ME TWO THE MICHICX XIL ' TH1.RMAY, AUG. 6, 1930 PAGE ~wii THURSDAY, AVG. ~, 193~ THE MICHIGAN DAILY Official Publication of the Summer Session T H E FORUM] 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. War To the Editor: All anmals are perpetually at war; every species is born to devour another . . . Air, earth, and the waters are fields of destruction . . . It, seems that God having given reason to man, this reason should teach them not to debase themselves by imitating animals, particularly wxhen n iture has given them neither arms to kill their fellow-creatures, nor instinct which leads them to suck their blood. Murdea ous war is so much the dreadful lot of man that there are no nations but what their aicient histories represent as armed against one another . . The most determined of flatterers will easily agree that war always brings pesti- lence and famine in its train. That is doubtless a very fine art which deso- iates countries, destroys habitations, and in a single year causes the death of from forty to a hundred .thousand men! (During the World War about two and half million men were killed in a year.) Published every morning except Monday during the University yearand Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Associa- tion and Lhe Big Ten News Service. 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Two well-known members of the staff of Hearst's Seattle Post-Intelligencer, dis- missed without apparent cause other than per- haps that they belong to the American News- paper Guild, are the subject of a dispute which involves the right to organize without coercion from employers. The Guild, which has voted to affiliat? with the American Federation of Labor, is investigating the charges and'may declare a strike ?n the meantime, the slow campaign against the Wisconsin News is still going on. The Guild is seeking to exert pressure by urging sym- pathizezs rlot to patronize firms which continue to adverlise in the paper, among which are Camels cigarettes and Schlitz beer. The second incident is that of the free- speech fight in Virginia, being carried on by Dr. F. W. Boatwrigl-t, president of the University of Richmond. Because several professors testi- fied before a committee of the State Senate in favor of a proposed eight-hour law for women, a campaign has been waged against the University for "antagonism against industry" o the eve of the University's campaign for contributions. However, es the New Republic adds, "we must regret that the line he and his supporters took was that the professors in question did in fact believe in the virtue of private enterprise and pri- vate property, and that 'not one (of their graduates) has ever become a Socialist, a Com- munist ofother subverter of our American de- mocracy.' It is a poor defense of freedom to say that one will only use it within the limits the enemy would impose." Amoskeag And 'Free Enter prise 'IFron the St. Louis Post-Dispatch) COL. FRANK KNOX, Republican vice-presi- dential candidate, declared in his acceptance speech that the "preservation of free enterprise" was the rain issue in the campaign. Surely Col. Knox d ,-s not mean the kind of free enter- prise which has brought ruin to the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. and distress to the 76,000 inhabitants of Manchester, N. H., where he lived for many years and whose leading newspaper he continues to own and publish. The story of the rise and fall of this great American industrial concern was told with a wealth of aetail in last Sunday's Post-Dispatch by one of our Washington correspondents. From its founding in the early 1800s to 1911, the comr pany enjoyed years of prosperity. One of its early treasurers, T. Jefferson Coolidge, was a gen- ius in industrial capitalism; under his manage- ment the mills stretched out along the Merrimac river and textiles they produced were sent to the American frontier, South America and China and Japan. Then cane the treasurership of Frederick C. Dumaine and with it speculative capitalism in the place of industrial capitalism. New, inner companies were formed, capitalization was stepped up repeatedly, assets were segregated, and plant values greatly inflated. With the cap- ital reserve secured for the payment of high salaries and dividends, the successful operation of the mills became a secondary concern. Losses The multitudes fall upon one another, not only without having any interest in the affair, but without knowing the reason of it. We see at once five or six belligerent powers, sometimes three against three, sometimes two against four, and sonmtimes one against five; all equally de- testing one another and all agreeing on one thing, namely, to do all the harm possible. The most wonderful part of this infernal en- terprise is that each chief of the murderers causes his colors to be blessed, and solemnly in- vokes God before he goes to exterminate his neighbors ... The securge and