are that the Jap- anese are engaged in the preliminaries to .a full scale invasion. All of which led me, by indirection, to reflect that things were not always so. Time was when these pearly words of mine could not be foisted upon you. For instance, over a year ago the fol- lowing editorial did not get published in The Michigan Daily. I exhume it now because I think it still apropos-especially in the light of this new development: All our acts are conditioned by the war and everything is subordinate to it. So much--if one even begins to feel the tempo of the times -is beyond dispute. But to be misled from that truth into the belief that the status quo, how- ever Ill-begotten, domestically pr internation- ally, must left unaltered, is the most slipshod, indeed least excusable of politically guided ra- tionalizations. If maintenance of the status quo had any- thing to do with victory, the United Nations would not have suffered Hitlerian conquests in bloody procession, one after another, for three long years. But suffer we did although things governmental and bureaucratic changed-when at all-with death-like slowness. Brass-hatism may rule supreme, directorial ineptitude hold sway, caste systems prevail. Yet we dare not tamper with their out-moded mechanisms be- cause, stagnation's apologists say, now "is no time to indulge in idealistic reform." Let the Japi descend from his lair and swarm all over an apathetic India; but, by gad not one inch will be give to that Bolshevik, Nehru, or his senile associate, the Mahatma. FROM CHURCHILL'S own Shakespearean miouth we hear "the four freedoms do not apply to India." Thus blatantly does a great leader of the democratic front repudiate his prin- ciples. This, nevertheless, is to say that India's con- tinued bondage represents an intolerable situ- ation. Soon, "lnja's sunny clime" re-asserts itself, mnaking ,that area the most vulnerable, albeit strategically important Allied position. The prospect of Johnny Doughboy marching off to guarantee the continuation of Indian im- perialism, to help some opulent Maharajah aug- ment the number of his Rolls-Royces is at best unpalatable. Even, or exclusively in military terms: is it wise to imprison India's leaders, terrorize her populace, and cope with native in- difference-not to say sabotage-the war against fascism? Or might we better supplement Eng- land's tongue-in-cheek promise of post-war in- dependence by having the U.S.A., the U.S.S.R. and China underwrite that promise-so that our side could gain the zeal of a fighting force dedicated to the protection of its own home. India has a case so strong that it is irresist- ible. Her land mass looms too large on the map for us to shun her into the limbo of for- gotten things, even avoiding psychological im- plications. Forget ideals, forget reform, forget progress. Rememkler only the imperative need to win this war,-and see if you can conscienciously maintain India ought not to be free. Does anyone in his proper mind want to see a repetition of Burma and Malaya and Singapore or the errors that led to their downfall? Are we to reject the aid of millions upon millions of men because freedom is their price? It was not just flowery rhetoric that Ghandi emitted when he promised his support and that of the All-India Congress to a fight side by side with the British Imperial Army in a war of the East. Nor was Shridhar- ani tripping the verbal fantastic when he stated that an unenslaved India could raise and equip an army of ten million troops. May the powers that be search their souls and examine their heads before the sands of time run out forever . -Bernard Rosenberg power of making Mr. Hearst go to New York at any time it wants to; all it has to do is to suggest that he go to Los Angeles. Inhuman bondage, that's what it is, and even if it is slavery reversed, as in a mirror, it is ideological slavery nonetheless. I would like to see some of those stalwart spirits who say we must not let Russia lead us by the nose display occasional independence. That is, when Russia comes out for Tito, I would like to see at least one of our Russia-baters think it over, and then, glaring fiercely at Moscow, deelare in rug- gedly hostile accents, "I find I like Tito, too. So there! Take that!" That, to my mind, would indicate a little more independence than the invariable automatic negative. All atonatic behavior is slave behavior. TILL ON THE SUBJECT of free will, consider the current wild oratory flaring up in the isolationist press against Russia on the ground that she is taking "unilateral" action. Now, uni- lateral action is exactly what the isolationists most adore. They