I _ _ ^ ,. ;, ....., ti A i . a .. . ,. r .,. t £tL~ ~7 Z:~4~::. Editorial- Staff A$Orlon Fird .' . . Sane Farrant. .. Cyaje 9berhian . MWrJorie Borradaile. IdZslenski. . 8 ty rv~p 1 bjusiness Steaf ; 4ply, Ann Winokur . $u E E1iibeth Carpenter . Asr Avartbfr; Opioh Ass Teiephone 23.24.1 Manaiging Editor rditorla1 Director City Editor Associate Editor Sports Editor w61feh'e 'Editor usthess Manager st Eus. Manager s't Btis. Manager' iI MUSIC ACALM, MAJESTIC Marian Anderson pre- sided over a a i ty audience in 'Hill Audi- torium last night, presenting a program that won for her the admiration and respect of ev- eryone present. What it is in Miss Anderson's make-up that is so unusual and places her among the leading contraltos .of her day was obvious frin the start. She is an artist anu nothing else. Not one during the entire performance, did she do anything but sing. Like so many others she might have employed all the tricks of the trade and by dress and mannerismss c'ompletely won Ver her audience, but she did not chose to do this.She merely stood quietly and sang as only she can sing. MISS ANDERSON opened her program with a gri'oup of Handel, Scarlatti and Haydn, which she did exquisitely. She sang these and the 19rahms group too with calmness and poise, showing absolute control of her voice, even in the most difficult of the low hushed tones. IW the aria from Massenet's "Le Cid," she let loose her power though not even here did she lose her sense of proportion in enthusiasm for the music. The audience was thrilled and she returned to do "Coming Through the Rye" for an encore, graciously turning and singing to the portion of the audience that was seated behind her on the stage. An English group, including selections by Vaughn Williams, Sadero and Griffes followed intermission and in closing Miss Anderson pre- sented her in'evitabfe group of Negro Spirituals. These are very close to her and even in her appearance at the last it seemed that she felt more relaxed and completely at home. Another spiritual, "There Is No Hiding Place Down there" was included in her encores, along with two English songs, "Will O' the Wisp," and "Cuckoo." Miss Anderson did all in her power to make the program a perfect one, for her artistic sense will not allow her to do otherwise, yet there was something m'ore to the concert. Mr. Franz Rupp, the accompanist, is a. fine sympa- thetic musician and knows his soloist's voice. He provided for her an excellent background and a feeling of assurance that allowed her to give the most of her art and religion, music. -Jean Athay SAWDUST r:-AND OYSTE RSHELLS t L~ap it NIGHT EDITOR: RAY DIXON l orials published in The Michigan Daily $ vritten by members of The Daily staff x +' represent the views of the wrifers on ly ~ANGEROUS: SGetnerals Shorrld End ~ 944 Elect ion Rumors GEN DOUGLAS MAC ARTHXJR vs. Gen. *Oeorge Marshall for the presidency of the Inited States. What a contest tlhat would make! Potinenit Thepublican forces (Senator Vanden- burg, the Chicago Tribune and . various Mac- Arthur-for-President Clubs) who want an Old Deal substitutdd for a New Deal are cux'rently stlirg the bhI1 rolling for MacArthur. Demo- cits who doti't like the liberal tendency of the pjyeseht admhinistration and the ROosevelt that goes with it are quietly rallying support for Marshall. Of- course, neither of the gentlemen have - iandicated they would care to run, but tbMt doesn't seeny~ to doter the boys in thefr aieI, They pi'oce .under the theory that no nki i*ould turn dewn the greatest honor his country can bestow upon him. However, if' it should happen that both gen- erals won their party's nomination it would be a difficult choice ftr the voters to make. Pne- snunably we would be expected to make the choice dli the basis of whether more supplies should be sent to the Pacific area or the Ehr- opean~ fronts and that's one of the few probenms the puiblic is not competent to solve. We simPly do nOt have enough information or military know-h'nw to malce the decision. But a. presi- dentlal campaign involving Marshall and Mace Arthiur would ask us to do just that. LET US ASSUME for a moment~ thnt it is just befbre election time in 1-944 and that we have been given the choice of Marshall or MacArthur. Can't you hear Col. Robert McCormick telling