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eood Neighbors
THE Argentine government desires a consulta-
tion meeting of the foreign ministers of the
American republics, and thereby hangs a tale:
Pan-American conferences in 1938 and 1940
nanimously approved such a gathering should
any of the republics believe that the peace of
the New World was endangered. Therefore, Ar-
gentina has a legitimate right to make such a
request. However,a "considerable section of the
press in this country," according to Sumner
Welles, has urged that this request be rejected
on the ground that Argentina is not recognized
by a great majority of other American govern-
mnents.
Many may accept this reason as logical,
and .turn their backs on Argentina, but if
this type of an attitude is adopted the whole
system of inter-American relations and the-
good-neighbor policy will slip down the
drain.
Why? In the first place, just how many gov-
ernments in the Americas are granting democ-
racy-as we know it-to their people? If we are
going to be exclusive and include only those
countries which we regard as truly democratic,
which ones would they be? Also, with the adop-
tion of such a policy, we would be reverting once
again t the "big brother" (or was it "big bully")
policy.
There are still those in South and Central
America who call us the "Colossus of the North,"
and that's no compliment. Besides these two
reasons, it is an obligation clearly defined in the
present inter-American agreement-on the part
of every American republic-to grant such a re-
quest to consult. And finally, even though Ar-
gentina .likes onions instead of peas, she is still
a member of the American family of nations,
and if recognized or not, the Pan-American
Union has accorded each country a seat at the
council table.
Sumner Welles points out that "the very es-
sence of the good-neighbor policy and of all
existing Pan-American agreements is a pledge to
seek through friendly discussion and consulta-
tion an equitable solution of all differences which
arise between American states."
Forget, if you will, those quarters of the
press who are grumbling or even the good-
neighbor policy itself, but remember this:
We are pledged to grant Argentina's request.
If she is seemingly interested enough to de-
sire such a meeting, we should be honorable
--and democratic-enough to fulfill our
part of the bargain.
-Bettyann Larsen
V-2 Rockets
THE PRESENCE of the second of Hitler's
secret weapons was revealed by Prime Min-
ister Churchill when he addressed the House
of. Commons this week. Although the victims,
the people of England, have known of the V-2
rockets for some time, this was the first official
announcement coming from their government.
Although it is reported to be more penetrat-
ing than the buzz bomb, the V-2 does cause
less blast damage with resulting lighter casual-
ties. The speed of this stratospheric bomb with
its ton of explosives has been estimated from E
700 to 1,000 miles an hour-which is faster
traveling than sound..
"The use of this weapon is another attempt
by the enemy to attack the morale of our civil
population in the vain hope that he may, some-
how, by this means stave off the defeat which
faces him in the field," stated Churchill as
spokesman of the country. After surviving the
fire bombs and the robots, London and the other
By DREW PEARSON
(L. Col. Robert S. Allen now on active service
with the Army.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-One of the great un-
solved mysteries in Louisiana and, in fact,
the nation, continues to be who shot Senator
Huey Long. Huey was the only approach to dic-
tatorship in this country. His murder has been
the only political assassination in the United
States in many years.
Many persons still do not believe he was actu-
ally killed by the meek and mild little surgeon,
Dr. Carl Weiss, whose body was riddled by Huey's
bodyguards and who was officially considered
the assassin.
Recently, this columnist mentioned the fact
that J. Fred Odom, district attorney at the time
of Huey's death, had never completed an au-
topsy. Subsequently, this writer met Mr. Odom,
who is chairman of the Democratic State Com-
mittee in Louisiana and one of the foremost
members of the bar, and asked him about the
incident.
Mr. Odom has graciously prepared a statement
regarding Senator Long's assassination, which
may prove a historic document. It follows:
Huey Long's Strange Death ..
"It was developed by unimpeachable testi-
mony that only one bullet entered Long's body,
and it entered from the front and made its
exit through the back. An autopsy could have
thrown no light on the caliber of the bullet
which entered his body, since it was not in the
b6dy, and the bullet could not be secured or
identified. I think the statement will be borne
out by any ballistic expert, that the caliber of a
bullet cannot be determined by the bullet hole
alone.
"The spot where the encounter occurred was
sequestered and guarded by the then State Po-
lice,' locally known as 'Cossacks.' They secured
all the bullets that were found at the scene, and
refused to surrender them. It was positively
established that the dozens of bullet holes in
the body of Dr. Weiss were made from bullets
by pistols in the hands of Long's bodyguards.
I have never heard that fact disputed.
