FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, FEI3. 4, 9i Wn Fifty-Fifth Year WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: PW's in U.S. Get Good Food " f' iI pv Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Evelyn Phillips . . . . . Managing Editor Stan Wallace . . . . . City Editor. Ray Dixon . . . . '. Associate Editor Hank Mantho . . . . Sports Editor Dave Loewenberg . . Associate Sports Editor Mavis Kennedy . . . Women's Editor Business Staff Lee Amer .Business be Barbara Chadwick . . Assoc iness nage June Pomnering . . . Associate Business Mgr. Telephone 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 mall matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. REPRESENTED FOR NATONAL ADVERTIaING BY National Advertising Service, inc. College Publishers Represenp sive 420 MADISON AvE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO - BosTon " LOS AnGELES - SAN FANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1943-44 NIGHT EDITOR: JENNY FITCH Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Give to WSSF "WE KNEW you'd come back; we knew you wouldn't forget," American students in German prison camps exclaimed on the appear-° ance of the bearer of the World Student Service Fund packages after a year's absence. The captured American servicemen flocked around the messenger with hope and happiness and even a sense of humor, which stood out in marked contrast with the despairing atmosphere which the messenger had found there the year before. For' the students had gained the hope and the confidence which comes with having something constructive to do and with the know- ledge that people in the outside world care what happens to them. This scene is repeated in prison camps all over the world, as related by relief messengers who distribute the food, clothing and study materials bought with money donated to the WSSF. Like hope and confidence is brought to refugees and internees and all students whose lives have been disrupted by the war. By contributing to the WSSF drive this week you will be helping people of this kind. But you will be doing more than giving people hope, more than giving them more to wear and to eat, more even than saving individual lives. You will be saving the future leadership of the world and helping to mold that leadership into the intelli- gent, internationally-minded kind this world so desperately needs. You will be adding to the understanding between students in Greece and in the United States, students in China and in the United States, French and United States students, and, yes, even between German stu- dents and students of the United States. German prisoners of war in this country are discovering for the first time what kinds of things are studied in a democracy, what demo- cracy is and what they can do about it. Miss Alexandra Feldmahn, WSSF Secretary, told in an address Friday night how thrilled some of these German prisoners of war were to, read books which were banned in Germany. To illustrate how far from narrow nationalism 'some of these students have veered, Miss Feld- mahn told of one German prisoner in Canada who is writing a "History of American Isola- tionism" in which he points out the short- sightedness of isolationism. WSSF is the beginning of world solidarity among students. Students receiving help are anxious to know more and more about students in the United States, who are doing so much for them. They are anxious to maintain this student solidarity and to enlarge it in world student con- ferences and world student action after the war. For the sake of students in the war and after the war, give today, give generously. - Myra Sacks Press Freedom' KENT COOPER, director of the Ashociated Press, has proposed that newspaper corre- slpndents be granted diplomatic immunities, and' that this clause for a free pless be written into the peace treaty. If this clause is to be inserted into the peace By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-Parents of boys who are pris- oners in Germany get increasingly burned up at reports showing how badly they are fed by the enemy, while German prisoners in the U. S. are eating better than American civilians. German prisoners of war, many of them ar- rogant, insolent, and considered beyond political rehabilitation, get rationed foods denied civil- ians, and in.some cases receive scarce foods re- quiring four times the food stamps now allowed American civilians. The Provost Marshal, of course, is living up to the strict letter of the Geneva Convention regarding prisoners, which provides that they be fed the same rations as U. S. soldiers. Thus at one Florida camp, a one-week menu recently showed that the Nazi prisoners' ration for a single week would have required 45 meat points and 63 processed food points per man. Here is a sample of some of the meals German prisoners of war received at MacDill Field, Florida. Dinner: Turkey a la king, parsley potatoes, cauliflower, celery and pickles, bread, butter, chocoate cake, coffee. At breakfast the next day they received grape- fruit, dry cereal, fresh milk, boiled eggs, toast, butter, jam, and coffee. For luncheon they had veal steak, lyonnaise potatoes, stewed corn, fruit salad, bread, butter, peaches, and coffee. For supper the PW's had veal loaf, gravy, escalloped