I THE MICHIGAN DAtLY SUNDAY, NOV. 5, 1944 ........_ +_aas .s______.___s__v__a____"___ LI I.l ./ Fifty-Fifth Year .1 -A' I' AI , w-:f 'I aesmaAmma oma Edited and managed by students of the University Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control Student Publications. Editorial Staff elyn Phillips n Wallace y Dixon:. ,nk Mantho e Loewenberg wis Kennedy . . Managing Editor City Editor Associate Editor Sports Editor * Associate Sports Editor Women's Editor Business Staff Lee Amer Business Manager Barbara Chadwick . . Associate Business Mgr. June Pomering . . . 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. 111Entered 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 NIGHT EDITOR: BETTY ROTH Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Bad Thinkmg... Some bitter things have been said in this campaign for the presidency but few statements have shown as little understanding of the basic democratic process of balloting as the comment by a Michigan legislator Friday during the de- bate on extending voting hours in the state. Rep. Walter M. Campbell, Gladwin Repub- lican t was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that "any representative who votes for this bill (to extend the polling hours) in its present form is selling Tom Dewey down the river." Campbell was speaking at Lansing during debate on a measure, subsequently passed, ex- tending polling time two hours beyond the cur- rent limit. The bill granted the governing body of ally city or township authority to lengthen the polling hours but did not make extension mandatory. Campbell's opposition to the bill can only be explained by his fear that additional polling time will permit more votes to be cast in in- dustrial areas, areas that normally vote Demo- cratic. The upstate legislator was willing to disenfranchise a sizeable portion of voters for the sake of a majority for his party. That kind of political thinking can be disas- trous to our system of government. -Paul Sislin College ROTC... STHIS IS ADDRESSED primarily to freshmen men awaiting the draft for the military de- partment at this 'University urges you especially, to take advantage of the Reserve Officers Train- ing Program which has been part of the cur- riculum for the past 24 years. and which, now, better than ever before, can prepare men ex- pecting to be drafted into the armed services to fill better jobs, get more rapid promotion and be better soldiers. The ROTC program, said one Army spokesman, "will teach you certain funda- mental military principles which may save your life." If the military draft is stopped by the time you reach your 18th birthday, the ROTC train- ing will still be of as great value as any other training you will receive at college as present in- dications reveal that Congress either institute compulsory military service, compulsory ROTC or will continue the present set-up whereby ROTC training may be elected for college credit at the University, graduates becoming reserve officers in the Army. If you join the ROTC now, and the program continues on the same voluntary basis as it now does, you have a good chance of being selected a Cadet Officer by the time you reach your sen- ior year. As a Cadet officer you will hold con- siderable prestige on campus and will receive 12 college credts for ROTC training. All students taking the full ROTC program graduate with a minimum of four college credits. Realizing the importance of this program the University military department is extremely de- sirous that you freshmen men do not pass up this opportunity and will therefore conduct, for your convenience, many sections in ROTC courses this year. New sections will be opened if the demand warrants it. Thus far, this semestermembership hasin- creased more than 200 percent and is still grow- ing. If you wish to register or make further in- quiries (and remember, you needn't be a Fresh- man to join) apply at Army headquarters, 512 The ('enduum IT MAY BE repetitious to say so, but John Fos- ter Dulles proved his incapacity to hold high diplomatic office in 1939. An isolationist and cartel sympathizer then, Dulles stated in March of that year, as everyone knows, "There is no reason to believe that any totalitarian states, separately or collectively, would attempt to attack the United States or could do so successfully. Certainly it is well within our means to make ourselves immune in this respect. Only hysteria entertains the idea that Germany, Italy or Japan contemplates war upon us." Yet that extraordinary declaration came more than a year after the Munich Pact, and anyone who thinks that the issue was not clearly drawn in those days needs a mental refresher. He will not get it from the press. For most newspapers shared Dulles' view, or rather his myopia, right down to December 7, '41 - as a consequence of which they think it nasty to look at the record and judge from it now. "Why rake up old polit- ical leaves?" they ask, "especially if those leaves reveal the awful truth," one might add. The truth is it would be folly to put in pos- itions of momentous trust men whose past be- speaks unreliability. Long before March, 1939, liberals all over the democratic world had been denouncing