THE MICHIGAN DAILY IGAN DAILY, of the Summer Session r!'. - - . r; +1 Published every morning except Monday during the tziversity year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications.. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Associa- tion and the Big Ten News Service. -MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'The Asoated Press is eXciusively entitled to the use for reapubliation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news pu eshed herein. All rights of republication of special jispftches are reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as seclnd -class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster-General. lubscription during summer by carrier, $1.00; by mail, '$1.50. During regular school year by carrier, $4.00; by mail, $4.50. Offices: student Publications Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, lvichigan. Phone 2-1214 Representatives: College Publications. Representatives, fc., 40 'East Thirty-Fourth street, New York City; 80 *!ystun "street, Boston; 612 North Michigan Avenue, Vhicago National Advertising Service, Inc., 11 West 42d St., New York, N. Y. EDITORIAL STAFF Phone: 4925 MANAGING EDITOR............FRANK B. GILBRETH ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR......KARL SEIFFERT ASSOCIATE EDITORS: John C. Healey, Powers Moulton and E. Jerome Pettit. REPORTERS: Edgar H. Eckert, Thomas I. Kleene, Bruce M1anley, Dana Powers Moulton, Sally Place. BUSINESS STAFF office Hours; 9-12, 1-5 Phone: &2-214 *WU71 SS MANAGER.............BYRON C. VEDDER .851.ANT BUSINESS MA!AGER. ..A E R. BEGLE SItANVLATION MANAGER........ROBERT L. PIERCE FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1933 Teachers And IN HIS AFTER-DINNER address to educators at their annual summer banquet Wednesday evening, Professor James K. Polpock urged teachers to participate actively in political matters if they hope to protect their in- 'terests. The political scientist pointed out that, in view of their numbers and general intelligence, teach- ers have never had the political influence which is their right. Citing figures to show that other groups have received greater legislative support than the educators, regardless of the justification of such action, he explained the necessity of tak- lng an active part in governmental activities. Professor Pollock is right. Not only in the State of Michigan but also throughout the nation at large many groups which have formed strong rep- resentation politically have received the support of legislative bodies. The educators have not received the support which is their due despite the fact that they are actually entitled to greater consid- eration than the realtors, contractors, and others who have wielded political influence. So long as the affairs of the state and the nation are controlled as they are by minorities organized to seek power, the educators cannot ex- pect to receive consideration without first put- ting forth the proper political efforts. Attempting to leep apart from political machinery, educators in the past have stood firm against any sort of organization which might be political in nature. Preferring to remain "decent," educational leaders have repeatedly maintained that the schools had ti6hing to do with politics ad that teachers must necessarily keep their hands clean by steering clear of anything which might be termed political in nature. As Professor Pollock pointed out, the teachers are now paying for this aloofness of the past. Nitters have been "slipped over" on them by bet- tr organized groups so often that now the edu- cators are virtually .being forced to take a hand. Public funds which might have been and should ave been directed into( educastional channels have gone elsewhere. Less deserving groups with pdlitical power have received more than their just due and yet the teachers sit by and let such a condition continue to exist without raising a voice in the direction where it would be best heard and sound "to best advantage. Idle talk in futile con- "erences are of no avail. Weak pleas begging for support are useless. The time has long since ar- ±lved for the teachers to do more than beg. They ahotUd organize in such a manner that their stiength would do the most good and then- demand! Civil Service And Gravy,.. 