F&UA T1171MICHIGAN Hh THURSDAY, MAY I1, ______________________________________________________________________________ U clI c mrLtd t 41~i Fifty-Fourth Year 9 IT j:.4 r . . Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of 'Student Publications.. Published every morning except Monday during the regular University year, and every morning except Mon- day and Tuesday during the summer session. Editorial Staff Jane Farrant . . . . . . Managing Editor Claire Sherman . . . . . Editorial Director Stan Wallace . . . . . . . City Editor Evelyn Phillips . . . Associate Editor Harvey Frank . . . . . . Sports Editor Bud Low . . . Associate Sports Editor Jo Ann Peterson . Associate Sports Editor Mary Anne Olson Assat Women's Editor Marjorie Hallr .Associate Women's Editor Maricirie Rosmarin . Associate Women's Editor Business Stafff Elizabeth A. Carpenter . . . Business Manager Margery Batt . . 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Abou'ttFcee THOSE WHO SUPPORT the Polish govern- ment-irr-exile with at one-sided "The king can do no wrong" attitude were slightly em- barrassed this week by the Polish Military Com- mission's suspension of more than half the sentences imposed by a court-martial of the Polish government in Britain on Jewish soldiers charged with desertion. SWhen the court-martial recently imlosed one- to two-year sentences on 21 Jewish sol- diers in the Polish Army who attempted to jain the British forces because of violent anti- Semitic threats on the part of the Polish offi- cers, protests were raised in the British Par- liament as well as by interested citizens in many of the other United Nations. But a certain group of supporters of the Polish government-in-exile rushed to the defense of the court-martial and complained that everyone is trying to find fault with the Polish leadership in London. It isn't difficult to find inconsistencies be- tween the actions of the London heads and the ideals of the Allied nations, but when the Polish Military Commission itself reverses a court-mar - tial decision, it appears that the uncompromising support of the overly-enthusiastic groups here is unwarranted. Yes, the king can, and does, commit many wrongs. --Betty Koffman 5 f L ni* . T. y t 1 t r s bH 1 l ' l1r- S 11 f41r 4L-O w ,, to Jr . e, ' In-7 . V' -. . .9,. "50,000,000 Taxpayers Can't Be Wrong!" KEP MOVIN And just because he's human He doesn't want a pistol to his head, He wants no workers under him And no boss over his head. THAT IS A SONG of the Spanish Civil War, sung by the anti-fascists from many nations who fought with the Loyalists in the Interna- tional Brigade. Perhaps if you sing it over you will begin to understand the seemingly incom- prehensible: "But why do workers strike in war- time when they're making so much money? Why are they dissatisfied with jobs that are certainly better than any they've ever had before?" During the past few years we have all become so accustomed to thinking of food, clothing and shelter as the essentials men work for, that we have forgotten that these are only their tangible and easily definable goals. You certainly can't get men to work without paying them enough so they can have stew and overalls and lean-tos. But just as certainly they won't work very hard or -very fast if that is all you pay them. The rest of the payment has to come on the job, during the eight or ten-hour shift. It has to appear in the decent treatment of the work- ers, the recognition that they are human be- ings, and as such don't need to be driven by, t .I . The WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND shouts from the foremen or by impossibly speeded-up assembly lines. It ought to show itself in the commendation to workmen for jobs well done, and in public acclaim for pro- posals to increase production wi thout inereas ing fatigue. The thing we seem to overlook is that each of us has a streak of Averyness in him. We aren't ornery, but we do like to make some decisions for ourselves. We like to be respected for doing our work efficiently. Luckily, most of us also have a desire to do things for the good of the group, to cooperate with the rest of the fellows in the tool shop. We don't like to make orders, and we don't like to take them, especially when they are unnecessary and when they are made in a tone of scornful superiority. THAT IS PART of the explanation of "labor unrest in wartime." The rest of the story is not so neatly described nor so hard to grasp. It is labelled: Labor History, and it comes in all sorts of packages: Memorial Day Massacre in Chicago, 1937-nine dead, many wounded. Use of Pinkerton and Burns' scabs, finks, goons to break strikes, create disturbances on picket lines. Expenditure of $80,000,000 annually for just such "labor service," for the use of men and bullets to defeat union organization. Fighting over contracts, over the check-off, speed-up. maintenance of membership, labor-management committees, hiring of women, hiring of Negroes. decent working conditions. Louis Adamic called it the story of "Dyna- mite." You can see parts of it in "Native Land," the movie being brought to the Rack- ham Building by IRA and MYDA Friday night. This is the documentary filming of the facts uncovered in 1937 by the LaFollette Civil Lib- erties Committee investigation. Whether you see the movie or not, you might start thinking about it. Perhaps it was a mis- take for Tom