his Chicago Tribune readers that, "We must vote for the great MacArthur. We must marshal (no, n'o that's the wrong word, Bertie) or rather we must urge our people to swing back to Replibli- canism We must make them MacArthu' con- scious. We must throw out all vestiges of that vicious Insult to the people, the New Deal. George (Stoogie) Marshall has WOrked i caho'ts with the Roisevelt administration for years and thns bad." And then the Marshallites, under the leadcr- ship of Cokorado Senator Ewin C. Johnson, ould blast back at the Republicans saying Mac- Arthur's campaign is nothing' but that of a little boy who feels he has been neglected when the supplies were passed around. They would say . arshall has been working the adminisbration all through the war-time period and hav a much bettor kowledge of Washington and its policies -he- sied how to get things done-he is a g , kind, honest, upright American. They wold sy a change in administrative officials 'would be catastrophic at this time and (to appease the anti-New Deal Dlemocrats) that Marshall h ws never been closely identified withe New Deal, that he will bring the war to a swift and speedy completion as soon as possible, saving thousands of AMERICAN lives. "As for the economic and social problems that wil confront the next president," Marsh- e1l's supporters will say, "wel, what does Mac- Arthur know about them?" Of course, Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg will get in the thick of things. He will say we must i POLL TAX BILL: Filibuster Must Not Halt Vale onSuffrage Issue THE ANTI-POLL TAX BILL, reported favora- bly by the Senate Judiciary CoMittee last Friday, will come up for debate once again this week. The necessity of passing this vital bill has been long impressed on the American public. The intolerable situation in which an average of only 3 percent of the population of the poll- tax states participated in the 1942 elections against an average of 25 percent in non-poll- tax states can no longer be continued. The National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax cites figures to prove that "fewer citizens voted to elect 32 representatives from South Caro- lina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi than voted to elect two representatives in Rhode Island." The American people have become Aroused at such injustice and support whole- heartedly the bill to enfranchise the 10,000,00 white and Negro citizens now kept from voting by the poll tax. Yet, one southern Senator has threatened to filibuster for 18 months, if necessary, to kill the bill. Other Senators, whose positions in Congress' depend on the limited franchise invoked in their states, will join him in preventing the poll tax from being voted upon. The essential feature, therefore, necessary to the passing of the anti-poll-tax bill, is that debate in the Senate be limited. A two-thirds vote by the Senate to "invoke cloture" will accomplish this. In the interests of democracy the anti-poll-tax bill must be brought to the vote which will kill it. -Kathie Sharfman I'd Rather BeRght By SAMUEL GRAFTON - NEW YORK, Nov. 16-The November Fortune Survey shows that a majority of the people, as of today, think they would vote for Mr. Roosevelt next election, if the war were still on. The sampling gives the President 51.5 percent of the total, as against 33.5 percent for Messrs. Dewey, Willkie, MacArthur and Bri4ker combined. The polls have shown a 'perhaps aggravating tend- itey o.produce sd results, and this is very strange.. For, by all the ru in the book, Mr. Roosevelt is an impossible cancilda. IHei, o begin, thor- odghly l Zmitted o eiv y isue. ite cannot +od e 1 he. Now, eve ybod knows, that the way to get into th>'i ,Vbite ouWe o t avoid comit t; to listn t}!ll cmers with a tear in ne r but nev say the fatal Wrd "yes," o°the lly deadl word "no." ON LtTLE CAT FEET Mr. Roosevelt is, by all odds, the most deeply comtitted man in the country. It does not seem to hurt him; in fact, it seems to give him an edge. He is committed on the "hot" issues, especially, ro food subsidies, on behalf of the O. W. I.; he is for higher taxes; he signed a bill which yanks 20 percent from every worker's paycheck. Can a candidate have all this on his record, and a majority, too? 