potatoes, green peas, cabbage and pineapple salad, bread, butter, cinnamon rolls, and coffee. Meanwhile, American boys held by the Ger- mans complain that were it not for Red Cross packages provided them by relatives they would be hungry constantly. Soviet Local Angle .. DURING the long Senate hearings on Henry Wallace, Soviet correspondent Sam Krafsur sat at a news table, leisurely taking notes. He didn't seem much interested. Senator Pepper asked Wallace the truth of the oft told but untrue story that Wallace advo- cated "giving a quart of milk to every Hotten- tot." Wallace replied that the statement actu- ally had been made by the President of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, not by himself. "It all started one night," Wallace said, "when I was at dinner with Madame Litvinoff, the wife of the Russian Ambassador." Suddenly newsman Krafsur sprang into ac- tion. "At last," he said, "a local angle." French Lend-Lease Stopped ... LOWDOWN on the present deadlock over lend- lease to France is that at the last cabinet session the plan was officially ok'd, then after- ward Morgenthau stopped the deal. French lend-lease had been hanging fire for some time, but both Secretary Stettinius and Foreign Eco- nomic Administrator Leo Crowley took it up in cabinet, with Secretary Morgenthau present, and got a cabinet ok on plans for sending large quan- tities of goods to France. Immediately afterward, French Economic Minister Jean Monnet, sent a cable to Paris in- forming De Gaulle of the argreement, and got an airplane reservation home. It was at this point that Secretary Morgen- thau reached in and said no. With Secretary of State Stettinius abroad and the President giving his attention to the Big Three confer- ence, Morgenthau interposed belated objec- tions. He argued that the French had a large gold reserve in this country and he wanted them to pay for part of their lend-lease in cash. While some people sympathize with Morgen- thau's viewpoint, they wonder why he re- opened the matter after the deal was already closed in cabinet. Meanwhile the Army also has raised objec- tions against sparing ships to send lend-lease to France. Equipping French Army ... BALANCED against this is the fact that part of French lend-lease is to be used to equip a new French Army, which causes some White House advisers to feel that the U. S. war chiefs are short-sighted. While we are scraping up more manpower in this country, a million or so young Frenchmen can be recruited for battle against Hitler. About a hundred thousand French are now proving themselves excellent fighters in the French First Army. Nearly all of these how- ever, are colonials or Frenchmen who escaped their country and were not there during the German occupation. Only a handful of the Frenchmen who spent four years under the Nazi yoke have been permitted to bear arms against their oppressors. About 200,000 men of the class of 1923 are being called up in France now for training-but with no assurance that the necessary supplies will be provided them. The French argue that they have enough factories left to supply these troops if we could ship them raw materials. The shipping of raw materials, they say, would be far easier for us than shipping additional men- or finished supplies. In all, it is estimated that about a million men between 18 and 23 could be called up by the French, -as well as thousands of older Army veterans and officers. Arguing for the supplies to equip these men, the De Gaulle government points out that about six million tons would be needed in the first six nonths of this year. The longer the delay in getting these men equipped for battle, the stronger French con- viction grows that the British are dominating U. S. military policy. Probably the British know nothing about it. But rightly or wrongly, the French think that London is determined not to have a strong France at the peace table and the more certain they become that U. S. policy is dictated by the British, the more the French turn to Soviet Russia. Capital Chaff . . HERBERT PELL, deposed American represent- ative to the Allied War Crimes Commission, has been telling intimates that Green Hack- worth, Ed Stettinius' legal aide, and Assistant Secretary Jimmy Dunn torpedoed American par- ticipation in United Nations plans to punish Axis war criminals . . . Former Vice-President Henry Wallace received one telegram from the Dentists' Association of Des Moines, Iowa, which read, "Keep fighting-we're pulling for you" .. . Western Union tripled its messengers and opera- tors in the Senate to handle the barrage of wires on the Wallace-Jones fight . (Copyright, 1945, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Soviet Advance By SAMUEL GRAFTON NEW YORK-The Soviet advance into Ger- many has been so spectacular that it has given butterflies to a few American commen- tators, who feel that nobody can make the Rus- sians leave the heart of Europe if they don't want to leave, and so what's to keep them from staying forever! We don't want a Europe dom- inated by the Soviet Union, any more than we want a Europe dominated by any other country. And the display of Russian military power, which shows that the Russians can dominate the continent militarily, makes some Americans think that they will also