crime of war contain all other scourges and crimes. All the united vices of all ages and places will never equal the evils pro- duced by a single campaign. Can there be anything more horrible throughout nature than to murder loyally millions of our brethren? What becomes of, and what signifies to me, Lumanity. beneficence, modesty, temperance, mildness wisdom, and piety, while half a pound of lead, sent from a distance of a hundred yards, pierces my body, and I die at twenty years of age, in inexpressible torments, in the midst of five or six thousand dying men, while my eyes which open for the last time, see the town in which I was born destroyed by fire and sword, -nd the last sounas which reach my ears are the cries of women ayd children expiring under the ruins? -contributed from Voltaireg A Philosophical Dictionary. Preserved Smith, 2 To the Editor: On July 30th there appeared in The Daily a letter entitled Preserved Smith, author of a His- tory of Modern Culture. A second letter by Mr. Smith has now been published by the New York Post which reads as follows: "Four years ago I voted for Hoover, having confidence in his integrity and ability, and be- lieving that the American system of laissez- faire as applied to business would pull us out of a tempcrary catastrophe. "It seems that the majority of American voters did not siare my opinion. "The,, saw our whole economic system going to pieces unaer the force of panic caused by to- bogganing prices, cut-throat merchandising, un- fair business and social practices. "They saw nothing being done except frantic efforts to save the large New York and Chicago DRAMA JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK A Review Most oi us have had some experience with the Irish Reraissance Theatre, and know it for the rich, red-blcoded stuff that it is. There are no dull moments in this type of play, nor is there anything that falls short of life. "Juno .d the Paycock," by the old Sean O'Casey, is Irish Theatre at its richest and raw- est; at one moment it is rollicking slabs of Irish humor, at the next it jolts one with stark human punch. Is it art? Well, it is a type of naturalism, and there be some who claim that naturalism is not art. At any rate, it is life; and being raw life, it is consequently whacking good theatre. "Juno and the Paycock," simply because it is so unrefined, is an exceedingly hard thing for a group of amateurs to do; because the Michigan Repertory Players presented it so excellently, we wonder whether this group should be judged as an amateur group. The criterion is, or should be, the basis of departure for any critic; and criteria are interchangeable; one should not, for example, judge the work of Shirley Temple on a standard cet by Helen Hayes. How shall we judge the Repertory Players? They are largely a student organization, but much of their work as an :ntegrated group compares favorably with almost any professional stock company you can men- tion. It is on this basis that the present scribe now carols roundly regarding the current pro- dalction of "Juno and the Paycock." Whitford Kane, thoroughly competent director, herein proves himself a versatile actor; of course banks; othing to help the average man or bus- iness meet the crisis. "So America voted, not necessarily for Roose- velt, but against everything Hoover stood for. They voted against his inaction; against his misrepresentation of facts; against his philos- ophy of 'letting things take care of themselves.' They voted for a man to do a job so big that the Repuolicans were afraid to tackle it. "Has Roosevelt done that job? Is he worthy of reappomitment to the chairmanship of the board? "Roosevelt was net in the White House twenty- four hours before things began to happen, things for which we can Le thankful today. "Banks of all sizes, not only the large ones, were legally allowed t put their house in order; railroad's and insurance companies received needed fi'ancing: small home owners and farm- crs were taken from the clutches of the mort- gagee; mortgages were made liquid; band de- posits were insured. "Industry and business were put on a footing where 1arge and snmall ones could compete on a more equal basis; the workman was assured of at least a minimum living wage and those who had adequate earnings were guaranteed against cuts in stiaries after July 1, 1933. "Agriculture was encouraged to rid itself of its back-breaking surplus and was given a method to protect itself against future ruination of that kind; better hours and conditions of work for labor were insisted upon; combinatipns of labor for its own protection were accepted as part of the law of the land. "It is entirely beside the point that a great many benefits of this activitiy were sacrificed by legalistic thinking. The fact remains that Roosevelt did the job he was elected to perform. He saw more accurately than we the conditions that existed and applied the proper remedies. Can any one of us ask for more than that? "So arcther Hooverite of 1932 is willing to give credit where credit is due, and proudly proclaims his loyalty to the second 'Great American' of the Roosevelt tradition." -A Reader. Through an error, the name of the author of the hook review in yesterday's editorial page was omitted. The review was written by Mary Bromage. CLASSI FIEI) AIJYL R'TI SING Place advertisements with Classified Advertisi gDepartment. Phone 2-1214. The classified columns close at five o'clock previous to day of insertion. { Box numbers may be secured at no extra charge. 