0 NE HUNDRED and four years ago, Andrew Jackson shoved his muddy feet over the presidential desk and with this ges- ture inaugurated what was then a new deal in American politics, "To -the Victors .Belong the spoils." Jackson the democrat, Jackson the rugged in-, dividualist, unknowingly perhaps, by this policy, gave' our government a curse that it has never been able to eradicate. Today this well-worn phrase is a vital part of our system of politics. Is it undemocratic? Is it dishonest? Of course it is! And yet the American people accept it with- out a grumble. Secretly, they are even a little proud of this system that gives everyone a hand in running the country. The fact that very few people are capable of managing the affairs of state does not seem to- enter the heads of the public. The old truism that says that Americans publicize everything and element of our population, the ones that in reality should be governing, do not choose to enter the field. But still, people of the United States do noth- ing to change the situation that is costing them efficiency in management, foreign prestige, and actual money. The point that we are attempting to make can be well demonstrated by the recent proclama- tion of President Roosevelt, that steps should be taken to place certain classes of postmasters under civil service jurisdiction. Immediately, from the ranks of the politicians cane a cry that echoed from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Mich- igan. They were not going to let the President take this valuable political gravy away from them without a battle. The fact raised very little comment in the na- tion's press. Newspaper editors know that their public is not interested in little things like civil service or minor details of government. Just as long as their representatives vote for beer and a new post office in the home town, they are satis- fied. And just as long as the American people take this attitude they can expect what they are get- ting at the present time. Inefficiency under the policy of "To The Victors Belong the Spoils." Screen1 Reflections Four stars means extraordinary; three stars very good; two stars good; one star just another picture; no stars keep away from it. AT THE MICHIGAN "THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE" * Miriam Hopkins herself is the main redeeming feature of "The Story of Temple Drake." The tale itself is nothing new nor is it .presented in un- usual fashion. It has the sordidness of "The Goose Woman," the cheapness of "Hold Your Man," and the pathos of a chain gang picture, without the redeeming qualities of any of them. Miss Hopkins is really quite good. Her charac- terization in the title role is to be commended, especially since it is an out-of-the-ordinary part and the vehicle otherwise is so poor. As the young heiress of wealth and social position who has a family name to uphold but who possesses an inner quality which is the antithesis of that pride, Miss Hopkins gives us a fine portrayal. It is a shame that she isn't given something else in this instance aside from the single characterization. No back- ground, no outstanding support, no great story is here for her to work with. * "LAUGHTER IN HELL" As in the other feature at the Michigan, the leading character in "Laughter in Hell" is the out- standing quality which keeps it from being juste another picture. Pat O'Brien, whose acting has been praised many times in this column, is the star of this chain gang picture and he rescues the poor plot from the depths by his excellent reserve, dramatic ability, and-just by being him- self. The story needs little explanation. It concernsj the man who, finding his wife unfaithful, kills her and the man he finds with her. Only in this instance the man is an enemy from childhood who has a brother on the chain gang where thej hero is finally sent to serve a life sentence at hard labor. It is to be easily imagined that the outstanding ing characteristics of such a story are its absolute brutality, its horror, and its unbelievable inhu- manity. This of course, makes it merely another picturization of the southern chain gangs, . al- though Pat O'Brien does his best as usual. Campus Opinion 4 A Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communications will be dis- regarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. Contribu- tors are asked to send in only typewritten or legible articles, using one side of the paper only. Contribu- tors must be as brief as possible, confining themselves to not more than 400 words. --The Editors. PURDUE AND INDIANA ARE WRONGED BY THE DAILY To The Editor: I wish to call your attention to a mistake made in a recent issue of the Daily. On page three, col- umn four of Sunday's issue was an article entitled "Purdue Professor Lectures to Thug; Thug Goes to Jail." This was an Associated Press report from Bloomington, Indiana. Purdue is at West Lafay- ette, Indiana. It should have been "Indiana Pro- fessor, etc." To people up here this probably was never no- ticed but to those of us who knew, we feel that this was quite an error. Very truly yours, John F. Bullard, Assistant Professor Veterinary