I& PAGE TWO THlE MICH~IGAN DILYV TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 1936 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Official Publication of the Summer Session I-TPlE ORUM Letters published in this column should not be construed as expressing the editorial opinion -of The Daily. Anonymous contributions will be disregarded. The names of communicants will, however, be regarded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, the editors reserving the right to condense all letters of more than 300 words and to accept or reject letters upon the criteria of general editorial importance and interest to the campus. Criticism To the Editor: In the August 1st issue of The Daily, one of the Forum articles criticized your editorial policy of the past few months. Why the author of that article should have been so merciful in his criticism e do not know. 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Cameron Hal Ofce Manager ............................Robert Lodge Youth And Public Service. . . IN OUR FIRST ISSUE, we com- mented upon a Toledo experiment in which students of political science were taking an active part in the city's politics. From our University this week has come a man- ifestation of a new and healthier attitude on the part of students toward the operations of govern- ment. It is a lamentable fact that those who enter upon a public life must be subjected to vile per- sonal abuse and calumny as a part of campaign tactics. Remuneration is relatively slight, tenure is precarious, and honor is fickle. The service of the state is not the most honorable profession. As a consequence, politics have not for the most part attracted the men of highest character and ability. It has little to offer idealistic youths under the present set-up. Hence it was encouraging to hear this week that a student of the University, one who has trained himself deliberately for public service, and a can- didate for a Ph.D. in political science, was running for the office of State Senator. We of the University who are familiar with the creditable work of Edward Litchfield as a stu- dent and undergraduate leader trust that the voters of the fifth district in Detroit, will be sym- pathetic to the idea of a trained public servant. His program is simple and intelligent: support of social security and civil service measures. Through efforts in this direction, public service may be- come more attractive to trained youths and men of ability, and the era of the racketeer politician may be brought to a close. A Canadian's Question (From The Ottawa Journal) Great Britain, not self-sustaining-Sir Samuel Hoare has just said that she would starve within six weeks if her food supplies were cut off-has to protect her sea-lanes, has to defend colonies all over the earth. The United States is self-sustain- ing, is protected by two mighty oceans, has prac- tically no colonies to defend. Yet the American Navy now stands at 324 ships; the British at 307 ships. Only in gross tonnage has Britain a slight advantage. We hear much about armaments in Germany, in Russia, in Italy and Japan. Far more extra- ordinary than these, surely, is the case of the United States, building one of the world's greatest navies. Against what, or whom, is it being built? Both Parties Criticized The Republican party is committed to extreme isolationism, economic and political. The tariff race has been one of the major causes of eco- nomic disturbance and hence of the war condition of the world. but the Republican party has no idea but to increase tariffs. Neither of the old parties has suggested a clari- fication of our position in the Philippines or the initiation of a treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of the islands. Neither of the old parties has cate- gorically declared for abandoning every trace of imperialism in Cuba and Latin America. President Roosevelt deserves credit for making plain our American belief in religious liberty and for refusing to be stampeded into any kind of im- rerialism in Mexico. (From a New York Address By Norman Thomas) Ever since the name of Gov. Landon first ap- peared this spring as a possible presidential can- didate, he nas been the target of unfair criticism in the editorials of this paper. As a recent ex- ample, mey I refer you to Topeka Dust Storm which appes red only a few days ago. A more un- just, biased, and inaccurate article has never ap- peared in Mr. Hearst's papers, which you renounce so vigorously I regret that I have not the space to discredit or qualify every point of the above- mentioned article, as I could and would take grea pleasure in doing so. First, you attacked Gov. Landon for making his speech so general. It was general. He gave you a broad outline of his views and ideas and that is the purpose of an acceptance speech. The