'T'he Republicans have lost three times hand running, but most of them are still playing the ancient politics of trying to slip into the White House silently, on, little cat feet. The ecstatic discovery that the Governor of California has six children, and is therefore a good prospect, is exactly what I mean. The notion that General MacArthur would make a fine run, because of his military record, is more of the same. The thought that Governor Bricker of Ohio would do handsomely because he is neither an inter- ventionist nor an isolationist, and has carried Ohio three times, also belongs in this category. SIX FOUR AND THREE What on earth difference does it make to the average man how many times Governor Bricker has carried Ohio? He can carry it 50 times, for all the average man cares in New York or California. The Republicans have been sluggel thrice, and one might suppose that by this time they would give up their search for a mystic formula to unlock the gate to the White House; but they continue, as in a game with numbers, six children, four stars, and three times in Ohio. This is a mere nervous trying of the door, with something that is almost cultist and mysti- cal in it. The thought is that there must be some simple and irrelevant way to win, if one could only think of it, or strike, by chance, upon: the right combination. Is it fathers the voters want this year, or generals? The effort is not really to win the voter, but to outguess him, outsmart him, and out-fox him. LOOK AT THE CLOCK In the world as it is today, all this is desper- ately old-fashioned politics, dear to the hearts of certain political writers who believe they know every step of the four-year polka, in spite, of accumulated evidence which shows that none of the rules has mear anything for half a genera- tion. Only Mr. Willkie (the new Mr. Willkie) on the Republican side has taken the road of deep and positive commitment, at least on world affairs; he is the only one who has tried, by taking ERRY -GO- ROUND A PEARSOM WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. - There may be a lot more than meets the eye behind the $30,000 fee paid to Frank J. Comfort, ex-democratic Na- tional Committeeman from Iowa and close political associate, of ex-Senator Clyde Herring, in return for getting tax legislation introduced which ben- efited the airplane manufacturing companies. The big unanswered question is: Did Comfort pass part of the money on to someone else? It has been ascertained that Comfort cashed a check for $1a,000 shortly after he received his first payment from the airplane com- panies. He got this $10,000 in eash. What did he do with it? When asked about it, he said he didn't remember. Then, after a second installment was paid by the airplane companies, Comfort and his brother drew' out $11,400, also in cash. Again, they don't remember what happened to this money. Here is the story of this unusual transaction: The Brewster Aevonautical Cor- poration, now being investigated by the hard-hitting House Naval SAffairs Committee, discovered that the tax bill of 1940 would not per- mit advance payients hy foreigt governments to be classified as borrowed invested capital. This made a difference of thosanids,' perhaps millions in taxes to cer-! tain airplane companies. Hence, Brewster lobbyists attempted to get Senator Wagner of New York to introduce an amendment favoring their tax situation. He would have none of it Then they tried Senator Herring of Iowa. He also refused. Then the airplane lobbyists contacted Her- ring's close friend and political men- tor, Frank Comlfort, in Des Moines. He came to Washington, registered at the Mayflower Hotel, where Herring lived, and shortly thereafter Herring introduced the proposed tax amend- ment. It became law and saved the airplane companies a tremendous tax bill. Wher Did Money Go?.