_________ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Fifty-F ourth Year ?a y T T 4 ; i ifj " F 4S 5.; L ' .. G 'S_> a - i: .yt 1 $ - y _ s: q w .. ': r '4ERRY a Eo, Dly DREW PEAR SONt KEEP MOVING 11 - - .,n + inww w r -~ wnw r li P," . i.. ._. : . x --'. - ;, .. r ,; . .; _, Y , , r a e 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 Tuesdayd Jane Farrant' Claire Sherman Stan Wallace Evelyn Phillips Harvey Frank Bud Low . o Ann Peterson Mary Anne Olson Marjorie Hall . Marjdrie Rosmarin Elizabeth A. Carpent Margery lUtt, du Ed ring the ditorial summer session. Staff Nl e r _ t f ^ . .... ... 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IT MIGHT be well to analyze the case of the "No. One Business Man" against the U.S. government from a more basic point of view than has heretofore been presented. Much ado has been made about the trivial point of whether Montgomery Ward is a necessary war plant or not. This is fairly ir- relevant. What is far more fundamental is the threatened breakdown of }government. That a country at war should allow a recalcitrant labor-hating capitalist to defy the very laws set up by his own classis inconceivable. Would we allow Sewell Avery to obey those laws which suit his pleasure, and ignore those that interfere with his profit, then indeed would Hitlers and H17immlers soon be our masters. It is important for Americans to recognize the dan- gerous swing to the right that action such as Avery's would precipitate if carried through unchecked. Refusing to deal with a union that represents, but a paltry few of a company's employes might be justified if such be the case. In Ward's, how- ever, that fact remains as yet unproven. With stubborn bullheadedness Avery refused to sound out his 78,000 employes by democratic processes, but went ahead recklessly proclaiming that the union did not represent the workers and as such he would not deal with it. Mr. Avery's patriotism can well be. ques- tioned when it is realized that due to his greed for profit and; power, a vast legal machine must now go into operation, costing the tax- payers thousands of dollars and a country at 'war must pause in itstoil to. consider a mail order firm which threatens its very political structure. by defiance of all laws but its own. President Roosevelt should be congratulated for his bold and decisive action in dealing with our, latest edition of "aid and succor to the enem y Marian Mondshein a .Y SPT ORS AN _ . ' '' , ... gk 4T '- . '.1..91. '.4 'Wonder How Many of My Boys That Much Can Kill?' I* 'dy RAUthe lrATN Right By SAMUFL %GflAFTON SEVERAL POLITICIANS are trying out a new warble on the American people. And it runs like this: "We must learn to speak out for America; we must be just as hard-headed and realistic as the Russians; we must stand up for our rights and convictions, etc." Those afflicted with cunning even start out by saying: "It is time we began . . to speak out for .America," which carries the imputation that up to now we have been speaking out for Venezuela, or some- thing. Let us speak out for America, by all means. Any American president who did not speak out for America ought to be impeached. But after this has been established, con- ceded, etc., we are still entitled to ask of any candidate: "What do you propose to say, while speaking out for America? What do you pro- pose to speak out, you big speak out fellow, you?" Up to now they have given us the music, but not the lyrics. They are telling us all about their proposed manner, but not about their pro- posed matter. Yet it is matter we are mostly interested in. The fact that a Presidential as- pirant expects to speak in a loud voice, in for- eign affairs, that he intends to make in any decibels, that he proposes to be "tough',; all this is of little weight until he tells us what issues he plans to be loud and tough about. We must be on warning against men who merely show us their muscles in public. It is a pleasant sight, perhaps, to see a big political biceps rippling under the pallid skin which. marks most candidates, for the poor fellows do not seem to get enough sun. But what work will the muscle be put to? What evil does the candidate propose to strike, in behalf of America? Whom he is going to holler at on behalf of that America for which he promises to roar like a lioji? After all, we will not be electing him just to make a racket. SINCE all of them, also, pledge themselves to coo like doves in bringing about a more cooperative world, a rather strange effect is created. The standard speech on foreign pol- icy has become a performance in two move- ments, in the first of which the hero gets down on his knees and sings Mammy to the universe, and in the second of which he shows, by shadow- boxing, how he intends to pin its ears back. 