THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNE~A Y, MAY , ...,. Fifty-Fourth Year Jane Farrant Claire Sherman Stan Wallace Evelyn Phillips Harvey Frank Bud Low JS Ann Peterson Mary Anne Olson Marjorie Hall. Marjdrie Rosmarin Elizabeth A. Carpen Margery Batt . T Editorial Staff . . . . . Managing Editor . . . . . Editorial Director . . .. . City Editor . , . . . Associate Editor . . . . . Sports Editor . . . . Associate Sports Editor . . . Associate Sports Editor . . . . . Women's Editor . . . Associate Women's Editor Associate Women's Editor Business Stafff ter . . Business Manager . . Associate Business Manager elephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of re- publication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered 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 NIGHT EDITOR: DOROTHY POTTS Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Streaked Lightning Civilian Effort Challenged CLEAVAGE between soldiers and civilians is apparent in the growing tendency of many servicemen to distrust the sincerity of the war efforts of civilians, and to suspect that the home front does not feel its war responsibilities. This is borne out by a recent Gallup Poll which posed the question, "Soldiers back from the war front say that most people in this country do not take the war seriously. What do you think?" Sixty-six per cent of a samp- ling of voters from 48 states agreed that the soldier's apprehensions are well founded. When such a large percentage of voters admit that soldiers are dissatisfied with the attitude of the majority of people, the division between the two groups is not a myth. The danger in this friction is that, aside from impairing the war effort, it may extend to peace time. So strong is the tendency for two unlike social organizations to remain segregated that unless a common understanding between the groups is reached, a grave problem of assimila- tion will arise after the war. Soldiers fight side by side, share each other's problems, and talk together about conditions baCk home. Their objections to the attitude of civilians are reinforced by associations with each other. We cannot expect that, after the war, their opinions will immediately change. Two remedies for the clash of temperament are possible: one, the horrors of war should be publicized and bad news dealing with the war emphasized; two, civilians should be drafted into war work. The latter remedy, with some allowances for housewives, would be the more effective, for active participation always augments reali- ties. If civilians can be made to realize the importance of their contributions toward win- ning the war their efforts will be genuine in spite of compulsion. Only in this way will the soldiers respect the efforts of the home- front fighters. No step can be overlooked to enforce the idea of direct help on the part of civilians. The necessity for an effective war effort and a last- ing peace demands close unity among the people. -Carol Zack I'd Rather Be Itiiht By SAMUEL GRAFTOXN [ikEP OAVIIIG LOT OF US seem to be suffering from a strange malady this spring. We assume, somehow, not only that Roosevelt will run in '44, but that he will win hands down without any- one doing any real campaigning. Before we can be sure that FDR will be elected, we have to know that he's definitely going to accept the nomination. And we can be quite sure of this: that he won't run if there is much likelihood that he won't win, or that he'll have to spend a couple of months campaigning his head off. Right now, Roose- velt is rightfully more concerned about winning the war quickly than about winning the '44 election. It seems to us just a little presumptuous to imagine that the people who have fought Roose- velt and his program in 1932 and '36 and '40 a're not going to be fighting him in '44. The recent defeat of three of the measures he backed: the tax bill, the federal soldier vote bill and now the anti-poll tax bill, is not something pointing toward an easy Roosevelt victory this year. Agreed that there are good straws blowing in the wind, as well as bad ones (like the renom- ination of Pepper and Hill), it is nonetheless true that if FDR doesn't run Dewey can paste "White House" stickers on his luggage with a certain degree of assurance. Political forecasting is, in a sense, just a weighing of trends: will the importance of X outbalance the significance of Q. And in a matter as important as the elections this year, we don't believe in tipping the forecasting scales on the basis of faith alone. We would much prefer to throw in a few old-fashioned political tactics, like ringing doorbells and getting people down to the polls in November. FIRST, of course, citizens must register to vote. This is important, whether they're going to vote Roosevelt's platform of internal progress and international cooperation, aggressive anti- fascism and certain economic freedoms, or for the Man in Albany and his Theory of Silence. Then, doorbell by doorbell, people with the gift of gal) aud perhaps a little touch of blar- ney thrown in, have to discuss the issues of the election, from domestic tax question and the Murray-Wagner-Dingall Bill, to the problems of the United Nations and the Big Four cpnfer- ences. They can't leave out, either, the local issues which will decide the composition of our state legislature, and the returns on Rep. Mich- ener of Washtenaw County. Politics, this