i i_ M cHiAN-=-L yAi~ii ERA. ,14 Fifty-S xth Year 6Cetteri to the 6 ht0o P'D R ATHER BE RIGHT: .Food Shortage I World-Wide . Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board of Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Ray Dixon ....... . Managing Editor Robert Goldman ....... ..CityyEditor Betty Roth . . . . . . . . , . Editorial Director Margaret Farmer . . . . . . . Associate Editor Arthur J. raft .*. ..*.. Associate Editor Bill Mullendore . . . . . . . . . . Sports Editor Mary Lu Heath . . . . . . Associate Sports Editor Ann Schuts . . . . ,......Women's Editor Dona Guimaraes . . . . Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Dorothy Flint . . . . . . . . . Business Manager Joy Altman . . . . . . . Associate Business Mgr. Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of re- publiation of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, second-class mal matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERT31NG B National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON * LOS ANGELS . SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1945-46 NIGHT EDITOR: ANNETTE SHENKER Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Strike Cont rol? THE SENATE will now have its chance to re- veal whether it has profited from experi- ence-the experience resulting from more than half a century of labor-industry conflicts and specifically, from such laws as the Norris-La- Guardia Act or the Smith-Connally Act. By a 258 to 155 vote of approval, the House Thursday passed the strike-control bill, intro- duced by Rep. Case, a Republican from South Dakota. A week of consideration by the Labor Committee and members of the House preceded the final vote on an issue which had been de- bated for the last six years. The Case bill, outlawing violence in picket- ing, contains a threat to eliminate even peace- ful picketing and curtails the right to organ- ize-a right which, in effect, has become an accepted practice. A national mediation board would be set up-but such a board al- ready exists in various government-sponsored mediation services. This board would have power to settle labor disputes and forbid strikes or lockouts for 30 days. And yet, ex- perience with already-established similar boards shows that such a cooling-off period may actually invite, instead of prevent strikes. Another provision of the Case bill would make both parties to a labor contract liable for its breach and permit broad use of court injunctions in enforcing the bill. Such application of the injunction was made illegal by the Norris-La- Guardia Act of 1932-a fundamental law for which labor had fought long and hard. The proposed bill would also outlaw boycotting- another instrument long recognized in practice. Earlier in the week a scattered few in the House, remembering what experience has taught -tried to modify the bill. Rep. Landis .of In- diana wanted to counter-act the ban on boy- cotts. Rep. Patterson of California suggested making the bill merely a declaration of policy. Their modifications were ruled out, but Rep. Hoffman of Michigan was more successful. Al- though his amendment to strike out the section on injunctions was defeated, his proposal to re- duce the penalty for violation of the boycott ban was accepted. The Michigan representa- tive also managed to block a final vote Wednes- day by requesting that the bill, with all amend- ments, be read because the House was acting too hastily, without sufficient consideration of all issues. The Senate might now do what the House overlooked: stake a little additional time and look over the history of labor in their country. They might consider the fact that they are limiting the effective "speaking" power of ap- proximately 51 million people, whose only means of carrying out its desires has been by picketing and boycotting. -Patricia Cameron -mHop THE J-Hop issue was settled for good by the Student Affairs Committee yesterday. The ticket price decided upon ($7.50) represents the rock-bottom price at which the dance could be given with hope of making expenses. The Student Affairs Committee took about the only path that was left open to it. When the policy was first set a few weeks ago, it was Against Council-Forum To the Editor: ON WEDNESDAY criticism appeared in The Daily against the movement to submit a second constitution to the student body for rat- ification. There are several places where the writer appears to use faulty thinking and fails to bring the main issue into the open. Allow me to criticize. We were previously told the constitution was drawn up after extensive correspondence with other schools and consultation with heads of campus organizations. The idea for a student Forum came from those attending a student Town Hall meeting in December. How many students are represented by the heads of cam- pus organizations and those in attendance at the Town Hall meeting? Every college student should participate in at least one campus group, but I believe that a majority of students on this campus do not belong to any of the groups whose heads helped frame the constitution. The groups whose leaders drew up the constitu- tion consist