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The above rates are for 7i point type. he has done this before having been a Thespian of recognized talent while this reviewer was still dictating let- ters to Santa Claus. The point is that Mr. Kane was typed in "The Pigeon," but he was not typed in "Juno:" Pay- cock Boyle, his character, is a men- tally unprepossessing but personally delightful individual who preens him- self in his tawdry glory before his Dublin world, but who actually is rather futile as a constructive con- tribution to humanity. Mr. Kane's swaggering is excellently taken, and--- if the paradox can be excused-subtle in its crudity. Claribel Baird, who proved her high worth as a tragic actress in "John Gabriel Borkman," demon- strates at once her versatility and her dramatic prowess as Juno, a har- ried shrew with enormous depths of emotional feeling. Laurme Hage r, whom I have not seen previously, car- mies off' with great merit the difficult ingenue role. Otber well-turned per- formances were those of Carl Nelson as a broken-down bum with a tenor, voice and a feeling for literature and1 porter stout, and Charles iarrell as a thwarted lover who remains con- stant through all adversity except that which may cause him to lose face. Robert Campbell, as a scallawag Englishi lawyer (how these Irish can lay it in to the British! ) is definitely weak; lie seened listless or uncertain or both; he has done better work. Jack Porter, as one-armed Jonny Doyle (mutilated in the civil warfare and mentally unbalanced as a result of it) has the right idea, but little vocal control; the Speech department should go to work on him. -John W. Pritchard. WVANTEDU EXPERT TYPING by raduate stiu- dent. 10c a page. Ph. 3201, between 6 and 8 p.m. 28 EMPLOYMENT C H A.U F F E U R'S position wanted. Handy man' Box 164. References. Plenty of experience. FOR SALE FOR SALE: Ford V-8, late 1933, low mileage, good condition, price $250. 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"Some one else must have done it. I am a Roosevelt supporter." Miss Mahim, who teaches history at Coffey- ville Junior College, Coffeyville, Kansas, also denied hat she had written. "And help cut teachers' salaries" underneath the "Vote for Landon" slogan under her name. "Some other Kansan must have written that, too." she said. "I am supporting Roosevelt because of his general aocial policies, not on account of any specific educationa* issue," she declared. Other Kansans at Teachers College, however, were inclined to be very specific. Withholding their names, because, as they put it, "we still want our jobs in Kansas after the summer is over," several Kansas school teachers at Columbia predicted little support for Landon among the teachers of the state. One assistant principal from a large school system in Kansas was especially vehement about it. forty-eighth-in state aid to education. That's how Landon balanced the budget. I know a good many teachers here from Kansas who feel the same way about it." "No," he concluded. "I don't believe Governor Landon has a social point of view broad enough to hold the White House job in these critical Mmes. Wihen the community leaders of a small Kansas town which couldn't pay its teachers came to see the governor about the town's edu- cational c risis a little while ago Landon refused even to see them." A young school teacher from Emporia echoed these sentiments. "Whev Governor Landon balanced the budget last year," she said, "a good many of my col- leagues lost their jobs. It didn't hit the larger cities of the state so much because they seemed to find some ways of getting along, by borrow- ing money and raising taxes. "But the smaller towns and farm areas which depended upon State aid for education were hit hard. Rural schools in Kansas have been folding up by the dozens in the past few years." Most of her acquaintances in the Emporia public schol, system, she asserted, are voting for Roosevelt in November. Two men teachers, one from Lawrence and one from Kansas City, intimated that Governor Landon deserved little credit for "balancing the budget at the expense of education." They de- clared, however, that it would be "safer not to talk too much about politics in our position. "T.Ct. k, An nP,nva1" n-no en iA "Affpr a nll un 4 R P* 0 +,I 0f 4 l I look l: V I 1. 0 TI.,79 T I M- i