summer, will be the subject of more cartoons and serious contemplation than the World Series. And if we want the outcome to be intelligent, we have to be sure that we know the batting averages and the requisites for getting ricked on the All-Star lineup. The League of Women Voters, the Citizens' Com- mittees To Draft Roosevelt, the Political Action Committees of the CIO, and other nationwide organizations and publications, are all needed in compiling "pertinent data." (It never hurts to know whom the "Chicago Tribune" and the "Los Angeles Times" are backing either. Or the "Cross and the Flag.") But just a suggestion: before you start betting on a progressive Congress and FDR in '44, you might write him a postcard, telling him you're DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 2) be held at the Union, Rm. 306, today, from five to six. Applications must be in at that time, since rpom reser- vations are being made now. A representative of the Curtis- Wright Corp. will be on the campus tomorrow to interview girls for their engineering training program. They will see girls in our office, 201 Mason Hall. Stop in for appointments or call Ext. 371. Bureau of Appoint- ments. Choral Union Concerts: The Uni- versity Musical Society announces the Sixty-sixth Annual Choral Union Concert Series as follows: Helen Traubel, Soprano, Nov. 4; ClevelandrOrchestra, George Szell' Guest Conductor, Nov. 12; Fritz Kreisler, Violinist, Nov. 17; Josef Lhevinne, Pianist, Nov. 27; Carroll Glenn, Violinist, Dec. 5; Boston Sym- phony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor, Dec. 11; Vladimir Horo- witz, Pianist, Jan. 15; Dorothy May- nor, Soprano, Feb. 3; Westminster Choir, John Finley Williamson, Con- ductor, Feb. 11; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Desire Defauw, Conductor, March-. Orders for season tickets with re- mittance to cover will be accepted by mail, or may be left in person at the offices of the University Musical So- ciety in Burton Memorial Tower. Prices, including tax (and a special May Festival coupon in the value of $3.60 when applied toward payment of May Festival series ticket): $14.40, $12.00, $9.60 and $7.20. Orders will be filed, and will be filled in sequence. Tickets will be mailed out about Oct. 1 by ordinary mail, unless 20 cents additional is included for regis- tration. Interviewing for positions on the central committee of Child Care will be in the undergraduate offices of the League Wednesday, May 17, from 2:30 to 6; Thursday from 5 to 6. Positions open are: Girl Reserve Chairmen, Girl Scout Chairmen, Proxy Parent Chairmen, Personnel Chairmen, Publicity Chairmen. If anyone has any questions please call Naomi Miller at 24516. Lectures Henry Russel Lecture: Dr. John Alexander, Professor of Surgery, will deliver the Henry Russel Lecture for 1943-44, on the subject, "Develop- ments in Thoracic Surgery." (illus- trated), at 4:15 p.m., Thursday, May 18, in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Announcement of the Henry Russel Award for the current year will be made at this time. The first in the series of lectures, The Culture of Latin America, will be given tonight, by Dr. Raul Olivera from Cuba. His address is entitled "The Cultural Life of Cuba" and will be in English. 8 p.m. at the Kellogg Auditorium. The public is invited. Mr. George T. Whelden, Interna- tional President of the Society of Residential Appraisers, will speak on "Trends in Housing-Both Public and Private," Wednesday, May 24, at 8 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre, under the joint auspices of the Uni- versity Extension Service and the Ann Arbor Real Estate Board. A question and answer period will fol- low the talk. The public is cordially invited. Dr. Haven Emerson, Nonresiden t Lecturer in Public Health Adminis- tration and Professor Emeritus of Public Health at Columbia Univer- sity, will speak to public health stu- dents and other interested individu- als this morning at 11 o'clock, in the School of Public Health Auditorium. The title of Doctor Emersons address will be "The Administration of Health Services at the Four Levels of Government." Academic Notices M.P. 5, Welding: Class will meet this week on Saturday at 9 a.m. instead of Thursday. Laboratory on Friday as usual. Concerts Woodwind Recital under the direc- tion of William D. Revelli will be pre- sented at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, May 18, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The program will include composi- WASHINGTON, May 16.-The Presidei* sometimes has been des- cribed as vindictive and unrelenting toward a foe whenever he gets the "old Dutch up." To some extent, this is true. Some who have crossed wires sharply with the President are never forgiven nor forgotten. On the other hand, he has shown remarkable streaks of forgiveness. Most notable recent example is the case of new Secretary of the Navy Forrestal. Very few people know of an incident which occurred a little over a year ago at Forrestal's Georgetown mansion. But the President did. The General Electric Company has developed a new listening device, on the principle of a dictaphone, by which outside parties can pick up conversations as far away as three miles. The device is extremely sensi- tive and does not need to have a dictaphone planted inside the room where the conversation is taking place. General Electric's ex - president, Charley Wilson, efficient