YRI TTIV MICLIIC A1~T r~ 4111.7 b-aa 11- r- ai ~a~ d UIW Mi u jai Fifty-Fourth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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 . . . . . Women's Editor Marjorie Hall . . . Associate Women's Editor Marjorie Rosmarin . . Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Elizabeth A. Carpenter . . . . Business Manager Margery Batt . . Associate Business Manager Telephone 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- raer, $4.25, by mail, $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1943.44 NIGHT EDITORS: HERRINTON AND DIXON Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers -only. 5-,, ti , i ' ( " i¢a ..' - tp ti - t -.' Y :. . . S s . . _ k - -. ,F* > /5 r i ) f . 1't . D r? - o// 1, s t IllL v , P r I t. F IREWORKS have been sputtering and exploding in Chicago for the past three weeks as a result of the high-handed action taken by the Superintendent of Schools, Dr. John- son. Irate residents, educators, and members of the Citizens' School Committee have accused Johnson of exploiting his position as Super- tendent to palm off his texts on Chicago schools. Emphasizing that the Superintendent already has 20 books on such varied fields as elec- tricity, graphic arts, metal crafts, local history, and English litera- ture safely ensconced in the Chi- cago curriculum, some Chicago educators have threatened im- peachment of Johnson. the situation as an unfortunate oc- currence. However, a far more ser- ious charge has been made. Misusing his authority as Sup- erintendent, Johnson has seen fit to demote Dr. John DeBoer, from; Chicago Teachers' College to Herzl Junior College because he dared to disagree with a curriculum planned for the fall. Faculty mem- bers, in sympathy with DeBoer, maintain that Johnson rejected DeBoer's suggestion because it was not based exclusively on the needs of the elementary school teacher's job. Communities that find their school superintendents obdurate to reason- able proposals might take a lesson from C'hica o Citizens beCame c g1U1 11CcU. L1 so1 T ~~i1 5U Leader of the group is Dr. J. A. Ladersidet oupheCmier. JInA.concerned over Johnson's dictatorial Lapp, president of the Committee. In methods that they exerted pressure, asserting that the Board of Educa-mthsthat teetd ohs ' tion knew about Johnson's colossal the resulte-Superntendent Johnson compromised. Although he denied book-making machine when they any compromise with DeBoer and apointed him for the third term last called the report "pure, unadulterat- March, Dr. Lapp has asked for legis- ed bunk", Johnson adopted a curricu- lation against those who use the lum for next fall which closely re- school system as a market for their sembles the one suggested by the de- own productsuc .mmtedprofessor. The new program Certainly the Citizens' Committee has 130 hours instead of the suggest- is right when it protests against this ed 128; the 12 hour integrated course unconcealed exploitation of a posi- in study of the community has been tion. A Superintendent is just as divided into a series of geography much a public servant as a teacher; add history courses; the required he is expected to act accordingly. His courses in music, science, mathema- duty is to serve the whole commun- tics, and methods of teaching Eng- ity to the best of his ability, not to lish show some increase; and the make use of his position for his per- elective courses have been cut from sonal benefit. 27 to 15. Johnson's newest book has a num- ber of errors in it, according to "The WjHEN Dr. DeBoer was shown the Chicago Sun." Not only does it man- new curiculum, he said, "Dr. age to misquote two lines of poetry Johnson evidently has abandoned his three times, but it also puts the plan of imposing the curriculum of wr'ong title on Tennyson's poem, the old Prussian normal school on "The Brook". It would seem from the Chicago Teachers' College. these minor evidences that the book "However," he continued, "the is not the best of its kind in the field. main issue of the controversy is not But, if mere exploitations were the settled. There has been nothing said only complaint Chicago citizens had about the right of the teacher to of- against Johnson, one might dismiss fer constructive criticism without School Head Penalizes Free Expression penalty," This statement is significant. The public, it is true, did make Johnson back down. Protesting citizens did force a compromise. But if American teachers are to educate for democracy they must enjoy some freedom themselves. It has been said that democracy thrives on the right of the indivi- dual to express himself. It is be- lieved that one of the fundamental precepts of our form of govern- ment is that of granting to the mi- nority the right to be heard. Significant progress has come in science, in literature, in education, and in government when a few indi- viduals who had a new idea were al- lowed to express themselves. While it is not true that all change is pro- gress, yet it is even less valid to say that maintaining status quo makes for development. If the America which we picture for the future is to answer satisfac- torily even a part of the challenge she has received, then surely educa- tors who are expected to be leaders should have the right to express themselves without fear. If educa- tion is to advance without timidity, if schools are to do their part in solv- ing