THE MICIIGAN H ILY SUNDAY, NOVMBE 3, 1649~ I.I Right To Expression DR. RUTHVEN WAS strongly criticized this The absurdity of Mr. Welsh' week in a Detroit newspaper on two tle analysis. counts: (1) for so-called "propagandizing" activ- ities,ad()fr igthUnesiyamn It is perfectly all right with ities and (2) for using the University alumni large cities in the state expen rolls to mail a circular letter condemning Pr'o- time, money and effort in ana posal No. 2 which would divert part of the sales the electorate's OK on Proposa tax to local' government units. state servants" are not suppose On the first count, Mayor George Welsh of tions-even on matters whic Grand Rapids, the principal assailant said: "It It's as simple as that. is regrettable that paid state servants are being Mr. Welsh's illogical stateme used to propagandize labor and the farmers. It dication of the tactics being us is calamitous when the president of a university al's protagonists. is so used."sr. . BOOKS DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN s stand needs lit- Mr. Welsh if the cd a great deal of attempt to obtain 1 No. 2, but "paid ed to have convic- h concern them. ant is only one in- ed by the Propos- /' '1 East River, Sholem Asch, 438 pages, $3.00, Putnam & Sons I Before investigating Mr. Welsh's statement, it should be pointed out that Mr. Welsh is not opposed to Proposal No. 2. He was one of its initiators. What Mr. Welsh is really saying is that "the president" of the University of Michigan has no right to express himself concerning issues in which he has a special interest. In effect, the mayor of Grand Rapids holds that it is "calamitous" for Dr. Ruthven to take sides publicly on an issue of state-wide interest. Such action on 'the part of the University President is termed "propagandizing'. On the second count, using the alumni rolls to influence voters, it can only be said that such use of the rolls is certainly in no way "calami- tous". State-appropriated funds were not used to finance the mailing, it has been pointed out. Politicians throughout the state are not now and rarely have been in position to attack what they choose to term "underhanded political methods". It reminds one of the people-in-glass houses maxim. -Robert Goldman Verbal Tug-of- War TUSDAY'S ELECTION results will probably begin another two years of a verbal tug-of- war on vital reconversion issues between Con- gress and the Administration regardless of whe- ther Democrats or Republicans wrest control of the House. At least that is the impression one gleans from statements made by the Congressional candidates for this area in the election issue of The Citizen's News, published by the Ann Arbor Citizens' Council. These statements are in the form of answers to questions on current prob- lems by Senatorial candidates Arthur H. Van- denberg (Rep.) and James H. Lee (Dem.) and Congressional candidates Earl C. Michener (Rep.) and William F. Kelley (Dem.). Here is how they line up on the questions put to them. When queried on what action Con- gress should take to improve the housing situa- tion, Vandenberg answered, "we probably have enough 'law'. The great necessity probably is for more effective administration of the 'law' already existing." Lee contended that Congress should immediately pass the Wagner-Ellender- Taft Housing Act. In specifying economic measures Congress should adopt to check inflation and prevent deflation, Vandenberg stated that a restora- tion of full production and free competition is our only defense against inflation with less reliance on government and less interference by government with the natural process in our complex economic life. He further stated we must stop deficit spending and deficit financ- ing and demobolize our enormous bureaucracy as soon as possible. Lee, however, advocated increased taxation and restoration of the ex- ,Ieer6to(ht &litor cess profits tax in order to drain off excessive earnings and incomes. On economic policies to stimulate maximum production and employment, Vandenberg cited "incentive taxation" and "incentive wages" as aids in this direction while Lee espoused restor- ation of a genuine effective QPA and prohibition of the use of any critical maaterials for luxury or non-needed housing and products. 