Science, Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Daily admits the error; apologizes to Professor Bullard and all others from Purdue University. PLEASE, MISTER, WHERE'S MY BIKE? To The Editor: I would like to call public attention to the ac- tivities of the B. and G. in connection with the recent regulation concerning bicycles on the cam- pus. Since the regulation was recently put into effect, the janitors and B. and G. employees on the campus have made several seizures of bicycles' which seem to be rather high-handed. Rather than take the name of the offender, or some such action which would not be such a great incon- venience to all concerned, they have adopted a policy of holding the bicycle until the owner goes to see E. C. Pardon head of the B. and G. in the out-of-the-way Storehouse, and procures a note one or two riders are thoughtless enough to en- danger those walking on the sidewalks, a regula- tion must be made to prohibit those who are more careful from using the only mode of transporta- tion left to the student. If this is a sensible course of action, municipalities should prohibit the use of automobiles in any city block which houses a bank, because the lawless element, comprising one-tenth of one per cent of the human race, might use automobiles to make a get-away after a robbery. This business of penalizing all because of the actions of a few is a procedure which should be scrupulously avoided by all authorities. In this case such action is also inconvenient in that if one rides down to the campus on a bicycle, there is no place to leave it if one may not take it onto the campus. Terminals of all driveways lead- ing into the campus are crowded with cars; there is no parking lot for bicycles. A bicycle left on the streets surrounding the campus certainly is not absolutely sure to be there when the owner re- turns; not, at least, if typewriters and clocks dis- appear regularly from locked rooms in locked buildings patrolled by night-watchmen. Where, oh where are the bicycle stands which the Daily in a previous issue prophesied for the entire campus? At first I thought that I should lie back and await my turn to gloat when some irate law stu- dent should take Mr. Pardon to task for "un- reasonable seizure," or some other of the high- sounding phrases in our constitutions and sta- tutes; that one about depriving a person of his property without due process of law should do. But one look at Mr. Pardon told me that I should have to wait until Baer or Art Shires, or a com- bination of the two, enrolled in law school. So I guess The Daily is a last resort. Won't you please go out and take pictures of janitors taking away little boys' bicycles, and get locked up, as you did last summer with police campaigns, and in that way make the diagonal safe for the tan- dem? It's not just a legal case; it has now becom a cycle-ogical question. -C. B. Conger, '37 About BDoks By JOHN SELBY "MONSOON," by Wilfrid David; (Har- per & Brothers, New York). NEW YORK-In 1907 a baby was born in Bombay, and subsequently the baby grew up to be Wilfrid David. At present he is 26 years old, this Wilfrid David, and his first novel has just been published in this country. "Monsoon" is its name, and not inappropriately. Mr. David writes like a monsoon, for one thing, gustily and in a whirl of passion and words. Sometimes angry words, and sometimes angry passion; one reasons for the anger is the course of the Englishman with the Indian. That is what his novel is about. But not immediately. Before he gets down to India he takes the reader through a course of dissipation in Paris and London, the purpose of which is to demonstrate that after all western civilization is terrible. His Paris is the Paris of dismay, as someone called it-the futile Paris that always is just a jump, or a drink, ahead of boredom. Obviously, not the real Paris. So with Berlin. Mr. David puts his young man Dorian (the name may have been chosen out of Oscar Wilde, but the analogy is weak) through the funny business of the West End with a firm- ness and dispatch that drop his reader's jaw at the turn of more than one page. Dorian goes the pace in various ways. Then an actress friend, whose roots evidently went back into another and more sane Berlin, puts him on the boat for India. It is a relief to get Dorian out of a territory that Mr. David knows only cursorily into India, which he knows well. There are fewer French and German phrases, for one thing, and the Indian phrases that replace them are not quite so strained. The whole tragedy of England in India is got through dramatically and without too much sym- bolism. Mr. David makes a rather good case for India, even though he does it largely by making the English appear ridiculous. Editorial