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Y. r.H1CAGO * BOSTON * Log ANGELES * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1943-44 NEW YORK, April 22.-There is one war which ought to be ended, and that is the cold, dry war which has been fought during these last five years between the refugees of this world and the consular officials thereof. Someone (is it Mr. Varian Fry?) tells the story of the refugee who waited patiently in line, for days, at an American consulate in Europe some- where, seeking a quota number. When he fin- ally reached the consul's desk (the story goes) he was brusquely told: "Oh, come back in ten years!" According to the tale, the refugee smiled the weary; patient smile of his kind, and said: "'Thank you, si Morning or afternoon?" So, you see, the epic war between the consuls and the refugees already has its legends. But it is time to call that war off. The utter loneliness which the world has inflicted upon the refugee, the compulsion that he, poor stateless he, shall fulfill all legal requirements, has been a refinement of cruelty. Some of us know how much trouble it is to fill out long and complicated legal forms. We have raged about that in home debate. Try to imagine what it is like to have your life, and the lives of your wife and children, depend on your ability to fill out a form, to satisfy all require- ments, to have all necessary papers as re- quired by ancient and obscure laws; all under the eye of some uninterested and uncom- prehending Turkish consular official, or Span- ish or American ditto. THE WAR is roaring to its climax, and it is time for the law to stop being so damned stately, to recognize that this is an emergency, and to get up out of its chair and get busy. The way to do it is to set up a system of "free ports" for refugees. If Turkey, or Spain, or Eire, wish to acquire some beautiful merit in our eyes for peace conference purposes, we ought to sug- gest that they join us in establishing free ports for refugees. These (as has been explained previously in this space) would be reservations, carefully fenced and guarded, which refugees could enter at will, without formality of any kind. No rights of any kind would be acquired by any- one who entered such a reserved area. By an easy legal fiction, entrance into a free port would not constitute legal entrance into the country, and stay in a free port would not con- stitute legal residence in the country. It would just be a place where refugees could be stored for later reshipment; they would not be con- sidered ever to have been in the United States at all. We do it for goods; we have long had a "free port" in the New York City area, an actual phy- sical space of land and buildings on Staten Is- land, into which foreign commodities can be brought without payment of customs duties, and stored for later reshipment abroad. We do it for Nazis, too; for we bring prisoners of war into the country. without bothering about their quota numbers. So the question before the house is whether the law, which recognizes that sometimes you need a place in which to park a case of corsets or a prisoner of war, will concede that refugees, similarly, are not equipped for floating in the air, but need to touch the earth, sometime, somewhere. Once we had set up a "free port" for refugees, in any old Army camp, we could ask the neutrals to do the same, and thereby accumulate some beautiful merit, which they badly need. We have thrown an awful lot of law at the refugees; can't we help them, now, with an easy legal fiction? They don't want any rights, they just want a place to sit down; and surely the law can be ingenious enough to give them the one without the other. (Copyright, 1944, New York Post Syndicate) mi i _ 1 A "Books okay, eh?-shows how bad the help situation is, when they suddenly quit without taking any money with them!" D iA i OFIIAB L IN Editorial Domeinl Sas Staff Jane Farrant* Claire Sherman Stan Wallace . Evelyn Phillips . . Harvey Frank Bud Low . . . Jo Ann Peterson Mary Anne Olson . Marjorie Rosmarin Busine. Elizabeth A. Carpenter Margery Batt. . . . Managing Editor . Editorial Director City Editor * . .Associate Editor Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor . . . Women's Editor Associate Women's Editor Ss Stafff . Business Manager Associate Business Manager " HE GERMANS never succeeded in living up- to their own thought, while the English never succeeded in thinking up to their own life," says Richard Kromer of Union Seminary in the forthcoming volume "Science, Philosophy and Religion, 1943." "Man is good neither by sub- mitting to social interests nor by virtue of any other empirical motives but only by acting in accordance with the consciousness of what he ought to do." The obligation of the moral will is being discussed. He argues that we are good or bad not accord- ing to the goodness of God nor the nature of abstract man, but accord- ing to the character of this particular man in various situations. "As long as the Germans cannot be persuaded to accept an ethic of universal obliga- tion such as is taught in Christianity, no enduring peace can be expected in Europe." It is at this point we are being tested across the United States today. In our earlier experience as a fusion of cultures brought