'The latter part of this dual entertainment makes a strong appeal to the valid emotion of patriotism. But patriotism is a kind of idealogical bas- ket, you have to put something into it. The issue isn't only whether a man is going to speak out for America. It is whether he is going to speak sense or nonsense in speaking out for America. Just speaking out is not enough. Nobody has spoken out for Germany more than Adolph Hitler, and look at it, and him, now. Well, they don't go into that. They are going to speak out and that's that. This display of muscle is quite mysterious. Whom do they pro- pose to speak out against? They can't mean our enemies, for that is not issue. They mean our Allies. But they don't specify. They are doing an act with a chip on their shoulder, and they will tell you what the chip means later on, if elected. They want us to sign a blank chip, so to speak. Those who talk about speaking out, but who won't say what they plan to speak out. Or against whom they plan to speak it, lay them- selves open to the charge of mobilizing discon- tent, especially the discontent of that gloomy crew of ex-isolationists who are convinced4that in becoming just about the strongest country in the world these last few years, we have been acting subtly against our own interests. (Copyright. 1944, New York Post Syndicate) the door open even for his own final return to power; and for the present, he freezes the status quo. Even Boss Tweed would take lessons from a politician as smart as that. Most of the six chief political parties have re- luctantly agreed now to support the Badoglio regime and accept the King's course. They had to; Russia had recognized Badoglio outrgiht, and if the liberals kept aloof, Badoglio and the Com- munists would be able to run Italy by themselves. -New Republic WASHINGTON, May 4.-Only few knew it, but one thing Secretar Knox was working on when he die was a personnel plan which the ad mirals didn't like-as they didn't lik a lot of things. This plan wast train a lot of ,younger, promising Re serve officers to become permanen regular Navy officers on a par wit the Annapolis elite. To understand the revolutionar significance of this, you have to real ize the exalted position held by An napolis graduates. In his recent re port, Admiral King, Commander- o the Fleet, said that ninety percen of the Navy now consists of USN rather than USN (U.S. Naval Re serve rather than the U.S. Navy) But he did not go on to say that the remnaining ten percent of USN officers-in other words, Annapolis -holds the Navy completely in its hand, has a powerful, unbreakable grip on the entire machine. Today, every important command in the fleet is held by an Annapoli graduate. Only the command of over- age destroyers or escort vessels o other unimportant jobs go to non- Annapolis Reserve officers. Yet these Reserve officers are the ones who want to get the war over in a hurry are the most energetic cutters of red tape, thit' 11os daring fighters in the Na vy. /IniiipoisClique Few people outside the Navy know how the Annapolis clique looks out for itself, and the strangle hold it has on personnel. "Annapolis mea stick together like a fraternity," commented one officer just back from India. This Annapolis fraternity system was one thing which Secretary Knox, shortly before he died, want- ed to tackle. He pointed out that, in another year or so, the U.S. Fleet would be much larger and would lack enough regular officers of the type qualified to command big ships. So he proposed taking the best Reserve officers off of small commands at sea, giving them a year's intensive training, and treat- ing them like Annapolis grads-all on condition that they continue in the Navy after the war. But the Brass Hats objected. Rais- ed and reared in Annapolis, they op- DAILY OFFICIAL BUILLET1N FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 127 All notices for The Daily Official Bl- letin are to be sent to the Office of the President in typewritten form by 3:30 p.n. of the day preceding its pblica- tion, except on Saturday when the no- Iices should he submitted by 11:30 a.m. Notices To, the Members of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts: There will be a special meeting of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts in Rm. 1025, Angell Hall, May 8, 1944, at 4:10 p.m.