"All the witnesses to the actual shooting were
either members of Long's bodyguard, or were his
active partisans. Their testimony followed the
same identical pattern-that is, that Dr. Weiss
was the aggressor, attacked Long, and fired the
first shot.
"I then decided not to use all of the avail-
able witnesses, for the reason that if the facts
developed were not true, it would be easier to
have some of the witnesses who did not testify,
testify to the true facts at a later date, if the
facts were different.
"My experience has always been that if a
witness swears to one state of facts, he will never,
or seldom, change his statement.
True Facts Never Uncovered. 9
"I saw that the only chance to get at the real
facts, if they were different from those testified
to, was by personal interviews. I conducted my
investigation on my own until my term of office
expired. I might add that my investigations,
both at the inquest and subsequently, were done
in close cooperation with the family of Dr. Weiss
and they heartily approved of the manner in
which the case was handled.
"I still have an idea that the true facts sur-
rounding this tragedy, which rocked the nation,
have not been brought out. I probably know
more about the facts than any other person, ex-
cept those who know the actual facts, and I am
not now prepared to say whether Huey Long
was killed by Dr. Weiss or by one of his body-
guards.
"I am convinced, however, that even if Dr.
Weiss killed Huey Long, it was not an assassina-
tion, or a murder. I base this conclusion on the
fact that Dr. Weiss led a normal life the entire
day preceding the night of the shooting.
"Twenty minutes after his departure from
home, he was dead in the Capitol building where
he had never set his foot before.
"Why he went there will always remain a
mystery. The theory of some members of his
family is that le dropped by to see Mrs. Weiss'
uncle, who was a member of the legislature.
"The weapon carried by Dr. Weiss was of
small caliber, and looked more like a toy than a
dangerous weapon. Had Dr. Weiss intended to
kill Huey Long, he must have known that his
body would have been riddled by the swarm of
bodyguards who always accompanied Long.
Huey Often Wore Steel Jacket ...
"It was generally understood that Long wore a
steel jacket-whether true or not, I do not know,
but everyone in Baton Rouge believed it. Surely,
if this man was bent on killing Long, he would
have armed himself with a weapon which he
felt could accomplish his purpose.
"It occurs to me that had Dr. Weiss been bent
on mischief, he would have reconnoitered the
scene previously and laid his plans accordingly.
"But above and beyond all these reasons, the
one impelling reason why I believe that the facts
were not developed is that there was a desperate
effort on the part of Long's friends to prevent
the holding of the inquest. I therefore concluded
that Long's friends must have thought that I
was in possession of facts bearing on the case,
which I did not have, and they were determined
that they should not be brought out.
"If the killing occurred as was claimed, they
had every reason to want the facts brought out
action which I have heard was that the autopsy
was not held-the theory that that would have
determined the caliber of the bullet. But for the
reasons above stated, and upon explaining them
to different people who have spoken to me about
it, they were satisfied that I had done all that
could be done to ferret out the facts in the case.
Gun for Protection . .
"I have been rather proud of what I did in the
matter, and I still hope that some light may yet
be thrown on the case.
"The last hearing was quite dramatic. Gerald
L. K. Smith refused to answer my questions, and
denounced me as a member of the murder plot.
Some question was raised as to why Dr. Weiss
was armed. The answer is that several doctors
had been attacked at night by dope fiends, and
he carried his pocket pistol regularly on his night
calls to protect himself against such an attack."
(Copyright, 1944, United Features Syndicate)
I'D RATHER BE RIGHT:
Political Maturity
By SAMUEL GRAFTON
THE effects of the last election will be with us
for a generation and more. For that election
records a new maturity in American political
thinking. In removing eight isolation figures
from the Senate, and more from the House, the
American people have said good-bye to the pro-
vincialist hangover which has afflicted us since
the earliest days of our niational life.
From now on, it will no longer be possible
for a man to rise in American politics merely
on the ground that he.hates and distrusts
other nations. It will no longer be possible
for a man to win place and power by astute-
ly employing the old provincialist racket, by
playing upon American fears of the outside
world, by smugly working upon and confirm-
ing those fears and by enlarging them.
By replacing isolationists with international-
ists in so many important instances, the Amer-
ican people have, in effect, issued a second
Declaration of Independence. They have as-
serted their separate and equal place among the
nations of the world. They are no longer subject
to a secret terror lest alliance with other nations
turn out to mean subjection of America to other
nations.
The people have stated their conviction
that we can deal with other countries, on the
most intimate terms, and in the most deli-
cate premises without danger to our own
sovereignty and nationhood, and in that
declaration there is implicit a magnificent
coming-of-age.