Comment DESTROYING COTTON On Aug. 1 a Federal tax of 4.2 cents a pound will be placed on the processing of cotton. Its pur- pose will be to raise a fund, estimated at $120,- 000,000, which the Government can use for boun- ties to Southern planters who will plow under or otherwise effectively destroy.part of the crop now growing. The Department of Agriculture reports that enough farmers are willing to participate in this project to contribute the destruction of acre- age capable of producing 3,500,000 bales. This would be more than one-fourth of the cotton now in the ground. Since the tax imposed on process- ing will necessarily be passed along to the con- ;umer, the basic principle of the plan calls upon urban communities to compensate rural producers for deliberately destroying part of a surplus crop in order to enhance the value of the remainder. Until the final figures are in, it will be difficult to estimate how large a reduction will actually be effected in this year's harvest. For there is noth- ing in the plan to prevent any farmer from seek- ing to cultivate 'more intensively that part of his crop which is not plowed under. The uncertainty of acreage reduction as a guarantee of smaller crops was pointed out recently by the Interna- tional Commission of Agriculture when it sug- gested: "It is to be feared that agriculturists would attain, by more intensive cultivation of a restricted area, a volume of production equal to that formerly yielded by a larger area." To this must be added the risk that destruction of cotton in the United States will encourage the produc- tion of it elsewhere, thereby increasing competi- tion for American producers in foreign markets. This was the experience of the British Govern-. Excursion No. 6, General Motors Proving Ground, Milford, Wednes- day afternoon, August 2. This ex- cursion was originally scheduled for July 15, but was postponed !for the Niagara Falls excursion. Members in the party will have opportunity to see automobiles of the General Motors Company put through 165 severe tests at the 1,268-acre labora- tory. The party leaves from in front of Angell Hall at 1:00 p. m. and will return to Ann Arbor about 5:30 p. m. Reservations must be made by 5:00 p. m., August 1, in Room 9, Uni- versity Hall. Bus fare, the only ex- pense on the trip, is $1.00. Observatory Nights: The Univer- sity Observatory will be open to stu- dents of the Summer Session Mon- day, Tuesday, and Wednesday, July 31, August 1, and 2, at 8:15 p. m. Admission will be by ticket. Tickets may be obtained in the office of the Summer Session upon the presenta- tion of the treasurer's receipt. German Reading Examination for Ph.D. Candidates: The examination for the required reading knowledge in German for all candidates except those in the Natural Science and Mathematics will take place Wednes- day, August 2, at 2:00 p. in., in Room 203 University Hall. Only those who have left their names at the depart- mental office can be examined. This will be the only examination given during the Summer Session,. The next examination will be at the end of October. Walter A. Reichart School of Education: All students completing requirements for gradua- tion at the end of the present Sum- mer Session should pay diploma and Teacher's Certificate fees before the end of the Session. Blanks for this purpose may be secured at the office of the Recorder of the School of Edu- cation, 1437 University Elementary School. C.0©. Davis, Secretary Internatioal Law Lecture: Charles Cheney Hyde, Hamilton Fish Profes- sor of International Law, Columbia University, will lecture on "The Technique of Diplomacy" tonight at 8 p. m. in 1025 A.l. The public is invited. Reading Examinations in French: Candidates for the degree of Ph.D. in the departments listed below who. wish to satisfy the requirement of a reading -knowledge of French during the present Summer Session are in- formed that examinations will be given on Saturday, August 5, from 9 to 12 a. m. in Room 108, Romance Language Building. It will be neces- sary to register at least one week in DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office of the Summer Session until 3:30; 11:30 'a. fn. Saturd ay. advance at the office of the Depart- ment of Romance Languages, be- tween the hours of 11 and 12 a. m. and 2 and 4:30 p. in., or 9 and 12:30 on Saturday morning. This announcement applies only to candidates in the departments of An- cient and Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, History, Po- litical Science, Economics. Business Administration, Sociology, and Edu- cation. Candidates for Teachers' Certifi- cates: All students who expect to be recommended for a Teacher's Certi-. ficate at the end of the present Sum- mer