IAAGE TWO THL1E4M-1C HTIGA N- DALY UGU RSDAY, i I:B, 1, 1.9i:i PAGE TWO 'IIITJRSDAY, FED. 1, 194~ Fifty-Fifth Year WASHINGTON MER RY-GO-ROUND: orale, at Walter Reed Bad Edited and managed by students of the University 6f Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Evelyn Phillips ,, Stan Wallace .. Ray Dixon Hank Mantho . Dave Loewenberg Mavis Kennedy . . Business Lee Amer . . Barbara Chadwick June Pomering. . Telephone Staff . . Managing Editor City Editor Associate Editor * . Sports Editor Associate Sports Editor * .Women's Editor Staff . Business Manager Associate Business Mgr. Associate Business Mgr. 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of re- publication 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, 1943-44 ,EPRESENTED FOR NAT1ON -.1 AVRTlNG O National Avertising Service, ic. College Pblishers Rep resentaive 420 MADIsoN AVE. NEW YORK. N. . CHICAGO * BOSTON . LOS ANGELES * SAN FRANcISCO NIGHT EDITOR: BOB GOLDMAN Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. French emands WITH the war's decisive battles approaching, the big question mark in the minds of gov- ernments and peoples is what shall be done with termany Recently, the French government has voiced a strong demand that France have a share in the post-war occupation of Germany. Before the question of French occupation came into the limelight, it appeared that some kind of a three-part Germany was envisioned by England, the United States and Russia. If the French demand is considered seriously by the Big Three, an altogether new post-war plan will have to be formulated. Looking at the contrversy from a historical standpoint it seems that the age-old antipathy between the French and German nations might cause the French to forget that in the long run, correction instead of punishment would fead to a better Germany. - Bob Goldman Spiritual Unity S THE United States veers closer to the end of the greatest military conflict in history, it seems that it's about time we Americans take stock of our spiritual resources if we are to be instrumental in averting another such holocaust. Victory of arms might be ours, but we might well share it with spiritual defeat which could pave the way for World War II. And ironically enough, our spiritual deterioration might mani- fest the fruit of Hitler's propaganda in this country whose seeds had been sown in the war years. Already, the causes of a new war and incipi- ent fascism are taking root despite our crrent planning for a new democracy aid world peace. Anti-semitism is becoming a :tronaer undercurrent, and the Negro problem is ra- idly becoming critical. Should the scio-co- noinic structure of this country begin to crack under the undue stress of the uncertain days ahead, the nation might rise in a violent cru- sade of ruthless suppression of its minorities. Indeed, this is a fair manifestation of incipient fascism because the manner in which any body politic treats its minorities is a good index to its democracy. As peace looms nearer in the future, other conditions seem to be setting the stage for fas- cism and war, and these conditions could pave the way to dissension, and finally anarchy by an ambitious demagogue who will play on the weak- nesses of the opposing factions. When the war is over, the floodgates wi be open, and capital and labor will be able to battle it out without fear of abridging the national unity needed to wage a successful military war. Divergent groups will be uninhibited to work at contra-purposes and divide the nation on vital issues that make for a lasting peace. Indeed, the return of eleven million service- men to civilian life, representing about eight per cent of the population, could serve a nucleus for a fascistic group because they are already susceptive to mass suggestion from their military training and experiences. A slippery tongued demagogue could easily play on their dissatis- By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-Very little appeared in the papers about it, but highly important poli- cies regarding future rlatins with Japan were discussed at the recent Institute of Pacific Rela- tions at Hot Springs, Va. Most important of all Was a proposal by the British to retain Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese ruling class in the post-war set-up of Japan. Sir Paul Butler, leading advisr to the British Foreign Office, led the appeal for Hirohito. Behind closed doors at the swank Home- stead Hotel, Butler made this blunt pro- nouieemnent: "No alternative to a monarchial system, under the present emperor or soei other member cf his family, is likely to provide the focus of stability which will be essential if the state is not to dissolve into chaos in the impending crisis." Sir Paul's tender concern for the Japanese monarch brought a tart reply from Dr. Huh Shih, former Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.A. who suggested that Hirohito be exiled to London "along with the