AL ti lYY i i i '"-- k t .. - a Al IN ii . 1' a. a . 'iY. iai (l:.c" L v ' X L1\ 1 i)7t . ti lav J1Pg Nl~ir u Daily Fifty-Fourth Year NO EXCUSES ACCEPTED: Unwersity Women Are Fighting Over Trivialities While They Have Opportunity To Help Fight War GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty I I Samnef Grnififea Id Rather Be Right - - .. ' a 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 ,egular 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 tar 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 Staff THE MEN in the armed services have had to drop most of the activities which they led before, so women now have a chance to play a more prominent part in school activities than they have ever before had occasion to play. In recent editorials on the subject, the lack of participation on the part of women has been blamed on many things: excuses given have been mainly adolescence and apathy. No ex- cuses should be given, for there is no excuse strong enough to stand up under stress of war. As a boy in the service once said, "Girls are lucky enough to be able to attend school in America and take those subjects they wish while the boys must either take specialized courses or go overseas and give their lives for the America they love." This phrase should make women realize how really little they have to do. They are in school to make good marks, b t do they? They are in school where activities are begging for girls to volunteer, but do they? The excuse that girls have never had the chance to develop a sense of good citizenship is just as poor as the one that they are wasting their time wishing for the good old days. THERE ARE chances all around to develop good citizenship. Girls had it, or, should have had it hammered into them all the way through high school. The student council, the war stamps committee, even the committee for getting up Christmas baskets were aids in building up citi- zenship. If women turned their noses up at those things, it shows they do not have interest enough to see beyond their own little shell. If they are willing to be like that, perhaps the only way to make them sit up and take notice is to take them into war zones and let them see the actual fighting and then perhaps they will see what little they are doing in com- parison to others to aid. That they are wishing for the good old days of Soph Cabaret and other such functions doesn't hold true either. Many students weren't on cam- pus when such functions were held. They haven't been on campus either when men in uniform didn't appear. These college days will always be ones connected with war. These days should be filled with as much outside activity as possible. There is a chance to be a leader in' every activity. Don't rest on excues, there isn't time for them. All that time should be used for now is in aiding the war effort. The sooner this is done the sooner the war will be over and then you may retire to your "ivory towers" or to be babied. The chances are, however, that after having a taste of activities you will want to keep right on working and will never want to retire! Women must realize that this problem is bigger than the University campus. They are fighting over trivialities when they should be fighting the war.a- Emily Knapp 1 t?-h. rj ,, 40A i E Marion Ford . Jane Farrant . lBe Sherman . Marforie Borradalle Eric alenski . . Bud Low . . . Harvey Frank Mary Anne Olson . . Marjorie Rosmarin . . . Hilda Slautterback Dorin Kuentz . Business Molly Ann Winokur . Elizmbeth Carpenter Martha Opsion Managing Editor . . Editorial Director * . .City Editor . . Associate Editor . Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor . Women's Editor Ass't Women's Editor * . . Columnist * . . Columnist Staff . Business Manager . Ass't Bus. Manager Ass't Bus. Manager '7 . (11J~4, t~Cicago *Tmes n ... "Naw-Pop's wa iarstories are flsop-alli he talks about is how well he's doing in his studies." .. Telephone 23-24-1 NIGHT EDITOR: JENNIE FITCH Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Laily staff and represent the views of the writers only. BAD PROPOSAL: Gernn Reconstruction Plans A re Needed Now THE SOVIET PROPOSAL announced last week call for the conscription of some 10 million German men to rebuild devastated areas of Russia. It is thought that this plan will mete out punishment for the "war guilty" German people by making them repair the damage which they have done. However, the proposal fails to take into consideration the fact that Germany will face a post-war problem of her own almost as great as that of Russia. Not only will she have to rebuild bomb-blitzed cities-hamburg, Berlin, Ludwigshaven, Cologne-but she will have to make the transition from war-time economy to peace-time production. For this work, Ger- many will need all her available manpower. * In an interdependent world economic struc- ture which is closely bound together in every way, one poorly functioning part will vitally affect all other parts. Obviously it is to our own advantage that we give Germany every chance to recover and build up a normal, well-function- ing economy. Our duty is to aid and encourage German reconstruction or else it would become necessary to initiate some vast form of interna- tional relief. We cannot hit an enemy when he is down without disastrous consequences to ourselves. It is time that we formulated definite plans for helping the German people to help them- selves in, post-war reconstruction. The only answer to the Russian labor conscription plan is a positive one of our own. -Jennie Fitch SAWDUST AND OYSTER SHELLS WE GAVE UP TRYING to go to sleep about three o'clock