The effect is not only for two years, or four
years, but for good and all. It will be felt not
only in our treaties, but in our conversations with
each other, and in the books we shall write. The
fearful American turning hot eyes of panic upon
the world outside, has been a menacing figure in
his time, and perhaps even a tragic figure; but
from now on he is going to dwindle to a comic
figure. We have outgrown him, and on Tuesday
last we said so.
That is the true mayim of the recent election.
There are some who fret because there is a mar-
gin of only 3,000,000 votes, give or take a few
thousands, between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Dewey. They assume from this that America is
still divided into sharply-contrasting political
schools, of nearly equal strength.
There have been qualitative changes in
both parties. There has been a replacement
of isolationist Senators by internationalist
Senators in both parties. Due to the work-
ing of our two-party system this has been
carried out in intricate, criss-cross fashion;
.in some States Democratic internationalists
have replaced Republican isolationists; in
others, as in Oregon, Republican interna-
tionalists have won first terms.
The net effect is that although the party line-
up is only changed by one or two votes in the
upper House, no less than eight isolationists have
been dropped out; four in each party, it so hap-
pens. In losing its Nyes, Danahers, its two Clarks,
etc., outspoken isolation has lost from a third to
a half of its strength in the Senate, and that is
a far better index of the meaning of this election
than the comparatively narrow popular vote
band separating Mr. Roosevelt from Mr. Dewey.
The division of opinion in American political life
on the great issue of our day is far nearer eighty-
twenty than it is to fifty-fifty, or fifty-three to
forty-seven.
Only two years ago, eleven months after
Pearl Harbor, we held a Congressional elec-
tion in which no isolationist of consequences
lost his seat. But last Tuesday the American
people showed that their feeling about for-
eign affairs had finally reached a point
where it had to register itself in and on the
Congress. Hot partisans might have wanted
Roosevelt to get eighty per cent of the vote,
to signalize that change. The two-party sys-
tem doesn't work out that way. The change
has taken place inside both parties. And, as
the saying goes, is that bad?
(Copyright, 1944, New York Post Syndicate)
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at a public hearing. The only criticism of my
DominieSays_
WHEN a condemned French leader,
standing before the firing squad,
himself gave the order to fire, some-
thing more than guns went off. The
trial, the conclusions, the discrimina-
tions between the items of guilt and
the items of opinion, may have lifted
this dramatic case to an ethical pla-
teau above all former Vichy affairs.
Under the title "The Structure of
Responsibility" in Ethics, (1939)
John A. Clark says, "The punishment
must be so administered as not to
alienate the one punished from the
community life of which he has been
an integral part, but rather so as to
retain or reawaken his loyalty to it."
Regardless of the moot point as to the
honesty of the prosecutor against
whom the victim was bitter, the con-
demned man, by his final act, spelled
out noblesse oblige. He became one
with community. It is this matter of
"honesty" or sacred honor, which al-
ways colors or discolors the correct-
ness of interpretation. To have this
difference brought before the public
just now as the war enters that stage
when guilt, punishment, and death
will be the heavy charge upon men in
power, is instructive. It is the sense
of community and our common re-
sponsibility which matters most.
How deep is our Christianity
is a question we of the Allied
Nations must ask ourselves. If
the war of attrition means any-
thing, it means that sheer power
plus the natural resources which
happen to be with the Allied Na-
tions, will win. But that is not
where we shall be judged by his-
tory. Have we who possess this
superior power the morality
necessary to merit that superior-
ity? Have the present govern-
mets of England, Russia, China
and the United States the sense
of world community which is
adequate? As these governments
enter into far-reaching military
strategy, plots and counter-plots
which are essential to the polit-
ical action involved, and are
forced to compromise within a
vast international web of sub-
teties, historic and immediate,
have they that fundamental jus-
tice which is honor? If so, com-
munity can be recreated.
Likewise, it is even more to the
point to ask, what of the people who
create these governments of which
we ask this fundamental justice?
Are we citizens able to show superior
integrity? Can we turn daily from
the assembly line and breathe com-
munity allegiance? Can we return
from the pombing of Berlin to salute
a flag international over and above
each national emblem? Are we of
such stuff that a mass integrity tends
to hold our respective governments
before the very eye of God?.Does the
casual society of each land exist as
the soul of honor and thereby un-
swervingly attempt justice? On such
issues history will judge our decade.
Counselor in Religious Education
Edward W. Blakeman
On Second Thought
Things we learned at the stadium
yesterday: A pass is not what fresh-
men make at girls.
And it's easier to walk around
the block than through it.