other discredited monarchs." Other United Nations delegates also were vig-. orously opposed to the British policy of appeas- ing the emperor. Most significant of all was the position of the British Dominions-Canada, Aus- tralia and. New Zealand--which split with the delegation from the British Isles itself. The Canadians demanded a complete house-cleaning in Japan and the Dominion delegates froin "down under" agreed with them. Note-U.S. delegates at the Pacific confer- ence included Admiral Thomas Hart, former Commander of the Asiatic fleet; John Carter Vincent, Chief of the State Department's Chi- nse Division; and Congresswoman Frances Belon of Cleveland. At the end of the hush- hush meeting, Mrs. Bolton remarked: "This is one conference Drew Pearson won't find out about." Son of Lord Ifax . ,. T.RICHARD WOOD, son of British Ambassa- dor Lord Halifax. lost both his legs in North Africa. A German dive bomber attacked a mo- torized British column, and planted a bomb square it the lap of Lieutenant Wood. Fortu- nately the bomb was a dud, but it crushed his legs, and (hey were immediately amputated well above the knee. Wood has been in Washington for some weeks, with his father and mother, at the British Embassy. (Incidentally, his brother Peter was killed in action, and the third Mali- fax son, Major Charles Wood, heir to the title of Halifax, is a member of Parliament, now serving on active duty with the British Army.) The other day-an icy day in Washington-- young Wood was being taken to the convalescent wing of Walter Reed Hospital, just outside of Washington-not for treatment, but to talk to convalescent veterans. He has artificial limbs, and has mastered the difficult business of walk- ing. But his car got stuck on an icy hill leading to the hospital. Lieutenant Wood wanted to get to the hospital to keep his engagement with the American soldiers. So he climbed out of the car, and hobbled up the icy hill with the help of his cane. He reached the hospital and gave his talk to the soldiers. VoternWs, Sti c - - ALTHOUGH the Army boasts of its Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington as the finest in the country, hundreds of servicemen come out severely critical, except of the actual surgery performed. Head of Walter Reed is 64-year-old Major General Shelly U. Marietta, General Persh- ing's close friend and personal physician. General Marietta is a renowned doctor, bt not so strong as an administrator, with the result that the hospital morale is extremely low, especially among enlisted men. One failing is that the Army's vaunted re- habilitation program has never been properly installed at Walter Reed. The only serious at- tempt at rehabilitating veterans is for men who are to remain in the service. Those scheduled to get dischar ges are practically ignored. One result is that war attendants are doing a thriving business selling liquor from five to if- teen dellrs a qual t.Visitors have often noted that [lie imocent-appearing pitchers alongside hospital cots contain liquid much stronger than Coca-Cola, while nurses have been known to go thro ugh a ward distributing ice cubes.. Recently the men in ward 32, most of them in traction splints which require absolute quiet, drank so much and became so noisy that an MP appeared to rzsc ore order and was beaten tip by the patients. Several patients were set back several weeks in their recovery as a result of leaving their cots to jump on the MP. At the Forest Glen Convalescent home. under Waliter Reed administration, the situation is nerhaps worse. Most of the G.I.'s here are able to get out and visit Washington. Classes in mathlemaics. language and other aedemi sab- !jcts arc offered by volunteer teachers, but no attempt is ineil( to give the men psychological tests to aid them in choosing a post-war trade or profession. The Army Morale Service is permitted to work at Forest Glen only at the invitation of thi Med'cal Corps. Last summer a group of psychologists from the Morale Service pre- pared 'an analysis of the hospital's needs and BAR NABY recommended a reorganization. This group was ordered overseas before its report was completed-and the report never has been finished. Capiti aCl ,ff INTEREST in the Senate Commerce COmmit- tee's session with Henry Wallace was so great that even capitol employes had difficulty getting in. Bob Fokes, secretary to Senator Claude Pep- per, a member of the committee, showed up at the doer with a message for his boss and identi- fied himself. The harassed guard recognized him and let him through, remarking, "I recog- nize you, and you can go through. But you'll be interested to know that four secretaries to Pep- per have showed up already with messages for him and none has come out yet." One of the private laughs at the White louse is that Jesse Jones is the only cabinet member who didn't go through the formality of sub- mitting his resignation as the President com- pleted his third