HUE MICHIGAN DlAILY SATURDAY, DEC. 4, 1943 Id Rather Be Right By SAMUEL GAFTON GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty ...... Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Contro) 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. Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use ear republication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of repub-. lication 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 $4.50, by mail $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1942-43. Editorial Stafff . Marion Ford . . . . . . Managing Editor Jane Farrant . . . Editorial Director Claire Sherman . . . . City Editor Marjorie Borradaile . . . Associate Editor Eric Zalenski . . . . . . . Sports Editor BUd Low . . . . Associate Sports Editor Wry Anne Olson . . . .s Women's Editor Marjorie Rosmarin . . . . Ass't Women's Editor Hulda Slautterback . . . . . Columnist Dorte Kuentz . . . . . . . Columnist Business Staff "olly Ann inokur . . . Business Manager. beth Carpenter . . . Ass't Bus. Manager MAtha Opsion . . . Ass't Bus. Manager Telephone 23-24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: EVELYN PHILLIPS ' dltorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the iews of the writers only. AR HINDRANCE: Dondero's Record Shows Voting .Inconasistencies REP DONDERO said in Sept., 1942, "I have voted for every measure to support the President in his prosecution of the war and hall continue to do so. There is but one task 1efore us today and that is the winning of this wfr and to that end I shall continue to direct an all-out effort." It .seems appropriate now, almost two years after Pearl Harbor, to look over the record and see whether or not Rep. Dondero's statement was true and whether or not he has kept his word. Since Pearl Harbor Rep. Dondero has voted against needed tax legislation, against restrict- ing automobile production, and against neces- sary subsidies. He voted for the inflationary farm bill and wanted to abolish the Farm Secur- ity Administration, the forty-hour week and time and a half for overtime. He has been consistently against labor. He voted against labor on the Hobbs Anti-Stiike Bill, the Smith-Connally Bill, overriding the President's veto .of the Smith-Connally Bill, the Ramsbeck Federal Pay Bill, lifting the $25,000 net ceiling placed on salaries by the Iresident, and the Federal Income Tax Bill.' He maintained his stand against labor when such bills, came up as no incentive payments to farmers, no funds for 'crop insurance, support of Rural Electrification Program, liquidation of Home Owners Loan Corporation, no funds for rollbacks of prices, reducing funds for OPA en- forcement, putting big business in charge of OPA, abolishing the domestic branch of OWI and dismissing Watson, Dodd and Lovell. WHEN it came to the parity amendment de- manded by the farm bloc boys, there was Rep. Dondero in his usual role-opposed to the President. About the only measure on which Rep. Dondero has supported the President was the anti-poll tax bills and these are not directly related to the prosecution of the war. From the " above facts it can be seen that Rep. Dondere has hindered the administra- tion in all its attempts directed toward win- ning 'the war. He has been more interested in gaining .the approval of small groups than in doing what is best for the nation as a whole. Before Pearl Harbor Rep. Dondero opposed all the attempts made by the administration to prepare for the war which seemed forthcoming. He opposed the Guam Appropriation Bill, he was In favor of maintaing the embargo on the ship- ment of arms to belligerent nations and thus in effect favoring Germany. laE OPPOSED modifications of the Neutrality Law requested by the President, favored an attempt to cut 1,283 planes and $37,000.000 out of the Army Appropriation Bill, voted agaipst the Conscription Bill and later against a -meas- ure to extend the service period of draftees. He also voted against the Lend-Lease Bill and, against measures to provide appropriations for Lend-Lease purposes., z---.......