THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, NOV. 19, 1943 ..: . ..M1 ri ry.r. h .V i :i.iV. . . l: I'd Rather Be Right By SAMUEL GRAFTON ERRY- O By DREW PEARSON GRIN AND BEAR IT By Licht, NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-We cannot have a real nationalist movement until we have a national grievance. The search for a grievance is under way. Col. Robert R. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune has. decided that the Rhodes Scholarships are a national grievance. He grieved all during a ship launching the other day because "for forty: years American citizens have been hired and educated abroad to become alien agents among us'' A LAUGH WILL KILL IT American .nationalism seems pretty hard up for a sorrow when it can find no greater out- rage that has been committed against us than to send some of our boys to Oxford. I don't think you can build a really big nationalist movement on that. On Versailles, yes. On free scholarships to Oxford, no. Senator Brewster, of Maine, thinks we have a grievance, perhaps big enough to lead to war, because the British do not fully share their petroleum reserves in the Persian Gulf with us. . That's more promising, but I still don't think it's it.. If I were a nationalist, I might move over to Persia and start a nationalist movement there against letting either Britain or America control Persian oil. That might be a business with a future to it. But an American nationalism based pn a demand for more Persian oil, no. Too many Americans feel that it is old-fash- ioned to die for corporate interests, and they wotld merely snicker. And nationalist move- ments have to be deadly serious; a snicker cap- sizes them. SORROW IN SEARCH OF A CAUSE .To go back to Colonel McCormick, he says "it is time:to speak up for America and Ameri- canism," in pursuit of which he demands that our entire war production should be sent to MacArthur. Colonel McCormick is a nationalist in search of a grievance that will be. bitter enough to make the rest of the country go nationalist. He is a mgod~ in quest of a cause; he is a vast, formless sorrow, hot on the track of an excuse for gloom. Every once in a while he thinks Telephone 23:24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: VIRGINIA ROCK .Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. DO-NOTHING ATTITUDE-: Washington 'Sympathy' Will Not Free Jews; All Countnes Should Fo low Upen Door Policy AS THE UNITED STATES moves closer to solutions in the political and military prom- lems of the war, the President and the Congress continue to lag behind with a do-nothing at- titude toward one of the greatest humanitarian issues of all times-the saving of Europe's Jews. Hitler long ago promised, to rid the Continent of all its Jews by the simple method of mass murder and those. nations, which are supposedly fighting to preserve civilization have failed to make any move to interfere with his program of extermination." Last spring a 'group of diplomats met at the Bermuda Conference to discuss the problem of refugees in general. They came out with a vague, carefully-worded statement that meant nothing and brought absolutely no change in conditions. It is not hard to understand the fruitless character of the Bermuda meetings. They were held on a beautiful .nd peaceful little island, far from -the- starvation and- plagues and death of the Warsaw ghetto. And then in. 'August three delegates of the Emergency Conference to Save the Jewish Peo- ple of Europe met with Secretary of State Cordell Hull and received his approval for a plan to send three delegations abroad to investi- gate possibilities of rescuing the .ews from .Nazi-occupied Europe. The first group was to go to Spain, where more than 6,000 Jews had been accepted while on their way to other countries; the second was headed for Palestine to attempt to arrange with the British High Commissioner for temporary visas; and the third was to go to Turkey to consult with the Turkish government on the issue of temporary visas and the establishment of temporary refu- gee camps at Jewish expense. ACCORDING TO A RECENT statement by Representative Andrew L. Somers, these plans fell through because, although, ull said he viewed them favorably, the State Depa'rt- ment has since given the group the run-around by alternately offering the excuses that no transportation was available, that the investi- gation was unnecessary, or that it would have to be reconsidered. About six weeks ago, Washington was the scene of a pilgrimage of 5040 orthodox rabbis who presented a petition to .:ice-Presidept Wallace and Congressional leaders on behalf of the doomed Jews of Europe. One of the most outstanding features of the apeal was the request that the doors of Palestine be opened immediately to refugees. The same day that the demonstration was staged, Sena- tor William Langer, of North Dakota, deliv- ered a speech to