term. (Copyright, 1945, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: ~rnd eistandiii g By SAMUEL GRAFTON NEW YORK-We must stop thinking about the French as a people who are merely hard up. and we must begin at once to think about them as a people who have been struck by catas- trophe. This is not a hardship case any longer; it is an emergency case. It is not merely that the French are suffering: the world has learned how to suffer, and knows by now how to do it pretty well. The French are dying, and no na- tion can learn to endure dying. The bits of news which come over about what s happening in the side streets (Genet's dis- patch to the New Yorker this week, for example) and the accounts of returning travelers all add up to tell us that a great nation has been struck by a major disaster, and that the rest of the world doesn't realize it. There is no coal, there is no heat, in the worst winter of the war. When de Gaulle has to wear two overcoats during an official conference, one may imagine what is happening in the slums. The French official food ration is so small that the Paris press calls it "derisive," some 1 ioke; but even so it would take 15,000 car- leadings a week, to carry this ration, and only 5,000 are being loaded. The French are living on a third of a joke. This means that we of the home front in America simply cannot understand France. It is not a questiE of good will or bad will. Those who sit, in a relatively warm room and eat can- not understand what goes on in the minds of those who sit in a cold room and do not eat. No interpreter can bridge that gap. There can be no real communication. We can get a glimpse now and then, but that is all; we can understand a little of how cold it is in Europe when we read an editorial in the Army newspaper, Stars and Stripes, in which the soldier-editors suddenly burst into denunciation of American women back home for wearing fur coats, when American soldiers are freezing for lack of fur garments in the seven-foot drifts of Mirfeld and Berscheid. These soldiers are angry at their own sisters, wives and sweethearts. It is that cold W7E BACK HOME in America do not under- stand, and cannot understand. We must objectively come to know this fact about our- selves, that we don't understand. We must make a special allowance for our lack of understand- ing, in all the thinking we try to do about Eur- ope. But we don't make such an allowance. We act as if we do understand. Those American Congressmen who are bit- terly opposing France's request to us for 5,000 tons of newsprint, are not bad men. But they cannot know what it is like to have lived under Nazi occupation for four years, to have come out of it, to have replaced the old crooked French press with a clean press at last, and then to see that press reduced, for lack of paper, to a single half-sheet a day. No xmanter how cold it is, no matter what else is ratoned, one may still have great words. The American Congressmen may not know it, they cannot know it, but they are rationing even the words of those who have little besides words. Half a sheet daily. And there is so much to say. We of the American home front cannot under- stand France, or any part of frozen Europe, and this fact is one of the big facts of the war. It keeps us from making contact. It is the reason why we give Europe ethical discourses, when it asks for bread. It is why we sometimes consider de Gaulle a ridiculous figure when he speaks of France's greatness; we cannot understand that when a nation has no coal, all it can warm itself with is greatness. That is why we frown when de Gaulle signs a treaty with Russia, and wonder why he can't wait patiently for us to do some- thing instead. That is why we tell a continent, all of whose water pipes have burst, that the first item for host-war settlement is commercial air lines, and who gets them. And there is no cure for us, except to try, bit by bit, to face the facts. If we cannot understand, let us at least under- stand that we cannot understand. (Copyright. 1945, New York Post Syncticate) Home Front T HE PEOPLE on the home fron realize there is a war on. That is what a soldier said on his return to the United States after fighting abroad. They realize that the war is not yet won and they are endeavoring to produce goods for us who are in dire need of them. That is what the soldier might have said, but how true would it be? Yes, the folks back home know there is a war because it is hard to pick up a paper without seeing the headlines or to turn the radio on without hearing a commentator say Allied forces are 232 miles or 73 miles from Berlin as the case may be. A few comments are made in effect that the war will soon be over and the situation is prompt- ly forgotten. Going to the factory every day and working for eight hours or perhaps 12 if overtime pay seems to be a worthwhile reimbursement for the time lost is the lot for the average workman of today. They work and they