*. Meanwhile, Brewtser, Lockheed. Consolidated and Curtiss-Wright had raised a pool of $65,000 to pay for lobbying for this amendment. Of, this, $30,000 went to Comfort. He received his first $15,000 in mid-October, 1940. On Oct. 2T, 1940, approximately one week later, Com- fort drew a check' fbr $10,00 on 'the 1owa-Des Moines National Bank and z GRIN AND BEAR IT 9 - By Lichty ,~.. r, ~uI L4 ug im ,ic i f-"1r~,t 91,C i 'Remember how we used to complain because tliey ere all clock watchers! NOW they come and go as they please!' Letters to the Editor Soldier Okays 'Lights-Out' THE STORM of comments that arose shortly after the Pan-Hel- lenic and Assemblyrannouncement of an 11:30 policy for Miss Michigan's bedtime' is indeed revealing to a sold- ier who acknowledges the value of sleep. Evidently the proposition was broached for several good reasons. Perhaps coeds on this campus have been "murdering sleep" in the good old tradition of MacBeth, or perhaps those in authority wished to prevent such a tragedy. Whether either or both possible reasons hold true is of Trust Company, payable to. himself, and' cashed the check. So far as can be ascertained, he did not deposit the. cash in any savings acount. 'Examination of his. checkng account shows that checks. of this size were distinctly unusual. '- Yet, when questioned, Comfort 4as not able to remember whit he did with the cash. In-December, 1940, Comfort re- ceived a second $15,000 from the air- plane companies, and on Dec. 28, he sined a check ,.qr, hlm~' for 3.900 an4 a check to.his.brother,.George P. Corhfdrt, for $7,500. (Copyright, 1943, United Features Synd.) little consequence. The salient fact remains that Pan-Hellenic and As- sembly believe that the coeds in par- ticular are in need of more hQiodys of refreshing slumber. One young' lady was qwuted as saying that the plan was "wfiolly unfeasible." Another event c- mitted herself to the extent of re- marking that the plan was "Atrely undemocratic." Let us hope that these persons are not hiding ,her true emotions behind a bold front of language. I have no diffleouty in- imagining such words to be the frothy essence of a d'eep feeling shared by some coeds that nobody is going to tell then whet to go t6 bed. May I say that the Army's regular eating, sleeping and studying rou- tine is not of any detriment or har= to us. We are the ASTP men and we aren't missing anything after 11:30. D MA I A COLUMN, they keep telling us, is like Ai things reasonable and proper, it must have a beginning.. There must be at the beginning, they keep saying, an indelible statement of' p6licy, a key to th author's immediate 'and. rnfraculotis insight 'and a pre'face to the things he is to SAY'. We are fightened, in general, by prefaces and we have no policy beyond an indifferent dedication of omtselves to trivia. We are the older generation of Ann Arbor- itet, we are the last of the "college boys"- frstatnd in primatVlsmn and steeled in the petfectonit degeneracy of Ann Arbor pro- vinal. We have become only a parcel of pigeons. We havejoined the cultivating, the dabblers. Es- captist reminiscen-ces in the nicotine mist and with the bOwn odor of half -fogdtten, reboiled caffein. Our lives are regular in. their gaiety and de- noucement. Regular, in the hopeless irregularity of abstraction. Very much known by the book tores and recognized by the Dean of Won en, there's an English Professor who calls us by our first name. Looked for at ten. o'clock by a soda fountain clerk, much appreciated as the hundred and ' fifth consecutive consumer of chocolate do-nuts and black coffee. -TlW THE CAMPUS "Artist" in the delta-minus humility of oukind. We pamp- er our lent gifts and yet our own dead children- typewriter on yellow paper-are beginning decay in a brown University room-peaked ceiling. Thteyare amole testimony to the decadent dis- sipation of dur expression.' A senior now, in Ann Arbor, with one more semester to go, we have learned to rather enjoy our enforced defermity. We wear blue satin underwear and drink su- matra perfume. We are the last of the college boys. Our column head is taken from Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," from a rather obscure reference to; "Sleepless nights in one-night cheap hotels Sawdust Restaurants with oyster shells." We are the last of the lost souls, the last of the college boys, and it's all "Sawdust and Oystershells," "Hock and Sodawater," and we're just a "parcel of Pigeons." ately not impossible situatio. Both generals are great men in their field. It is possible that -Pvt. Johy C. Gustafsou (Editor's Note: whether or not the ASTP is "missing anything" after 11:0, the fact remains that University coeds, who did not believe themselves .to be, living under Army discipline;, have every right to object to an arbi- trary plan in the formation of which they had no voice.) F - i 3t .....r,...... ..... ..:._._. :...,:. _ ,,: . _ _ ~ _ - .._ ... ... DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ' . Y. ..r.nie.nrrw.a ii i. . r..rrr iw nrr r i irr' iri=' _.