hate any other kind of action. Yet here they are, condemning it, and screaming that the world ought not to allow any one country do what it pleases. They are beginning to sound like so many members of the League of Nations Association. The automatic negative has not only got them walking backwards; they are spinning in circles and barking at themselves. How sad it is to be a bound man! How awful, to be led by the nose! We have seen much more exaggerated cases of Russophobia in Europe, of course, where men like Laval and Petain hated Russia so much that they actually called the Nazis in to take over. The spectacle of a Laval laying his head on the ground, asking Hitler to put his foot on it, and then, from that posture, screaming at Stalin: "So you thought you could make me a slave, hey? I defy you!" is absurd, but not overdrawn, for it is exactly what happened. This was perhaps the least triumphant as- sertion of free will in the history of muman options. It was the automatic negative carried to its logical conclusion, with the enslavement implicit in that frame of mind made visible and manifest. As for me, I would hate it for Russia to have the awful power of determining my convictions and actions. I assert my inalienable right to agree with her sometimes. (Copyright, 1944, New York Post Syndicate) DREWEW PEARSON'S MERRY-GO-ROUND WASHINGTON, March 23.- Senators who have learned the full facts have been flabber- gasted at what happened just before Stalin rec- ognized the Badoglio government. Most people didn't know it but, just a few days before, the President had finally sent a message to Prime Minister Churchill saying that Badoglio would have to go. The President long had received urgent advice from various men around him that Badoglio was a drain on the Allied effort and must be ditched. General Eisenhower, when he' came back here in January, was anything but enthusiastic about Badoglio and felt that the poor response of the Italian people in aiding the Allied arlmies might be due to their dislike of Badoglio. The President was loath to have a show- down with Churchill, for the British so far have been the defenders of the House of Savoy and have hoped that the throne of Italy might be preserved. About two weeks ago, however, the President finally acted. And about two days later, the Russians, without consulting either us or the British, recognized the man we wanted to bounce. That was why Secretary Hull asked Stalin for explanations and was obviously boiling mad. Factors Behind Move.. .. There were several minor factors behind Sta- lin's sudden move, plus two big factors. The minor factors were: 1. Badoglio already had permitted Comrade Ercoli, Italy's No. 1 Communist, to return from Russia to Italy by way of Turkey. What Com- munist leader Ercoli has been doing in Italy is not known, but it is known that he arrived there after getting official permission to pass through Turkey and with the sanction of the Badoglio government. Therefore, he must be cooperating with Badoglio. Also, Badoglio had two Socialist labor men attached to his Cabinet-Buozzi and Pietro Ninni. 2. Mussolini was one of the first to recognize Soviet Russia and, despite his tirades against Communism, the Fascists carried on profitable trade relations with Russia until the war. 3. Many Russian warships have been built in Italy, so that Russian crews are familiar with Italian technical marine equipment and can easily operate the Italian fleet. It may be that hastier and more willing division of the Italian fleet will follow as a result of Badoglio's recogni- tion. These were the minor factors. Main factors, however, probably were Stalin's growing rest- SATURDAY, MYARCHT 25, 1944 VOL. LV No. 102 All no{,ices Por' the ily Ot)ilcl B1il- letir. are to lie sent th ae ffce or the P'res~teIi e t lhewr°lten Yn im hy:;1 ~i l~iii. tiEle *by prceding isa pitila- LIfl btl, ei~iu til: S at illiy wi'n the 110- i 'i t i iiilil~l ltg,ld h iliitted iy i1{::i ui.. Notices Notice to All Faculty Members and University Employes: Employes on "full-time" and on annual or month- ly salary who ordinarily receive a vacation at the expense of the Uni- versity and pay on holidays and for a reasonable period of sick leave if necessary, are not entitled to pay- ment for "overtime," whether in their own or another department of the University unless such arrange- ment shall have been authorized in advance by the President or the Board of Regents. Faculty, College of Engineering: There will be a meeting of the faculty of this College on Monday, March 27, at 4:15 p.m. in Rm. 348, West Engi- neering Building. The purpose of this meeting is the