about in the vast open spaces, when there was a frontier always ready to receive the dissenter and few city populations, we attained the ability to live up to our thinking. Today we seem unable to so behave. We break into fractions at the mention of responsibility. By what means can the universal obligation such as taught in the Christian faith be made binding in all? When the situation relates to income for the needy or fairness for all or rights of the minority, we moderns in America forget the spirit of our forefathers. Either we drop to the plane which Professor Kromer credits to the English, of living be- neath the level of our thinking, or we do as the Germans seem to have done in Europe, repudiate the univer- sal obligation. In the taxation of incomes in high- er brackets, in behavior toward the Negroes, supposedly liberated in the Fourteenth Amendment, in adjust- ment of farm prices to an industrial purchasing power, in the need of common cause of Catholics and Prot- estants, in steady effort to make medical skill serve those who need but rest on all who earn, in the will to finance the education of children and youth, in the determination to be democratic regardless of the co- operation it takes, and a score of other situations now current, we trim; and in so doing betray a wide- spread national weakness just when by high integrity among ourselves, America should once more become the conscience of the world. -Edward W. Blakeman Counselor in Religious Education Telephone 23-24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: JANE FARRANT Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. McCOSMIC'S MAN: MacArthur Supported By U.S. Reactionaries OUGLAS MacArthur, the hero of Bataan, is the long awaited Messiah of every pro- fascist group in the United States. For the last 12 years it has been said repeat- edly that the only thing that the American worshipers of the totalitarian, intolerant state need is a popular, effective leader. An assassin's bullet in 1935 killed their "white hope," Huey Long, the man who was going, according to his campaign statements, to "Share the Wealth" of his secret backers. Now in MacArthur, whose "Dakota corres- pondence" makes clear that he is still a reac- tionary militarist, they have found, after a series of Gerald K. Smith's, Father Coughlin's, Dr. Townsend's and numerous other political "crackpots," a new leader to rally about- General Douglass MacArthur, "the man on horseback," Second World War variety. The most dangerous thing intelligent Ameri- cans can do is to undersell MacArthur's chances of :success. His popularity has been carefully fostered by a concerted effort of a number of American newspaper publishers. Orders have been given out to play all news from the South Pacific sky high, regardless of its real import- ance. Hardly a newsreel of action in the Pacific is shown without MacArthur's making an ap- pearance somewhere. MUCH of the support given to Tom Dewey in a concerted effort to get Wendell Willkie out of the picture, is rapidly drifting into the Mac- Arthur camp now that that task has been ac- complished. The recent victory of the General in the Illinois primary, with the support of Mc- Cormick's Chicago Tribune, is an excellent ex- ample of these forces at work. The administrative records of military men in public office is far from brilliant. Grant's eight years in office are probably about the most corrupt in American political history. However, this is the least we have to fear. Douglas MacArthur, whose tactics for handling national problems are described in today's Merry- Go-Round, who has given new life and hope to every character and group in Carlson's "Under- cover," stands now willingly or otherwise, as the candidate of American reactionaries and fas- cists for President of the United States. -Monroe Fink APATHY RULES: Women Draft Should Precede Labor Draft The request to Congress by the heads of the armed services for the passage of a Labor- Draft Bill has again met with a cold reception by our Representatives. This coldness is gratifying, provided that Congress has something else in mind. The best alternative to a labor-draft would be a bill to draft women into the armed services. There are too many apathetic women in this country today complaining about rationing, or - 1 The WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON, April 22.-Among most GOP master minds, the Republican race has now settled down to a question of who should be the Vice-Presidential candidate on a Dewey ticket. Except for the Pennsylvania Pew faction still working for Justice Roberts, and the Chicago Tribune enthusiasts for MacArthur, most GOP leaders regard Dewey as good as nominated. Re- cently things have been pointing in the direction of forthright Representative Everett Dirksen of Illinois as Dewey's running mate. Herbert Hoover, who has had most to do with master-minding Dewey's backstage cam- paign, at first was strong for Governor War- ren, but he has been approached regarding Dirksen and has no objection. The only man Hoover is vigorously opposed to (besides Will- , 1i - ,! YCONC- The (po'ited Pen i , = j 1 ,R Did you know that the 30 per cent cabaret tax is "causing unemployment, driving concerns out of business, and by the law of diminishing returns, is