Also that there are other things to
do with a line than feed it. .
After the Superfortress raid
on the coast of China a week
ago, we feel confident that our
airmen would choose "There
Was a Little Street in .Singa-
pore" as their favorite song.
C . .
As election eve progressed, it was
obvious that the campaign was be-
coming dirtier and dirtier. The
groundswell became a landslide,
largely because of a man named
Hill-man.
"Doe" Fielding, who is emcee-
ing the free Kainpus Hapers
show on Wednesday, is telling all
his friends that he will let them
in without charge if they come
around to Hill Auditorium's back
door before the show.
-Ray Dixon
DAILY OFFICIAL
BULLETIN
SUNDAY, NOV. 12, 1944
VOL. LV. No. 11
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Notices
To All Members of the University
Council,. .There will be a meeting of
the University Council on Monday,
November 13, at 4:15 p. m. in the
Rackham Amphitheater. S e n a t e
members may attend. The program
will consist of the following:
Approval of the Minutes of March
13, 1944.
Report of Nominating Committee.
on Vice-Chairman and Secretary.
Election of Director 'of Michigan
Union.
Request for Approval of Faculty
Representatives to the Western Con-
ference.
Report of the Advisory Committee
on the Bureau of Appointments and
Occupational Information- I. M.
Smith, Chaiimar.
Report of .the Committee on Co-
operation with Education Institu-
tions-I. C. Crawford, Chairman.
Report of the Counselor to Foreign
Students and the Director of the
International Center - Esson M.
Gale.
Report of the Committee on Hon-
ors Convocation- J. A. Bursley,
Chairman.
Report of the Committee on Stu-
dent Conduct-J. A. Bursley, Chair-
man.
Report of the Committee on Stu-
dent Affairs-J. A. Bursley, Chair-
man.
Subjects offered by members of the
Council.
Reports of Standing Committees:
Educational Policies-L. L. Watkins
Student Relations-C. H. Stocking
(Four Reports)
Public Relations-H. M. Dorr
Plant and Equipment-J. H. Cissel
Announcement of Chairmen of the
Four Standing Committees of the
Council for 1944-45.
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) professori, associate professors or
assistant professors, or 3) couples
already appoved 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.
Choral Ukron Ushers: Please re-
port at 6:15 p.m. for the concert to-
night.
Varsity Glee Club: Important Re-
hearsal today at 4:30 p.m. in pre-
paration fo. t#e Hill Auditorium
appearance on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
Tryouts for new members continued.
University of Michigan Symphony
Orchestra, Gilbert Ross, Acting Con-
ductor. Open by audition to all stu-
dents in the University. Cellists and
violists particularly needed Re-
hearsals Tuesdays and Fridays 4-
5:45. See Professor Ross, 606 Burton
Memorial Tower.
Season Tickts for the University
of Michigan Lecture Course are on
sale at the"box Office, Hill Auditor-
ium. A distinguished course of eight
numbers, the complete schedule is as
follows: Nov. 16, Hon. Francis B.
Sayre; Nov. 22, Hon. Carl Hambro;
Nov. 30, Lillian Gish; Dec. 12, Osa
Johnson; Jan. 11, Mme. Wei; Jan.
23, Eliot Janeway; Feb. 6, Ruth
Draper; March 15, Joe Fisher. Single
tickets for the- Francis B. Sayre lec-
ture "Our Relations with the Philip-
pines" will be placed on sale Wednes-
day morning. Box office hours are
from 10-1, 2-5 daily except Saturday
afternoon and Sunday.
Women's Judiciary Council: All
signout sheets, accompanied by a
composite sheet, are due Monday at
five o'clock in the Undergraduate
office of the Michigan League for
the week Monday through Sunday.
After Nov. 19 all records must be
done in ink.
University Bureau of Appointments
and Occupational Information: City
of Detroit. Civil Service Announce-
ment for Fire Fighter, Salary $2,829-
$3,036, has been received in our
office. For further details, stop in at
201 Mason Hall, Bureau of Appoint-
ments.
Registration for positions will be
held by the University Bureau of
Appointments: and Occupational In-
formation Monday, Nov. 13, at 4 p.m.
in Rm. 205 Mason Hall. This regis-
tration is fortliose interested in both
teaching and non-teaching positions,
including business, professional, gov-
ernment service, etc. It is open to
seniors, graduate students, and Uni-
versity staff members who may be
desirous of positions after each of'
the next three commencement peri-
ods. Only one registration is held
during the school year and everyone
who will be available up to next
August or October should register at
this time.