of from twenty to no more than a hundred members. Usually, only about a quarter of the membership is present at reg- ular meetings. Is this a total of five thousaid students? Five hundred or less would be more correct. I also know that very few persons at the Town Hall meeting came with the expressed opinions of large numbers of students. The sad fact was that few students were interested in a consti- tution at the time the "convention" was held. Six students secure 200 names on a petition and propose that another constitution be sub- mitted to the student body. But "anarchism" is insinuated because the six have "an alterna- tive thought on student government."' Is this alternative thought something of small importance or of great importance? Does it mean the difference between a democratic form of government or one capable of continuously vesting power in a favored few? I refer to the section in the "Forum-Council Constitution" which reads: "Council members shall have held positions of executive responsibility in recognized campus organizations . . . for at least two se- mesters." If a student does not consider a campus or- ganization worthy of his membership, or, be- cause of the character of some organizations he fails to be elected to a position of executive responsibility, he cannot become a member of the council. Yet, he may be a capable individual with a large following of students. Should he set about organizing his own group, gaining recognition by the University, and finally wait- ing one year until he can run for office? (Being an officer of a group is no criterion of leadership. I know several secretaryships and treasuryships that mostly require clerical ability and little leadership.) And the analogies. We are referred to the delegates of the convention in 1787 who could not be termed absolute representatives of the people, but were the leaders of their communi- ties. What leaders represented me when a constitution was formed? The only leader I have is my house president and he called no meeting to have us inform him of our opin- ions. To me the "leaders" of the campus organizations that helped frame the constitu- tion are representatives of groups each hav- ing a different axe to grind. They are not my spokesmen nor most other students'. "Let us follow the example of the founding fathers" and submit a constitution "to the peo- ple for ratification,." That was over 150 years ago. That was a nation struggling to organize. We are students, and although we need a work- iiig constitution we do not face chaos and dis- integration if we pause and consider awhile. Let us work for the adoption of a constitu- tion, but let us first make certain we start with the best one possible. Ask the students on this campus if they want a nine-man council elected from re- stricted nominations or a council chosen by proportional representation. Let us get the truth. -William V. Gamzon Pro CongressCabinet To the Editor: IN THE EDITORIAL of Thursday, February 7th, we took a "look at the Student Gov- ernment situation s it exists today,"-from Mount Olympus. Let's now, take a look at this situation from where our feet are on the ground, down here with most of us. In this discussion, let's refer to the two pro- posed forms of Constitutions, as previously class- ified, the "Council-Forum," and the "Congress- Cabinet" forms. It should be remembered that the "Council-Forum" was the first creation. And we stress that the "Congress-Cabinet" doc- ument was a result of direct reaction to the "Council-Forum" after it had been printed in the Daily. The reaction was made known to the original framers, at a special Town-Hall meeting on January 31st, by a heterogenous group of in- dividuals from various parts of the campus. And the causes of the reaction were: 1.Nine people could not possibly represent 14,OtO students. .2. There wasn't any cieck on these nine individuals, once they had been elected. 3. The nine council-men could virtually dictate the names of their successors. 4. There wasn't any mention of the powers of this government. However, despite the bombardment of protest at this meeting, it soon became apparent that the original framers would not change a word. Rather than support this seemingly meaning- less document, the people that proposed the changes, saw the only alternative, (if a true Student Government were to be born and to live)., in drawing up the counter proposal, in- corporating these changes. This counter docu- ment is the Congress-Cabinet Constitution. In his misrepresentation of Hare's system for proportional representation, trying to ex- toll the injustice of a Congress-Cabinet elec- tion, Ray Dixon hypothetically used 70 as a number of candidates to fill the 35 Congress seats. Actually this would increase student interest. Each candidate must have secured fifty original names on his petition. There- fore the total number interested in the nom- ination, alone, becomes 3,500. Think of the stimulus for the vote in the actual election. In the last campus-wide election, only 170 students voted. There is nothing in the Council-Forum constitution to let us hope for anything but the usual non-representa- tive