causing a reduction in revenue?" Rep. Knutson of Minnesota does, and he has taken great care to introduce legislation to reduce the tax to ten per cent. Forcing night clubs to close, declares Knutson, is an unpardonable sit- uation-from which one concludes that those men who are being so mercilessly forced off the revolving diadem by the greedy tax bill into a war plant are traitors to the cause of American leisure. Or the platinum blond Charmaines and ra- ven haired Zoritas might be lured into a WAC recruiting office. No! cries Knutson. The chorus must be preserved at any cost! Just what the law of diminishing returns and decreasing revenues of the entertainment busi- ness on the great White Way have to do with shooting a Jap in Ponape, Rep. Knutson does not make quite clear. The most plausible explana- tion is that the honorable Representative is among the experienced rounders who must fre- quent at least five hot-spots per evening and scrutinize every possible variety of limbs before he can decide to enjoy himself. We trust our other estimable Congressmen are a little less susceptible to a shapely calf, and will junk Rep. Knutson's suggestion in the ash can. -Claire Sherman kie) is General MacArthur. This dates back to the Bonus Army and MacArthur's expulsion of the veterans from Washington. Hoover recently explained that, when he ord- ered MacArthur to handle the Bonus Army, he had no idea the Chief of Staff would use tanks, tear gas and cavalry. Much to Hoover's chagrin, MacArthur massed a formidable array of troops, even sent to Fort Myer for his own uniform and campaign ribbons, ordered tanks clanking down Pennsylvania Av- enue, burned the veterans' miserable huts, and chased the veterans several miles into Maryland. What has especially rankled in Hoover's breast is that MacArthur since has blamed the Bonus Army fiasco on him. Hoover, therefore, would be thumbs down on MacArthur for any high post in a Republican Administration. Jesse Jones Radio Stations .,.. Jesse Jones, 70-year-old Secretary of Com- merce and boss of Houston, Tex., is being chal-. lenged by 32-year-old Judge Roy Hofheinz re- garding Jesse's influence in Houston. Houston has three radio stations, one owned by Jesse, one by his stepson, M. Tilford Jones, the third by former Governor William P. Hobby, husband of Col. Oveta Culp Hobby, whom Jesse helped to appoint head of the WACS. Seeking a license for a new station, Judge Hofheinz asked the three stations dominated by Jones to permit him to study their program logs in order that he might show the Federal Com- munications Commission that public interest would be served by licensing a fourth station in Houston. But all three Jones stations refused. Boiling mad, Hofheinz then hired a crew of "monitors," who spent a full week listening to every program broadcast by the three Houston stations-18 hours a day. Later, with his license application, Hofheinze submitted to the FCC a detailed analysis of the programs broadcast in Houston. According to this analysis, during the best radio listening hours, Jones' own station did not devote a single full program to the war effort or to community service. There were, from 6 to 11 p.m., for a full week, only four non-commercial announcements (all for the Red Cross). On the other hand, Jesse's sta- tion had 109 commercial announcements and 80 commercially sponsored programs during the same hours. These all paid good money. Figures for the other two stations were com- parable. For the full week, only 43 local advertisers had time on any of the three radio stations, while programs of 238 national advertisers were car- ried. On the basis of this, it looks as if the FCC would grant Hofheinz's application and as if Jesse will soon have some competition on the air. (Copyright, 1944, United Features Syndicate) SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 117 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 Senior Night will take place in Lydia Mendelssohn in the Women's League, Thursday evening, April 27, at 7:30. Seniors graduating this June must wear caps and gowns; seniors graduating in October and February must bring their identification card. Lectures Food Handler's Lectures: Two se- ries of lectures for food handlers will be given by Melbourne Murphy, Health Service Sanitarian, in the Lecture Room of the Health Service on the following days. The lectures will include slides and films. Series I Lecture I-Tues., April 25-2 p.m. Lecture II-Tues., May 2, 2 p.m. Series II Lecture I-Thurs., April 27, 2 p.m. Lecture II-Thurs., May 4, 2 p.m. All persons concerned with food service to University students who have not previously attended are asked to attend one of the present series. Other interested persons are cordially invited to attend. Academic Notices - Freshmen, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: Freshmen may not drop courses without "E" grade after Saturday, April 29. Only stu- dents with less than 24 hours' credit are affected by this regulation. They must be recommended by their Aca- demic Counselor for this extraordi- nary privilege. College of Architecture and De- sign, School of Education, School of Forestry and Conservation, School of Music, School of Public Health: Mid- semester reports indicating students enrolled in these