Jefferson to say that all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights, that we all have a chance at the pursuit of hap- piness. But once he said it, it got in our blood. And that's why a man's blood boils when his boss tells him to speed up when he's already going as fast as he can. Or when he's told not to stay in the washroom more than half a minute a shift. These are the little things, but to workers they are indications that somebody's trying to push them around. And they don't like it. -Ann Fagan Na lional ev Congress is reported to be still "cool" toward national service legislation, despite renewed af- firmations by Secretary Stimson and Admiral Land, that it is necessary for keeping war pro- duction going in view of the drafts still to be made on manpower for military service. Most Congressmen seem to think a universal service law would be politically unpopular, and we think that, in thinking so, most Congressmen are playing the chump. . -The Detroit News Foreign Policy R DEWEY'S views on foreign pol- icy have been a long time com- ing. Unkind critics are bound to ask: Where were you when the battle was thickest, when the lines were being drawn? And consulting the actual record it is not a little amusing to listen to Mr. Dewey's perhaps auto- biographical account of the great Am- erican awakening: "First came the Republican Mackinac Charter, then the Moscow Charter, then the Ful- tright and Connally resolutions" But Mr. Dewey is a bold historian. With a disinterested warning note for our own times-1944 in case we've forgotten-he suggests that the last pst-war settlement failed because "those who drafted the treaty were tired war leaders. They could not find within themselves the physical and mental strength to make the peace a living reality." But these, perhaps, are minor points. Of greater significance is the fact that through his brief po- litical career Mr. Dewey has shown himself to he a cautious and fairly accurate opinion - sampler rather than a decisive leader. Al if he says to the publishers, in his clear, ringing voice, that American objec- tives "are to organize in coopera- tion with other nations a structure of peace backed by adequate force to prevent future wars" then it probably means that the American people are fairly solidly behind the policy that Mr. Hull and Mr. Roose- velt have been proclaiming for many years. It means that not many of them like the tune Col. McCormick plays and that the isolationists who are backing Dewey will have to pipe down for the time being. --The Nation DAILY OFFICIALj BULLETIN THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 132 All noties for The Daily Official Bul- letin are to be sent to the Office of the President in typewritten form by 3:30 p.m. of the day preceding its publica- tion, except on Saturday when the no- tices should be submitted by 11:30 a.m. Notices To All Members of the University Senate: The second regular meeting of the University Senate will be held in the Rackham Amphitheatre on Monday, May 15, at 4:15 p.m. The Complete Announcement for the Summer Session is available at the Office of the Summer Session, 1213 Angell Hall or the Recorder's Office, Rm. 4, University Hall. Scholarships in Meteorology: The U.S. Weather Bureau is offering tui- tion scholarships covering the nine- months advanced course at the Insti- tute of Meteorology, University of Chicago, beginning June 19, 1944. Applicants must be American citi- zens, 20-30 years of age, who have had at least two years of college work, including differential and integral calculus and one year of college phys- ics. Those interested may consult Prof. Ralph L. Belknap (3054 NS or 108 MH), or write directly to Profes- sor Carl G. Rossby, Director of the Institute of Meteorology, University of Chaicago, Chicago, Ill. Abbott and Fassett Scholarships: Candidates for these scholarships should apply at once through the office of the Dean or Director of the school or college in which they are registered, since assignments will be made on or about June 1. In each case applicants must have been in residence at least one term. The Emma M. and Florence L. Abbott Scholarships are awarded to women students in any degree-conferring unit of the University who fulfill the conditions prescribed by the donor. The Eugene G. Fassett Scholarships are awarded to worthy persons of either sex in the undergraduate schools and colleges. The U.S. Civil Service Commission is accepting applications for Tech- nical Aid, Ordnance Development (Trainee), $1,970 a year. Positions are located at the National Bureau of Standards, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. Stop in 201 Mason Hall for further details. The New York State Department of Civil Service announces that there are state positions open for the Al- bany Area only-junior typist, junior stenographer and stenographer. Ap- plications for these positions will be received up to May 26, 1944. For further details stop in our office. Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. Song leaders from all dormitories, league house zones and sororities wishing to participate in Lantern Night are asked to attend a meeting at 5 Thursday in the Correctives Room in Barbour Gymnasium. Draw- ing for places in the Lantern Night Sing will take place and additional information and instructions will be given. Please bring the name of the song your house will sing; if the song leader herself cannot come, please send a substitute, since this is an extremely important meeting. Academic Notices Graduate Record Examination: The results of the Graduate Record Ex- amination are now available. Both seniors and graduate students may obtain their results from Mrs. Sulli- van in the Graduate School Office. The ten-weeks' grades for Marine and Navy trainees (other than Engi- neers and Supply Corps) will be due May 13. Only D and E grades need be reported-. The Office of the Academic Coun- selors, 108 Mason Hall, will receive these reports and transmit them to the proper officers. , If more blue cards are needed, please call* at 108 Mason H-all or telephone Extension 613 and they will be sent by campus mail. Directed Teaching, Qualifying Ex- xmination: Students expecting to elect D100 (directed teaching) next term are required to pass a qualify- ing examination in the subject which they expect to teach. This examina- tion will be held on Saturday, May 13, at 1 p.m. Students will meet in the auditorium of University High School. The examination will con- sume about four hours' time; promptness is therefore essential. Doctoral Examination for Martha Edith Springer, Botany; thesis: "A Morphologic and Taxonomic Study of the Genus Monoblepharella," today at 2 p.m., 1139 Natural Science. Chairman, F. K. Sparrow, Jr. By action of the Executive Board the Chairman may invite members of the faculties and advanced doctoral candidates to attend this examina- tion, and he may grant permission to those who for sufficient reason might wish to be present. Doctoral Examination for Chen Ying Chou, Botany; thesis: 'Pacific Species of Galaxaura," Friday, May 12, 1139 Natural Science, at 2:30 p.m. Chairman, W. R. Taylor. By action of the Executive Board, the Chairman may invite members of the faculties and advanced doc- toral candidates to attend this ex- amination, and he may grant per- mission to those who for sufficientl reason might wish to be present. Exhibitions 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 through May 12. daily except Sunday, afternoons Events Today Tea at International Center is served each week on Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. for foreign students, faculty, townspeople, and American student friends of foreign students. The Regular Thursday Evening Record Concert will be held in the Men's Lounge of the Graduate School and will feature the Second Piano Concerto and Double Concerto for violin and cello of Brahms and the Sixth Symphony of Beethoven. Grad- uates and servicemen are welcome... Christian Science Organization: Mr. Thomas E. Hurley, C.S.B., of Louisville, Ky., a member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Mass., in place of Judge Fredrick C. Hill as before announced will speak on Christian Science, "The Availability and Sus- tenance of Divine Power," in Rack- ham Amphitheatre this evening at 8 o'clock. Mortar Board: The're will be an important meeting for all new and old members at 4:15 p.m. today in the Garden Room of the League. -org gEvents, "Little Women," by Louisa M. Alcott, will be presented Friday- at 3:45 p.m. and Saturday at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. by the Children's Theatre of the department of speech, in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Tickets are on sale daily at the theatre box office, which is open from 10-1 and 2-5. Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet on Friday, May 12, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 319 West Medical Building. "Fat Metabolism-the Fatty Acids" will be discussed. All interested are invited. Dancing Lessons: The USO Dan- cing Class will be held this Friday evening at 7. Dancing Class from 7 to 8 o'clock. FridayNight Dance: The USO Fri- day Night Dance will be held as usual Friday night from 8 o'clock to mid- night. Dancing in the ballroom. Refreshments will be served. Saturday Night Dance: Dance at the USO Club this Saturday night! Dancing from 8 to mt~idnight. Re- freshments will be served. All service- men and USO Junior Hostesses are invited. Sunday Morning Breakfast: All servicemen are invited to come to the USO Club for breakfast Sunday morning from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Break- fast will be served by the MOMS Club. Men are requestedto sign up for breakfast at the USO Club. Men interested in attending church with a member of the MOMS Club in honor of Mother's Day will also sign up at the USO Club. Mother's Day Program: Mother's Day Program will be held in the PS0 Ballroom starting at 2:30 p.m. Pro- 1, I _ MMMMM" NEW YORK, May 10.