PACMF UR THE- MICHIGAN DAILY FJUPAY, MAI1WU. 23,1945 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Halifax Talks with Republicans Ud Rather Be Right By Samuel Grafton DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN By DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON - British Ambassador Lord Halifax held an off-the-record session with 75 Republican Congressmen the other, night and was so well liked that for the first time in sev- eral years no one walked out of the meeting. Even when the late Wendell Wilkie addressed this group two years ago, there were frequent excursions to the hotel bar. Halifax came to the Hotel Continental to tell the "78-79 Clubs" (1st and 2nd term GOP Congressmen) about the British Parliament. And the Congressmen sat engrossed as this rep- resentative of the British aristocracy and former viceroy of India told them that England has more of a democracy than the United States. What made him pdpular with the Republican Con- gressmen was his detailed explanation of the relations between the executive departments of the British government and the Parliament. "In England," Lord Halifax said, "The execu- tive departments cannot by-pass the parlia- ment-which means that they cannot by-pass the people." Halifax did not need to add that in Washing- ton the White House frequently by-passes Con- gress. He then told them that "if Parliament decides on Friday that it no longer cares for the Prime Minister, he can be voted out on Mon- day." Again, Halifax hardly had to remind the Re- publicans that our president is elected for a four-year term, that Congress cannot vote him out without impeaching him, and that the present incumbent, though sometimes vigor- ously rebuffed in Congress, has remained in office 12 years. Actually, of course, British cabinet mini- sters are not required by law to appear for questioning by the Parliament, nor is the Prime Minister required by law to resign in the face of a non-confidence vote, but the custom is so strong that it is unlikely it would ever be ignored. Lord Halifax discovered early in the evening that he had hit upon a subject which would Current Movies By BARRIE WATERS At the State . . THE TRIO that made last year's suspense classic, "The Lodger," are reunited again in "H'angover Square," at the State. Director John Brahm and stars Laird Cregar and George Sanders combine to present another study in psychopathic murder. To be completely honest, "Hangover Square" bears no great resemblance to Patrick Hamilton's novel, from which it is allegedly adapted. But judged by itself, it has a great deal to recom- mend it. It's about a brilliant musician who has occasional attacks of amnesia in whi he commits murders of which he has no recollec- tion in his normal moments. The film does not measure up to "The Lodger" because it frequently seems a little ridiculous and the ending goes off the deep end of melodrama. Director Brahm's handling of the film, however, is once again something to marvel at. He, along with Hitchcock and John Ford, seems to be the only Hollywood director who understands the true function of the cam- era in a film. Most regard the camera as a means of viewing the action; Brahm uses it to interpret the action and to replace dialogue in setting the mood of a scene. In addition to Cregar's performance as the musician, everyone in a fine cast functions ad- mirably. Linda Darnell, replacing Merle Ober- on of "The Lodger," does the best work of her career as a hard-hearted actress who comes to grief when she trifles with Cregar's affec- tions. The scene in which he disposes of her body is one of the ghastliest affairs you're liable to run into. in many months of movie-going. Foreign Trade RENEWAL of the Hull Reciprocal Trade Agree- ments Act is in the hands of Congress. With the introduction of a bill by the Admini- stration to extend the law for another three years, Richard Stout of the Christian Science Monitor has predicted "a major battle to loom up over its passage." The new proposal requests greater flexibility in tariff negotiation, permitting possible tariff cuts 50 per cent below present levels-75 per cent below Smoot-Hawley levels. Stout added, seemingly with tongue in cheek, "Republican spokesmen immediately denounced the measure, crying 'free trade'. They assert American industry and workingmen's jobs are endangered." It would be to the advantage of the entire nation if Congress disregarded this somewhat hackneyed argument, Instead of dogmatically following party pre- cedent some of our well-meaning but unin- formed Congressmen ought to be submitted to one of the University's elementary Economics courses in order to discover the meaning of the terms "tariff" and "free trade." -Bob Goldman be good listening and the Ambassador stayed on the topic, to the approval of his listeners. To a question about the King of England and his status in the ideal democracy he was de- scribing, Lord Halifax replied: "You Americans can buy some bunting for a few cents. You make a flag of it, and then you die for that flag. 