-Special' Order- Corre- spondence Study. lectures University Lecture: Dr. Andre Dreyfuss, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, will speak on "Science in Brazil and the University of Sao Paulo," Tuesday, May 9, at 8 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. This lecture is under the auspices of the Depart- ment of Zoology. Open to the public, Academic Notices Candidates for the Teacher's Cer- tificate for June: Please call at the office of the School of Education, 1437 University Elementary School on Friday or Saturday, May 5 or 6 to take the Teacher's Oath. This is a requirement for the certificate. Concerts May Festival Concerts: The sev- eral May Festival programs will be as follows: The Philadelphia Orchestra will participate in all of the concerts. Thursday, May 4, 8:30: Eugene Ormandy, conductor. Beethoven Symphony No. 7, and orchestral numbers by Debussy, Strauss. Friday, May 5, 8:30: Kerstin Thor- borg. Contralto ; and Charles. Kull- man, tenor, soloists, in performance of Mahler's song symphony, "Song a d e o t , h y f t posed anything which would lower the pride and power of the Naval Academy. So Knox lost out. Maybe he could have won the battle later if he had lived. After months of bitter internal squabbling, the Senate Military Af- fairs Committee soon will recommend the promotion of Lieutenant Gen- eral Brehon Somervell, Chief of the Army Service Forces, to becoe a permanent major general. However, Lieutenant General George S. Pat- ton of "slapping" fame, who, like Somervell, is only a colonel in per- manent rank, will not be approved for promotion. Inside fact is that the committee was all set to okay both officers at a recent closed-door meeting, but Patton again jinxed himself by his untimely London statement that it was the destiny of the United States and Great Britain (later he added Russia) "to rule the world." Meantime, Somervell's promotion was held up by a hot fight over com- mittee procedure. Senator "Happy" Chandler of Ketucky furiously 'ob- jected to the discharge of a five-man subcommittee, headed by himself, which had been considering wartime promotions. Chandler charged that the referrigg of the Somervell and Patton nominations to a new sub- committee, composed of Chairman Bob Reynolds, Senator Elbert Thom- as of Utah and Senator Warren Aus- tin of Vermont, was a violation of "good faith." "I have been dealt with unfairly," stormed the Kentuckian, in closed session. "The discharge of my sub- committee was put over without my knowledge while I was out of town. I wouldn't have known a thing about it, had I not received a letter from Senator Thomas advising me of the change. I think I am entitled to an explanation of this arbitrary action." Chandler's remarks were aimed particularly at Army stooge Senator Rufus Holman of Oregon, who spon- sored the motion to discharge his subcommittee and set up six new sub- committees to act on promotions. At another closed-door meeting the following. day, Senator Ed Johnson of Colorado offered a motion in Chand- ler's absence reinstating the Ken- tuckian's subcommittee with all of its original powers. Action on -this was deferred until a full committee meet- ing, scheduled for today, at which there will be a showdown on future procedure regarding promotion. (Copyright, 1944, United Features Synd.) of the Earth;" Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. Mozart Symphony No. 35. Saturday, May 6, 2:30: Genia Nemenoff and Pierre Luboshutz, pi- anists; Festival Youth Chorus; Harl McDonald, Saul, Caston and Mar- guerite Hood, conductors. Songs of the Americas, orchestrated by Eric DeLamarter, and McDonald's Con- certo for Two Pianos; Suite from the Water Music, Handel-Harty; Roman Carnival Overture, Berlioz; and Faure's Pavane. Saturday, May 6, 8:0: Bidu Say- ao, soprano; Saul Caston, Conduc- tor. Arias and songs; Overture to "Die Meistersinger," Wagner; Sym- phony