yesterday morning. We got out of bed and pulled our trousers on over our pajamas. We went out and walked down around town for a while and then we stepped in a res- taurant down town for a cup of coffee. We sat down at the counter. Three men were sitting beside us. They wore factory identification pins on their shirts and they were talking about the war. They kept saying that the only thing to do to the Germans after the war was to line them all up and shoot every one of them dead. We remembered that people with factory badges aren't the only ones who are talking like this. As great a man as Hemingway has said almost exactly the same thing. Stalin wants German laborers sent into Rus- sia as slaves, and Hapaburg would like to see Germany divided into impotency. We haven't the time or space to refute argu- ments like these. We're quite certain, in fact, that very few of their supporters ever see The Daily. The important thing for us, is to realize how dangerous ideas like these can be. It probably takes Hemingway about 10 seconds to say shoot them dead and that's the beginning and end of a whole post-war plan. You can agree or disagree but when you disagree remem- ber that you have no definite plan to set against it, none has yet been formulated. Everyone who agrees has settled the whole problem to his own satisfaction, he has something specific, something definite to cover, horrible as it may be. WE ON THE OTHER SIDE, haven't yet begun to agree among ourselves. We can tell them, and probably pretty convincingly, why their ideas won't work in action but we can't agree upon any set of ideas of our own that will work. We're willing to wager that not one of us is willing to wholeheartedly endorse any post- war plan that has been set down up to this eferj to the jclitor Stoekwyell Poll Defended ... "THE DAILY still feels that the original poll is more indicative of student war work on campus." This is just another way of saying that you prefer your own figures, inaccurate as they are, because they happen to conform with what you imagine to be true. When The Daily poll was taken, girls, either busy or asleep, were asked quickly and haphazardly at 11:00 p.m. if they did war work, not taking into considera- tion many kinds of activities as work in the li- brary or class projects for example. We proved once that your figures were erroneous. We are now forced by the editor's note attached to our first letter to defend our methods of taking the poll. In our first letter, we were very careful to write that our poll of active coeds revealed how many "are doing" extra work. By mis- take the poll on one corridor included, those who were only buying war stamps and on an- ther, those who had only signed up for ac- tivities. However, these two corridtors were rechecked to reveal how many "are- doing" extra work before our figures were published. It seems that The Daily should do the same before publishing a statement based- on as- sumptions rather than on accurate investiga- tions. --Stockwell Cabinet Members time, unless of course it is our own particular brain child--we all have those. It is time enough now, we think, to forget at least for the present all the great issues of na- tionalism and internationalism that are at stake and concentrate upon setting up some basic sys- tem upon which we can all agree. If we could all say definitely that Germany is to be given a fair chance to go straight next time that alone would be a big step forward. We believe that it's well to remember that free trade any world states and police forces can come about only if we get control of the show. As things stand now we may very well wake up on armistice day and find that the whole shebang has been taken straight out of our hands while we were still arguing among ourselves on the level of Pragmatists versus Idealists. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8, 1943 VOL. LIV. No. 31 All notices for the Paly Official Hil- 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- tires should be submitted by 11:30 am. Notices Student Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students this afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock. To the Members of the University Council: The December meeting of the University Council has been can- celled. Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary Notice Relative to Keys and Locks: The Bylaws, Section 3.24, provide: Keys and Locks for University Build- ings. No person shall own or possess a key to any University building ex- cept under regulations made and promulgated by the Vice-President and Secretary. The removal of locks or the substitution therefor of special or private locks on doors of rooms in University buildings is prohibited. Every "authorized" key has been issued by the Key Clerk, whose office is in the office of the Department of Buildings and Grounds, North Uni- versity Avenue. "Authorized" keys are identifiable and any dean, pro- fessor, official, watchman, custodian, or other proper representative of the University has the right to inspect keys believed to open University buildings at any reasonable time or place. No person holding an author- ized key may order, have made, or permit to be ordered or made any duplicate of his or her University key otherwise than through the Key Clerk's office, nor may he lend his authorized key. Complete compli- ance with these regulations would undoubtedly have saved the Univer- sity and individuals numerous losses from theft in the past. In the pres- ent war emergency compliance is especially desirable and requested. Violations of these regulations, when found, will be