< i'i-hwi,.P. 4 "ThepG~m It is amusing, in a horrid way, to see: Count Sforza's political position being misrepresented so wildly in America by a number of commentator- ial whippersnappers, otherwise known as jerks. The ignorant are uniting as one to describe the learned and conservativeCount as a radica. Sforza is for the abdication of King Victor Emmanuel, right enough. But he has pointed out patiently, time and again, that adication is not a radical measure; it is an ancient, historic and conservative method for reforming a monarchy fallen on evil days. THE BRITISH DID I Edward VIII was made to abdicate for a cause that must be described as trifling in comparison with the reasons which obtain in Victor Emman- uel's case. He had merely proposed honest mar- 1774 M#1 T DOESNT HAPPEN very often, and that's probably why we were so happy when it did. Very seldom do students accept wholeheartedly the proposals their "elders and betters" make regarding the subject of education. But as we read President Ruthven's statement Friday morn- ing,we could see how well his five proposals fitted into as private program of our own for making this University actually part of the "vanguard" in American education. His fourth suggestion first . . . the idea that universities should take up the problem of "preparing men and women for better citizen- ship." We need to learn it both inside and out- side the classroom. Inside we can begin by incorporating into American history and litera- ture courses the history and culture of the Negro people. The Inter-Racial Association sponsored such a course this summer, taught by an able Negro artist, Roybert Hayden. But any course given off-campus reaches fewer people in the long run, than one for "3 hrs. credit, 2202 AH. MWF." We CAN stop the racial hatred now felt by every tenth American citizen in each day of living. Still inside the classroom, a course in Jewish history would be an example to America of teach- ing democracy along with higher mathematics and English cognates. History majors would be- come people who understood the world of 1943 and .its problems, as well as bookworms who eat pages of manuscripts yellowed and academic. A class in The Nature of Fascism, such as those taught by the Workers Education Association in England, would give students going into the arm- ed forces an idea of what they are fighting against, and would give students graduating into civilian life a portrait of the enemy, they will be facing day by day. Perhaps "Under Cover" by John Roy Carlson, expose of American fascicts, would be the best textbook available for, shall we call it "Political Science-V-1"? ANOTHER HISTORY COURSE that would give students a better idea of what is happening in the war world, and what may happen in the post-war world, is one in the history of the inter- national labor movement. Unions are growing strong in all countries, and are uniting into vast international organizations-American, British, Latin-American, Soviet trade unions are deter- mined to work together on problems which affect labor all over the world. Democracy must be taught outside the class- room, too. Students living under autocratic rule make poor democrats. If student govern- ment on this campus were revived right now- while students feel the need of having a say in college affairs affecting them . . . And if a Student Senate were set up with REAL power, we would begin to understand the theory of representative government which we discuss in PoL -Sci. I. Dr. Ruthven's fifth suggestion was that more exchange scholarships be arranged so that we can become true internationalists, We agree ab- solutely, but still there will be many of us who stay at home. So we propose-partly as a war- time measure to promote understanding of our allies, and partly to make up for the educational lag in the face of a rapidly-moving world-that a course in the history of the Soviet Union be added to the curricula, and one on republican China. And last, we can start demonstrating our belief in the precepts of the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation proclam- ation, we can urge the University to ask Ne- groes to become faculty members when they are qualified to do so. Not as ajtoken, but in recognition of the many Negro scholars who have come north to seek equality of educa- tional opportunity, only to be rebuffed when seeking positions. In this respect we are not the vanguard Dr. Ruthven hopes we may be- come, for Wayne University in Detroit has recently hired its first-full-time Negro faculty member, Dr. Charles Wesley Buggs, bacteriol- ogist . . . and this in a race-riot city. riage with a commoner, whereas Victor had maintained an unholy alliance for twenty-one years with the founder of fascism. Sforza proposes that Victor Emmanuel go, and that a regency be set up for his six-year-old grandson, the Prince of Naples. Sforza is there- fore, in the profoundest sense, a defender of the monarchy, while his yipping American critics are merely defenders of the King; they have assumed a thin and narrow position, and why so many good American republicans should be- have like a clique of cavaliers, sworn to uphold the person of a king whom they have never seen, is one of the minor mysteries of current contro- versy. What is Victor Emmanuel to them, or they to Victor Emmanuel ,that they should cher- ish him so?. DISORDER, TOMORROW AND TODAY It is said there will be disorder in Italy if the King should go.