know they are turning out im- plements for war but whether they realize to what avail they will be used is another question. War is now pure routine for the people on the home-front. they have made up their minds that they will have to do without gasoline for that Sunday afternoon ride and they will have to save their shoe coupon for summer. War casualties are listed every- day, and hit quite a number of people but even this doesn't bring war home to everyone. Troops are advancing and more miles are being covered.' The war will soon be over and we can all go back to the good old days. People should be made to see their error and begin to realize that the Germans have not stopped to fight. They are 'K" ..:7"" GET SQ UA ED AW.a Y Let your War Bond Officer cheek your War Bond acouit for i axiiriuiiii hiii< o you. a + 1 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN What She Is and What She Does. The public is cordially invited. THURSDAY, FEB. 1, 1945 VOL. LV; No. 73 Publication in the Daily Official Buil- letin is constructive notice to all mem- hers of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be senit in typewritten form to the Assistant to the President, 1021 Angeli Hall, by 3:30 p. in. of the day preceding publication (11:30 a. m. Sat- urdays). Notices Washington's Birthday: Washing-; ton's birthday, Feb. 22, will not be 4 Univrs :ity L~ecture: Dr. Gustav E. von Grunebaum, Professor of Arabic, University of Chicago, will lecture on the subject. "The Arabian Nights and Classical Literature" at 4:15 p. i., Wednesday, Feb. 7. in the Rackham Amphitheatre; auspices of the De- partment of Oriental Languages and Literatures. The public is cordially invited. retreating under the bombardment of observed as a University holiday. our artlllery, yes, but troops must continue to be supplied. They can't o the members of the faculty be if John Doe, American, starts I College of Literature, Science and the I AJnA i.can, starts ^ " Tu f"vo', "tinof th counting the miles and days off when it will all be over, and lapses into a lackadaisical mood. No, the war is not , over yet. Much more land must be covered and this can not be done in a matter of weeks or days; it will take months or perhaps years. This is the time to prepare for high geared production and more re- strictions at home. -Liz Knapp W andCase r THE MONTGOMERY WARD case is temporarily tied in another legal knot by the ruling of Federal District Judge Sullivan in Chicago that seizure of the company's prop- erties on order of the President. be- cause of its refusal to comply with WLB directives, was illegal. Confused though this leaves the situation with the government held powerless to enfcrce directives of the agency set un to preseive industrial peace in wartime, the latest knot won't be a permanent one. Attorney- General Biddle plans to appeal to higher federal courts, and the best possible outcome would be a quick decision by the Supreme Court on the President's wartime powers. These powers have long consti- tuted a twilight zone of our govern- ment. Though the WLB, as Sewell Avery contended, has no enforce- ment authority of its own, the gov- ernment relied upon the President's war powers to obtain compliance. There are indications, in prev- icus decisions, that ther Supreme Court takes a broader view of these powers than does JTudge Sullivan. - St. Louis Pout Dispatch ON SECONDI - UIAIW 13)'Ray D,\oII ART KRAFT thinks we're too short to tell such tall stories every day and so he proceeds to make the fol- lowing comments about Hitler's 1 IGS: IZIU d tWl(AUIy ILUUUua ; Ul Uazc i i Faculty of the College of Lierature, Science, and the Arts for the aca- demic year 1944-45 will be held on Monday, Feb. 5, 1945, at 4:10 p. m. in Room 1025 Angell Hall. The reports of the various commit- tees have been prepared in advance and are included with this call to the meeting. They should be retained in your files as part of the minutes of the February meeting. A large' attendance is desired. Edward H. Kraus University Lecture. Captain Pet- er Freuchen, Danish Polar Explorer, will lecture on "Epic of an Explorer in the War." at 8:00 p. in., Thurs- day, Feb. 8, in the Rackham Lecture Hall; auspices of the Department of Geography. The public is cordially invited. Academic Notices Bacteriology 110. lecture course, and Bacteriology 114, advanced bac- teriology, will start on March 5 and will be given on the spring term schedule for the College of Litera- ture, Science and the Arts. Bacteriology 111, laboratory work for medical students, will start March 19 and will be given on the spring term schedule for freshmen in the Medical School. Doctoral Examination for Leo Mor- ton Shames, Forestry and Conserva- tion; thesis: "Lumber Consumption in the United States," Friday, Feb. 2 2:00-o. pi n at 2045 Natural Sci- 't f , Y.V j. 1 ., a V U 1 aiLI A " 1 1 osdrt gen emnts ence. Chairman, S. T. Dana. 1. Consideration of the minutes of By action of the Executive Board the meetings of the Chairman may invite members a. January 8, 195 (pp. 1132- of the faculties and advanced doc-l 1135) toral candidates to attend this ex- S n y 2 amination, and lie may grant per- 1138) mission to those who for sufficient which were distributed by campus reasoni might wish to be present. mail. 2. Introduction of Provost James P. Adams. 