THE MICHIGAN DAILY Uiiiii WE THE MICHIGAN DAILY Official Publication of the Summer Session ..., ; . 7 16 A" I An versity political science department, is published as a supplement of the "national municipal re- view." Costs of printing the same number of ballots varys greatly from county to county, the study shows. One county, printing 5,800 ballots, paid $110, while another, with 5,000, paid $351. Similarly some counties print and pay for far more ballots than they can reasonably expect to use. Cgnpeti- tive bidding is recommended as a remedy, with the possibility that the Secretary of State print ballots for districts where all bids seem excessive. Elimination of the party problems now appearing on Michigan ballots and reducing the number of elective officers to a minimum, by law and con- stitutional amendment, would also cut the size of the ballot with greater convenience to voters and reduced cost. The report recommends voting machines for election economy, speed and accu- racy. I men who used the courts, refusing to surrender their courts when needed. The remedy applied would seem to be far out of proportion to the' evil to be cured. Little annoyances such as thisI regulation, which followed in the wake of the! auto ban, should be made less onerous if pos- sible, especially during the summer months. -L. G. Davidson. r- r ___t_ ___ __ t.___. .L_ 1 . __, ___.1 .. ._ ___ 1.. ...1 Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session by the Board in Control of Student Publications. Member of the Western Conference Editorial Association and the Big Ten News Service. oCiatEd F olt __t______ =~ 1933 NawJ 19-4 MEMBER OF THE .ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches are reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann- Arbor, Michigan, as second class matter. Special rate of postage granted by Third Assistant Postmaster-General. Subscription during summer by carrier, $1.25; by mail, $t:50. During regular school year by carrier, $375 by mail, $4.25. Offices: Student Publications Building, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Phone: 2-1214. Representatives: College Publications Representatives, Inc., 40 East Thirty-Fourth Street, New York City; 80 Boyiston Street, Boston; 612 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago. EDITORIAL STAFF Phone 4925 MANAGING EDITOR ...........,....E. JEROME PETTIT ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR ....BRACKLEY SHAW WOMEN'S EDITOR.............ELEANOR. JOHNSON ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Charles A. Baird, Clinton B. Con- ger, Paul J. Elliott, Thomas E. Groehn, Thomas H. Kleene, William R. Reed, Robert S. Ruwitch.' REPORTERS: Barbara Bates, C. H. Beukema, Frances English, Elsie Pierce, Virginia Scott, Edgar H. Eckert, Bernard H. Fried. BUSINESS STAFF Office Hours: 9-12, 1-5 Phone 2-1214 BUSINESS.MANAGER ........BERNARD E. SCHNACKE ASST. BUSINESS MANAGER ......W. GRAFTON SHARP ClrCULATION MANAGER .......CLINTON B. CONGER I / 1- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the Summer Session office until 3:30; 11:30 Saturday. Encouragin Note or Teachers. . .bs NOTHER INDICATION that busi- -A ness is on the upturn, for teachers at least, is found in a recent report of the Univer- sity of Michigan Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information which states that dur- ing the first three months of 1934 there were twice as many calls for teachers than in the same period for 1933. The survey also shows that a number of schools are restoring salaries and returning to the ten-month teaching year. The upturn in teacher demand, according to Dr. T. Luther Purdom, director, seems to be due to varied causes. Some communities have more money available. Others are seeking new and bet- ter trained instructors instead of rehiring the less desirable ones released during the depression. One school, he reports, will hire 25 per cent of its staff new next fall because improved business condi- tions are permitting faculty marriages heretofore delayed by financial difficulties. "Beginning salaries are apparently about the same as last year," Dr. Purdom finds, "but pro- * motion chances seem to be much better because institutions employing new teachers are searching for the best trained people suited to hold a par- ticular position. If these teachers live up to expec- tations, their training an; background insures more immediate recognition." Teachers are still being asked to instruct in from two to five subjects, but the outlook justifies "moderate optimism" and a continuation of pres- ent trends for another year would mean "a very radical improvement in teacher employment." Political Sense Of Humor . . HE UNITED STATES have never justly prided themselves on the quality of their state politicians, yet they have always been able to be amused by the calibre of the political antics within the various states. With the advent of fall elections to the seventy-fourth Congress, voters can at last find an opportunity to exercise a sense of political humor which has long remained dormant through depression years. To the candidates themselves there is nothing enigmatic about the caustic drama of government. The one opines that the dilemma of the electorate was solved nationally in Novembpr, 1932. He will drone us into ecstasy with "alphabet soup" and newer deals. The voter will be kindly apprised that chaos was averted, disaster staved off, economic death and political malady healed by a Roose- veltian shuffle of the cards. So sufficiently spell- bound will the electorate be at the receipt of this discerning news that all will promptly look into their pockets for prosperity dollars. A glance at the soap box across the street will offer the candidate dressed in the letter of the Constitution, who, preferring his soup un- alphabetized, can foresee nothing but "pink" poli- ticians striving toward increased debts and worth- less money, with a possible dictatorship or two for best measure. We must throw out the radicals, he cries, or look for dark deception and ruinous years to follow. The voter may