the Senate in which he said five months had passed since the Bermuda Conference, during which time the Senate had received no report on the Conference. Senator Langer also brought up the point that "Palestine has become now the only coun- try on earth not under German jurisdiction .where a policy of actual discrimination is car- ried out against the Jews." He goes on to say that since the beginning of the war every -refu, gee, from Poland. Yugoslavia and Greece who peoples are granted a haven there? It would be ironical if it weren't first a complete tragedy. WHY do our President and our Congress stand idly by, pretending not to see, while these conditions prevail? WHY are sym- pathetic, statements made freely, but action restrained? The most common answer is that nothing can be done, But that is not true. It was proven untrue when small Sweden saved 6,000 Jews by opening the border to them after the Nazis ordered the Jews in Denmark deported to Poland to be annihilated. Denmark and Sweden certainly made the weak declarations of the democracies sound hollow when they showed the world how effective a little sincere action can be. King Christian of Denmark told the leaders of the Danish Lutheran Church, "If the Germans want to impose the Yellow Jewish, Star upon the Jews of Denmark, I and my whole family will wear it as a sign of the highest distinction." But the Danes din't stop at making state- ments. When Sweden announced herself ready to receive and shelter every Jew in Denmark, the Danish people, especially the fishermen, aided the Jews in their escape. What was accomplished in Sweden can be done on even larger scales in other countries, especially Palestine, if only the doors are opened. Over two million Jews have already been slaughtered by Hitler., Doesn't that move any- one to ation? What are we waiting for? -Betty Koffman AIR POWER: Lack of Supplies H0inders utwestPacificWar ACCORDING to Gen. MacArthur's official spokesman, Col. L. G. Diller, less than 5 per- cent of America's military resources and less than- 10 percent of her overseas shipping are reaching the Southwest Pacific command, and available men and equipment are not sufficient for any large scale offensive against the Japan- ese. But the most dangerous factwas disclosed when Col. Diller said that the percentage for air resources is somewhat lower. In pther words, they are less than 10 percent. In a war where air strength and supremacy are among the most important factors of of- fensive action, that statement puts Southwest Pacific air power, by sheer inadequacy, as one of the minor factors of warfare. For com- parative purposes, more tons of bombs have fallen on a single German industrial city dur- ing oneraid than all the tons cascading down upon the Jap installations and defenses in four weeks. . Reasons' for such a situation might stem from the slowing up of the production line. This .could be by strikes, wildcat or otherwise, or the feeling that '.The war's half won, so why rush?" he has found it, and he grabs it, and exhibits it, and he says: "This is why I am so furious." And it turns out to be a Rhodes Scholar. Never mind; he keeps looking. He is cheerful only when he thinks he has just found out why he is so angry. NEVER SAY DIE Our would-be nationalists have even develop- ed a motto: "What's wrong with being for Am- erica first?" This is supposed to make the op- position feel so ashamed it will wish it were dead. But where do the nationalists get the theory that we have not been for America first? We did not fight until we were attacked. We did not send men to war until we could no longer keep war away by sending supplies. We still have not fought on a major land front, though our Russian and Chinese allies have. The na- tionalists are inventing a heedless American generosity which does not, in cold reality, exist, in order to be able to attack the government for not being greedy enough. It is a soft im- peachment, followed by a one-two. One must admire the courage of these men, embarking on a nationalist movement at a time when we are winning a war without having been bombed. That is the spirit of enterprise which has made America great. Never say die. Stiff upper lip. Onward, fellows. Remember that every silver lining has a cloud, and we'll find it yet. (Copyright, 1943. N.Y. Post Syndicate) In 4t '.LI 4, a BOUT BEING A NOBODY. We aren't assuming a cloak of false modesty or feeling sorry for ourselves for not being editor of The Daily or Dean of the Graduate School. We aren't ashamed of our lack of importance on campus and in the world generally. Quite the contrary. We're proud of being one of the nobodies Paul Robeson sings about in "The Ballad for Americans." Remember near the end: "We nobodies who are anybody believe it- We anybodies who are everybodies have no doubts; Out of the cheating, out of the shouting, Out of the murders and lynching, Out of the