appeasement. Realistic Winston Churchill upbraided Chamberlain with stunning and continuous oratory, Anthony Eden resigned from the Tory cabinet and internationalism was the cry on every enlightened side. In this country, for every Dulles or Wheel- er in the dark, there was a William Allen White - soon to organize his Fight For Free- dom Committee - and a Henry Stimson - who wanted to intervene even in 1931 against Japan. These men saw the danger of un- restrained aggression and wished to act before total warfare broke out. Others did not - and where should the blame lie if not with them? True Candidate Roosevelt disclaimed any wish to enter the League of Nations in 1932 (though Republicans had better be wary about using this as a campaign argument since Candidate Hoover was even more forceful in his disclaimer). But, by 1937, Roosevelt was calling for a quarantine of aggressor nations. This suggestion went un- heeded. What stands out is that the President was, at that point, light years ahead of his opposition. Others may have been ahead of the president. But, that does not matter in the forthcoming election. Roosevelt is not run- ning against Secretary of War Stimson. He is running against Tom Dewey - who long since has shown he knows literally nothing about for- eign affairs. Discreet silence, like that he maintained on every other subject, would have been better for Dewey than the isolationism he would not for- sake till almost too late. WHAT do you suppose would have happened if Dewey had been nominated and elected in 1940? His platform would have called for dis- regard of Europe's war, hostility towards if not non-recognition of Soviet Russia, and general military unpreparedness -hindsight notwith- standing. Had Dewey chosen a Stimson Repub- lican this year as the man to supply him with ideas on foreign policy -to fill what otherwise would be a vacuum-we might alter our opinion. But couple that error of omission with other fundamental mistakes in judgment and we have an indication of a profound inability to guide the nation through its stormiest years. Don't tell me as the press tells you that this is all ancient history. A majority of the Amer- ican people may not have been alert to the meaning of fascism years ago. So much the more reason for rejoicing that our president did understand this force and could provide ade- quate leadership to combat it. The newspapers do everything in their power to make us forget the past decade. It is not pleasant for Gannett and Hearst and Knight and their fellow publishers to recollect how they fought hammer and tongs against every piece of social legislation. They cried "Dictatorship" at Roosevelt for farm relief, social security, power projects, and soil con- servation. After it was all over, when these laws had become the warp and woof of Amer- ican life, they hailed them, By 1940 Wendell Willkie accepted the New Deal-with the provision that Republicans could better administer it. But,, had Republicans been in office there would have been no New Deal to administer. After every gain during the '30's which they first opposed and then took to their bosoms, the Republicans would have called a halt. "So far shall we go in the rehabilitation of this land - and Vo farther" seemed to be their slogan. Implicit and explicit in this attitude was the attempt to denature reform, remove the dynamism from it, and attain an impossibly static society. When change did occur they re- signed themselves to it. They are not the kind of men to instigate change. But change will always be necessary until ab- solute perfection has been achieved. Until we arrive at such a state, the frozen status quo will never be tolerable. My point is that just as Republicans became enthusiastic about New Deal reforms after they ii, I d LAST NIGHT Helen Traubel opened the cur- rent Choral Union concert series with a consistently excellent performance, although she did not display her full power of interpretation and warmth until after her Beethoven numbers. In this group she seemed to lack the resonance axed feeling which she -achieved later in the program. While understanding Miss Traubel's senti- ments in regard to singing as much as possi- ble of her concerts in English, we feel that the real beauty of the Beethoven numbers was less- ened because translations are almost invariably weaker and less effective than the original text. The Schubert and the Strauss songs revealed the artist's fine technical facility and afforded ample opportunity for the display of a most exquisite legato, amazing flexibility, wide range and depth of feeling. There was much free- dom of tempi, which, though unusual, was not displeasing. We were frankly disappointed in Miss Trau- bel's rendition of the Wagner numbers, par- ticularly the aria from Lohengrin. Intonation was noticeably faulty in the opening bars, and the whole was characterized by a lifeless- ness which may have been due to the absence of orchestral support. The last group came near to being the most perfect and enjoyable part of the evening. The spirituals, though failing to convey the typical Negro religious fervor, were simple and artistic as well as rich and warm. "Sea Shell" and "A Memory" were