election. Dixon mentioned the impossibility of cover- ing 70 candidates' platforms in the Daily. Glib statements in the Daily, can hardly be called a shibboleth for good Student Government. Each candidate has his backing of fifty signa- tures-far more meaningful representative gov- ernment than the, confusion of 24 different Council-Forum platforms. Can you think of 24 different platforms? The evil of the Council choosing its own suc- cessors has been dismissed by Dixon with, "we feel that the Council is the logical body to do the job-to keep the ballot from becoming too unwieldy." The right of veto has been totally ignored by the Council-Forum Constitution. It is a poor government indeed that would leave its administrators unchecked in the making of laws and disposition of funds. The Congress- Cabinet Constitution has always a direct check on the administrators, their acts, and their offices. It's chimerical to say that the veto power of the students' representatives would hamper good administration. Veto insures good administration. The Congress-Cabinet is, also, more interested in faithful representa- tion of the students, rather than the individ- ual prestige of its components. Therefore, rather than throw the usual popular names up for the usual campus-wide election for administrative offices, it relies on the known qualities of its more competent members for these cabinet posts. For, if there were an election for eight councilmen, tomorrow, most of us could accurately enough predict the out- come, tonight. Dixon-feared the development of parties from both types of government. When a small group can control an election, it is evil. The Council- Forum, by its choice of successors, and failure to stimulate a large vote, shows more readily the possibility of this evil, than the numerous groups, backing the numerous candidates for the Congress. When Dixon calls 35 Congressmen too un- wieldly, he could consider the 435 people in the national House of Representatives. He also fails to note that the actual administration is carried out by the Cabinet (even though there's no glory, only the check of Congress, on them). And this above all: if we are not going to give supreme power in student activities and interests, to the direct representatives of the students, in a Student Government, let's call the whole show off, right now. If we should do an autopsy on the infant bodies of former campus constitutions, we would see that they all died from this same lack of power. There is no voice, no life, in a Student Government whose organs lie scattered about the campus in uncorrelated institutions, for the knowledge of which, most students are confounded, and left with the cry, "We need Student Government!" --Theodore G. Morris Half th * *S*o*y To the Editor: I AM INCLINED to think that Eunice Mintz, in her article of Feb. 5, treated just half the story. I am of the opinion, that had she taken the time to have dug up the facts relative to the dividend yield of the various stock of the concerns listed in a normal productive schedule, as compared with the yield that will accrue from the government tax carry-back, that one would have a difficult time placing any credulity in her statements. It doesn't make sense for the stockholders to take a licking in the loss of dividends, while the management who is charged with the re- sponsibility of looking out for their interests, voluntarily warehouses the products and stops sales. -Gene C. Darnell ByLSAMUEL GRAFTONn h SLOWLY the picture fills in; the people of this earth are caught in an unexpectedly 'serious food short- age, of world-wide proportions. Even the grains are scarce now; it often used to be possible to stuff bellies with cereals when nothing else was avail- able; but no longer, and patient peo- ples who dreamed hopelessly about beef during the war are being in- vited, now that peace has come, to dream about bread. Britain has just cut fat rations, and she has black- ened her bread again with the strange substances that went into it in war- time. France has had to put bread back on ration. The good weather cycle (which for- tunately coincided with the war) seems to be passing; frost hurt much of our corn last year; and our farm animals compete with Europe's hun- gry people for our diminishing grain supplies. Drought in South Africa has finally produced something ap- proaching disaster; we are shipping oats to that region for the first time in two generations, to try to keep some of the livestock alive. And during this, the world's peace pinch, which turns out to be as bad as, or even worse than, the war pinch, America's new spending spree, and our unrationed eating spree both continue, in" a strange obbligato to the planet's thin cry of need. W E DON'T seem to understand it; that is what hurts; the people of the world's leading nation don't seem to know the situation the world is in. President Truman holds emergency conferences on our shrinking wheat supply, but these are hardly noticed. We are too busy pushing each other toward our postwar boom to pay much attention, and we may find our- selves slapped in the eye with a fiour- ration -(it is not