problems of racial prejudice, of economics, of national and interna- tional confusion, then the foundation stone-freedom of expression-can- not be removed. The controversy in the Chicago school system is probably unusual insofar as it is a little more flagrant, and has been brought to the public's attention through the newspaper. It is undoubtedly true that other teach- ers in other colleges and in high schools are laboring under similar difficulties. But nothing will be done to alter the situation until American citizens become sufficient- ly scandalized to demand a change. -Virginia Rock. In th' Glue Works! Workers Need Job Guarantee Too LABOR, antagonized by the Selective Service Administration's job-priorities-for-returning- veterans ruling; may give the administration a real fight to referee between the worker and the veteran. No vocational guidance or education program is mentioned in the ruling which flatly declares: "A returning veteran is entitled to reinstatement in his former position or one of like seniority, status and pay, even though such reinstatement necessitated the discharge of a non-veteran with greater seniority." Members of the armed forces, of course, have every right to expect reinstatement in the kind of work with the kind of pay to which they were accustomed before they went to war. A man who risks his life for his country deserves the best possible economic opportunities, and even that can never repay him for his sacrifices. The ruling seems fair enough, therefore, but here are the facts released a few days ago 'by the National Safety Council: Machines have taken a larger toll of lives and health than have enemy guns. A little short of 60,000 more lives have been lost in factories than on 'the battlefields of this war. The number of workers injured totals 9,500,000 as compared with 66,121 Allied fighters wounded. Further- more, 312,585 more workers are absent from machines because of per'manent disabilities than men reported missing in action, Labor is already objecting to the ruling on the grounds that it is discriminating against World War I veterans and displacing men and women who have families to support. Connecticut has launched a successful voca- tional program for veterans which might well serve as a model for the rest of the states. Lists of available types of work are published fre- quently by the state and a veteran is entitled to make any choice he likes. Vocational experts are at his disposal to guide him in his choice; however, the entire service is optional.. The ve- teran is sent to the vocational school of his choice where he is thoroughly trained. Every person who has gone through one of the schools and has really put forth an effort to learn has been able to qualify for a good job. The state has opened more than 30 different schools of this type. Displacement of the worker is unfair, and failure to reinstate the returning veteran to his former capacity and pay is equally unjust. _ The new ruling, however, has adopted the course of injustice to the worker. A satisftcory vocational program for him must be worked out for him, too. -Marjory Fisher. I'd Rather Be Bi ht By SAMUEL GRAFTON iomlinie Says W HILE the Italian capital and the Vatican are strategic in world interest and risk, it may be well to recall the beginnings of Christianity in Rome. Certain early followers of Jesus visited Rome, but it was Justin Martyr who effectively carried the settled form of the Gospel for non- Jews from Ephesus to the Eternal City, Known as "the philosopher," Justin preached the "Logos" or "Word." "His doctrine of God," says McGiffert, "was practical not speculative." He expounded the idea of God's Son. For its proof, he drew heavily on the Old Testament in the Septuagint version. No New Testament yet ex- isted, though he could draw upon "Memoirs of the Apostles" which became the books of Mark, Matthew and Luke. His effort to portray the central meaning of God's spirit in creation and redemption is gen- erally aceepted as introductory to the master- ful work of Origin, moving toward a synthesis of Christian belief and Grecian philosophy. The nature of God and the fact of immaterial reality were central problems with which they wrestled, much as their successors in theology have done for 1900 years. Justin, wandering from place to place as was the custom of early scholars, discussed Chris- tianity with that conviction and depth of pur- pose which cleaves society into disciples and op- ponents. This determination coupled with his ability to disconcert his critics cost him his life, In the two Apologies and the Dialogue (150 A. D.) with Trypho, a Jewish thinker who de- fended the idea of Messiah, Justin was defend- ing his fellow Christians primarily against a charge of atheism. However, as in the case of the trial of his Master before Pilate in Jerusa- lem, it was the question, "Are these Christians patriots or traitors?" which brought him to his death. Today, strangely enough, Jews are the chief proponents of the religious thesis. Christians join with them to assert that man has a pri- mary allegiance which transcends the state. The religious also insist that only when these two loyalties can be reconciled can mankind know full freedom. If the perpendicular re- lation of the solitary soul to God can be matched by a horizontal devotion to fellow man-one form of which is the state-then men and peoples can serve a