received enthusiastically by the audience, as was the entire program. Mr. Bos, one of the most outstanding accom- MUSIC Time for a Change... TOO , say that it is time for a change. However, I most certain- ly do not share Messrs. Fink and Shinn's belief that Mr. Dewey and the Republicans have anything bet- ter to offer the American people than the present administration. The change which I am proposing is not merely a change from tweedledumJ to tweedledee as the none-too-num- erous Republican contributors to this paper are advocating. The two old parties could ex- change platforms and few would be the wiser. There is more difference within the two major parties than there is between them. In the ranks of the Republicans we find men of the Colonel McCormick and Clair Hoffman caliber holding hands with the disciples of Willkie and Stassen. Among the Democrats we have the southern Bourbons, the Hagues, and the Kellys singing the praises of their Messiah, Roosevelt, n unison with sincere if somewhat erratic liberals, such as Henry Wal- lace, Sydney Hillman and Dorothy Thompson. Both parties pushed aside their respective outstanding liberals. The late Wendell Willkie was treated little better by the Re- publicans than Henry Wallace was by the Democrats. Both old parties try to out-do each other in shouting of the glor- ies of the "free enterprise" system. This so-called free enterprise which has nothing free about it except the name has not ever begun to conquer poverty either under Dem- ocrats or Republicans. "Free enterprise," or more accurately, private capitalism is in no small way responsible for the war which is now raging the world over. Above all, neither major party has Letters to the Editor a program for lasting peace since they only take a stand against Jap- anese and German imperialism, not realizing that any brand of imperial- ism even if it be of a British, Amer- ican or Russian variety is not con- sistent with lasting peace. Now the question arises; do the American people have an alternative to voting for the two old parties which have neither principles nor leadership capable of laying' the groundwork for that better world which all forward looking men seek. The answer is emphatically, yes, since Norman Thomas and the Soc- alist party are still on the scene. The Socialists, alone in this election, stand for humanity first. They alone speak out for democratically planned economy and for a peoples' peace not based on vengeance. They alone speak out against every form of rac- ial discrimination and believe in en- acting strong legislation against it. They alone have fought against the attack on labor's rights in peace and war. In closing let us look at the fol- lowing significant statement by one of the world's foremost relig- ous leaders, John Haynes Holmes; "A vote for Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Dewey is a vote thrown away, for it makes little difference to the fate of mankind which candidate is elected. . The results will be the same. But a vote for Norman Thomas will count as impressive support of sound policy and true ideals in the present crisis. A mi- lion votes for Norman Thomas would do more to stabilize this nation and help on the cause of peace than any other result in this campaign. Independents, liberals, free-minded citizens everywhere should answer this challenge and roll up a record socialist vote." -Murray Seidler panists and ttachers of our praise for his sympathetic port. receive a grade of E in the course or courses unless this work is made up by Dec. 2. Students wishing an extension 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 Rm. 4, U.H. where it will be trans- mitted. Robert L. Williams Assistant Registrar I' day, deserves mucli and inspiring sup-, -Elsie -Smith Dominic Says HAVE we a Bill of Duties Bill of Rights? DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN to match the G. I, (a) 52 weeks of pay while unemployed. (b) help in the form of money while trying to set up a business. (c) Guarantees of 50 per cent of loans up to $2,000 at interest of not more than 4 per cent for the purpose of establishing homes or businesses.' (d) Hospitalization and medical care. (e) Additional assistance in finding employment through the United States Employment Service. (f) Individual grants of $500 a year for training and edu- cation for four years. Subsistence pay is also provided during this period. Most of the se/- vice men as veterans no doubt will appreciate the privileges thus offered, and will both avail themselves of the' grants and thereby become more useful citizens. But what of the general democratic principles beneath this war pro- vision? Every privilege assumes a responsibility. On the general acceptance of that meaning of democratic citizenship rests the Republic. We do well as civilians to create an ethical climate in which it will be easier for the veterans to at- tend to those responsibilities than to ignore them. In ths county today the majority party, as represented by certain clerks in voting pre- cincts, have failed at that task. Because many strangers, possibly of the minority party, wish to register at odd hours, industrial hours instead of farmer hours, some of these