1]Vichener and Kelley also were diametrically opposed on issues presented to them relating to labor policy. Michener expressed the view that the Wagner Act should be modified to permit employers to initiate a representation election among their employees. Kelley, however, felt that representation is purely a problem of labor, and labor organizations and employer interfer- ence should not be permitted. On the question of legislation making labor unions liable through suit for violation of con- tract terms, Michener approved. Kelley dis- approved while favoring the use of Labor Courts with broad powers for the settlement of all management labor disputes. Michener favored modification of the Norris- LaGuardia Act to permit federal courts wider powers to restrain picketing violence and sec- ondary boycotts, whereas Kelley felt this could be taken care of by his proposed system of La- bor Courts. From the views expressed it is apparent that the wide disparity of cures for our economic ills are patterned along traditional party lines with an understandable return of the Democrats to Administration policies. But whichever way the political tide flows Tuesday, it is also evident that the minority par- ty will be powerful enough to make it well nigh impossible for any constructive program to be accomplished. -Clyde Recht AGAIN MR. ASCH succeeds with his deep, rich insight into human nature and pro- found understanding of life in a book which, I think, equads both "The Nazarene" and "The Apostle". His great love for people which ab- solves them of their sins and his spiritual force combine with his understanding and intellectual force to produce a novel that will move the most bitter cynic. The setting is perfect. The story starts in about 1905; the place is 48th street at the East River where immigrants from Germany, Rus- sia, and Poland have brought their powerful Jewish tradition to mix with the Catholics from Ireland, Italy and Germany. Trying to mix people with these seemingly insurmount- able barriers of prejudice and religion is like the mixture of oil and water; and yet their common struggle against the poverty and moral deadening brought on by the infamous sweat shops is the vessel which holds them together-they hate each other; but a myster- ious, irresistible bond unites them. From these conditions arise several main themes which are conveyed through the Moshe Wolf Davidowsky household, the Jewish grocers for the neighborhood. This is a house divided. On the one side is the pious, saintly father, Moshe Wolf, and his brilliant conscientious son, Nathan, left crippled and embittered by a dead- ly epidemic of infantile paralysis; on the other is the worldly mother Deborah, and her favorite son, the clever practical Irving. The profound sadness which finally kills the saintly Moshe is brought about by the process of Americanization which drove Irving to form his sweat shops in order to achieve the happiness which he thought could be attained only by the power and secur- ity of money-the blood money of his brothers: This fever also took hold of Rachel, Irving's beautiful childhood sweetheart, and Mary Mc- Carthy, the devout Catholic girl whom Irving had to marry. From this marriage to Mary two more themes developed. One was the prejudice of his mother and the other Jewish women who had anticipated and tried to negotiate his mar- riage to Rachel Greenstock. The other was the bitter struggle of religion and tradition against the powerful human instinct of love-Nathan's overwhelming sexual desire, and later a strong spiritual love (apologies to Freud), which was thwarted first by his early natural love for Mary and her baptised son which tore against his Jewish tradition. The love which pervades the entire book in- tegrates the themes of individual and social conflicts. Out of this tragic setting, it brings hope. -Pete Hamill * * * General Book List Asch, Sholem-East river. New York, Putnam, 1946. Crow, James Armstrong-Meet the South Amer- icans. New York, Doubleday, 1946. Laxness, Halldor-Independent people. New York, Knopf, 1946. Mason, Alpheus Thomas - Brandeiss: a free man's life. New York, Viking, 1946 Sanderson, Ivan T.