'We take a man and call him a king-and we die for him. But he has nothing to do with legislation of the actual administration of our government. He makes speeches, and we all pledge ourselves to him. But our government is not in his hands." Halifax had given his listeners such an in- triguing peek at a situation where Congress could vote a cabinet out of existence that all the questioning by his listeners dealt with this subject and he didn't have to answer a single embarrassing question about British foreign pol- icy. G.I. Joe at Peace Table ... MORE AND MORE state legislatures and mem- bers of Congress are urging that a G. I. Joe sit at the peace table; also that he begin by sit- ting in at the important San Francisco United Nations Conference. Some further propose that Sumner Welles, former Undersecretary of State and the man who originally planned for the peace machinery, attend the San Francisco con- ference, perhaps as adviser to the soldier dele- gate or as an unbiased observer with no ax to, grind either for or against any one political party. The Maryland and Rhode Island legislatures are the latest to push the idea of a G. I. Joe at the peace table, resolutions being introduced by Charles M. See of Cumberland, Md., and Joseph Mills of Warwick, R. I. The Texas and South Carolina legislatures have already passed resolutions, while Senator Johnston of South Carolina and Representative Jackson of Wash- ington have introduced resolutions in the U. S. Congress urging that the G. I. Joe attend the San Francisco conference as a starter to the final peace session. They propose that he be no higher than the rank of sergeant. Note--The Iowa poll, conducted by the Des Moines Sunday Register, found that an over- whelming majority of Iowans, 83 per cent, fa- vored having a member of the armed forces at the peace table. Fifty-nine per cent of them also believed that while the younger men won the last war, it was lost by the' older men at the peace conference. Capitol Chaff .-.. HENRY WALLACE and Loan Administrator Fred Vinson lunched together last week, will lunch again this week, to discuss plans for coordinating the 60,000,000-job program . . As Wallace looked round the room in Jesse Jones' old loan office, he said: "I just want to see where the bodies are buried" Economic Czar for Italy . . IT ISN'T quite official yet, but Lauchlin Cur- rie, hard-hitting economic secretary to the White House has been tentatively selected as Allied economic czar of Italy. He will be vice- chairman of the Allied control commission. His appointment developed in a peculiar way. The State Department has been com- plaining that the British wouldn't do more about the economic situation in Italy, such as raising the food ration. Whereupon the British fired back with the reminder that a lot of positions on the Allied commission for Italy, reserved for Americans, remained unfilled. The British suggested that Americans fill these jobs and thus be on the "ground floor to do something about the econo- mics of Italy. *Most important unfilled job is that of vice- chairman of the Allied Control Commission, which handles economics. If the final OK goes through, Currie will now step into this spot. It will be a hot one. (Copyright, 1945. Bell Syndicate) ON SECOND PT H O GHT 0w. By Ray Dixon erger TE NOTICE that Wayne University is all in a dither about choosing a campus "swoon boy." Our University has a rule against things like that and maybe it's a good thing. The recent order lowering civilian meat supplies is one cut of meat the housewives never asked for. Headline: "Yanks Slaughter Foe Trapped in the Saar-Worms Captured." No comment need- ed. New York is all flustered over the Little Flower's edict extending the curfew at extra hour. Probably a similar furor would be created on campus if one of the dormitories granted 1:30 permission on a Saturday night. Prof. Rich of the physics department advo- cates that the U. S. change to the metrical sys- tem of measurement. His points make so much sense that-we should be pleased to metre. Once more the fearful cry of "fa- mine" is heard in the land. Here we go again. We do this every year. I have before me a news story more than a year old (New York Times, Jan. 31, .1944) in which the head of a cattle raisers' association solemnly warned the country of an 'extremely serious" meat shortage. But when the books were closed on 1944, it turned out that each of us had, on the average, chewed his way through 147 pounds of meat, 11 pounds more per person than before the war. This happens every year, every single year. It is like a perverse sort of vernal festival; America seems to greet the spring each year by crying out that it is going to go hungry. As for the motives behind these direful outcries, we have not far to seek. Usually they have something to do with price control. It is during the spring that Congress always takes up the matter of renewing price controls for another year; Congress is always in a swivet about prices during March, April and May. It is during these months, and the months just before, that we are invariably threatened with "famine." By a re- markable coincidence, almost every doomster who warns us of famine feels that the only way to avoid star- vation is by a good, healthy increase in prices. Once the annual price control bill is passed, the shouts die down; you don't hear any more about "famine" then until' the next year, when the next price control bill comes up. Along about June 1, those who raise lamb stop crying wolf, so to speak. This year a second motive may be at work. The President promised last Friday that we would try to help feed the hungry liberated countries of Europe, even if we had to pull in our belts a little. The cry of "fa- mine" operates to block this pro- gram. It seems