clerks have rigid- ly limited their hours and deprived strangers of their right to register. This is building the op- posite climate. In such a climate the veterans will be taught to take advantage of every sit- uation, overwork each privilege and sell the stranger down the river. The Governor has redeemed democracy, how- ever, by asking the legislature to accomodate the voting hours to the people. Those who have been "keeping the home fires burning", have a more difficult ethical status than men who are returning to civil life. Veterans have an adjust- ment to make but it will be dramatized and held in social esteem. Civilians have duties which cannot be dramatized; some thorough-going as- signments which cannot be printed nor de- scribed over the radio. Here is the religious de- mand inherent in our American system. The democratic wdy pre-supposes an enlightenment which transcends duty, travels the road of ideal- ism and must spring automatically from the soul of our citizens. "Democracy will itself accomplish the salu- tary universal change from the delusive to the real, and make a new blessed world of us, bye and bye". (Carlyle) -Edward W. Blakeman Counselor in Religious Education University of Michigan. had been accomplished, so they became inter- ventionists after war was declared against us. Our decision about the presidency must be made on the basis of what each candidate has thought and done at crucial moments, not on the basis of opportunistic after-thought. What think you of Roosevelt versus Dewey on that score - or of Hull versus Dulles? -Bernard Rosenberg (Continued from Page 2) examination on the content of these lectures. Transfer students with freshman standing are also required to take the course unless they have had a similar course elsewhere. These lectures will be given in Rm. 25, Angell Hall at 5 p.m. and repeated at 7:30 p.m. as per the following schedule. Lecture No. Day Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 Please quired Monday Nov. 6 Tuesday Nov. 7 Wednesday Nov. 8 Thursday Nov. 9 Monday Nov. 13 Tuesday Nov. 141 note that attendance is re- and roll will be taken. Warren E. Forsythe, M.D. Director, Health Service Thanksgiving Day: Thursday, Nov. 23, is a University holiday. All Uni- versity activities will be resumed on Friday, Nov. 24. Eligibility Certificates: Certificates of eligibility for extra-curricular ac- tivities can be issued at once by the Office of the Dean of Students if each student will bring with him the latest blueprint or photostat copy of his record. Social Chairmen are reminded that requests for all social events must be filed in the Office of the Dean of Students on the Monday before the event. They must be accompanied by written acceptance from two sets of APPROVED chaperons and in the case of fraternities and sororities, by approval from the financial adviser. Approved chaperons may be 1) par- ents of active members or pledges, 2) professors, associate professors or assistant professors, or 3) couples already approved by the Office of the Dean of Students. A list of the third group may be seen at any time at the Office of the Dean of Stu- dents. The Bureau of Appointments and OccupationalInformation: We have received notice from4 the Board of Education, Newark, N.J., that exam- inations for Elementary Art, Ele- mentary Home Economics, and Ele- mentary Vocal Music will be held at the Central Commercial and Tech- nical High School, Newark, N.J., Nov. 24, 1944. Anyone interested may receive further information by call- ing at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall. The Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information: We have received notice from the Board of Education, Newark, N.J., that exami- nations for Elementary Art, Elemen- tary Home Economics, and Elemen- tary Vocal Music will be held at the Central Commercial and Technical High School, Newark, N.J., Nov. 24, 1944. Anyone interested may receive further information by calling at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall. Issuance of Keys: On and after Nov. 15th the Key Office at the Buildings and Grounds Department will be open between the hours of 1 to 4:30 p.m., Mondays through Fri- days, and from 8 to 12 a.m. Satur- days. University Press Club: Members of the Faculty are urged to assist the University by providing accommoda- tions for visiting Michigan newspa- per editors and their wives, who will be guests of the University during the meetings of the University Press Club Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9, 10' and 11. Rooms will be needed for Thursday and Friday nights, and the existing housing shortage has preempted many of the facilities used in past years. Anyone able to assist is asked to write to D. H. Haines, Dept. of .Journalism, 212 Haven Hall, stating the number of accommodations available and whether or not they may be occupied on both Thursday and Friday night. The delegates will of course expect to pay for their entertainment. F. E. Robbins Lectures Season Tickets for the University of Michigan Lecture Course are now on sale at the box office, Hill Atidi- torium. The schedule of lectures is as follows: Nov. 16, Hon. Francis B. Sayre, "Our Relations with