units doing unsatis- factory work in any unit of the Uni- versity are due in the office of the school or college by April 29th at noon. Report blanks for this pur- posehmay be secured from the office of the school or college or from Room 4, University Hall. Doctoral Students: The thesis dead- line for students expecting to receive degrees in June has been changed to May 1. We cannot guarantee that students can complete the require- ments for their degrees by the end of the Spring Term. Sophomore Engineers: An impor- tant meeting of the Sophomore Class will be held in Rm. 348, West Engi- neering Building, on Tuesday eve- ning, April 25, at 7 p.m. All members of the class should arrange to attend. Speeded Reading Course: The short course in speeded reading will start April 25, Tuesday. The class meets at 5:00, Tuesday and Thursday, Rm. 4009, University High School Build- ing. There is no charge for this course. Concerts Percival Price, University Carillon- neur, will be heard in a recital at 3 o'clock this afternoon. His program will include Haydn't Andante from the "Surprise" Symphony, a group of old French airs, Fantaisie for caril- lon by Professor Price, four hymns and Mendelssohn's War March of the Priests. Frieda Op't Holt Vogan, a member of the faculty of the School of Music, will be heard in a program of organ music at 4:15 p.m. today in Hill Aud- itorium. She will play compositions by Couperin and Bach, as well as Sowerby's modern symphony in G major for organ. The public is cordially invited. Student Recital: Betty Sue Lamb, a student of Joseph Brinkman, will present a piano recital at 8:30 to- night in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bach- elor of Music, the program will be open to the public without charge. Exhibitions Exhibit: Original plans and per- spectives for the proposed civic cen- ter of Madison, Wisconsin, designed by the architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. Ground floor corridor, Architecture Building. On exhibit until May 1. The Twenty-First Annual Exhibi- tion by artists of Ann Arbor and vicinity, presented by the Ann Arbor Art Association, in the galleries of the Rackham Building, April 22 through May 12, daily except Sunday, afternoons 2 to 5 and evenings 7 to 10. The public is cordially invited. Events Today The Graduate Outing Club will meet at 230 p.m. for a hike at the club quarters, Rackham Hall, north- west corner. All graduate students and professional students and alum- ni are cordially invited. The Congregational-Disciples Guild will meet at the Congregational Church at 5:00 p.m. Prof. Peter A. Ostafin, who was unable to appear last Sunday, will speak on "Fear and the Personality." Discussion will fol- low. Cost supper. Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club, will meet at the Lutheran Stu- dent Center, 1511 Washtenaw, at 3 o'lock today for a bowling party, to be followed by the regular Sunday supper meeting at 5:30 at the Cen- ter. Lecture on Hindu Thought: The Rev. William P. Lemon will speak on "Hindu Thought" at the Interna- tional Center tonight at 7:30. Re- freshments follow at 9 p.m. Anyone interested may attend. Roger Williams Guild: This eve- ning at 5 Reverend H. J. DeVries will speak on the "Fundamentalist As- pects of Religion." The meeting will be followed by a light supper and a fellowship hour. The Michigan Christian Fellowship will meet this afternoon at 4:30 in the Fireplace Room, Lane Hall. oeueri o2 ifhe kto, Wrong Symphonies To the Editor: We used to think of the May Festi- val as a musical event of considerable importance. What are we to think now? The program this year contains several attractive offerings. Particu- larly we shall be glad to hear "Das Lied von der Erde" and a new piano concerto. But the purpose of this letter is to protest against the inclusion of three full-length symphonies, constituting one-fourth of the entire festival, which are not in any sense a treat for the Ann Arbor musical public. They have been heard here time and again, and recently. The Brahms First (substituted for the announced Fourth) was played last year, and the Beethoven Seventh three years ago; the Tscehaikowsky Sixth is one of the most hackneyed of all symphonic works. Furthermore, these sym- phonies are among the most fre- quently heard on the radio, and probably half the record libraries in the city contain them. For our part, we should like to hear more music of contemporary composers. But there is also a vast store of infrequently played but worthwhile music from the past. The inclusion of the three symphonies we have mentioned seems to indicate an insensibility not only to modern music but to the wealth of our musi- cal inheritance. -K. B. Leisenring R. L. Taylor F student and facurty collectors invited to attend. are i BARNABY I'm convinced that if we go on humoring Barnaby, we'll never shake his belief in that little man with -- - -., --- 1 We'll demolish this imaginary pixie by drawing a clear line in the boy's COKE1T C~ONI5ONJ By Crockett Johnson A burning feeling in my ear, Barnaby. Supposed to mean someone's talking * * ~ ., - ~ I' -AL Michigan Wolverine Students' Co- operative Restaurant, Inc.: The an- nual membership meeting will be held on Monday, May 1, 1944, at 7:30 p.m., at the Michigan League Building. .