referred to the dean or other proper head of the University division concerned for his action in accordance with the principles here set forth. Shirley W. Smith Pre-Forestry and Forestry Stu- dents: Announcement is made of the annual essay contest for the Charles Lathrop Pack Foundation Prize in Forestry. The prize is $30, and the contest is open to all forestry and pre-forestry students. Contestants may consult, if they wish, with mem- bers of the faculty of the School of Forestry and Conservation as to suit- ability of topics. Essay titles should be filed not later than Jan. 10 with the Recorder, from whom further de- tails may be obtained. Phillips Scholarships: Freshman students who presented four units of Latin, with or without Greek, for admission to the University, and who are continuing the study of either language, are invited to compete for the Phillips Classical Scholarships. Two scholarships, of fifty dollars each, will be awarded on the basis of an examination covering the, pre- paratory work in Latin and in both Latin and Greek, as described in the bulletin on scholarships, a copy of which may be obtained in Room 1, University Hall. The examination will be held this year on December 9, in a room and at an hour to be determined by the mutual conveni- ence of the. contestants. Interested students are urged to leave their names with Professor Copley or Dr. Pearl, 2026 A. H., or with Dr. Ray- ment, 2030 A. H. Choral Union. Members: Members in good standing will please call for their courtesy passes to both the Bos- ton Symphony Orchestra and the Don Cossack concert today between 10 and 12, and 1 and 4 o'clock, after which time no passes will be issued. Charles A. Sink, President The University Bureau of Appoint- ments has received notice of the fol- lowing Civil Service Examinations: United States-Coal Mine Inspectors, $2,600 to $4,600 per year. Closing date for above applications is Jan. 20, 1944. State of Michigan-Student Per- sonnel Assistant, $150 to $170 per month; Personnel Technician, $180 to $220 per month; Telephone Operator, $110 to $132 perrmonth; Stores Clerk, $110 to $143 per month. City of Detroit-Plasterer, $63 to $81 per week; Public Housing Aid, $2,150 to $2,553 per year. Further information may be had from the notices which are on file in the office of the Bureau of Appoint- ments, 201 Mason Hall, office hours 9-12 and 2-4. Michigan Dailies wanted for ser- vicemen: Mrs. Ruth Bacon Buchan- an, University Museums, who has for some time been sending Michigan Dailies to University men in the armed services, asks that all who are able to do so send her their used but unclipped Dailies for this purpose. Lectures French Lecture: Professor Arthur L. Dunham, of the Department of History, will open the series of French lectures for 1943-1944 spon- sored by the Cercle Francais, on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 8:00 p.m. in the Assembly Room of the Rackham Building. The title of his lecture is: "Quelques problemes economiques de la France de demain." Tickets for these lectures may be procured from the Secretary of the Department of Romance Languages (oom 112, Ro- mance Language Building) or at the door at the time of the lectures for a small sum. Holders of these tickets are entitled to admission to all lec- tures. All servicemen are admitted free of charge to all lectures. Academic -Notices Botanical Journal Club will meet today at 4:00 p.m. in Room N.S. 1139. Reports by Marjie Gieful on "Distri- bution of Races of Puccinia Grami- nis," and Harriet Smith on "The Evolutionary Significance of Auto- polyploidy. " Freshmen in the College of Litera- ture, Science, and the Arts may ob- tain their five-week progress reports in the Academic Counselors' Office, 108 Mason Hall, according to the fol- lowing schedule: Surnames begin- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN NEW YORK, De.c. 8. What the subsidy-haters hate most about sub- sidies is their scientific nature. Sub- sidies, at least theoretically, apply the medicine only where i is needed and only in the amount needed. If bean-raisers need a bit more of money, tile subsidy plan gies it to them, precisely, specifically, and in measured quantity. The opposition prefers to help the bean-grower by raising all prices. It wants to assist the poor family in the side street by giving a $10 bill to everybody in town, CREDO The scientific, limited and factual nature of subsidy operations is of- fensive to the kind of hunch-player who draws his daily inspiration with his bath. What! Are we to study each case separately on it merits. and come to a decisno on the facts? Nothing could be more hatt tulto the wholesale type of thinker, who be- lieves that a touch of inflation will solve all economic problems, while a return to state government will solve all political ones. These characters have a credo of their own. It goes something like this: 1. All college professors are quaint little monkeys, out o a fiction story by Clarence Budding- ton Kelland. They invariably wear rubbers on sunny days, and forget them only when it rains. 2. The accumulated ecoionjtie and political wisdow of the ages. as massed in books, cannot com- pare with the accumulated wis- dom of the smoking car. Pullman, not Aristotle, is their inspiration. 