want to do so politic- ally; perhaps on the theory that where thee's a way, there's a will. On this question of Soviet intentions, the January 27 issue of the Information Bulletin of the Soviet Embassy has an article by Ilya Ehrenburg, in the course of which Mr. Ehren- burg tells "an old French tale about a certain Jean, the Beekeeper." It seems that Jean, the Beekeeper, was a strong but kind-hearted man; "he never interfered in the affairs of even his closest neighbors." But, says Mr. Ehrenburg, for miles around it was danger- our for anyone to cheat an orphan or hide a dishonest man, because Jean the Beekeeper might hear of it. Mr. Ehrenburg makes it clear that he con- siders the Soviet role in Europe to be that of a Jean, the Beekeeper: "We do not replace one kind of fetters with another . . . how the people wish to live is their own affair. The Red Army is busy with its job--the removal of the hang- man." MR. EHRENBURG denies vigorously that the Red Army is interested in setting up any particular form of government in Europe. "Bay- onets cannot create free people," he says. "They can only destroy jailers." It is his conception that the Red Army is letting the people of Europe out of a fascist jail, to do as they please; except that the Red Army won't stand for any future reintroduction of fascist jails. To the cynical among us, this may seem too sweet, too utterly utter. But it is backed, in a curiously impressive fashion, by a passage in Marshal Stalin's speech of last November 6. This is the passage, never sufficiently noted in American comment, in which Stalin said that the trouble with a master-race, or master-na- tion, theory is that it forces all other races and nations to combine against any leader who as- serts it. It is a "cannibal" theory, and people object to being eaten. In several paragraphs, almost touched with humor, Stalin explains that the Germans tried to set up a master-race theory, and also to win allies, and that the two are incompatible. Hit- ler picked the one theory which the world couldn't possibly accept. To become the "chosen" race, or "chosen" nation, explains Stalin, is to become the object of universal hatred. Again, one does not have to believe Stalin, any more than one has to believe Ehrenburg. Yet, these paragraphs, with their quiet air, resem- bling a demonstration in geometry, are curiously persuasive. They are more than a promise; they are a theoretical exposition. They say that Rus- sia won't try to dominate Europe, not because Russia is being good, but because such a course would force Europe and the world to combine against Russia. It's a good reason. A fair interpretation probably is that Russia will try to exterminate fascism, but will not oppose any other form of western social and economic organization. Sections of Europe may turn left, in which case Russia would probably be pleased, and would let nature take its course. Our danger is that we will not ac- cept this challenge to prove that man can make livings under our system; that we will not try hard enough; and that we will blame our failure on Russia, making her responsible for any unrest, anywhere in the world. That would be unfortunate. That would bring back the moral atmosphere of the Thirties, which is where we came in. (Copyright, 1945, New York Post Syndicate) Dominie Says STUDENTS of this decade should read the Congressional record of January and February, 1945. The magazines of the week will identify the focal point ofabout four revolu- tions taking place at once. Some would observe the drive of the great Russian armies, other the meeting of the Patriarchs of the Greek Ortho- dox bringing back the more than fifty separate divisions in Russia, Greece, the Ukraine and other coun- tries as the central event. Many would think of the Churchill-Stalin- Roosevelt meeting as central. How- ever the nomination of the tall, prophetic, plain Christian Iowan to the Cabinet is more significant. Whether you are trained in religion, finance, economics, sociology, liter- ature, law, politics, the life sciences, laboratory science or engineering, this should hold true; for but once in a hundred years are given the ar- guments to make great social parable of an era plain to the average reader Whence our liberties? May we ex- pect new freedoms because of the loyalties men have shown in battle in a war between democracies and oppressors? Must religion light up the mind of man, and a vision of God unify men into a social whole before democracy is achieved? These and kindred questions engage many minds around our troubled globe. The re- plies are as varied as the questions. Here is Prof. Sorokin of Harvard, himself a refugee of the Russian revolution, but now a proud supporter of Stalin and his armies, saying of the period: "In law and ethics, the remnants of the great norms of con- duct will be moreand more 'relativ- ized' until they are turned into dust; coarse hedonism, together with hy- pocrisy and rude force, will be ram- pant. Nothing, except naked force, will be binding. The deterioration will especially manifest itself in a progressive degeneration of the very standards and criteria of the cultural values. The real Sensate standards will be more and more replaced by the counterfeit criteria; the compe- tent arbiters by the qualified