methods of carrying out those ideas is a mattei ro be thoroughly discussed as the campaign pro- gresses. The voters have until November to make their decisions. Although you admitted that Gov Landon promised to discuss his plans in detail a an early date, you did not hesitate to condemn him for not going into them in his acceptance speech Evidently to please you he would have had to spea for six hours and complete his campaign in one evening. Worse .yet, you went into his personality. Yo. inferred that he did not have the executive ability to capably fill the highest position of this nation It is interesting to note in connection with thi that the editorial staff with one or two exception i from Ann Arbor or the East. I have lived anc worked among the people of Kansas as well as those of two neighboring states. Never have I heard or read of a governor who enjoyed as muc or more whole-hearted support, trust, and pop- ularity. There are reasons for that display of confidence by the people who have lived under his leadership. I am convinced that the author of Topeka Dusi Storm wrote on a subject about whicl he was very ill-informed. He would do well to read carefully the Republican platform as well as some - of Gov. Landon's statement, which may be found in current issues of your eulogistic New York Times, on the third floor of the library. The very day following the appearance of To- leka Dust Storm your editorial deplored the fact, in your opinion, that many of the leading news- papers of the country are prejudiced in their po- litical policy; in support of the Republicans, of course. You didn't by any chance forget Topeka Dust Storm did you? One editorial offered a mild criticism of the New Deal, but how carefully you soft-soaped it: Today, (August 1st) appears an editorial containing an exchange of letters between Mr. Sterling and Mr. Winston. It was very thoughtful of you to italicize the portion attacking the Constitutional Democrats. Why didn't you also italicize the well-founded statements advocating our return to Americanism and our successful policy of self-respecting inde- pendence in government and the honorable labors of life? Of course I realize that this is only a college paper, read and supported by young citizens from all sections of the country and representing every political viewpoint, and cannot be expected to pre- sent fair, unbiased, and accurate criticisms of all sides of the political question. What will we have next from the little tin poli- ticians in the Student Publications Building? --M. Jaquier, Oklahoma City. EDITOR'S NOTE: We assume by bias it is meant that one ar- rives at an opinion without an impartial exam- ination of the facts of an issue. If The Daily has done this, or if it has unfairly examined the facts of the national campaign, it is guilty of bias. The Daly has based its opposition to the candidacy of Governor Landon on inconsist- encies in his program which permit an ambig- uous interpretation of the policies advocated by him Governor Landon has promised government economy and decentralization of Federal pow- ers. At the same time, he promises continued relief, the main item of governmental expendi- ture, and a kind of federal fLarm relief which is contrary to his promise of decentralization. About aconomy, he promises to cut out waste (how?), and as evidence cites the Kansas bud- get, which has been balanced at a terrific human cost-education cut to the bone-and with the aid of federal funds at that. Within the past two weeks, he has had his state soil erosion plan declared unconstitutional, and has applied without apparent embarrassment for drought relief, which was granted. Yet he still professes to favor state programs for handling such items of national character. While professing to aid agriculture and bus- n n e e .t 9 e d e r e T. It n 1. k BOOKS WATERLOO, A Novel by Emanuel Komroff. New York: Coward-McCann. $2.50. (Review Copy Courtesy Wahr's Bookstore) Read pages 223-304 (there is no page 305), be- cause these deal with the defeat and the flight of Napoleon, and they present in rather gripping fashion the picture of the slow extinction of the Corsican 'lyrranosaurus. The remainder of "Wa- terloo" is an amiable potboiler; it may not have been intended as a potboiler, but that is what it turned out to be. It is a superficial historical novel, quite badly organized, its style being journalistically good but decadent .rim a standpoint of usage. We take it that Mr. Komroff is a historian who (a) felt a strong urge to vitalize a character that was too big for him, in a novel form whose technique he has not mastered, or (b) wanted to present hither- to obscure data regarding the bungling of The Hundred Deys, and was afraid that if he wrote it in the form of history it would not be read. At any rate, "Waterloo" in general is a