to me a remarkable fact that on the Monday after the President spoke, four resolutions were introduced into Congress to investi- gate the "food shortage" in America. Even if we don't have a food short- age, (and we don't) four resolutions make it seem as if we have one. It is like a bad outbreak of what might be called second-degree iso- lationism. There is almost no first-degree isolationism any more; that is, Ilmost nobody stands up and de- nonces international cooperation by name. But let the issue move away from such lofty platitudes, let it center on something prac- tical, like giving a bit of bread and meat to a hungry ally, and it is startling to see what angy pres- sures well up. Four investigations of a "famine," the existence of which is denied by every responsi- ble official. All of them pop up three days after the President promised to send some food abroad, and three of them come from the Republican side. Food is so impor- tant a subject that it makes a powerful weapon with which to attack the President's internation- al policies, like his price policies; to attack them indirectly, but with dreadful effectiveness. (Copyright, 1945, N. Y. Post Syndicate) Closing Hours THOSE campus "New Yorkers" who manage to escape being carried away by home town enthusiasm must have felt a twinge of shame last week when their boisterous but effi- cient Mayor LaGuardia made the big town look mighty small. Taking ad- vantage of the obvious difficulty of enforcing emergency orders, the "Man Under the Hat" defied assis- tant president Jimmy Byrnes' order to conserve electricity and manpower by closing entertainment spots at midnight. Extension of New York City's cur- few to 1 a.m. has the effect of crip- pling the effect of Byrnes' order. For the so-called entertainment industry in this city alone constitutes a major portion of that in the nation. La- Guardia's faux pas was no doubt made under pressure, and against his better judgment. But it is unfortu- nate indeed when, the mayor of a city of nine million, a national figure with a long record of gogd govern- ment, permits the selfish notives of a certain number of his constituents to oppose the best interests of the nation. That type of action which places1 the sectionbefore the whole throws glory on neither a city nor on the Washington agency whose order was disobeyed. -Milt Freudenheim By Crockett Johnson FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1945 VOL. LV, No. 102 Publication in the Daily Official Bul- letin is constructive notice to all mem- bers of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Assistant to the President, 1021 Angell Hall, by 3:30 p. m. of the day preceding publication (11:30 a. m. Sat- urdays). Notices Identification Cards which have been validated for the Spring Term are now available in the booth out- side Rm. 2, University Hall. New identification cards will NOT be ready for several days. Notice will be given as soon as they may be picked up. All women students who are em- ployed part-time are required to register this fact immediately at the Office of the Dean of Women. State of Michigan Civil Service announcements for Institution Bus- iness Executive I, and III, salary range from $180 to $356.50 per month, and Civil Engineer II, and III, salary from $230 to $340 per month, have been received in our office. For fur- ther information stop in at 201 Ma-j son Hall, Bureau of Appointments. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State Civil Service announcements for the following have been received in our office: Division Chief of Claim Settlements,.$2,400 to $5,000, Princi- pal Claim Settlement Agent, $3,750 to $3,750, Advanced Claim Settlement Agent, $3,000 to $3,750, Senior Claim Ssttlement Agent $2,628 to $3,000, Claim Settlement Agent $2,328 to $2,628, Junior Claim Settlement Ag- ent $2,028-$2,328, and Assistant Claim Settlement Agent, $1,728 to $2,028. The positions for which these exam- inations will be given exist in the state office at Harrisburg and the# area offices in Harrisburg, Philadel- phia, Pittsburgh, and Wilkes-Barre. Applicants must have been legal res- idents of Pennsylvania for at least one year immediately prior to mak- ing application. For further infor-1 mation stop in at 201 Mason Hall, Bureau of Appointments. Rackham Bldg. This examination, required of all degree candidates in the Graduate School, is open to Seniors in the undergraduate units and to students in the professional schools. The University will pay the fee for this April examination. Any- one wishing to take the examination must register at the Information Desk of the Graduate School Office in the Rackham Bldg. before March 30. The Summer Session of the Grad- uate Curriculum in Social Work, which is given at the Rackham Mem- orial Building in Detroit, will open for registration Friday and Satur- day, June 15 and 16, classes begin- ning Monday, June 18. The session will close Friday, Aug. 10. This is a change from original dates set. English 85 one-act play tryouts will be held today at 3 p.m. fourth floor Angell Hall. All students inter- ested in participation are invited. German I Make-Up Final Exami- nation will be given from 10 to 12 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, in Rm. 201 University Hall. Students who missed the final examination should see their instructors immediately to get permission to take the make-up. Faculty, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and