ignor- amuses of the daily press, of radio, of various forms, by writers of best- sellers and of other varieties of cul- tural chewing gum. Quite impercept- ibly the standards will change so radacilly that at the late stages of Sensate culture its 'machinery of se- lection' will be picking up mainly theipseudo-values and neglecting the real values." In contrast here is a statement by Kenneth Leslie, editor of The Protestant, saying: "The dignity of man was never higher in the his- tory of the world than it is at the present moment and during the entire period of this conflict. Never before have so many men resisted tyranny with such high valor, with such mutual forgiveness and under- standing, with higher hope or with greater promise of a world of Brotherhood." Dean Van Dusen of the Union The- ological Seminary lecturing before three hundred ministers might be paraphrased as follows: "In spite of the horrors of war on a world scale we are compelled to report that Christianity in two of its main phases (1) that of ecumenical understand- ing between all of its diversified parts and (2) that of missionary leader- ship among crude cannibals here and great Eastern cultures yonder shines forth in a new glory today and has made more progress during the fate- ful years of 1940-1944 than in any like period for half a century." What is the task imposed on us as the military approaches Ger- man soil and the delegations of the three surroundings nations meet for conference? It is well phrased by a scholarly visitor from the Uni- versities of France, Jacques Mari- tian, in his facile recent book "Christianity and Democracy" : "The meaning of this present war is not only to put an end to Facism, Racism, Militarism, but decidedly to undertake the slow and difficult construction of a world where fear and wretchedness will no longer press down upon individuals and nations, where blindly demanding nationalisms will give way to an organized international commu- nity, wherein the oppression and exploitation of man will be abol- ished and wherein everyone will be able to share in the common heritage of civilization and to live a truly human life." Edward W. Blakeman, Counselor in Religious Education Old Proverb CHIANG KAI-SHEK, who procured the removal of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell from his society, now pro- poses to call the Ledo-Burma Road the Stilwell Highway, a Via Vinegara. The 'gissimo may be mindful of the old Chinese proverb that distance dothe lend a certain enchantment. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch SUNDAY, FEB. 4, 1945 VOL. LV, No. 76 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 Washington's Birthday: Washing- ton's birthday, Feb. 22, will not be observed as a University holiday. Student Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 7, from 4 to 6 o'clock. To the Members of the Faculty College of Literature, Science and the Arts: The February meeting of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for the aca- demic year 1944-45 will be held on Monday, Feb. 5, 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 Members of the University Coun- cil: There will be no meeting of the University Council in February. Louis A. Hopkins, Secretary 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 in the thermostate. Where certain conditions must be maintained, in laboratories, animal houses, hospi- tals, etc. proper arrangements will be made. This policy has the approval of the Conference of the Deans. Alexander G. Ruthven Application Forms for Fellowships and Scholarships in the Graduate School of the University for the year 1945-1946 may now be obtained from the Office of the Graduate School. All blanks must be returned to that Office by Feb. 15 in order to receive consideration. Rules governing participation in Public Activities: I. Participation in Public Activities: Participation in a public activity is defined as service of any kind on a committee or apublication, in a pub- lic performance or a rehearsal, or in holding office in a class or other student organization. This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but merely is indicative of the character and scope of the activities included. II. Certificate of Eligibility: At the beginning of each semester and sum- mer session every student shall be conclusively presumed to be ineligi- ble for any public activity until his eligibility is affirmatively established by obtaining from the Chairman of the Committee' on Student Affairs, in the Office of the Dean of Stu- dents, a Certificate of Eligibility. Participation before the opening of the first semester must be approved as at any other time. Before permitting any students to participate in a public activity (see definition of Participation above), the chairman or manager of such activity shall (a) require each appli- cant to present a certificate of eli- gibility (b) sign his initials on the back of such certificate and (c) file with the Chairman of the Committee on Student Affairs the names of all those who have presented certificates of eligibility and a signed statement to exclude all others from participa- tion. Blanks for the chairmen's lists may be obtained in the Office of the Dean of Students. Certificates of Eligibility for the first semester shall