The Weather Fair to partly cloudy, pos- sibly local thunderstorms; Not much change in temperature. ig N~~~frigr Official Publication Of The Summer Session VOL. XIV No. 3 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1933 I Labor Groupst Are Opposed o New lan Voice Objections To The Proposed Wage Setting And Maximum Hours Federation Head Is Leader In Objection Windt Is Gratified By Campus Reaction To Repertory Group "The enthusiastic support that the Michigan Repertory Players have re- ceived in the first four days of per- formance this season is very gratify- ing to the organization," said Valen- tine B. Windt, director of the Play- ers in an interview yesterday. "The sale of season subscriptions is the largest in the history of the group, and sales will continue throughout the week for the season tickets." "The Players were a new idea in local dramatics when they presented themselves for the first time five years ago, Windt said. "When Prof. Chester M. Wallace, of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and myself opened the first summer season, the thought of producing a new play each week during the summer with a student cast seemed tremendous, and many of our friends urged us not to attempt it. But by the kind help of Dean Kraus and the students of the 1929 Summer Session we were able to put the first season across. Since then, each season has been increas- ingly easier and more worthwhile ar- tistically. "The greatest repertory theatres of ehe world, the Moscow Art Theatre, and the Abbey Theatre Players, have played and studied together season after season. This fact has given them a fine-knit qualityhin their work which makes the play the im- portant thing and which keeps the actor in his proper contributory sphere. "So the response given by the cam- pus and town in the purchase of subscriptions means a great deal to us, for it shows that our work is ap- proved, and that we will have the financial support to push our ideals even further," he concluded. Proposal Originally Was Made By Cotton Textile Workers Of Nation WASHINGTON, June 27. -W) - From labor and minority groups sudden opposition sprung today as the nation's textile operators form- ally placed before the national re- covery administration their proposal to stabilize industry by establishing minimum wages and maximum working hours. Hardly had the broad outline of their agreement been sketched when William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, ob- jected to the aid and labor provi- sions of the code and Federal manu- facturers came forward with requests that their plans be exempted., Presented by more than two-thirds of the domestic spindle and loom operators, the proposed code of fair, competition must be approved by the Roosevelt administration before it takes the effect of law binding min- orities to abide by it. Hugh S. Johnson, administrator of the recovery legislation, presided over the hearing at the start, telling the, thousand or more persons crowded, into the Commerce Department Au- ditorium that, "you are about to be3 witnesses of what may prove one of the most momentous meetings of this kind that has ever been held anywhere. "We have presented here from a great industry, with practical unan- timitI"fe saiT "a 'uggestion of a method whereby management in that industry, and labor in that in-1 dustry, have joined hands in co-op-i erating to pull this country out of' the difficulties in which we have been for the last three years." But representatives of the mills- George A. Sloan, president of the; cotton textile institute, Robert Amory of Boston, speaking for the northern plants, and William D. Anderson of Macon, Ga., spokesman for the south --had not concluded their statement, before opposition was voiced. Appearing unexpectedly with a re- quest that he be heard, Senator James F. Byrnes, South Carolina, made an appeal for curbing the stretch-out systeem of increasing the machine load of employees. A few minutes later, Green told newspaper men he was opposed to the prime provisions of the code- the wages and maximum hours pro- vided in it. The code proposed a 40- hour week generally for the indus- tries, with an $11 a week minimum scale in the north for unskilled inside workers and $10 in the south. Consider Ways to Handle New Mill Tax Slash BULLETIN (By The Associated Press) Advocates of repeal on opposite sides of the continen took com- manding leads last night in Cali- fornia and West Virginia. Early returns trickled in from the Golden Bear state giving anti-pro- hibitionists an almost three-to-one advantage. Tellers in West Virginia had counted up a vote of 123,098 for repeal and 70,130 against with about half of the state reported. In West Virginia, listed as dry for two decades, those favoring the rati- fication of the Twenty-First Amend- ment at first enjoyed a better than two-to-one lead, but later returns from the rural districts tended to cut down this percentage. The first returns from California came principally from the Los An- geles district and when totaled with scattered votes from other sections gave 122,464 for repeal and 43,731 for retention of, the prohibition amendment. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., :Improves After Illness NEW YORK, June 27. -({A) -- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., spent a com- fortable night and seemed somewhat improved this morning, it was said at the home of his mother, Mrs. Jack Whiting. Fairbanks is ill of lobar pneumo- nia at Doctors Hospital. His temperature rose early last night, but broke later anld he slept until 9 a. in., today, it was said. Pacific Swallows Island Close To Coast Of Japan TOKIO, June 27. -(P) - Ganges Island, shown on maps of the Pa- cific at 30.57 degrees north latitude, 154.10 degrees east longitude, has disappeared, according to Japanese surveyors. They reported that a thorough survey was made by the Megalhaes Archipelago without a trace of the island being found. Ganges Island is located near the steamship route from Yokohama to Honolulu, about a quarter of the dist- ance from the Japanese port. Thermometer Reaches 96.9 Degrees Tuesday Continued hot weather through- out the nation yesterday drove the thermometer to a maximum of 96.9 degrees in Ann Arbor, caus- ing a general exodus of students and townspeople to nearby lakes for relief. The minimum tem- perature registered was 72.1 de- grees at 10 p. m., it having dropped to this level after 7 p. m. when 91 degrees was registered. Members Of League Board Are Appointed Executive Group To Hold First Meeting On July 3 To Make Plans Members of the executive board of the League were announced yester- day by Sally Place, Summer Session president. Jean Seeley will have the position of social chairman, Wilma Clizbe will have charge of the danc- ing classes, Billie Griffiths will be chairman of sports, and Margaret Hiscock will supervise