the Phil- ippines"; Nov. 22, Hon. Carl J. Ham- bro, "How To Win the Peace"; Nov. 30, Lillian Gish, "From Hollywood to Broadway"; Dec. 12, Osa Johnson, "The Solomons", with color motion pictures; Jan. 11, Mme. Wei, "Chine After the War"; Jan. 23, Eliot Jane- way, "New Horizons for Democracy"; Feb. 6, Ruth Draper, "Character Sketches"; March 15, Joe Fisher, "Land of the Maharajahs", with color motion pictures. The box office is open daily (except Saturday after- noon and Sunday) from 10-1 and 2-5. A cademic Notices To All Male Students in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: By action of the Board of Regents, all male students in residence in this College must elect Physical Educa- tion for Men. This action has been effective since June, 1943, and will continue for the duration of the war. Students may be excused from taking the course by (1) The Uni- versity Health Service, (2) The Dean of the College or by his representa- tive, (3) The Director of Physical Education and Athletics. Petitions for exemption by stu- dents in this Collegenshould be ad- dressed by freshmen to Professor Arthur Van Duren, Chairman of the Academic Counselors (108 Mason Hall); by all other students to Assis- Students, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Election cards filed after the end of the first week of the semester may be accepted by the Registrar's Office only if they are approved by Assistant Dean Walter. Graduate Students: Preliminary examinations in French and German for the doctorate will be held on Fri- day, Nov. 10 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Buil- ding. Dictionaries may be used. There will be a meeting of those who are interested in seminars which have not been organized so far on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 4:15 p.m. in Rm. 3011, Angell Hall. Engineering Aptitude Tests: All first-term civilian Engineering fresh- men will meet in Rackham Lecture Hall at 8 o'clock on Thursday morn- ing, Nov. 9. for the purpose of taking the Engineering Aptitude Tests de- veloped by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. There will be no make-up opportun- ity. Freshmen will be excused from classes on that day. I Biological Chemistry Seminar for the fall term will be held at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesdays, in Rm. 319 West Medical Building. The first meeting will be held on Nov. 8. "Hypervita- minosis A" will be discussed. All interested are invited. English 211c will meet Tuesday at 1:30 in 3217 A.H. English 211f will meet Tuesday at 4 in 3217 A.H. English 31, sec. 2 (MWF, 9), will meet in Rm. D, Alumni Memorial Hall. English 71, sec. 1, will meet in 1035 A.H. English 71, sec. 2, will meet in 1009 A.H. History Courses: The following Se'ctions have been added in History: History 11-Section 12, Tues., Th., 1, "G" HH; Section13,iMon., Fri., 10, 101 Economics; Section 14, Mon., Fri., 1, "G" HH; Section 15, Tues., Th., 11, 35 Angell Hall; Section 16, Tues., Th., 1, "E" HH. History 41-Sec. 3, Wed., 11, 103 Economics. History 49-Sec. 3, Th., 9, 216 HH. Note new room assignments for the following: History 11-Lec., III, Tues., Th., 9, 231 Angell Hall; Sec. 1, Mon., Fri., 9, 101 Economics; Sec. 9, Mon. and Fri., 9, 216 HH; Sec. 11, Mon., Fri., 11, 216 HH. History 12-Sec. 1, Mon, Fri., 9, "G" HH. History 37-MWF, 10, "D" HH. History 41-Sec. 2, Wed, 9, 229 Angell Hall. History 347, Sat., 10-12, 408 Library. History 50 Omitted. Mathematics 161 will meet Tues- day, Thursday, and Saturday at 8 a.m. in Rm. 204, South Wing. Math. 327: Mathematics 327, Sem- inar in Theoretical Statistics, meet- ing to arrange hours at 3 p.m. Mon- day in 3020 Angell Hall. Seminar in physical chemistry will meet on Monday, Nov. 6 in Rm. 410, Chemistry Building at 4:15 p.m. Pro- fessor R. Samuel of the Illinois Insti- tute of Technology will speak on "Dissociation Spectra of Polyato- mic Molecules." All interested are invited. Spanish 197: This class will meet on Monday, Nov. 6, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 106 Romance Languages Building, to arrange hours of futuredmeetings. N. W. Eddy Speech 31: Section 10 and Section 11 of Speech 31, meeting MWF 10' and MWF 11, Mr. Norton instructor, will meet in Morris Hall on Monday. Events Today Men's Glee Club: A first get-to- gether sing, smoker and tryouts for new members will be held at the Glee Club Rooms, third floor, Michigan Union, Sunday, Nov. 5, at 4:30 p.m. All men on campus including fresh- men and all men in service are welcome. 'C oing Events Junior Research Club: The No- vember meeting will be held Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1944, in the Amphitheatre of the Horace H. Rackham Schools of Graduate Studies at 7:30 p.m. Pro- gram: Methods in Electrical Instru- mentation, by Melville B. Stout, De- partment of Electrical Engineering, and Retirement Funds, by Carl H. Fischer, Department of Mathemat- ics. University of Michigan Section of f , I x +t 4 4 BARNABY By Crockett Johnson fNaturally, people will turn to us, A.A., with our economic know-how Sit tight, Ah! It's 1931'' Now it's just around the corner! . . Tock tick. Tock tick. Tock tick- C~Yright , 944 Field Fvblkgtin CRQacE11, 3o NS Tock tick.