higher value not themselves, and in this perspective understand that rights issue in duty as each privilege is matched by an obligaion. It was Jesus who, when asked for the great commandment, replied: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second like unto it is this: Thou shalt love thy neigh- bor as thyself. Of these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets." (Matt. XXII:37-40), --Edward W. Blakeman Counselor in Rleligious Education. WERRY- GO* ROUND y o R w: <: PEARS4N WASHINGTON, June 3-The drive to put the Republican party on rec- ord against any future third term which is being waged by James L. Wick, Niles, Ohio, newspaper pub- lisher, has met with considerable suc- cess. Wick's campaign. in cooperation with Pathfinder Magazine, is being conducted not merely to help defeat Roosevelt by putting the Republicans on record against even a third term, but also because Wick believes such a policy would help Dewey. Wick fears some people might vote against Dewey when they stopped to think of a 42-year-old youngster and the number of years he might remain in the White House if he followed Roosevelt traditions. Senators who have endorsed Wick's no-3rd-term idea include: Vanden- berg and Ferguson (Mich.); Capper and Reed (Kans.); Wilson (Ia.) ; Willis (Ind.); Bridges (N. H.);(Ball (Minn); Bushfield (S. D.); Wiley (Wis.); Robertson (Wyo.). Kellems aLetter Inqu-iy The McKellar committee and Of- fice of Censorship have now got down to interesting tactics in trying to trace how the Kellems letters to a Nazi agent in Argentina leaked out to this columnist. Secretary Hull has indicated that he does not want any State Depart- ment people to testify publicly before the McKellar committee unless it can be proved in advance that they had access to the Kellems letters and that they also know this columnist. One gentleman has been singled out, aft- er much sorting and sifting, who ap- parently is to be made the goat at a public hearing, though, as far as this writer knows, he was not the source of any leak. However, if the McKellar com- mittee really wants something worthwhile to investigate, they might probe into why the British have access to all U. S. censored mail containing important trade information, while Byron Price doesn't bother too much about their~s. In the Panama Canal Zone, for in- stance, British censors sit right in the U. S. office of censorship, not only reading all mail, but copying any letters which they consider im- portant. This one-sided arrangement exists at other key points. In wartime, it is important to give your allies the benefit of all information, but some people inside the Government think that it should be a two-way proposi- tion and we should take advantage of British information, too. (Copyright, 1944, United Features Synd.) SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 152 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 To the Members of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts: There will be a meeting of the Faculty of the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts in Rm. 1025, Angell Hall, June 5, 1944 at 4:10 p.m. Notices of this meeting and the proposed agenda and reports have been distributed through cam- pus mail. Edward H. Kraus Faculty, College of Engineering: There will be a meeting of the faculty of this college on Monday, June 5, at 4:15 p.m., in Rm. 445, West Engineer- ing Building. The purpose of this meeting includes: Nominations for Executive Committee member, elec- tion of University Council member, and routine business. A. H. Lovell, Secretary Students and Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The attention of students and fac- ulty is called to the following regula- tions of the College: 1. Students are in no case examined at any other time than that set for the examination of the class in which the work has been done. In case of unavoidable conflicts a special ex- amination during examination week may be arranged for a class by the instructor, with the consent of the Examination Schedule Committee, 2. It should be noted that a report of X (Absent from Examination) does not guarantee a make-up exam- ination. An instructor must, in fair- ness to those who take the final examination at the time announced for it, give make-up examinaions only to students who have a legiti- mate reason for absence. E. A. Walter, Assistant Dean, College of Literature, Science and the Arts Hygiene Lectures: If sufficient in- terest is shown, there will be a repeat examination for the required Wo- men'sHygiene Lectures. Sign up by Wednesday at the Health Service. Miss Gorman of the Detroit Home Service Section of the American Red Cross will be in our office to inter-- view girls interested in Home Serv- ice work onsTuesday, June 6. Call ext. 371 or stop in at our office for appointments. 