Session should pay their fees be- fore the end of the Session. Blanks for this purpose may be secured at the office of the Recorder of the School of Education, 1437 Univer- sity Elementary School. C. 0. Davis, Secretary M. A. Degree Candidates in His- tory: The reading examination in French, German, and Spanish will be given today at 3 o'clock in Room 1009 A.H. A. S. Aiton Notice: Health Service Eye Exam- inations: Students wishing their eyes tested for glasses at the Health Service should receive their appoint- ments by calling the office before August first. Warren E. Forsythe What Has Roosevelt Accomplished? will be the topic of a talk by Neil Staebler, to be given at 5 p.. m. to- day in National Science Aud. for the Socialist Club's Public Lecture Series. Chinese Student Club: A picnic will be held at Island Park Satur- day afternoon. Members desiring to. attend should assemble in front of Lane Hall at 1:00 p. m. Food expen- ses will be shared. The Lutheran Student Club invites all'Lutheran students of the Summer Session to a social gathering at the Boch home on Jackson Avenue, to be held this evening. All who are planning to go are asked to meet at the Zion Lutheran Parish Hall at 7:00. The hall is located on the corner of East Washington and'South Fifth Avenue. Transportation will be provided from this point to the Boch home. Married students are asked to bring 'their wives or husbands.' University High School Demonstra- tion Assembly: The fourth demon- stration assembly of the University High School Summer Session will be held this morning at ten o'clock in the high school auditorium. The pro- grain will be presented by pupils in French, social studies, and type- writing departments, the first part being a short play entitled "La Faim Est un Grand Inventeur," given by members of the advanced French class. The second half of the pro- gram will be given by the social studies and typewriting departments in collaboration and will be a sketch of the development of writing and writing materials, beginning with the most primitive type and carrying through to the modern typewriter. All Summer Session students who are interested are welcome to at- tend the assembly. Michigan Repertory Players: "The Circle," W. Somerset Maugham's modern comedy, will be presented to- night in the Lydia Mendelssohn theatre. The final performance will be given on Saturday night. Seats are now on sale for every perfor- mance. The box-office is open from 9:30 a. m. to 12, and from 1:15 to 9 p. m. The telephone number is 6300. Public Health Nurses: There will be a picnic supper at the Fireplace tonight from 5:00 to 7:00 p. m. A fee of 25 cents is being col- lected. Meet at the north door of the Michigan League, not later than 4:45 p. m. Says Michigan Is Haven For Escaped Tlhugs DETROIT, July 27-M--)-Michigan was envisioned today as a haven of refuge for Georgia's escaped con- victs by Guy W. Jensen, assistant Wayne-County prosecutor who handles extradition matters. He was basing his prediction on the refusal of Georgia prison offi- cials to send for James H. Cook, fugi- tive from a chain gang, and upon a conversation Assistant Prosecutor George M. Stutz told of having a few weeks ago with Gov. Eugene Tal- madge of Georgia. Stutz said Gov. Talmadge told him that "hereafter Georgia's policy re- garding escaped prisoners will be to leave them there and make Michigan a paradise for fugitives'from Georgia justice." Michigan, New Jersey and one or two other states refused to send chain gang fugitives back to Georgia some time ago after sentiment had been aroused by a film purporting to re- Pict penal 'methods there. Stutz quoted the Georgia governor as say- ing no escaped prisoners would be returned from those states. Jensensaid he would continue to offer Georgia an opportunity ,to -re- cover any escaped convicts and that if the prisoners are not claimed and there'are no charges against them here, they will be released. A charge of felonious assault is pendinag against Cook. l i / Keeping ahead of the second hand To keep telephone service in step with the swift pace of American life, Bell System men tackle many an absorbing problem, find many an ingenious solution: For instance, they decided that pre- cious seconds could be saved by a change in long-established operating routine. The operator used to repeat the number called by the subscriber - now she indicates that she understands by saying, "Thank you." To appreciate the importance of the second thus saved, just multiply it by the 40,000,000 conversations handled by oper - ators on the average day. In the telephone business, major improve- ments that save the subscriber's time and give him better service often result from just such apparently minor changes. . - o