3. Consideration of reports submit- Concert: Dorothy Maynor, Negro ted with the call to this meeting, soprano, will give the eighth program 2. Executive Committee-Pro- in the Choral Union Concert Series, fessor L. I. Bredvold Saturday evening at 8:30 in Hill b. Executive Board of the Grad- Auditorium. She has chosen a pro- uate School-Professor V. W. gram of interest and variety, includ- Crane ing a group of Negro spirituals. c. Senate Advisory Committee A limited number of tickets are on University Affairs-Profes- available at the offices of the Uni- sor C. D. Thorpe versity Musical Society in Burton d. Deans' Conference-Dea4 E. Memorial Tower. H. Kraus Student Recital: Jerry Pickerel, pi- 4.UOralert. Canist, will present a recital in partial University Council-Professor H. fulfillment of the requirements for { M. Dorr I Ut 1n t L li1. f1nofU1 VI IVJof AOi . R I 11 l 4 5. Eligibility of Instructors to Vote (pp. 1122 and 1123) 6. Continuation of the informal dis- cussion of the Combined Report, of the Curriculum Committee and the Committee on Concentration and Group Requirements. 7. New Business. 8. Announcements. Conservation of Heat and Light: In compliance with the order of the Director of War Mobilization the Uni- versity is making arrangements to conserve both heat and light, Fac- ulty and staff members should there- fore turn out all unnecessary lights and are cautioned against changing any adjustments which may be made I ins the. thermostate. Where certain the degr ee ox Bacneior of Mvusc a 8:30 tonight in Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theatre. His program will include compositions by Mozart, Leo Sowerby, Brahms, and Chopin, and will be open to the general pub- lic. Tea at the International Center, 'very Thursday, 4-5:30 p. m. Faculty, foreign students, and their Am'erican friends are cordially invited, Vepartment of Chemical and Met- allurgical Engineering: At the regular Seminar meeting today Mr. N. Fatica will speak on the subject "Electro- plating." The meeting will be held at 4 p.' m. in Rm. 3201 of the East Engineering Building. All persons interested are cordially invited to at- tend. The (geometry Seminar will meet in 3001 Angel Hall at 4:15, Dr. Erdos will talk on Integral Distances. Tea at 4. Kappa Phi, Methodist College Women's Club, will have its regular meeting today at 5:30. The program will be about Race Relations, I ;vi .f sp ec :IR; , is) *AJ'Jk) t' . YY )AUI L'. speech: ' conditions must be maintained, in Hitler has finally begun to see laboratories, animal houses, hospi-I things G the way we do. Said der tals, etc. proper arrangements will be Fuehrer: Germany will fight to md.Ti oiyhsteapoa the finish. Said der Allies: K, made. Thispoicy has thei approval providing it's Germany's finish. Alexander G. utven The address was made on Hitler's Members of the University Coun-! 12th anniversary as head guy in Ger- -il: There will be no meeting of' the many. Thus far lie has managed to University Council in February. duplicate FDR's tenure, but here's Louis A. Hopkins, SecretaryI hoping he doesn't have four more years to look forward to. Choral Union I embers whose at- p Il tendance records are clear will please The Post-War Coincil Seminar Adolph warned against the spirit call for their courtesy passes to the will meet tonight at 7:30 at the home of Versailles" and then proceeded Dorothy Maynor concert Friday, Feb. i of Prof. P. A. Throop, 1015 Berk- to give the Allies the devil. 2, between the hours of 9:30 and shire. Philosophic and political prob- Of course the big difference between 11:30 and 1 and 4, at the offices of the lems will be discussed and a topic Germany and the United Nations is University Musical Society, Burton will be decided upon. All those inter- Memorial Tower. After 4 o'clock no estd are cordially invited to attend. and the Germans fight for a common tickets will be issued; nor will tickets' cuss. G be issued on Saturday. C >rn i i Events 4 13y Crockett Johnson The Michiganensian: All Organi- Senior Society: There will be a zations expecting space in the MICH- meeting of Senio' Society at 5 o'clock, IGANENSIAN must return contracts Friday, Feb. 2. Anyone unable to at- to the business office of the Student tend call Cornelia Groefsema at Publications Bldg. by Friday of this 22591. week. The Post-War Council will present I The networks will vie frantco ic}lly ih n neanother to broadcast My big reof-life story will deal with the Infer years of Puccini's heroine. I r ~'--7 I r Daytime radio serials never I end, m'boy. They're like life. But keep tuned in, I