the teas that the League is planning. Decorations will be tended to by Katherine McGregor, Eleanor Dem- aree will have charge of the adver- tising posters for the summer's ac- tivities, and Ann Mitchell was named to arrange the bridge lessons and tournaments that have been sched- uled. Monday, July 3, the new exec- utive board will meet with represen- tatives -of ~the "varibus league houses and dormitories to make further plans for activities. It Is hoped, Miss Place said that a new plan which includes the board's sponsoring of weekly swims for students will prove popular this summer. Sunday night suppers on the League lawn for both men and women students are also being ar- ranged. A style show sponsored by the dressmaking exchange of the League will be held the afternoon of July 5. At this time women's apparel for summer wear that has been made by the shop will be shown by models, as well as other articles of clothing for which orders will be taken. July 7 the executive board will assist Mrs. Barbara Bartlett at a tea for regis- tered nurses in the nursing school and for the faculty of the school. Veteran Administration Reviews 300,000 Cases WASHINGTON, June 27.-(/P)-As a stride toward easing economy law cuts into benefits to former sol- diers, the veteran administration to- day' announced it was reviewing up- ward of 300,000 individual cases under revised rating schedules. The administration made its plan known in a six-page bulletin crammed with information on al- tered compensation, pensions and other payments to ex-service men under the compromise law enacted by Congress in the closing minutes of the special session. Officials estimated $96,000,000 had been cut off economy law savings by the combined effect of President Roosevelt's regulations issued June 6, and the compromise law, crediting the former with $50,000,000.1 BrownToTalk On Past Year's Political Trend Work Done By Lame Duck And Special Sessions Will Be Discussed Is Noted Authority On Current Events Will Explain Method Used By Roosevelt In Getting Bills Through Houses A comprehensive survey of the po- litical moves of the present year and their meaning will be given by Prof. Everett S. Brown of the political sci- ence department in his talk on "The Political Parade of 1933" at 5 p. in. today in Natural Science Auditorium. The talk will be the third of the Summer Session special lecture series. Professor Brown will discuss the closing work of the last Lame Duck session under the Hoover administra- tion, and the important bills of the special session called by President Roosevelt. He will take up the meth- ods used by the President to secure the passage of so much legislation and the significance and probable ef- fect of the work done. Professor Brown has been in close touch with national news and politics for a number of years, having worked on Herbert Hoover's staff in the American relief and food administra- tion work from 1917 to 1920, and having represented the University for five years in judging the New York Times current events contest. Prof. Laurence M. Gould will speak on "The Geology of Niagara Falls and Vicinity" in the Thursday lec- ture. First Summer Session Tor Is Tomorrow Trip Around Campus Is Planned Especially For New Students Initiating the summer season of educational excursions conducted by the University, a tour of Ann Arbor and the campus planned especially for newcomers to the University will begin at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow, Prof. Wesley H. Maurer of the journalism department, director of the excur- sions, said yesterday. About 90 stu- dents are expected to attend. A group of more than 25 faculty members have offered the use of their cars for the afternoon and will act as hosts to the new students. Among those who have offered their services are Professors Roy W. Cow- den, Clifford C. Glover, Lowell J. Carr, Howard S. Ellis, George E. Myers, James B. Edmonson, Cleo Murtland, Wray H. Congdon, and George E. Carrothers. DETROIT TRIP NEXT Reservations for the first out- of-town trip on the Summer Ses- sion Excursions program, a tour of Detroit scheduled to begin at 8 a. m. Saturday, must be made before 5 p. m. Friday at Room 9, University Hall, Professor Maurer said yesterday. The Detroit tour will take in all points of major interest in that city and will last until about 5:30 p. m., he an- nounced. According to Professor Maurer, an attempt has been made to secure the services for the afternoon of faculty men from a variety of departments and divisions of the University, in order to permit new students to make as many different contacts as possible. The actual motor tour of the city, which will be accompanied by a police escort, will be completed by 3:30 p. m., Professor Maurer be- lieves. Following, there will be a tour of the General Library con- ducted by Samuel W. McAlli;ter, associate librarian, which will take approximately one-half hour. At about 4 p. m. the group will proceed to the William L. Clements Library of American History, where the sturents will h the uest of With the million dollar Univer- sity budget cut now almost a cer- tainty, lacking only the signature of the Governor, University officials have turned to the task of depart- mental reorganizations on the new basis. Three million, two hundred thous- and dollars have been appropriated for the operation of the University during the academic year 1933-34, this figure being $550,000 under the figure submitted by President Alex, ander G. Ruthven as the lowest on which all departments could continue operation. Accordingly, meetings within the various departments for the purpose of mapping out cur- tailed budgets have been held and are continually being scheduled at present. Under the direction of Dean Ed- ward H. Kraus, the recently named executive committee of the literary college began holding these meet- ings Monday. It was said that be- tween $100,000 and $200,000 must be saved in this college of the University Season Opens F Geographers A Work at the Summer Session geol- ogy-geography field camp at Mill Springs, Ky., is well under way with two members of the geology depart- ment faculty and one member of the geography department in charge, it was learned here yesterday. Students at the camp taking field work in geology are working under Prof. George M. Ehlers, director of the Geological and Geographical Vial Stn+inn wmina Pnf sTr.vin or Geologists, t Summer Camp field course in geology met on the same day at the station headquarters at Mill Springs. Intensive work at the station will begin the summer's program, accord- ing to an announcement, after which various field parties will make a trip eastward across the Cumberland Plateau, the Great Valley of Eastern Tennessee, the Great Smoky Moun- tains, the Piedmont Plateau, and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. ,M n + +nn nr + n ..A srr + . na. e