University bureau of Appointments
and Occupational Information
Victory Gardens: "Victory garden-
ers" at the Botanical Garden are'
hereby reminded- that one of the
taken away (if the owner wishes-to
use them again) or piled separately
from the rubbish. There need be no
hurry in clearing those parts of the
gardens that are still productive.
Gardeners who do not clear up
their plots this fall, as well as those
who have not contributed the dollar
requested last spring, will be con-
sidered ineligible for further use of
this garden area.
Academic Notices
Mathematics: The following sem-
inars have been arranged by the De-
partment of Mathematics to begin
the week of November 13, 1944:
Special Functions (Applied Mathe-
matics), Prof. R. V. Churchill, Tuts-
day, 3:00 p.m., 317 W. Eng.
Theoretical Statistics, Prof. C. C.
Craig, Tuesday, Thursday, 9:00, 301
A.H.
OrientationSeminar, Prof. G. Y.
Rainich, Wednesday, 3:00 p.m, 3001
A.H.
Number Theory, Dr. Paul Erdes,
Wednesday, 4:15 p.m., 3201 A.H.
Topological Groups, Prof. Warren
Ambrose, Thursday, 3:00 p.m., 3014
A.H.
Geometry, Prof. G. Y. Rainich,
Thursday, 4:15 p.m., 3001 AH.
Calculus of Variations, Prof. S. B.
Myers, Friday, 4:15 p.m., 3201 A.H.
Mathematics 347: The seminar in
Special Functions (Applied Mathe-
matics seminar) meets Tuesday at
3:00 p.m. in Room 317 West En-
gineering. On Tuesday the 14th Dr.
O. G. Owens will talk on "An. Ex-
plicit Formula for a Solution of an
Ultrahyperbolic Differential Equa-
tion."
Psychology 63 will be moved from
307 W. Medical Bldg., to 231 Angell
Hall beginning Monday, November
13.
Concerts
Choral Union Concert: The Cleve-
land Orchestra, George Szell, guest
conductor, will be heard in the
Choral Union Series in Hill Auditor-
ium, Sunday, at 7 p.m. sharp. This
concert will be broadcast natiornally
and by short wave, and for obvious
reasons the audience is required to
come sufficiently early as to be in
their seats on time, since the doors
will be close during numbers and
late comers will not be seated during
the broadcast.
Holders of season tickets are re-
spectfully requested to detach - cu-
pon No. 2 from their season tickets
before leaving home.
Other concerts in the .series wil
be given by Fritz Kreisler, Simn
Barere, Carroll Glenn, Boston Syn-
phony Orchestra, Dorothy Maynor,
Westminster Choir and the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra.
A limited number of tickets are
still available for the seasoi or fr
individual concerts, at the offices >f
the University Musical Society, Bur-
ton Memorial Tower.
The Hill Auditorium box office
will be open from 2 to 4 p.m. and
beginning at 6 o'clock preceding the
concert.
Events Today
The Lutheran Student Association
will meet this afternoon at 4:30 p.m.
(please note change in time) in Zion
Lutheran Parish Hall, 309 E. Wash-
ington St., Miss Louise Powell and
Miss Ruth Nordquist will be the
speakers.
Coming Events
Stamp Collectors are invited to
attend the meeting of the Ann Arbor
Stamp Club and the International
Center Stamp Club in the Inter-
national Center on Monday, Nov. 13,
at 8 p.m.
Research Club: The. "rst meeting
of the year will be held on Wednes-
day evening, Nov. 15, at eight o'clock
in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham
Building. Professor A. Franklin. Shull
will read a paper on "Population
Genetics in Lady Beetles." Follow-
ing refreshments an open forum dis-
cussion on Club Policy will be held.
Michigan Christian Fellowship:
The weekly Bible Study and prayer
meeting will be held on Tuesday eve-
ning, Nov. 14, instead of Wednesday
evening. The meeting will begin at
7:30 and an election of officers will
be held. It is requested that as many
members as possible be present for
this important meeting.
The Inter-Racial Association of
the University of Michigan will hold
its fall organization meeting on
Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Michigan
Union at 8 p.m. All those who are
interested in "ghting for the civil
rights of the minorities are urged to
come.
Le Cercle Francais will hold its
first meeting of the year Tuesday,
Nov. 14, at 8:00 p.m. in the Michi-
gan League. On the program: a short
talk by Professor Charles E. Koella,
Director of the Club, on the Interna-
tional Situation. French songs and
election of -officers. All students with
one year of college French or the
equivalent are eligible to member-
ship.
The Mathematics Club will meet
Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m. in the
West Conference Room, Rackham
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