be effective until March 1. III. Probation and Warning: Students on probation or the warned list are forbidden to participate in any pub- lic activity. IV. Eligibility, First Year: No fresh- man in his first semester of residence may be granted a Certificate of Eli- gibility. A freshman, during his second semester of residence, may be grant- ed a Certificate of Eligibility pro- vided he has completed 15 hours or more of work with (1) at least one mark of A or B and with no mark of less than C, or (2) at least 21/2 times as many honor points as hours and with no mark of E. (A-4 points, B-3, C-2, D-1, E-0). Any student in his first semester of residence holding rank above that of freshman may be granted a Cer- tificate of Eligibility if he was admit- ted to the University in good stand- removed in accordance with Univer- sity regulations. If in the opinion of the Committee on Student Affairs the X or I cannot be removed promp- tly, the parenthetically reported grade may be used in place of the X or I in computing the average. Students who are ineligible under Rule V may participate only after having received special permission of the Committee on Student Affairs. Applications in Support of Re- search Projects: To give Research Committees and the Executive Board adequate time to study all proposals, it is requested that faculty members having projects needing support dur- ing 1945-1946 file their proposals in the Office of the Graduate School by Friday, Feb. 9, 1945. Those wishing to renew previous requests whether now receiving support or not should so indicate. Application forms will be mailed or can be obtained at Sec- retary's office, Rm. 1006 Rackham Building, telephone 372. Lectures University Lecture: 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. m., Wednesday, Feb. 7, in the Rackham Amphitheatre; auspices of the De- partment of Oriental Languages and Literatures. The public is cordially invited. Ruth Draper, famous solo-drama- tist, will present a prog'amof Char- acter Sketches Tuesday evening, 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium as the sev- enth number on the current Lecture Course. Tickets will be placed on sale tomorrow morning in the auditorium box office which will be open from 10-1, 2-5 tomorrow and from 10-1, 2-8:30 Tuesday. French Lecture. Professor Marc Denkinger, of the Romance Lan- guages Department, will offer a lec- ture Thursday, Feb. 8, at 4:10 p.m. in Rm. D, Alumni Memorial Hall. His lecture, which will be illustrated with slides, is entitled "Quelque activites francaises d'entre les deux guerres." A cademic Notices Electrical Engineers. Architects and others interested in lighting practice are invited to attend addresses to the classes in E. E. 7 and E. E. 7b by Allan Larson, experienced Lighting Engineer of the Westinghouse Elec- tric and Manufacturing Company, at 11 o'clock Monday and Tuesday morning, Feb. 5 and 6, room 246, West Engineering Building. Latin American Studies, 194. This cooperative course will be offered by the participating departments in the Spring Term if enough students indi- cate their intention to. elect the course. Students who plan to elect this course should file a notice of such intention with the secr'tary of the History Department, Rin. 119, Haven Hall. English Concentration All students who have previously conferred with Prof. Davis should ar- range for appointments for Tues- day, Feb. 6 or 13, between 2 and 5 p. m. Those who have previously confer- red with Dr. Greelhut should ar- range for appointments for Monday, Feb. 5 or 12, between 1 and 4 p. m. Students concentrating for the first time may arrange for appointments with either Prof. Davis or Dr. Green- hut during the above hours. Lip Reading Classes: Har of hear- ing students who are interested in obtaining instruction in lip reading should meet at the Speech Clinic on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 4:00 p. m. The Speech Clinic is located at 1007 East Huron Street. Exhibitions Exhibit: Museum of Art and Arch- neology, Newberry Hall. Glass, sculp- ture and Textiles frong Egypt. Events Today The Ann Arbor Alumnae Club will be hosts at the International Center program this evening at 7:30. Dean Alice C. Lloyd will speak on "National and International Relations of the University Campus." Concentrates in Speech: Students who wish appointments with the con- centration adviser please call the Speech office, ext. 526. Avukah: Dr. Alfred Jospe, Director of the Hillel Foundation, Indiana University, will speak at 8:00 p.m. on "A Program for American Jews" at the Hillel Foundation, under the auspices of Avukah. Michigan Christian Fellowship: "Eternal Life" is to be the title of an address given by the Reverend. Howard F. Sugden of Jackson, Mich., at the regular meeting of the Michi- gan Christian Fellowship in the Fire- side Room of Lane Hall Sunday aft- ernoon at 4:30 o'clock. A men's quar- tette will provide special music. The niru.+i, ,P forthe 'Fnsia~n will h,-PIrjkrn DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN y- t a !; t 4.1 A. iI VI i it I BARNABY A fine commentary on the state of our culture, m'boy, when, to insure By Crockett Johnson) What we artists won't do for our muse! Let's see. The Male Help Wanted page.. . CAOCKET ~ f i Yf es... Somnelikely s soap or :fi