-Animal tales: An anthology of animal literature of all countries. New York, Knopf, 1946. Stowe, Leland-While time remains. New York Knopf, 1946. Tutoring Pro gram IT TAKES A long time for news to travel through West Engineering Building, but Tau Beta Pi members believe that student interest in the free tutoring program for veterans will continue to mount rapidly during the coming weeks. Although reaction to the program, which started this week, has been reported as favorable, members of the honor society sponsoring the program expect a much heavier enrollment in the future. The great majority of students in the Col- lege of Engineering are not aware of the exis- tence of the tutoring program. Veterans inter- ested in obtaining competent instruction, com- pletely free of charge, in a subject in which they are having difficulty should ask the instructors of these courses for information concerning the time and place of the weekly tutoring section for that course. Too much credit cannot be given to Tau Beta Pi for initiating and conducting this tu- toring program. The increasing rush on the services offered by the society will undoubted- ly prove that the nineteen participating mem- bers, by sacrificing their own time and ef- forts, are filling a definite and important de- mand. -John Campbell Russian Foreign Policy Russia's foreign policy is made in the Kremlin, but the Kremlin has its ears to the ground. Jos- eph Stalin is where he is today primarily be- cause he always knew how much the traffic would bear and when enough was enough . . . Rusia's foreign policy does not originate with the masses-foreign policy seldom does. But it will not go far beyond their disapproval. -New Republic 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 office of the Assistant to the President, Room 1021 Angell Hll, by 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Saturdays). SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1946 VOL. LVII, No. 36 Dominie Says - , Before us is the ReligioushCensus of the year as reported by the Stu- dent Religious Association, Lane Hall. In membership nineteen religious affiliations, Baptist, Catholic, Friends, etc. are shown. These nine- teen have 11,217 of the 17,846 ac- counted for. The other 6,629 are di- vided about equally between those who record a preference (3,102) for one of the faiths or denominations and those who have no preference (3,527). Apparently we have a big five-the No Preference 3,527; Cath- olics, 2,070; Methodists, 2,010; Pres- byterians, 1,489; Episcopalian, 1,254; a total of 10,350. The other fifteen affiliations thus amounting to less than 5,000 oftour student body. However, there are many evidences that the devotion, group integration and religious significance of the smaller unit compensate for their modest number. Such groups as the Friends with 27, the Eastern Ortho- dox, with 84 plus another 17 showing that preference; the Unitarian, 49 with an additional 65 registering such preference; the Evangelical-Re- form, 26 devoted to this altar; the Disciples with 147; and the Reformed students, 114 in all year after year are certain to show fully a ninety- per cent loyalty to their religious practices, whereas those in the large Protestant groups practice approxi- mately only a fifty per cent response. The groups of medium strengths, numerically, according to the census are the Jewish, 774 with an additional 532 stating such preference, 1,306 in all; the Congregationalists with 867; Lutherans, 894; and a generalized group who sign as "Protestant," 1,093. The diversity of religious affilia- tion, however, is not understood un- til we observe that the groups having less than ten each are: Agnostic, All Saints,.A.M.E., Apostolic, Assembly of God, Atheist, Bahai, Mission Cov- enant, Christian Missionary Alliance, Church of God, Covenant, Ethical Culture, Free Methodist, Grace Bible Fellowship, Humanist, Immaculate Conception, Mennonite, Moravian, Nazarene, Pentecostal, Pilgrim Holi- ness, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventist, Swedenborgian, Transfig- uration, United Church of Canada, and Unity. The question of religion may seem foreign to a State University due to the traditional separation of Church and State. However, it is freedom of religion which is guarded by statute. The forbidden aspect relates to sectarian empha- sis, not state funds being available for any sect. In the main this re- lates to the organized denomina- tion or creed and not to religious ideas, religious thought, and the study of religion on its merits. Also this census revealsmthat a University population is even more definitely committed to religion than is the whole population of the United States. The national ratio is sixty per cent while our university popula- tion records about seventy per cent as having religious affiliation. Of course any liberal people, the Uni- versity included, is non-conformist to a far higher degree than the gen- eral public. Hence we are often re- ferred to as the Godless University of the State. In such cases we can always point out that at this Uni- versity of civic origin, due to the professional schools being here, there are at Ann Arbor more Baptists than at Kalamazoo or Hillsdale Colleges, founded