- That is a curious argument, for there are disorders in Italy now; there were fist- fights at a political meeting in Naples only the other day; and these anti-Victor Emmanuel dem- onstrations arose, not because the King has gone, but because the King has not gone. Immediately thereafter, American military authorities on- the spot were forced to issue a decree forbidding meetings of more than five persons-for any cause. But we were told that if the King stayed, there would be civil order, arising from that circumstance alone. That magic-has not worked; the King has stayed, yet we find we still need military ukases and ar- rests and penalties. We are maintaining by force the subtle policy which was going to eliminate the need for force. Why do we hang onto this royal leftover so? If the answer is that we desire to have the people of Italy say whether they want Victor Emmanuel or not, the precise answer to that answer is that we are not letting them say it. THE USE OF' SYMBOLS It is right that Victor Emmanuel should go, for when so great a mess is made as has been made of Italy, someone must pay for it. This is not merely an expression of vengefulness; it is a law of lifeand of politics. Why do we hang on to this desolate specimen, quite as if it were un- thinkable for a king to lose his seat? There comes a tine, and it has often happened, when there is almost a physical need for the lightning flash that will clear the air. As for our dreary purpose of having the people of Italy vote among symbols later, in a calmer day, that is mere fancy paper- tearing. , People do not vote among symbols; they go down to death with one, heave hime into the ash- can. then rise to life with another. They need the new symbol in order to reach the new day. (Copyright, 1943, N.Y. Post Syndicate)j * 01 t4 J ik y -~ , ....I,.~ cgoTme,.e L - - 4, -7'-2 'Gee vhiz, :Pop--maybe you did play quietly when you were a boy--in those days they didn't have machine guns, airplanes and tanks!' czelleri DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN MUSIC APPEARING IN ANN ARBOR for the first time last night, Claudio Arrau, brilliant Chil- ean pianist, gave a performance that 'will assure him a warm and enthusiastic reception here in the future. . It is not the office of this reviewer to at- tempt to - criticize Mr. Arrau's concert but merely to point out why it was so enjoyable. There are many so-called artists today who use the concert- stage as a platform and music as a medium through which .they may display their digital dexterity and endurance by pounding .on a keyboard for two hours, with little idea of the true meaning of the music they are playing. Not so with Mr. Arrau, for although his tech- nique is faultless, he never flaunts it before the audience or, attempts to make it more important than the music he is playing. For him, tech- nique is merely a means to an end, that end being the presentation of good music in the manner it was meant to be played. MR. ARRAU opened his concert with a Mozart Rondo, followed by Beethoven variations, which were excellent. However, the highpoint of the evening was reached in the Chopin and the Liszt Seldom has Liszt been done so beauti- fully: the artist turned it into something far be- yond the mere technical display it is so often accepted to be, Following the intermission, Mr. Arrau turn- ed a group of Debussey inside out. He left nothing undone'or Incomplete, displaying all the obscure tonal, beauty that so many less accomplished artists are unable to discover. Works of Albeniz and Granados completed the program and gave it just the finishing touches. It is a shame that more of Ann Arbor does not appreciate the opportunity it has for hearing such beautiful music done so well. After asking for and being so proud of the artists that come here to give concerts, it seems a waste of time and energy that more of the audience cannot listen to an entire program of music just little beyond the level of "encores," instead of walking out. -Jean Athay (Continued from Page 2) advance of the interview, may be obtained in the Aeronautical Depart- ment Office. Attention, Student Blood Donors: Four hundred soldiers are coming from Fort Custer to donate their blood as a Christmas gift on Dec. 16 and 17. All student appointments have been cancelled for the above dates. Watch the Michigan Daily for January Blood Bank dates. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Hans Si- mons, Dean of the School of Politics, New School for Social Research. will lecture on the subject, "Problems of Reconstruction in Germany," under the auspices of the Department of Political Science, on Monday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The public is invited. Food-Handlers' Lecture: A series of two lectures forfood-handlers will be given on Tuesday evenings, De- cember 7 and 14, at 8:00 p.m. in Kel- logg Auditorium.. All food-handlers working in com- mercial establishments are required by City Ordinance to attend a series in order to obtain a permanent food- handlers' card. All persons concerned with food service to University students are asked to attend. Concerts Faculty Concert: Professors Arthur Hackett, tenor, and Joseph Brink- man, pianist, will be heard in the final program of the current series of School of Music Faculty Recitals at 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 5, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. The program will cons-ist of com- positions by Beethoven, Franck and Chausson, and will be open to the public without charge. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: An exhibition of paint- ings by Eugene Dana, and color prints by Louis Schanker,.is presented by the College of Architecture and De- sign in the ground floor corridor of the Architectural Building through Dec. 28. Open daily, except Sunday, 8:00 to 5:00. The public is cordially invited. Events Today The Angell Hall Observatory will be open to the public from 8:00 to 10:00 this evening if the sky is clear or nearly ,so.. The moon will be shown through the telescopes. Child- ren .nust be accompanied by adults. Servicemen are cordially invited to the drama,. "It's Up to You,"; by Arthur Arent, which is being staged by Play Production. of the Depart- ment of Speech tonight at 8:30 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Admis- sion is" free' And-tickets may be ob- tained at the theatre box office. Box office hours are 10-1, 2-5 and 7:30- 8:30 p.m. Post-War Council, as a follow-up of the Culbertson lecture, will pre- sent a parley this afternoon at 2:30 in the Michigan Union. It will con- sist of two discussion groups; one on. "The Place of Education and Propaganda in World Organization," and the other on "Types of World Organization," led by professors and students. Everyone is invited. Surgical Dressing Unit will be open today at the League, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Michigan Christian Fellowship is giving a party tonight at 8:00 in Lane Hall to which all students and servicemen are cordially invited. A film, "The Man Who Forgot God," will be shown. Games and refresh- ments. . The Roger Williams Guild is hav- ing an informal party tonight at 8:30 in the Guild House. Wesley Foundation: Party tonight at 8:30. This will be in the form of an indoor Track Meet. Coming Events Michigan Chapter of the A.A.U.P. will meet at the Michigan Union at 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7.. This will be a closed meeting. Members should convene in the cafeteria line, get trays of food, and go to the tables in the University Faculty Club, where dinner will be eaten and the pro- gram given. Program subject: "Sal- aries of the Teaching Staff." Address by Professor James K. Pollock and participation by the Chapter Com- mittee on salaries. Important busi- ness and announcements. The Women's Research Club will meet Monday, Dec. 6, in the West Lecture Room, Rackham Building, at 7:30 p.m. Miss Mary E. Wharton will discuss "Floristic Studies in the Black Shale Region sof Kentucky," and Dr. Bessie Kanouse will speak on "Some Taxonomic Problems Con- cerning North American Cup-fungi." Both talks will be illustrated. Former members of the organization now on campus are invited. Graduate Outing Club will meet Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the club quar- ters in the Rackham Building (Hur- on St. entrance west corner) for a hike. Indoor games in case of un- favorable weather. All graduate and professional stu- dents and alumni are cordially in- vited. The Stevens Cooperative House, 816 Forest Ave., will have an open house Sunday, 4:00-6:00 p.m. Every- one interested in cooperatives is in- vited. Women Students: It has been necessary to change the date and place of the first meeting of the USO Junior Hostess Training period. The meeting will be held Thursday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rackham