hodge-podge of blood and blunder, weak character and inef- fective pageantry, and in and out of the story un- expectedly pop disconnected characters who were inserted only to satisfy the requirement that a novel must be humanized. There are, to my way of thinking, several reasons for writing a novel about Napoleon. First is the desire to present a character of a mighty man alone in the midst of a great army. Mary Johnston, not writing about Napoleon but about Stonewall Jackson, did this much better in "The Long Roll." Second is the desire to dig into the inner life of the character. Napoleon's own letters, now avail- able in a volume called "The Corsican" which is chronologirally arranged and reads like fiction, does this much better. Third is the purpose of presenting a graphic and panoramic picture of the battle. Victor Hugo, in "Les Miserables," did this much better. Fourth is a crisp stylistic presentation. Mr. Komroff's style, which is a combination of Paul DeKruif, Hendrik Van Loon, and my four-year- old godson, doesn't harmonize with his theme. Fifth is to write a consecutive narrative, or a coherent interlacing of narratives, or a series of l elated narratives. Mr. Komroff only writes epi- sodes. Sixth is to present a group of colorful back- ground characters. Mr. Komroff's background characters are very dull, and. any number of writers have done every type of character much better than he. Seventh is to expound or amplify a theme or thesis. I looked for one in "Waterloo" but couldn't find it. Bearing in mind ? garbled memory of a state- ment by St. Augustine that, since everything has been done before, the only reason for doing it again is to do it differently or better, I can't quite under- stand why Mr. Komroff wrote any of "Waterloo" except pages 223-304. But perhaps it is impolite to bully a little book. It is pleasant to read it during one's rest between Out and In on the golf course. -John W. Pritchard. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN VOL. XLV No. 30 TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 1936 Notices Dr. William G. Carr will speak at the Phi Delta Kappa luncheon today at 12:15 p.m. at the Michigan Union. All old and new members and guests are welcome. At 4:05 p.m. today Dr. William R. Smithey, Professor of Secondary Ed- ucation, of the University of Virginia, will lecture in the University High. School Auditorium on "Trends in Re- spect to the Unit Method in the In- structional Process." At 5 p.m. today, in Natural Science Auditorium, Prof. J. P. Den Hartog, of Harvard University, will give a lec- ture on "The Gyroscope, its Applica- tion to Ocean Liners and Aircraft." There will be demonstrations with models. Summer Session Chorus: Very im- portant rehearsal this evening at 7 p.m. in Morris Hall in preparation for Sunday evening's concert. David Mattern. 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These mconsistencies exist, we maintain, be- cause the Republican convention was faced with the difficult task of keeping two essen- tially irreconcilable bodies together. On the whole, the Republican platform professes sim- ilar objectives to those of the New Deal, but hopes to achieve them through different- more constitutional - channels. Republican campaigning having heretofore consisted largely of destructive criticism, the most vital question to be asked Governor Landon is: "Just how do you intend to achieve recovery and adequate labor, agricultural and industrial reforms?" We were disappointed with the generalities of his acceptance address. President Roose- velt, whose acceptance speech was also not specific, was faced with a different necessity. His methods were well known. What every- one demanded was: Toward what objectives is the New Deal headed?" And the address gave the answer: toward personal liberties which are impossible in a condition of eco- nomic servitude. With respect to the exchange of letters be- tween Mr. Sterling and Mr. Winston, we found in them such obvious condemnation of the constitutional Democrats (those who will probably support Governor Landon at their Detroit convention) that we felt it unneces- sary to add further comment. That it could be construed as a criticism of the New Deal seems inconceivable. The italics were a part of the letter. Had we added them ourselves, we would have so indicated. We would welcome another letter from you, M. Jaquier. If you can prove that these are not inconsistencies, and that our opinion is not based on indisputable fact, we shall be glad to acknowledge our past bias and to alter our future editorial policy. Lindbergh On War (From the Manchester Union) Frequently heard in the arguments of adherents to various peace movements is the attempt to draw a sharp line of distinction between so-called "wars of aggression" and "wars of defense." That this U 11 I 1