impossible) just about the time we thought we would be entering upon a future entirely constructed of plexiglass and glory. A ripple runs through the food trade as it scents danger ahead, but the initial suggestions made by it are rather primitive; Chicago grain brokers can only propose thatwe cut our shipments of wheat to Eu- rope; and the prune and raisin peo- ple are urging that we cut out our solemnly promised exports for the coming year. The desperate effort goes on to keep America an island of unrestricted plenty in a hungry world, to shutgouthall planetary re- alties which .might interfere with that bright dream we had of a booming future of ease and waste, scheduled to arrive the moment the shooting stopped. T IS all a commentary on the un- realistic haste with which we dropped our rationing and threw away our controls, dented them and banged them and chucked them out the window, in a kind of small boys' celebration of the end of the war, and with fond faith in the small boys' theory that a war ends at some given moment, when a bell rings, or a whistle blows. We could have helped the world and ourselves toward order, but we longed for disorder, disorder with gravy on it, and we have produced a situation in which we can now read, in adjoining newspaper columns, ac- counts of the luxurious spending wave into which America has plunged, and stories of Sir Ben Smith's solemn Mean Bites Dog A SCHEME to organize Illinois in- dustryinto a "management un- ion" which would show its strength by shutting down all plants next Tues- day for Lincoln's Birthday is being promoted by an elusive person named C. W. Stevens, of Aurora, Ill. The Chicago Sun disclosed that three letters, outlining the scheme, had been sent to 1000 top executives of the State on letterheads of the "Desarc" agency, 16 Downer Pl., Au- rora, Ill., signed by Stevens and by L. H. Wilson, owner of the Metropoli- tan Letter Shop at that address. Wilson identified himself as the owner of the Desarc Agency, which is not listed on his door or in the Aurora phone book. He said the agency's business is to prepare employe relations and other litera- ture for insertion in industrial pay- roll envelopes. Stevens, he said, was the man who writes the copy. Wilson, a former head of the Aurora Kiwanis Club and a former member of the West Aurora school board, denied that the "manage- ment union" scheme was anti-la- bor. He said he stood for strong unions and strong management, also a higher standard of living. Wilson said he had sent out 1000 letters and had received 80 replies., -PM warning to the British people of darker days ahead, dark bread and a dark peace. I do not object on moral grounds, but on the ground that it is danger- . ous for a country, no less than for an individual, to live in a dream, and we are living out a dream of a boom in a grim world setting which. must react against us. And, as a final unrealistic note, one picks up the daily paper and reads of Senator Homer E. Capehart's com- plaint that America is deliberately starving Germany; both he and Sen- ator Wherry smell a plot, and they demand that a Congressional com- mittee leave for Europe "within the next few hours" to investigate.- What a rush! The rest of the world is starving, too, but concern- ing these cases, Homer nods; clear the road with motorcycles, men, and warmwup the plane engines, for a committee to go to Germany. Strange and dreamy are our doings, and the world watches with wonder and dismay; its jaws, with no bet- ter occupation in prospect, drop- ping yet another inch. (Copyright, 1946, N.Y. Post Syndicate) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Daily Offileial Bul- letin is constructive notice to all mem- bers'eofnthe University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in'tperiten form to the Assistant to the PresIdent, 1021 Angell Hall, by 3:30 p. m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a. m. Sat- urdays). SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 9, 1946 VOL. LVI No. 73 Notices Attention All Students: Registra- tion for the Spring Term By action of the Conference of Deans, all students are required to register for the Spring Term at, and no later than, the time announced in the Registration Schedule. Late reg- istrations will not be permitted by the administrative authorities of the sev- eral units, except in the case of vet- erans who have not been in residence for the Fall Term. Students nust pre- sent their identification cards at the time of registration and must file their registration material them- selves, not by proxy. The reason for this requirement is the unprecedented demand which the enrollment for the Spring Term will make upon the educational resources and the housing facilities of the Uni- versity. Because of these conditions, it is absolutely 'essential that regis- tration and classification be com- pleted according to schedule. Dr. Frank E. Robbins Assistant to the President Veterans in Refresher Course. All books and supplies for the Refresher Course must be purchased not later than Feb. 9. This deadline is neces- sary to allow the University time to audit and pay the veterans' accounts at the