No. 6, Tschaikowsky. Sunday, May 7, 2:30: Nathan Mil- stein, violinist; Gregor Piatigorsky, violoncellist; Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. All-Brahms program- Academic Festival Overture, A min- or Concerto; and Symphony No, 1. Sunday, May 7, 8:30: Rose Bamp- ton and Thelma von Eisenhauer, sopranos; Kerstin Thorborg, con,- tranlto;CharlesKulman, tenor; John Brownlee, baritone; University Choral Union (assisted by Univer- sity Women's Glee Club); Palmer Christian, organist; Hardin Van Deursen, Conductor. Mendelssohn's "Elijah," a dramatic oratorio. Beginning Thursday morning, May 4, the Hill Auditorium box office will be open from 9 to 5, and after 7 o'clock in the evening. Holders of season tickets are re- spectfully requested to detach be- fore leaving home the coupons for the respective concerts, instead of bringing the whole season tickets. Concerts will begin on time; doors ARE some of your best friends New Dealers, Jews, Catholics, Communists, Negroes? So are mine. I make a point of always having within my acquaintance one or two of each. Noah's Ark? Yes, I sub- scribe to the principle . . . One mustn't be narrow-minded, you know. And if you really want to be cosmopolitan, you can always find at least one exception to the rule, Why, I've discovered that there are a few logical New Dealers! I met a Jew once who never hag- gled. Catholics occasionally aren't bigoted. Did you see that Com- mie, he actually is cooperative! And I have a Negro friend who is as energetic as Sewell Avery. Of course, one must be selective. You, can't just go out and be friends with whomever you meet. You can't trust these aliens. And the Nisei! Perhaps we better stop right here. We aren't going to get along very well together. Haven't you taken Psych 31, or any Soc. courses? Have you ever thought very much about this theory you're spouting? If not, this is a good time to start. From a scientific point of view, it can't be proved that bigotry and rationality are inherited or auto- matically acquired through associa- tion with a particular group. The fact that one is energetic and never haggles demonstrates only the fact that it is the individual who haggles. It doesn't show that one is a member of a group which does these things. Have you ever heard of a group in which EVERY member does anything (except join.) So you met a "white" Jew the other, day? Now, can you describe, acurately, in . what particular re- spects "black Jews" are different from, say, Christians? And the union member who is the "excep- tion to the rule." Is there a scien- tific rule somewhere that we aren't conscious of, stating that: All UAW members are uneducat- ed? Unless there is such i rule, rather foolish, isn't it, to say that you met an exception to a non- existent rule? We believe in being selective, too. We don't like all Republicans, or all professors of English. But nei- their do we. dislike them, as a group. We- pick and choose, not on the basis of the groups they were born into, but on the basis of their char- acters and personalities. As a matter of fact, some of our best friends are individuals. This War is a good time to get rid of a bunch of prejudices and unprovable beliefs. If we can't prove something by any fair rules of logic, let's throw it out. Test it first, but if it fails the test, don't save it because . you like the way it looks among the other rubbish in the attic. Fascism failed that test. So it is with prejudiCes. Since they' have no logical basis, let's get rid of their applications. In many cases the actual discrimi- nation has been wiped out, but we eitheriaren't conscious of its de- strution, or are unwilling to accept it. Everyone has heard that "Nobody treats students like adults," "You'll get kicked out of your sorority if you date that Jew," "There's a quota on entrance into Med School," 'Negroes aren't supposed to eat on he second floor of the League," "Unions always cu down produc- tion, they don't care if we don't make enough goods," "If you say what you think in that class, the prof'll flunk you." These things just can't exist any more. Some of them never did. None of them ever will again, be- ause we know, now, that their ex- istence is dangerous. Getting rid f them helps something called National Unity, an important factor in the winning of the war. Why can't we let