windbags, the patriotic spouting, Out of uncertainty and doubting, O.ut of the carpet bag and the brass spitoon It will come again, Our marching song will come again." That's where we got our name, and we have a long heritage to live up to. We are citizens who vote in elections (even the off-year ones), sign anti-lynch petitions, work for better edu- cational facilities and better housing conditions, join in groups that are uniting for victory, try to roll-back Drices, and fight for our country and our democratic beliefs in 1932 as well as in 1943. WE SOMETIMES discover that we've got out of the habit of democracy-that we've for- gotten the facts of our history. Forgotten that in many states the Constitution was adopted only because it contained a Bill of Rights to protect the nobodies. Forgotten that it took an executive order, an Emancipation Proclam- ation, to restore manhood to Negro Americans who had hitherto been considered slaves and pieces of property. And that it took a second executive order, No. 8802, to insure non-dis- crimination in employment of these Negro citi- zens. Forgotten that nobodies began joining together as early as 1828 to better their working conditions, raise wages, lower hours of work, gain recognition of workers as- members of unions. Forgotten that Susan B. Anthony, Lu- cretia Mott an Elizabeth Cady Stanton organ- ized. were jailed, and organized some more, for more than sixty years in order to make women, who had always been less than no- bodies, into citizens with equal rights before the law. Forgotten that young nobodies, from farms and factories and high schools and logg- ing camps have fought for a chance to go to college. This summer we forgot again. Forgot that nobodies like us who go to school are equals, not superiors, of the nobodies who are pro- ducing war materials in defense plants. We worried over school work, the housing and manpower situations, and continued to main- tain that we were so essential to the post-war world that youths working nine and ten hours on the swing shift must respect us for our knowledge. "The world of 1948 will need trained leaders," we repeated whenever, our consciences pricked. "War jobs are all right for stupid people who are accustomed to dull factory routine, but we're made of different stuff. We have to have jobs that take brains." We forgot many things, until we got a war job four hours a day. And then we discovered that we couldn't find any of the "stupid people who are accustomed to dull factory routine." We couldn't find anyone on a production line who LIKED the work as such . . who was sorry to punch out and walk into the fresh air again after spending ten hours in heat and noise and rush. Instead we found people working out of economic and patriotic necessity. People with high school education, or without; with BAs and PhDs or masters of six-grade fundamen- tals. All alike oppose the speed-up, bad hous- WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. - Some of the President's newspaper friends who have been consistently for him over a long period of years are now suggesting that this is a good time to turn the other cheek regarding his constant feud with the press. They suggest that he personally could step into the current news- print shortage and take a strong stand onrangissue which seriously threatens one of the basic freedoms of the country-freedom of the press. Actually, a good many bureau- crats have been nibbling at the newsprint problem, but no one has stepped in with any forthrightness to cut red tape and solve the prob- lem. It now looks as if only the White House could do this. Not generally realized is the fact that newsprint shortage is due not so much to decreased woodpulp pro- duction in the Canadian forests, but to much greater use of cardboard and packing material in sending war supplies abroad. This is a terrific drain and, though U. S. publishers have patriotically cut their newsprint, they will have to cut to the bone unless energetic moves are made by the government. The plan put forward by newspa- per executives friendly to the White House includes: 1. Greater use of war prisoners in the Canadian and Maine for- ests. 2. More equitable distribution of newsprint among publishers. At present, the papers with the big Sunday editions have scarcely suf- fered at all, being able to absorb their paper cuts out of their Sun- day "fat.". On the other hand, medium-sized papers may have to take terrific punishment. 3. Stricter supervision of cuts by throw-aways, dodgers, comic mag- azines and newsprint users who have not kept such accurate rec- ords of their past consumption. The newsprint industry has suf- fered by its past efficiency, having kept very accurate records. 