- _" r r.i i TUESDAY, NOV. 16, 1943 VOL LIV No. 13 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- publiec- tion, except on Saturday when. the Ao- tices should be submitted by 11:30 a.m. Notices College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Schools of Education, Fo6- estry, Music, and Public Health: Stu- dents who received marks of I or X at the close of their last semester or summer session of attendance will receive a grade of E in the course or courses unless this work is made up by Dec. 1. Students wishing an ex- tension of time beyond this date in order to make up this work should file a petition addressed to the ap- propriate' official in their school with Room 4 U.H., where it will be trans- mitted. Rlobert L 6,W iiams,. Assistant Registrar Job Registration- will be held in Room 205 Mason Hall today at 4:15 p.m. This applies to February, June ! and August graduates, also to grad- uate students or staff members who wish to register and who. will be available for positions within the next year. The Bureau has two place- ment divisions: Teacher Placement and General Placement. The Gen- eral Division includes service to peo- ple seeking positions in business, in- dustry, and professions other than education. .It is important to register NOW because employers are already ask- ing for February and June graduates. -There is no fee for registration. University Bureau of Apwoltments and Occupational Information Lectures 18, at 8:30 p.m. Will Rogers, Jr., will' speak on "The United States in For- eign Affairs." Single admission tick- ets will be on sale on Wednesday and Thursday at the Hill Auditorium box office. Men requiring special permission to attend are advised to consult their company commanders or battalion officers. Academic Notices History 11, Group I, Section 5 will meet in Room 229 A.H. Preston W. Slosson Psychology 31 make-up tion will be held tonight,' in Room 1121 N.S. examina- 7:30-9:30, Physical Education for Women: Upperclass women wishing instruc- tion in fencing and badminton should report on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 8:30 p.m. at Barbour Gymnasium. Badminton Class will meet tonight at 8:30 in Barbour Gym. Players must come dressed for active play and provide their own birds. Rac- quets may be rented at the Gym. Concerts Faculty Recital: Wassily Besekir- sky, violinist, and Joseph Brinkman, pianist, will be heard in the second program of a series of three recitals by members of the School of Music faculty, at 4:15 Sunday afternoon, Nov. 21, in Lydia Mendelssohn Thea- tre. Professors Besekirsky and Brink- man have arranged a program com- prising the three sonatas for violin and piano by Brahms. It will be open to the general public without charge. MA~ -- - - - A-1 lent are eligible for membership. All servicemen are welcome. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraiteMnl y will have a chapter meeting tonigt at 8:00 in room 306 of the Union.- Members from other chanters are invited. Members of JGP Booths Comnmik- tee: Meeting today at 4:30 ~.i the League. Everyone who wishesto work on stamp and bond booths this semester should be present. Worhen Students: The Nursks'Aide Class will begin tonight iri Couzen's Hall at 7:00. Interviewing for Central Posits on Child Care, Girl Scout am dGirl Reserve Committee today, 3:30:30 p.m., in the undergraduate office of the League. The positions to be filled are Chairman of Foster Pr- ents, Chairman of Girl Suts, Chairman of Girl Reserves, Chair- man of Playgrounds, Chalinnn of Publicity, , and Chairman of Ideas and Organization. Christian Selence Organf tkif meets tonight at 8:15 in the Mich - gan League Chapel. The Bihliophile section of the la- ulty Women's Club will meet today at 2:30 p.m. at the home of. Mr's. Ralph H. Curtiss, 1106 S. Forest Ave, Coming Events The Sociedad HIspanica will miteet on Wednesday, Nov. 17, at &A:D0O.M.l in the League. There will be s , games, an exhibition of photographs, and refreshments. Everybody We- come.