Lec- ture Hall. Lutheran Student Association will mneet in Zion Lutheran Parish Hall at 5:30 on Sunday afternoon. Supper will be served at 6:00 p.m. and the program will follow. Rev. Henry Yode will talk on "When Is Your Faith Christian?" Letters to the Editor must be type- written on one side of the paper only and signed with the name and address of the writer. Requests for anonymous publication will be met. Does Article Apply Here? AS A COMPARATIVE newcomer to your delightful campus, I cer- tainly must avoid the gaucherie of wondering out loud to what extent the enclosed letter, clipped from a Detroit paper, applies here. I do not, however, recall reading that the recruiting officers of the WACs recently in this city were rushed off their feet by swarms of eligible coeds eager to join up. Yet the memory lingers of certain wo- men students burning up tres and gasoline, and failing to observe stop signs and other restraints applied to us more common people. Per- haps it is naive to believe that this war concerns us Republicans, too. What about it? Fred W. Jackson * . * * Editor's Note: We are reprinting the letter from the Detroit News which was mentioned in the letter to the 'editor above. It is especially timely in view of the large number of Michigan women who are, at most, only vaguely inter- ested in the war and their part in its prosecution. 'Gals' a Dispapointment . So the WAC recruiting drive is 53,000 behind schedule. So the drive for WAVES is lagging about 44,000. So what? So the January draft call for men is to be 350,000,rthehighest since last Jue. It seems the gals are not interested. They can put it down now in their histories that the biggest washout of the war was the gals. They can also put it down that if we have another war, it will be universal conscription, to include the dames. Look at them today! Whose kids are running wild?-the gals! Who can't get home to fix up a meal for the old man because she's trying to break even at a bingo game?-the gals. Who takes up most of the room in the afternoon cocktail joints and the beer parlors?-the same. Who gives you the flip talk in the stores because she knows the boss can't hire competent help?-the gals. Who's the biggest absentee head- ache in the shops?-the gals. The Government wants 300,000 of them for the Army to release that many men for combat. So it puts on an enlistment drive that not only ap- peals to the gals to jin but gets down on its knees and begs. Who responds? The gals. How many of them? Sixty thousand. Was there ever a race as spoiled as this generation of gals? The woman pays. That's a laugh. She's sitting on top of the world, with a hair drer on her empty head and her face in a glamor magazine. For all she has been given, did anyone ever give so little? Three hundred thousand patriots needed, and 60,000 respond! The color of the uniform doesn't go with the hair of the others, or the cap is wrong. Stand back, gals, the war may yet be won in spite of you. Veteran of Two Wars -The Detr4tt News and holidays, from 11:30 to 5:00; Saturdays until 9:00 p.m. First Presbyterian Church: Morn- ing worship-10:45 "Great News Pending" subject of the Advent ser- mon by Dr. W.P. Lemon. Presbyterian Student Guild-6 :00 p.m. Supper and fellowship hour. Devotions will be led by Mr. Lyn Colby, and the dis- cussion on "The Values 'of Our Edu- cation" will be led by Mr. Hugh Ken- nedy. Students are cordially invited. Zion Lutheran Church: Church service Sunday morning at 10:30 with the Rev. E. C. Stellhorn deliver- ing the sermon. Trinity Lutheran Church: Worship services at 10:30 on Sunday morning. Sermon by the Rev. Henry 0. Yoder. Memorial Christian Church (Dis- ciples): 10:45 a.m., Morning worship. Miss Bertha Clawson of Japan will be guest speaker. 5:00 p.m., Disciple students will meet with Congrega- tional students at the Congregational Church. Mr. Okechukwu Ikejiani - will speak on "The Role of the Church in Post-War Africa." A cost supper will be served following the program. Grace Bible Fellowship: Masonic Temple, 10:00 a.m., University Bible Class. Ted Goresbeck, teacher.. 11:00 a.m., Morning worship. By Harold J. DeVries, pastor:' "Expository Studies from the Gospel of John--Christ, the Bread of Life." '7:30 p.m., "The . Crown Rights of Christ." University Lutheran Chapel: Two BARNABY r e was some way to catch'this Claus ellow off guard! To have him incriminate He even atted-me V-, v b f c nim ,,,,,, o enee at By Crockett Johnson .Excellent! Because as secret operatives for ~,k1 I __--~.- Iv fI devise some ceher pretext for you and or mothers to identical worship services will be held