vice-chair- man of the War Production Board, happened to have one of these de- vices and, one night, he tuned it in on the Forrestal home: It happened to be during the per- iod when the Army and Navy were waging relentless war against the War Production Board, doing their best to oust Donald Nelson and take over WPB duties themselves. It so happened that dining with Forrestal that night were Under- secretary of War Patterson, Bernie Baruch and one or two high-ranking Army officers. The conversation dur- ing a large part of the evening con- sisted of criticism of the Adminis- tration. especially of the War Pro- duction Board, and including the President himself. Transcript Shown to FDR Bernie Baruch's high voice could be heard distinctly, taking some tough raps at his old friend, FDR. As Bar- uch is deaf, the others talked in rather loud voices, among them For- restal, who gave out his share of Presidential criticism. In fact, the criticism of the Com- mander-in-Chief was so vigorous, and plans for Army-Navy taking over of the War Production Board were hatched in such detail, that Wilson and Donald Nelson took a transcript of the conversation down to the White House. The President seemed to enjoy the story. His chief comment was: "Lock up that transcript in a safe and keep it there. Somebody will try to steal it." Five copies were made and locked up. But since then, the President has spent a whole month at the South Carolina home of his friend and critic, Bernie Baruch. And despite the fact that the press has reported Forrestal talking to GOP Senators about his lining up with a prospec- tive GOP Presidential candidate, FDR has now appointed Forrestal Secre- tary of the Navy. Isolationist's Revival,. . After a long sabbatical silence, fol- lowing the pre-Pearl Harbor expose of his pro-Nazi connections, Con- gressman Stephen A. Day of Illinois stuck his neck out the other day in the House in a debate with Admin- istration spokesmen that had the galleries agog for 15 minutes. Day delivered a windy harangue against post-war "international en- tanglements" that was reminiscent of his isolationist writings for Fland- ers Hall, the Nazi-controlled publish- ing house in New Jersey which Wash- ington Merry - Go - Round exposes helped to chase out of business. How- ever, before the bald, portly Illinoi- san was finished, young Representa- tive Albert Gore of Tennessee and House majority leader John McCor- mack gave him a workout he hadn't bargained for. Replying to Day's charge that President Roosevelt was being in- luenced by foreign "isms" (he ad- mitted under questioning by Gore that he meant Russia) in post-war planning, McCormack roughly shot back: "The gentleman from Illinois was wrong before Pearl Harbor and has never had the courage to admit he was wrong and has never got on the right premise since. Since our coun- try entered the war, the gentleman has never changed his course of con- duct." President's Health . . When Congressional leaders called at the White House for the first leg- islative conference following the Pres- ident's return from South Carolina, he looked fit as a fiddle. However, Senate majority leader Alben Bark- ley popped the question that has had the capital worried because of those wild rumors about the Com- mander-in-Chief's health. "How do you feel?" asked the Ken- tuck ian. "Great," replied Roosevelt. He added that he had got in 12 hours of sleep a night and plenty of sun- shine. (Copyright, 1944, United Features Synd.) NEW YORK, May 16.-Mr. Willkie is, think- ing things over, and a number of Republicans are waiting, in some agitation, for him to finish thinking. The pause is getting them down. They are biting their fingernails, and smoking rather too many cigarettes, as they wait for the bulletin which will tell them that Mr. W. has made up his mind. Several approaches are being made to Mr. Willkie to get him to promise to support the Republican candidate, whoever he is. One is the argument that-to fail to support Mr. Dewey will show a lack of sportsmanship on Mr. Willkie's part, and will, in fact, mark him down a poor loser. But Mr. Willkie is not playing checkers. I doubt whether he thinks this is a game. He is making a moral decision. Another approach, by former Senator Moses, has been to remind Mr. Willkie that Mr. Dewey spoke on his behalf in 1940, and that therefore Mr. Willkie owes it to Mr. Dewey to speak on his behalf in 1944. Thus all the resources of both college spirit and party regularity are being mobilized to win Mr. Willkie over. They want him to die for dear old Rutgers. (Sometimes, in the dark of night, this must strike Mr. Willkie as a strange appeal, since one of the devices used to beat him in Wisconsin was the argument that he' was "not really a Republican." Now he is being told that as a good party man, he must support the party choice. They fought him on the ground that he was really a Roosevelt, and now they appeal to him on the ground that he is really an Elihu Root.) Still another approach has been to tell Mr. Willkie, over and over again, -that his ideas were not defeated in the Wisconsin primary, but that his defeat was a purely personal defeat. "They just didn't like you, that's all," they say to Mr. the Tribune's isolationist editorials just a bad dream? Did none of it really happen, and did Mr. Willkie lose just because the voters didn't like his face? So Mr. Willkie sits, in a well of silence, trying to grope his way