them, return? thy cawt we go bacl wards after his . war? Partly because the world doesnt seem to move that way. And partly because the Peopile who. have, finally waked up don't plan. to- go back to sleep again, ever. They don't intend to let us slide back into discrimina- tion after we have, all had: to suf- fer so long from the effects of it. As we said before, we're on our way. Keep Moving. -Ann Fagan 0-s-0 Program: Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92; Verdi: "Ritorna vincitor" from "Aida"; Korngold: Marietta's song from "The Dead City"; Verdi: "Morro ma primadin gracia," Act 111, fronu Tli'the Masked, Bali" Verdi: "Pace, paice, mio Dio" fro "La Forza Destino"; Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; J. Strauss: Encores: Rich- ard Suriziss, Mascagni. IHE 1944 MAY FESTIVAL with Eugene Or- mandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra and featuring Mme. Zinka Milanov, soprano soloist, got under way last night at Hill Auditorium. With Mr. Ormandy and the orchestra content to rest on such firm ground as the Beethoven Seventh Symphony and the Debussy and Strauss pieces, the most interesting part of the evening was afforded by Mme. Milanov. Three of the four numbers chosen by Mme. Milanov were Verdi, but using excellent taste, Mme. Milanov presented Verdi of the first rank. Singing with a fullness of tone and lovely, sincere phrasing, Mme. Milanov was at her best in Marietta's Song from "The Dead City" by Korngold and the tranquil "Pace, pace, mio Dio" from "La Forza del Destino" by Verdi. Inasmuch as more than half of the program consisted of straight orchestral music, it is dis- appointing that Mr. Ormandy and the Orchestra chose to honor Ann Arbor with such musical the Beethoven with anything more than mere competence. Mr. Ormandy seemed happier and more at home in the Debussy and the Strauss and the Orchestra at least, had a better chance to dis- play its wares in these last two numbers. The entire concert was greeted enthusiastically by a capacity audience. -miarry Levine Not So Morome The "moronic little King" turns out to be not so moronic after all-assuming, that is, that he makes his own policy. Under great pressure to abdicate, pressure in which it is said the United States has at last joined, he refuses. On the day we take Rome-which now looks as though it may be very far off-he will "retire from public affairs" and name the Prince- of Piedmont as lieutenant-general. Thus he keeps the monarchy intact; he keeps 2 to 5 and evenings 7 to 10. The pub- lic is cordially invited. College of Architecture and Design: Sketches and water color paintings made in England by Sgt. Grover D. Cole, instructor on leave in the Col- lige of Architecture and Design. Ground floor cases, Architecture Building. Open daily except Sunday 9 to 5 through May 16. The public is cordially invited. Events Today The annual Spring Tea for the Newcomers Section of the Faculty Women's Club will be from 3 :30 to 5.30 o'clock, at the home of:Mrs. Hugh Keeler, 660 Barton Shore Drive. For information concerning, trans- portation, call Mrs. Leonard Meretta, 5489. Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet at 4 p.m. in Rm. 319 West Medi- cal Building. "The Renin-Hyperten- sion System-- the Renal Factor in Hypertension." All. interested are in- vited. Coming Events Annual Meeting, U. of M. Chapter, A.A.U.P.: Michigan Uraon Cafeteria and Buffet Lunchroom of The Fac- ulty Club. 6:45 p.m., Monday, May 8. Election of Officers, Reports, and Announcements. The Program Com- mittee has planned a panel discussion on the Problem of Admissions to the Privileges of Post-Wdr Education. It proposes consideration of these three aspects of the problem: 1. Scholastic Standards. 2. Social Screening and Quotas . .Entrsanc Credentials fnr BARNABY r ..==#C3C= _4CFTT.r By Crockett Johnson r McSnoyd, l must have all the data on you Leprechauns. In minute detail. Nothing can dissuade me from my exocting scientific task ... We can't leave -1 t t1 t{uc._Nt 1"1 I ' I - I .4-_--._ L How can you measure his head, Mr. O'Malley? If he's invisible?. Yes. And ll have to ask you to make yourself visible. We must measure you, McSnoyd, for your cephalic index.. . 7 Least of all a cephalic index. Also I am due in the back room of the Chowder and Marching Club. A little game ofchance- gge--I -I! II h 1 11