201 Mason Hall. Bu- reau of Appointments. Petitioning: Positions on the sum- mer Women's War Council, including the president, personnel administra- tor, secretary, treasurer, Surgical Dressings chairman, and Judiciary Council, will be open to senior and second semester junior women. Posi- tions on JGP, Soph Project, and Frosh Project are open to women in these respective classes and three Auditorium. Tickets will be ready for distribution at the Information Desk in the Business Office on and after June 5. Candidates for degrees who will march in the academic pro- cession will need no tickets, but upon presentation of identification cards they may obtain tickets for families and friends. Hopwood Contestants should call for their manuscripts at the Hop- wood Room on Monday or Tuesday. The American Youth Hostels, In- corporated are sponsoring a bicycle trip to -Mexico from July 2 through Aug. 18 at a total cost of $155.00. More, detailed information may be obtained from Miss Janina Diedbala, 6957. Lectures Biological Chemistry Lecture: Doc- tor Jerome Conn, of the Department of Internal Medicine of the Univer- sity Hospital, wil present a Biological Chemistry Lecture on "Sodium Chloride Metabolism under Condi- tions of Hard Work in the Tropics", on Friday, June 9,. at 4 p. in. in the East Lecture Room of the Rackham Building. All interested are invited. ConCerts Band Concert: The University of Michigan Concert Band, William D. Revelli, Conductor, will be heard at 4:15 today in Hill Auditorium' in a program of compositions by Weber, Wagner, Sousa, Padilla, Jerome Kern, Morton Gould and others. The thirty-first annual spring con- cert, the program will be open to the general public without charge. Events Today The Michigan Christian Fellowship will meet this afternoon in the Fire- place Room, Lane Hall, at four- thirty. T h e Congregational - Disciples Guild will meet at 5:30 p. m. at the Guild House, 438 Maynard St., for a social hour and tea followed by a ves- per service. Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club, will have its supper meeting at 5:30 today at the Lutheran Student Center, 1511 Washtenaw. Avukah will present "Palestine Night" at its final meeting this sem- ester. The evening will include mov- ies, folk-dancing and refreshments. "Palestine Night" takes place from 8-10:30 p. m. at the Hillel Founda- tion. 'Coming Events The University of Michigan Section of the American Chemical Society will meet Wednesday, June 7 at 4:15 p. m. in Room 303 of the Chemistry Building. Dr. N. J. Kreidl, of the Research Laboratory of Bausch and Lomb Optical Company, will speak on "Glass Research Turns to Crys- tal Chemistry". The public is cor- dially invited. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN NEW YORK, June 3.-A soldier with a San Francisco APO number writes to me that the thing which gets him down is "verbal politics," under which head he includes most speeches about states' rights and bureaucracy. He wants to know in definite terms, whether his "neighbor's wife will be able to go to the corner grocery and get ample food, or stand in a breadline; whether Yang and Yin can till their farm in peace and decency." This sergeant says: "Sooner or later all gen- eralities must be brought to earth." He is afraid that "increasingly the people think of the world to come in paralyzing abstractions, in sonorous but deceptive generalities." He is against politicians who have "climbed to the white-capped fastnesses of defunct theor- ies and generalities, and refuse to return to the level on which all men live." He says: "Behind every principle pis life, the specific, individual, unshakable fact. On this level, our hollow-sounding solons find no refuge. . .. On this level most decent Americans are come to agreement. It is wrong for a Negro to be denied employment to the limit of his capabilities; it is fitting that each man should be able to give his child a full education, and live a secure old age. . . , Here there is no doubt." Doubt arises only when our politicians dismal- ly repeat each other's worn-out remarks about "individualism" and "escape from a mythical bureaucratic tyranny." This soldier would re- mind them of "the all-importance of the con- crete instance, of the necessity of placing every theory in a human context, of the crucial and decisive nature of factual verification." our problems; they had not come together, us- ing all that transportation, merely to have a party. Yet what went on seemed so ceremonial, so mysteriously ritualistic, as to be almost to- tally divorced from the common life of our time. If the 12,000 Brewster workers read, or lis- tened to, some of the Governors' speeches, these must have seemed to them like words floating down a strange and remote planet; and a pretty vague planet, too. There was so much, so very much, about states' rights, about local sovereignty, about the American way, and much of it was fine, and thoughtful; but there was absolutely no nexus connecting these speeches with the belly of mankind, One wonders how these speeches would have sounded in a courtyard of one of the three Brewster plants, to men facing a payless payday, and with food to buy at war prices. And one wonders what would happen to most political oratory, if each speech had to be tried out on a tired soldier, waiting for a train late at night, or on a workman who has just lost his job. That is what I get out of this V-mail letter from a soldier who spends his spare time con- templating the naked souls of politicians, rather than mooing at pin-up girls. (Copyright, 1944, New York Post Syndicate) BARNABY Mom. Mr. 'Malley, my Fairy G odftofher, fixed things so Pop won't think the factory can not tin bettr without him..\ By Crockett Johnson Product ion was going down. And ever since Pop got sick it's been going up. But when Pon phones the oifce teday- Your father's going back to work this morning, Barnaby. rake if easy today, John.. And don't lef anything upset you ..