by that church, more Meth- odists than at Albion or Adrian, more Presbyterians than at Alma and Olivet. These colleges of t h e Churches, of course do not sustain Law, Engineering, Medicine, Educa- tional and Graduate departments. This tends to account for the massing of students of any given classification in Ann Arbor rather than at the Col- leges of the Church. Guests from other countries are not reported in this Census, as yet. The great religious, Hinduism, Con- fucian, Islam, Buddhist, Zoroaster- ian and the other have their repre- sentatives among us, thus lending as much color to the metaphysical landscape and as great interest to campus culture as their costumes add to our common life. Edward W. Blakeman Counselor in Religious Education Notices University Press Club of Michigan: At the annual meeting of the organ- ization, Nov. 7-9, the University will be host to a large group of editors and publishers. There is need for a number of both single and double rooms for Thursday and Friday nights, Nov. 7 and 8. If faculty mem- bers have such rooms available, they are asked to call Campus Extension 485 any afternoon between 2:00 and 4:00 o'clock. F. E. Robbins Deadline for Veteran Book and Supply Orders:nDec. 20, 1946, has been set as the final date for the ac- ceptance of veteran book and supply orders at the bookstores. All faculty members are requested to anticipate material needed through the end of the semester and authorize same on or before Dec. 20. All back-orders for material not in stock at the book- stores will be canceled as of Dec. 20. Bibliography of Publications (1943- 45) by members of the several facul- ties of the University are available for distribution in the office of the Graduate School for those faculty members who did not receive copies through the mall. -Dean R. A. Sawyer Seniors, College of L. S. & A., and Schools of Education, Music, and Public Health: Tenative lists of sen- iors for February graduation have been posted on the bulletin board in Room 4 University Hall. If your name is misspelled or the degree ex- pected incorrect, please notify the Counter Clerk. Students, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: Applications for scholarships for the year, 1947- 48, should be made before Nov. 23. Application forms mnay be obtained at 1220 Angell Hall and should be filed at that office. Baccaloni and "Messiah" tickets: Tickets for the second extra concert to be given by Salvatore Baccaloni, Thurs., Dec. 5, as well as tickets for the "Messiah" performances (Sat- urday evening, Dec. 14, and Sunday afternoon, Dec. 15) are on sale at the offices of the University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower. A limited number of tickets for several of the individual concerts in the Choral Union Series are also avail- able. Job Registration: Students are re- minded that Monday and Tuesday are the last days to pick up their Job Registration materialat the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. Office Hours are from 9:00 a. m to 12:00 noon and 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. Beginning Wednesday, a late regis- tration fee of $1.00 must be paid, at the Cashier's office before registra- tion material may be secured. Job registration applies to Febru- ary, June and August graduates, al- so to graduate students or staff members who wish to register and who will be available for positions within the next year. The Bureau has two placement divisions: Teach- er Placement and General Place- ment. The General Division includes service to people seeking positions in business, industrysand professions other than education. It is important to register NOW because employers are already ask- ing for February and June gradu- ates. Girls' Cooperative Houses: There will be five openings in girls' cooper- ative houses next term. Anyone in- terested should call FredaPerez, 5974. Willow Run Village West Court Community Bldg.: Sun., Nov. 3, 3:00 p. in., All resi- dents of the Village are invited to meet with the Rev. J. Edgar Ed- wards, Chaplain and Director of the Willow Run Village Religious Council of Churches (Interdemon- inational), for a discussion. Room 4. Mon., Nov. 4, 7:30-9:30 p. m., Rev. Mr. Edwards, Religious Counseling, Room 8; 8:00 p. m., University of Wisconsin Alumnae Coffee Hour. Tues., Nov. 5, Ypsilanti Township Voting; 8:00 p. m., Wives of Stu- dent Veterans Club, Room 7; 8:00 p. m., Extension Class in Spanish, meeting at Ross School. Wed., Nov. 6, 8:00 p im., Wednes- day Night Lecture Series, Glenn D. McGeoch, Professor