The Arts: Attendance re- port cards are being distributed through the departmental offices. In- structors are requested to use green cards for reporting freshmen, and buff cards for reporting sophomores and upperclassmen. Reports of fresh- men and sophomores should be sent to the Office of the Academic Coun- selors, 108 Mason Hall; those of jun- iors and- seniors to 1220 Angell Hall. Please note especially the regula- tions concerning three - week ab- sonces, and the time limits for drop- ping courses. The rules relating to absences are printed on the attend- ance cards. They may also be found on page 46 of the 1944-45 AN- NOUNCEMENT of our College. E. A. Walter Concerts Student Recital: Ruby Joan Kuhl- man, pianist, will present a program of compositions by Scarlatti, Beetho- ven, Brahms and Debussy at 8:30 41 A 4. ' The United States Civil Service this evening, in Lydia Mendelssohn Commission gives notice that the Theater. Given in partial fulfillment cdosing date for the acceptance of of the requirements for the degree applications for PUBLIC HEALTH of Bachelor of Music, the program REPRESENTATIVE, $2,433 a year, will be open to the general public. will be March 27, 1945. Applications I must be filed with the U.S. Civil Ser- vice Commission, Washington 25, D.C., not later than that date. I I v-_ The Wheelan Photographic Stu- dios, Inc., New York, have openings in Personnel, sales, art, photography, and promotional fields. Students who wculd be interested in applying, should call at the office, 201 Mason Hall, from 9 to 12 and 2 to 4. All Veterans interested in a re- fresher course in the mechanics and grammar of English Composition are asked to call or contact Mr. C. M. Davis, Veteran's Advisor; Rm. 19, Angell Hall. Telephone 4121, Exten- sion 2115: The Hillel Foundation will now accept reservations for the Pass- over meals. Reservations will not be accepted after 5:30 p.m., Friday, March 23. This semester meals will be charged as follows: for the whole week, $17.00, for the individual Se- dar, $2.25. Twenty red ration points, (two stamps), will be required only from those eating the whole eight days. Due to the present wartime conditions no reservations will be taken without money or stamps. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Feliks Gross, Managing Editor of "New Europe," will lecture on the subject, "The Small States in Post-War Eur- ope," tonight at 8 in the Rackham Amphitheater, under the auspices of the Department of Political Science. The public is cordially invited. Professor Antoine Jobin, of the{ Department of Romance Languages, will give the sixth of the French Lec- tures sponsored by Le Cercle Fran- cais on Tuesday; March 27, at 4:10 p.m. in Rm. D, Alumni Memorial Hall. The title of his lecture is: "Souvenirs de France." Academic Notices Students, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Students who fail to file their, election blanks by the close of the third week of the Spring Term, eyen though 'they have 'registered and have attended classes unofficially will forfeit their privi- lege of continuing in the College. E. A. Walter Students, School of Education: No course may be elected for credit after i All-Beethoven Program: The third program in the current series of Sun- day evening piano recitals by mem- bers of the School of Music faculty will be played by Kathleen Rinck at .8:30 Sunday, April 25, in Lydia Men- delssohn Theater. It will include Beethoven's Sonata, Op. 2, No. 3, Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2, and Sonata, Op. 110. The general public is in- vited. Events Today The Geological Journal Club will meet in Rm. 3065, Nat. Sci. Bldg. at 12:15 p.m. today. Program: M. W. Senstius will review "Mining in the Netherlands East Indies" by A. L. ter Braake. All interested are cor- dially invited to attend. SRA Coffee Hour: Miss Bointon, Youth Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, will be the guest of the Student Religious Association Coffee Hour this after- noon at 4 o'clock in Lane Hall. Any students interested in snch summer service as work camps or deputations are particularly requested to attend. Graduate Students: All Graduate Party will be held in Assembly Hall and Conference Rooms of Rackham tonight, from 8 to 12 o'clock. Grad- uate and Professional students cor- dially invited. The Inter-Racial Association will have a Social at the Unitarian Church tonight at 8:30. There will be entertainment, dancing and free refreshments: . The public, all mem- bers and friends, are cordially invited. American Power: To What End? will be the topic of a talk to be given by Prof. William B. Willcox of the History Department at the religious services at 7:45 p.m., in the Hillel Foundation. Inter-Racial Association is holding a social at 8:30 tonight at the Uni- tarian Church, 110 N. State Street. Entertainment, refreshments, and dancing, are on the program. Mem- bers, their friendsgand all those in- terested in the organization are cor'- dially invited. Coming Events The Lutheran Student Association will meet Sunday at 5 p.m. in Zion Lutheran Parish Hall. The Rev. Fredrik A. Schiotz, Executive Secre- '1 1 . BARNABY George Shultz was telling me about this new financial Barnaby, your imaginary Fairy Godfather hasn't anything to I1 She wouldn't let him talk to the president on the telephone. So I Hmm. /So the managerial 1 class has seized power. . i