consideration of recommended procedure for return- ing veterans as presented by the Committee on Veterans' Service. Martha Cook Building: Women in- terested in residence in the Building for the academic year 1944-45 are asked to complete their applications or to call for appointments at once. Mrs. Diekema. Phone 6216. Civilian Men having fall term lock- ers at Waterman Gymnasium must vacate or renew them by Monday, March 27. Cercie Francais: The picture of the club for the 'Ensian will be taken Sunday, March 26, at 3 p.m. in the Union. All members please be pres- ent with your membership cards. Collecting of Rare Books. A non- credit course on this subject will be offered by the Extension Service, Races of Mankind .. . Representative May doubtless felt that he was upholding the honor of the white race when he prevailed upon the War Department not to use the Public Affairs pamphlet "The Races of Mankind" in its orientation courses. Mr. May's specific objection to the pamphlet appears to have been reference to the intelligence tests given by the American Army in 1917 in which Northern Negroes made higher median scores than Southern whites, not because of color, but be- cause of differences in economic and cultural advantages. In forbidding presentation of these facts, Mr. May is denying our soldiers the weapons by which they can defend themselves in the .war for men's minds-a war this is even mnore important in Nazi strategy than the struggle for islands and beachheads. lessness regarding our failure to open the second front and the ru- mor that it might not be opened after all; together with an appar- ent Russian policy to put in power weak governments which Stalin could sweep out more easily after the war in favor of strictly pro- Russian governments. Whatever may be the reasons be- hind his move, there is no doubt that Stalin really landed a diplomatic hay-maker. The embassies are still buzzing over it. Turkish Pelrsecution ... U.S. diplomats in Turkey have been carefully shutting their eyes to a per- secution scandal as bad as if not worse than anything which exists in Nazi Germany. It is the system of gradually taxing Jews, Armenians and Greeks out of Turkey and send- ing them to the rockpiles near the Russian border. The process is simp- ler but lust as harsh as Hitlerian methods. To illustrate, an Armenian sten- ographer working in an American government office in Istanbul was taxed $500 compared with a tax of $2 or $3 against a Turkish girl doing the same job in the same of-, fice. The Armenian found it im- possible to pay, was imprisoned, then sent to northeast Turkey. Yet, until recently, American lend- lease poured into Turkey to support a government capable of such perse- cution. Merry-Go-Round.. . Quoth Justice. Jimmy Brynes when he heard that Governor Dewey had rebuffed the Federal ballot: "Tom Dewey has succeeded in doing what Hitler and Hirohito failed to do--de- feat the American soldier." (Copyright, 1944, United Features Synd.) SI t _ _ _ _ _ _ 'G , "I think Senator Snort is a serious contender for the presidency- he goes around telling everybody he won't run under any oircumstances." 4 E) f " ~(K- starting Monday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. Classes will meet for eight suc- cessive Monday evenings at the Clements Library. Anyone interested in collecting rare books or in rare book libraries may enroll. A fee of $3.00 will be charged. The course will be taught by Colton Storm and Howard Peckham of the Clements Library Staff. Professor Clarence H. Graham of Brown University will speak at 4:15 Wednesday, March 29, in the amphi- theatre of the Rackham Building. He will discuss "Some Problems in Visual Psychology." Professor Gra- ham, in cooperation with others, has conducted a number of .experiments on visual phenomena. A cademic Notices School of Education Students: No course may be elected for credit after today. Students must report all changes of elections at the Regis- trar's Office, Rm. 4, University Hall. Membership in a class does not cease nor begin until all changes have been thus officially registered. Arrange - ments made with the instructor are not official changes. Students, School of Music: Jury for recital approval and senior candidacy will be held Tuesday, March 28, 4-6 p.m., Rm. 305 S.M. Any student who received an incomplete mark for the fall term must have the work com- pleted by March 31, or receive an "E" for the course. Students, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: Election cards filed after the end of the first week of the semester may be accepted by the Registrar's Office only if they are approved by Assistant