3. "Research" is a comic word, and "statistics" is a laugh. Any study or report longer than a Read- er's Digest article is, ipso facto, funny. The use by an official of an unfamiliar word indicates the inferiority, not of the reader, who does not understand it, but of the official, who does. 4 -The business of statesmen is not to solve problems, but to win arguments. THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD The use of subsidies is peculiarly galling to men of these beliefs, be- cause it involves the use of the scientific method. Farmers (or cop- per producers) who want price in- creases must, under the subsidy plan, prove that their expenses have gone up sufficiently tq warrant a change; they then receeive relief precisely apportioned to their increased need; the cost of it comes specifically out of the treasury; an actual check is drawn; the whole process is visible and open. Nobody gets anything for nothing, -and, of course, no political princple could be more unpalable than that. The fight is the old fight, between the scientific approach and the grab- bag. Actually, truth is the issue, and that is why tempers are high. For if subsidies win, facts become the boss in Washington, and what will happen then to the type of statesman who is against more taxes because the peo- ple are broke, and in favor of higher prices because the people can easily afford them? (Copyright, 1943, N.Y. Post Syndicate) 11, by students other than freshmen will be recorded with the grade of E. Freshmen (students with less than 24 hours of credit) may drop courses without penalty through the eighth week. Exceptions to these regula- tions may be made only because of extraordinary circumstances, such as serious illness. -E. A. Walter Concerts Choral Union Concert: The Uni- versity Musical Society announces the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor, for the fifth concert in the current Choral Union Series tonight at 8:30 in Hill Auditorium. The program will consist of numbers by William Schuman, Shostakovich, Moussorg- sky, Debussy and Rimsky-Korsakoff. -Charles A. Sink, President Carillon Concert: Percival Price, University Carillonneur, will present a program of Christmas music of various countries in his recital at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9. on the Baird Carillon in Burton Mem- orial Tower. Student Recital: Elizabeth Ivanoff, violinist, will present a recital in par- tial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 9,Hin Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Her program will include compositions by Vitali, Beethoven, Chausson. Grana- dos and de Falla, and will be open to the apneral npublic. Miss Tvnff is ANOTHER DUNDERHEA D: Senator Nye Says Fascism Should Be Allowed To Exist Afer War if Italians, Germans Want It DEMOCRACY?~ State Department Must Get Anti-Fascist Policy WE ARE SUPPOSEDLY fighting this war in order to rid the world of totalitarianism. Why, then, are we encouraging Fascisw to pre- vail in conquered Italy? Count Carlo Sforza and Benedetta Croce have reiteriated that Fascism in southern Italy is almost as strong now as before Allied oc- cupation. Americans in Italy are actively sup- porting Fascism as a bulwark against Com- munism, democratic Italians say. At the Moscow conference Secretary of State Hull, Foreign Secretary Eden and Foreign Com- missar Molotov decreed that a democratic gov- ernment embodying freedom of speech, religious worship, of press and of public meeting must replace and suppress the doomed Fascist regime in Italy. Where are the fruits of these pledges? Bado- glio has insisted on keeping King Victor Em- manuel, Fascist remnant, in office, and we have conceded to his wishes. There are no public assemblies or newspapers in which the Italian people are free to express their views. ANOTHER FINE EXAMPLE of the "Dunder- heads" in this country, somewhat surpassing Michigan's Dondero in oratorical technique and political influence, is Senator Gerald P. Nye (R., N.D.). At a recent press conference in Chicago, Senator Nye remarked that fascism should be allowed to exist in Germany and Italy if the people in those countries desire to have it. The criticism showered on that remark by liberal newspapers throughout the country prompted the senator to reiterate that view- point this week. Senator Nye is identical' with the fireman, who, while extinguishing a fire in the house, told the occupants it would be all right to start another blaze next week if they wanted to. It is hard to visualize such a fireman, and it is equally hard to realize that an influential states- man, representing thousands of citizens, would want to restore those conditions which helped lead to the present world conflict. North Dakota's senator also told reporters that he didn't believe fascism was necessarily militaristic. That's an extremely ironical state- ment, particularly to the peoples of Poland, Denmark, Norway, Holland and the other con- quered countries of Europe. Senator Nye may be basically correct in saying that fascism isn't always militaristic. He would also be basically correct in saying that a fire doesn't necessarily spread. The fact, however, is that fascism leans toward militarism so definitely that it takes very little effort on the part of a small group to convert it into that type of rule. Senator Nye would also have the United States lapse back into its ostrich-like foreign policy after the war. He stated that a revival of the America First Committee would be advisable under certain conditions, not listing just what conditions would warrant its return. Let us hope that the senator and his confed- erates will not be numerous enough to influence our international policy. Americans should be awake by now and in step with the times. -Adele Rhodes BARNABY 4 By Crockett Johnson Mom. We have to find my Fairy We'll never find an imaginary Godfather, Mr. O'Malley. He's- pixie in this crowded store, son. He'll be easy to find, Mom. He's disguised. Look...On the