various stores and, in turn, to submit invoices to the Veterans Ad- ministration for reimbursement be- fore the end of the course. Boyd C. Stephens Cashier Veterans: All Veterans registering for the spring term will receive a spe- cial yellow veterans-election card with registration materials. This card must be carefully and completely exe- cuted, particularly by those veterans who desire federal benefits, and sur- rendered when classification is com- pleted at either the gymnasium or the school in which registering. The Uni- versity cannot certify to a veteran's enrollment nor can subsistence pay- ments be instituted until recorders have forwarded these cards to the certification ®ffice of the Veterans Service Bureau. Caps and Gowns: Today is the last day measurements will be taken for caps and gowns for men graduating Feb. 23. Orders should be placed with Moe's Sport Shop. Students, College of Literature Science, and the Arts: Students are requested to 'conserve the supply o College Announcements by using fo the spring term the copies issued tc them last fall. The large supplemen- tary edition which was printed is al- most exhausted. Any remaining new copies must be issued only to students who have not been in residence fo the fall term. Graduate Students: Registration material for the Spring Term will be available in the Graduate School Of- fice beginning Feb. 13. Application Forms For Fellowships and Scholarships in the Graduate School of the University for the year 1946-1947 may be obtained from the Graduate School Office. All blanks must be returned to that Office by Feb. 15 in order to receive considera- tion. School of Business Administration: All students now on campus who are enrolled in the School of Business Administration, or who have been ac- cepted for enrollment for the spring semester, should report for classifica- tion during the week beginning Feb. 11. Appointments for this purpose should be made in Room 108 Tappan Hall as soon as possible. do directed teaching next term are required to pass a qualifying exami- nation in the subject in which they expect to teach. This examination will be held on Saturday, Mar. 2, at 8:30 a.m., in the auditorium of the University High School. The exami- nation will consume about four hours' time; promptness is therefore essen- tial. State of Michigan Civil Service An- nouncement has been received in this office for: 1) Personnel Officer I Salary range is from $180 to $220 per month. 2) Personnel Officer IV Salary range is from $360 to $420 per month 3) Geolgic Aide C Salary range is from $110 to $125 per month. 4) Small Animal Caretaker B Sal- ary range is from $125 to $145 per m'onth. Application for these positions must be in by March 6. Policewoman: City of Kalamazoo Police Department has a vacancy for a 'policewoman (Social major be- tween the ages of 25 to 45 years). Sal- ary is $2200 per year. Filing date is Feb. 14. For further information, call at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. Academic Notices Speech Concentrates: All Speech concentrates and teaching majors should make appointments immedi- ately to see the concentration adviser for approval of next semester's elec- tions. Appointments may be made by calling 4121, ext. 526, or by coming to the Speech office, 3211 Angell Hall. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: "Signs of the Zodiac"-An exhibi- tion of recent designs by V. Bobri, prominent New York advertising ar- tist. First floor corridor. Open daily 9:00 to 5:00 except Sunday, through Feb. 15. The public is invited. Exhibition, College of Architecture and Design: Motion Picture Set De- signs for Army Pictorial Service films, by Roger Hollenbeck, Design instruc- tor. First floor corridor, Architec- tural Building. Open daily 9:00 to 5:00 except Sunday, through Feb. 22. The public is invited. Michigan Historical Collections: "Early Ann Arbor." 160 Rackhain. Open daily 8-12, 1:30-4:30, Saturdays 8-12. Events Today The Lttheran Student Association avill meet at the Center, 1304 Hill street tonight at 7:30 for a Scavenger Ihunt. Refreshments will be served. Westminster Guild will have a Skating Party tonight at 8:00. Re- °reshments will be served at the Thurch following skating at Burns Park. Coming Events The Michigan Christian Fellowship is meeting on Sunday afternoon, in the downstairs rooms of Lane Hall. rhe time is 4:00 for Hymn-sing and 1:30 for the regular program. - Association of University of Michi- gan Scientists will meet on Mon. Feb. 11, at 7:30 p.m., in the Rackham Am- phitheater. There will be a business rneeting devoted to consideration of the constitution and election of offi- ers, followed by a talk at 8:30 by Prof. Bradley M. Patten on "Pending Legislation Affecting a National Re- search Foundation," to which the public is invited. Board of the Faculty Women's Club will meet TuesdayFeb. 12, at 10:00 in the Henderson Room, Michigan League. At 10:30 o'clock a Special Meeting of the Club will be called for the pur- pose of a first reading of a revision of the Constitution of the Club. All BARNABY fascinating, m'boy. Nerve-tingling. 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