Dean Wal- ter. German Departmental Library hours, spring term 1943-44 (204 Uni- versity Hall): 1:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday; 10:00 to 12:00 Tues- day and Saturday. Students, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: Students who fail to file their election blanks by the close of the third week of the spring term, even though they have registered and have attended classes unofficially, will forfeit their privi- lege of continuing in the College. Biological Chemistry 111: Refund slips are now available. Non-medical students may obtain their refund slips from the departmental store- keeper, on Tuesday and Wednesday between 2 and 5 p.m. Medical students will receive their refund slips through their class off i- cers. Make-up Examinations in History for the Fall Term .will be held on Friday, March 31, in Rm. C, HH. Students wishing to take these exam-, inations should obtain a written note from the instructor to present at the time of the examinations. History 280: Collection of Treaties and Dumont, Vol. VI are on reserve at main, loan desk in the Library. Speeded Reading Course: The spe- cial short course in speeded reading will be given for students wishing to improve their reading ability. Those interested call Mr. Morse, Ex. 682. The course will meet twice a week for eight weeks. There will be no charge for this non-credit course. Students who had eye movement pictures tak- en last term may obtain their prints, Rm. 4205 UHS. 5, through March 27; ground corridor, Architecture Building. public is invited. floor The Michigan Christian Fellowship: There will be a farewell party given tonight at 8 in Rms. C and D of the Michigan League. All students and servicemen welcome. The Westminster Student Guxild will have a bsrn dance in the social hall at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Howard Leibee, Physical Education Director on the campus, will call the squares and reels. Tickets are 25c. Refreshments, games and dancing will provide fun for all. The Executive Board of the Michi- gan Youth for Democratic Action will hold a meeting this afternoon at 2:30 at the Union. Everyone on the Board must attend, and all members are invited. Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club, is sponsoring a social tonight at 8:15 at the Lutheran Student Cen- ter, 1511 Washtenaw Co-operatives hold Tea: All girls interested in living in a Co-op for either the summer or fall semesters are invited to a tea at Palmer Co-op, 912 Monroe, from four to fivedhirty, Saturday, March 25. First Congregational Church: Min- ister, Rev. Leonard A. Parr; Director Student Work, Rev. H. L. Pickerill; Director of Music, .Wilson Sawyer. Morning worship at 10:45 a.m. Dr. Parr will give the fourth of the "Par- ables of Life" the subject being "The Parable of the Sower." At 5 p.m. there will be a Sunday Evening Hour for students and servicemen, with cost supper. Prof. Bennett Weaver will speak on "The Last Reserve." Grace Bible Fellowship: Masonic Temple, 327 S. Fourth Avenue. Har- old J. DeVries, Pastor. 10 a.m., Uni- versity Bible Class: Ted Groesbeck, teacher. 11 a.m., Morning worship. Message by the pastor: "The Value of the Blood." 7:30 p.m., "Evading Judgment." Presbyterian Church: 1432 Wash- tenaw Ave. 10:45 a.m., Morning wor- ship. Dr. Lemon's Lenten sermon will be "The Unorganized Person." 6 p.m., Westminster Student Guild worship service in the social hall. Mr. Arthur Sinclair of Detroit will give one of~his "Chalk Talks" entitled "Building for Tomorrow." Supper will follow at 7 p.m. First Church of Christ, Scientist: 409 S. Division St. Sunday lesson sermon, "Reality" at 10:30 a.m. Sun- day school at 11:40. Testimonial. meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. This church maintains a free reading room at 106 E. Washington St., which is open daily, except Sundays and holidays, from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays until 9 p.m. Here the Bible and Christian Science lit- erature, including all of Mary Baker Eddy's works, may be read, borrowed or purchased, Memorial Christian Church (Disi- ples): 11 a.m., Morning worship. The Rev. J. Leslie French will speak on "With Malice Toward None." 5.p.m. Guild Sunday Evening Hour. Disci- ple students will jin withx Congrega- tional students at the Congregational Church. Professor Bennett Weaver will speak on "The Last Reserve." A cost supper will be served. The pro- gram will conclude in time for ser- vicemen to reach barracks for eve- C ninm ~c.-A, BARNABY (Those lepehuns.'Likecol By Crockett Johnson 1'l be delighted to see him,. Pop wants you to get Congress 1 can'fstay, 1ve