through to a moral decision. He needs, I think, to find the answer to this question: Will the Republican party emerge from the convention as an internationalist party with an isolationist wing, or as an isolationist party wearing an internationalist overcoat? Mr. Willkie simply cannot believe that the chief issue of our time is not an issue, Ile remembers, perhaps, that previous period, in 1920, when exactly this same controversy went flat, in exactly the manner in which it has gone flat in our day; and when it became un- patriotic, or something, to suggest that there were any isolationists left; and when the Committee of Thirty-One famous Republi- cans (speaking of Elihu Root) pledged its word to the public that the party was inter- nationalist. And then, wow! They. tell Mr. W. that all attitudes on foreign policy are now the same. They want him to sign his name to (hat theory, as Mr. Root once did. But, he has seen the face of the world, and sensed its hunger, and he holds back, fearing to give it a dusty answer. That is the problem the GOP faces in landing Mr. W., and if the GOP thinks I am going to solve it for them, it is crazy. It is going to have to solve it itself, and I don't think that to tap this brooding man on the shoulder, and remind him of the rules of football and the traditions of Sigma Phoo is going to be enough. (Copyright, 1944, New York Post Syndicate) ~C hWASHINGTONj. TBy DREWi.RSON MRRYGO 0aROUND___ By DRkE W PEARSO4N - - tions for soloists, and ensembleJ groups by Bach, Widor, Haydn, So- beck, Griffiths, Mozart and Dallier. The public is cordially invited. Exhibitions College of Architecture and De- sign: The exhibition of sketches and water color paintings made in Eng- land by Sgt. Grover D. Cole, instruc- tor on leave in the College of Archi- tecture and Design, will be continued until June 1. Ground floor cases, Architecture Building. Open daily except Sunday 9 to 5. The public is cordially invited. Events Today Rev. H. L. Pickerill will speak at the Inter-Guild luncheon this noon at Lane Hall. Anyone who is inter- ested is invited to come. Tutorial Committee: There will be a meeting this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Undergraduate Office of the Michigan League. All members and those who would like to work on the Committee are asked to come. Merit Committee: There will be a meeting Wednesday at 4:30 in the League for anyone interested in the committee. The Discussion Group of the Mich- igan Dames will meet at 8:15 p.m. at the home of Mrs. D. MacDonald, 407 E. Kingsley Street. Mortar Board: There will be an important meeting of all new Mortar Board members at 5 p.m. in the League. Tau Beta Pi: The society's meeting tonight will be highlighted by an illustrated talk by Professor Frank L. Schwartz on the subject of Jet Pro- pulsion. All active members will meet in the lobby of the Union promptly at 5:45. The Michigan Technic will hold an important meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Technic office. Business to be discussed includes organization of the staff for the coming semester and plans for a staff party. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Building. Professor John B. Waite will read a paper on "The Education of 'a Lawyer" and Professor I.D. Scott a paper on "The Dunes of the Lake Michigan Basin." Coming Events 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. Zoology Club Meeting: - There will be a meeting of the Zoology Club on Thursday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Miss Grace Orton will speak on "Systematic and phylogenetic significance of certain larval characters in the Amphibia Salientia." Crayon Drawings: Do you want your Sketch Drawn? Come to the USO Friday Afternoon between 1 and 5 p.m. Colored Crayon Drawings done by Mrs. John Bradfield. Please make an appointment in advance. Dancing Lessons: The USO Dan- cing Class will be held this Friday evening from 7 to 8 p.m. under the direction of Lt. Flegal. Friday Night Dance: The USO Fri- day Night Dance will be held as usual Friday night from 8 to Midnight. Come and enjoy a dance with the USO Junior Hostesses. Saturday Night Dance: Saturday Night Dance at the USO Club from 8 to Midnight. USO Junior Hostess Company X and Y in charge. Dance with the Junior Hostesses- Men wishing to bring a date please obtain a guest card from the USO Office two hours before the Dance-Ser- vicemen and wives always welcome. Refreshments will be served. Sunday Morning Breakfast: Pan- cakes at the USO Club Sunday Morn- ing!! All servicemen are cordially invited to come to the USO Club Sunday Morning and enjoy a Pan- cake breakfast. Don't miss this! Breakfast will be served starting at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Afternoon Open House: Open House Sunday Afternoon and Evening at the USO Club. Refresh- behind his policies and urging him to run, and you might, on your way to the postbox, ring a few doorbells and buttonhole some of your neighbors and suggest that they do the same. When you have the power to contrib- ute to the trends to be weighed, it's pretty foolish to pass it up. -Ann Fagan BARNABY By Crockett Johnson Mom... Mr. O'Malley, my Fairy Quiet, Bar Godfather, is'angry because we didn't let him cure Pop's cold. Yes, M a . .1..-.h . hetter. Tnaby. I'm on the phone. hrs. Shulfz, John's much ... I'm havinn an wf u . He's so worried about production at the plant. The manpower shortage.. . ~hEMr, Mley!