4. More emphasis on the paper salvage campaign. At present, only 35 percent of the nation's waste paper is being collected and salvaged. The waste paper re- claiming machinery is running at only 51 percent of capacity. Ap- proximately 6,090,000 tons of waste paper are normally collected and sold for paper board but now only two million. The newspapers stepped in and did a great job of collecting scrap iron when the nation needed it, but now, when the newspapers need newsprint, they themselves are some- what handicapped in blowing their horn. What the White House will do re- mains to be seen. Anti-Subsidy Fight . . It's a sure bet that the anti-sub- sidy bill fathered by Alabama's pa- ternal Henry Steagall will pass the House of Representatives by a two- thirds vote. It will also pass the Senate. This would mean the aboli- tion of subsidies on almost all prod- ucts except those grown around Congressman Steaglall's district- namely peanuts and cotton-seed. It would also mean the end of the President's most cherished plan to check inflation. However, it is also considered a good bet that Congress would not pass the bill over the President's veto. The two-thirds on original passage would waver when it came to-over-riding a veto. Liquor Investigation .. If -the Senate committee investi- gating the liquor industry digs deep- er than the surface, it will find one of the largest whiskey combines in history now controlling the liquor business of the United States. They will find that 80 to 90 percent of all U. S. whiskey is in the hands of four big companies. They will also find that the Big 4 have been buying up little companies recently not merely to get their distilling equipment but to get their unused liquor stocks. Even six years ago, during the TENC monopoly hearings, it was found that the Big 4-Schenley; Seagrams, Hiram Walker and Na- tional Distillers-produced 64 per- cent of all whiskey. Equally imi portant, they held 78 percent of all 4-year-old stocks. Since then, they have been buyin more and mode companies. Sea grams recently bought Frankfor Distilleries, thereby acquiring Fou Roses and Paul Jones. It is report ed that National is now negotiatin to buy Century.b Others which ma fall under the drive are Brown- For man, Bean Distilling and Park Tilford. All this has caused the Federa Trade Commission to launch a quie investigation under the Clayton Ac The Clayton' Act prohibits any com pany from acquiring stock of an other company to lessen competitio substantially. How much cooperation there is between the Big 4 is not known. But it is significant that one bank, Bankers Trust of N. Y., has a hold on both Schenley and Seagra us through loans. Schenley borrowed 4 $27,000,000 and Seagrams $28,000,- 000, at about the some time. Note-Hiram Walker is finance by Canadian capital, while Ieagram is largely held by the Bronfma family, also Canadian. (Copyright, 1943, United Features Synd.) "It's disgusting! From the way they act you'd think it was something the butcher brought, instead of something the doctor brought!" DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN FRIDAY, NOV. 19, 1943 VOL. LIV. 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Interested men will please sign the interview schedule posted on the Aeronautical Engineer- ing Bulletin Board, near Room B-47' East Engineering Building. Applica- tion blanks are to be filled out mn ad- vance of the interview and may be Qbtained in the Aeronautical Depart- ment Office. Sigma Xi: Members who have transferred from other chapters and who are not yet affiliated with the Michigan Chapter are cordially in- vited to notify the Secretary, Wayne Whitaker, Room 4561, East Medical Building, or phone Ext. 767, giving membership status, year of election,j and chapter where initiated. The next meeting will be held on Monday, Dec. 6. .1 is no registration fee this week, butc after Friday a late registration fee oft one dollar is required. The office oft the Bureau is at 201 Mason Hall. University Bureau of Appointmentst and Occupational Information 1 -- Mail is being held at the Business. Office of the University for the fol-t lowing people: Dr. Paul A. Andrews, Lee Adair, Mary P. 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All of the girls who signed up to USO hostesses must turn in their tw letters of recommendation to Mr. Burton in the Office of the Soci Director at the League as soon possible. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Albert Burrows, Professor of Economics ani Sociology at Northern Michigan Co - lege of Education, will lecture on t e subject, "Social Problems of the Nor- thern Peninsula" under the auspics of the Department of Sociology on Friday, Nov. 26, at 4:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The public is invited., Academic Notices To all male students in the Coll4e of Literature, Science, and theA : By action of the Board of Regeno, all male students in residence in tis College must elect Physical Educa- tion for Men. This action has been effective since June, 1943, and. will continue for the duration of the war.