-- We still seem to be excessively jumpy about Russia, and now and then I get the feeling that the front pages of some of my favorite newspapers are posi- tively twitching.. They keep report- ing, with a kind of nervous tic, what Izvestia said and what Pravda said and what War and the Working Class said; and while there can be no pos- sible objection to that, it sometimes looks odd, when there are maybe two, three stories a day, all laid out osten- tatiously, with a kind of doom-is- coming or look-at-this-now air. Thus a number of papers showed coffee nerves, or something, when General de Gaulle referred to "dear Russia"; the story was printed kind' of anxiously and elaborately, with a sort of ominous undertone, as if may- be this was a big incident, etc. But in judging the warmth of that phrase, we have to remember, first, that de Gaulle is French, and, second, that Russia is the only major power which has given his committee full recognition. What do we want de Gaulle to do, on the basis of that situation, poke Stalin in the nose? Anyway, some of my French friends tell me that the General's phrase, "la chere et puissante Russie," doesn't exactly mean "dear" in a dearie, or moonlight and roses sense, but that it means valued or highly-esteemed, like when we ourselves write "Dear Sirs" to the General Motors Corpor- ation, which we often do without ro- mantic intentions. MY POINT for today is not the rights and wrongs of these speci- fic situations, but the general air of jumpiness which we continue to show in the presence of dear and powerful Russia. Now, it is notorious that those who are addicted to worry, worry all the time. Some of us do just that in connection with dear and powerful Russia, like when sheI signs a treaty of friendship with Czecho-Slovakia. we wonder if it isn't too friendly, and when she offers peace terms to Finland, we wonder if they aren't too harsh. The two incidents couldn't be more different, and it is our own agitation which constitutes the only unifying link between them, so that we view Russian friendship toward Czecho and Russian firmness. toward Fin- land with equal fear. he)re is a deep-seated fret among us that dear and powerful Russia has bitter intentions toward the other nations of Europe. The perfectly astounding fact is that her declared policies, at least, are more amiable than our own. To prove that this is not craz9 talk, it is only necessary to imagine the scandal that would have been cre- ated if Russia had taken over our own slogan of "Unconditional Sur- render," and had applied it to Fin- land. We are convinced, and I think, correctly, that our own slogan of "Unconditional Surrender" masks an intent that is, at bottom, moderate, but that hardly gives us license to read an immoderate intent into Rus- sian slogans that are, on their face, moderate. Our nervousness is an unattractive quality, and we would cut a better figure in the world if we tried to be more relaxed, at ease, and full of charm. We could woo the under- ground movements of Europe our- selves, so that their leaders could make speeches about dear and pow- erful America. But the same news- papers which don't like the under- ground much are also the most jumpy about Russia. Small wonder that they are developing a tic and an arm jerk. To come to believe that the whole world is out of its mind, except one's self, is enough to make anybody nervous. (Copyright, 1944, N.Y. Post Syndicate\ I- V. Rather lie flight My SAMUJEL GAiFT0N By DREW PEARSONI J .I i WASHINGTON, May 10-A friend of Wendell Willkie's who is close to the Roosevelt Adminis- tration told him the other day that a group of high-up officials had been discussing him as the best man for Secretary of the Navy. While they could not speak for the President, it was the consensus of this group, Willkie was told, that he would be the ideal choice for this im- portant war job. Willkie gave his friend the following reply: "Naturally I should be honored to serve my country in such an important capacity. But it would be a mistake for the President to make me Secretary of the Navy for this reason. We are on the verge of a tremendous invasion. The plans for that invasion were made long ago. I could add nothing to them. Furthermore, at a time like this, my appointment would be con- sidered political, and politics should play no part in wartime, especially on the eve of a great invasion. At these times, our country comes first." Morgent/wu his pectiwi . .. Hard-working Henry Morgenthau recently caused a furore in the Treasury Department which might well be emhulated by other Cabinet members. tightening up of the woman-power situation and also expects to make surprise inspection 'trips more frequently.6 Secretary of the T rea sary Aldrich? One of the most active behind-the-scenes operators for Tom Dewey continues to be charm- ing, impressive Winthrop Aldrich, head of the Chase National Bank and member of the Rocke- fellor family. Aldrich has been calling in all sorts of peo- ple from all over the country to tell there about Dewey. .He has concentrated especially on certain key newspaper publishers, and on leaders of the radio industry and of the mo- tion-picture industry. His general sales talk is to tell them how close he is to Dewey and to reassure them that they needn't have any misgivings about him. "You don't need to worry about this boy," Aldrich told one caller. "He's in good hands. He seeks my advice on financial matters, and you can rely on the fact that he will not go wrong." Note-Word from the Dewey camp is that Aldrich will be Dewey's SccrIV' ry of the Treas- ury, if he is elected. (Copyright, 1944. United eal itres Syndicate) The Secretary of the Treasury decided make a surprise inspection of his own shop. at about 3 p.m. one warm day last week, walked into one of the Treasury divisions. to So, he BARNABY By Crockett Johnson Burnaby, meet an old acquaintance of your Fairy Godfather's. Gridley is a Salamander by trade- A Salamander, m'boy, is the genie f{ of Fire... The poetic personifiation of the spirit of a chemical prsocess I CSt-iCFCIF ..2 " EujytM tutwi - -eta It was enjoying not exactly a sit-down r I ipe's gon I