of the History of Music, "How to Listen to a Sym- phony."; 7:30-9:30 p. m., Rev. Mr. Edwards, Religious Counseling, Room 8. Thurs., Nov. 7, 2:00 p. m., Open class in Prenatal and Infant Care, Miss Roth will speak on the subject "Care of the Infant from Birth to one year"; 8:00 p. m., Extension Class in Psychology; 8:00 p. m., Sewing Club; 8:00 p. m., Bridge Ses- sion. Fri., Nov. 8, 8:00 p. m., Classical Recordings. Sat., Nov. 9, 8:00-11:30 p. m., Dance, Refreshments, Bridge. West Lodge Willow Villae: Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Erwin Pan- ofsky, Professor of history of art in the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton, N.J., will lecture on Wed., Nov. 6, at 4:15 p.m., in the Rackham Amphitheatre under the auspices of the Department of Fine Arts. His subject will be "Et in Arcadia Ego." The public is cordially invited. Academic Notices Students in C 175, Psychology of Child Development: Report to Rack- ham Lecture Hall at class period at 2:00 p. in., Tues., Nov. 5, to hear lec- ture by Dr. Burlingame. Mathematics 300: The Orientation seminar will meet at 7:00 p. in., Mon., Nov. 4, in Rm. 3001 Angell Hall. An- other Paradox on the Decomposition of a Sphere will be presented. Mathematics Seminar on Dynam- ical Systems will meet at 3:00 p. in., Mon., Nov. 4, in 3201 Angell Hall. Prof. Kaplan will speak on "The Foundations of Mechanics." Inorganic Chemistry Seminar will meet at 5:00 p. in., Tues., Nov. 5, in Rm. 151 Chemistry Bldg. Mr. R. J. Good will speak on "Composition and Structure of Clays: I6n Ex- change and Related Properties." All interested are invited. History 11, Lecture Section 2. Mid- semester: 3:00 p. mn. Thurs., Nov. 7. Leslie's and Drummond's sections in 1025 Angell Hall. McCulloch's and Slosson's sections in 25 Angell Hall. Hyma's, Heidman's, Young's and Johnston's sections in Natural Sci- ence Auditorium. Veterans' Tutorial Program: The tutorial section of English 2, taught by Mr. William Gram on Friday aft- ernoons, has been discontinued. Mr. Gram's Tuesday and Thursday sec- tions have extended half an hour. Concerts The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, Conductor will give the third program in the Choral Union Series at 7:00 p. in., Nov. 10, in Hill Audi- torium. Mr. Szell will include the following numbers: "Vsyehrad" from "My Country" (Smetaqna); Three Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes" (Britten); "Don Juan", Op. 20 (Strauss); and Schubert's Sym- phony No. 7 in C major. The public is requested to be seat- ed on time, as the concert will begin promptly. Doors will be closed dur- ing numbers. Carillon Recital: Sidney F. Giles, Assistant Carillonneur, will be heard in another program in the current series at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Program: Boely's Prelude No. 1, Sil- ver Threads Among the Gold, Dark Eyes, None but the Lonely Heart; Mr. Giles' own composition, Gavotte; Fantasia by Staf Nees, March by Handel, Minuet in G by Beethoven, and will close with Sonatina No. 4 by Ignace Pleyel. Exhibitions Human Heredity: Museum Rotun- da. Through November, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. week days; 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sundays, International Center: Mrs. George A. Fitch, nationally known and bril- liant lecturer and writer on China, will be the guest speakr on the In- ternational Center's Sunday night program. This lecture is in conjunc- tion with the Fall Campaign of the University Committee on United (Continued on Page 6) Mt~r4gatu Uuall Fifty-Seventh Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the author- ity of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Robert Goldman........Managing Editor Milton Freudenheim.....Editorial Director clayton Dickey.................City Editor Mary Brush...............Associate Editor Ann Kutz.................Associate Editor Paul Harsha.............Associate Editor Clark Baker..............Sports Editor Des Howarth.......Associate Sports Editor Jack Martin......Associate Sports Editor Joan Wiik............... Women's Editor Lynne Ford. Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Robert E. Potter.......Business Manager Evelyn Miils. .. Associate Business Manager Janet Cork.... Associate Business Manager Telephone 23-24.1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled to the use for re-publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of re-publication of all other matters herein are also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second-class mail matter. Subscription during the regular school year by carrier, $5.00, by mail, $6.00. Member, AVC Bonus Stand.. . Recordings To the Editor: IN VIEW OF THE large number of student- citizen-veterans on campus, and in view of its highly controversial nature it is felt that an ex- planation of our stand on the proposed Michi- gan state bonus is in order. Wed. night at our. regular meeting the University Chapter of AVC' went on record by an overwhelming majority of the membership present against the proposed amendment to the Constitution of Michigan ad- vocating a veterans bonus. In line with a general policy to fight inflation in any ,manner possible we believe that adding $550,000,000 to the large amount of money al- ready in circulation could have only an infla- tionary effect. This proposal does nothing to increase production or the short supply of goods but just increases an already overblown pur- chasing power. The amendment as stated makes no provision for the financing of the measure. Considering the present tax structure of this state the only possible means of this financing would be through regressive taxation, such as sales and excise taxes which would work against the low- er income groups. In effect this would mean that we, the vet- erans would be accepting a loan now when money is comparatively plentiful, a loan. that would have to be repaid in the future when its scarcity will be more pronounced. We do not feel that the politicians should be allowed to salve their consciences by proclaim- ing this to be their payment of the public's debt to the veteran. We want 'better housing, full 'employment, extension of health benefits, and progressive legislation to reduce discrimin- ation and increase the opportunities for all cit- izens. These are the reasons we have taken this stand, and we feel that they are valid, rational objections to this proposal. -Bob Slaff, AVC Public Relations ** * Editorial Page ... To the Editor: I THINK THE Daily has one of the finest Edi- torial Pages of any paper I have read. Usually the editorial page holds no appeal for me, but f+hP tinly ,-ffanrc nii vn~rA viP nk4 i nf.a iiA*P1 1 IF VARIETY IS the spice of life, this week's record offerings ought to be pretty good sea- soning. There is little in the way of homogene- ity, unless it be that all three of the following albums are put out by Columbia. Those who enjoyed the Istomin concert last Wednesday may be interested in his piano re- cording of the Bach Clavier Concerto No. 1 in D minor, with the Adolf Busch Chamber players providing the orchestral accompaniment. Orig- inally written as a violin concerto, the work was later transcribed for Clavier. In its rapid pas- sage work of the first and third movements and in the lyric melodic quality of the second move- ment the work reveals its original medium. For the lay music lover, it is Bach in one of his most listenable moments. A neat little album of two ten-inch discs is the recording of four of Richard Strauss early lieder. Lotte Lehmann, as the interpreter par excellence of this type of song, needs no intro- duction. The four numbers are "Serenade," "Tomorrow", "All Soul's Day", and "Dedication". From the point of view of recording technique there seems to be a lack of sonority, more es- pecially noticeable in the piano accompaniment. The album is a good "acquainted" selection for the person who is just starting a "classical" record library and has to keep his expenditures within the budget. The price is a mere $2.43. A neat potpourri guaranteed to set your feet tapping is an album by the Philadelphia "Pops" orchestra directed by Ormandy and Saul Caston. This typical "pops" fare is called "Dance' and consists of Gliere's "Russian Sailor's Dance"; the "Batuque", a Brazilian native ritual dance by Fernandez; the "Dance of the Comedians" by Smetana; Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No. 10; the well worn Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5; and of course, no album would be complete without a Strauss waltz-this one is the favorite "Wine, Women, and Song." -Pat Kennett BARNABY ,don't want you to get a wrong impression. I'm happy for your father's success. In his recent tiff with the School Board- But for my 'part, I eschew the limelight. Preferring - M Gosh, Mr. O'Malley! Did you WISH for Pop's success? Did you wave your magic cigar...? Is that why Pop's name is in the newspaper? Er- In an absent-minded moment, m'boy, I may have made a small arc. Like this. But don't breathe a word to him. Let him go on believing that he fought the good I