smile, look over the entire scene, and smile again. He has found his sense of humor., Report Shows State Elections Costly. . A LTHOUGH the permanent regis- tration of voters, mandatory in Fewer elective officers, serving longer terms I would make possible a minimumof two elections a year and do away with costly special elections, the committee suggests. The number and payment of precinct officers should be defined by State law, to curb excesses in some counties. Pay for such officials ranges from 20 cents an hour to $15 a day, with little regard to the number of voters handled, the survey shows. One township, with only 54 voters, was found to be employing seven officials at $7 a day. Too many precincts and townships are exceeding the legal limit of 650 voters, where ballots are used, or 800 where machines are used, the report states. Some precincts contain 2,000 registered voters, a condition which causes long waiting and discourages attendance at the polls. On the other hand, some precincts are so small that secret voting is almost impossible. Approximately a third of the polling places have too few booths and many are equipped with ballot boxes 30 years old and of a type which make inaccuracy and fraud ps- sible County clerks should be given power to supervise all elections within their counties, empowering them to request regular reports on registration, costs and other information from township and other election officers. In this way the Secretary of State could get this data from the clerks in complete form and plan economical election man agement, the committee believes. "Nothing is more vital in a democracy than honest and efficient elections," the report states. "Fortunately, this survey 'has not uncovered many instances of corruption, and it is quite clear that Michigan is relatively free from the grosser forms of election irregularity. Nevertheless, the investiga- ,tion of the conduct of elections in Michigan points unmistakably to the necessity of taking effective and prompt action to eliminate inefficiencies and to reduce the present high costs." Income Tax Opposition. . . THERE MAY BE good arguments against a stiffer income tax, but the charge that it would eliminate the incentive for expending extra effort and the profitable use of business genius is not one of them. The concentration of those opposed to the tax on these grounds is that the high graduated tax on incomes will bring into operation the economic law of diminishing returns. With an increasing rate a point will be reached where the amount of effort added will not result in an equal return, and the incentive inspiring initiative energy auto- matically disappears. Such reasoning ignores the human trait that causes a man ever to desire more, the characteristic that keeps him from being satisfied as long as there is a possibility of getting more worldly goods. As long as the tax is not graded so drastically as to mean ultimate cessation of earning power, it is just as easy to believe that the average man will redouble hi efforts when the tax begins to cut into his income, as it is to suppose that he will become discouraged and accept that point as his capital ac- cumulating limit. Were we to admit that such a tax would take away the incentive for expending greater efforts, that still would not be a strong argument against the high income tax. The law of diminishing re- turns would not begin to operate until a fairly uarge fortune had been built up, and there is a serious question of the need of further efforts to- ward expanding that fortune. This country has been developed to a point where it is no longer im- portant that great wealth be concentrated in the hands of an individual for the proper develop- ment of an industry. In its natural state, rich in resources and pregnant with possibilities for exploitation, America needed its Fords, Morgans and Rockefellers, but its great veins of potential wealth have been tapped now. Campus Opinion Letters published in this column should not be con- strued as expressing the editorial opinion of The Daily. Anonymous communications will be disregarded. The naves of communicants will, however, be re- garded as confidential upon request. Contributors are asked to be brief, confining themselves to less than 500 words if possible. To The Editor: ' Now that the summer session is under way and there have been the usual number of self-congrat- ulatory editorials and articles regarding the ad- vantages of the university and Ann Arbor as an educational and vacation center, it might be well to take stock of the situation from the stand- point of sporting facilities, especially as regards the regulations at Palmer Field. While the rules may have been necessary during the school year, they would seem to be much too stringent for the summer term when fewer stu- dents attend school. The rules require not only that a man must play as the guest of a girl but Casual Essays_ By THE SUMMER OBSERVER. COOKED BOOKS The study hall on the first floor of the library has changed books, changed librarians, and changed students. A few still "cherchez la femme" as they pass in the lobby. More of them sit, hold a book, look at a syllabus, read, write, and sigh. They are quite talkative, boldly daring the "pinch-nez" marm across the table to glare at them. She does not tumble to their trick. She is concentrating on "Mind in the Making." The frying heat can not touch some of these cool minds. A wistful little woman reads tenderly, "The Evolution of the Common School." Her com- panion sadly lets her eyes rove over, "How to Spend Your Leisure Time." Neither one of them see a large pale man who looks at them, not vacantly. He clears his throat. He slaps his book down on the table quite loudly. Nothing. Then, resigned, he opens and looks at "The Relationship Between Play and Intelligence." At the desk the conversation is like the weather. "What is this place?" "The study hall on the lower floor?" "Lower floor? Lower than what? I thought the lower study hall was below this one, and what is that one called?" "The study hall in the basement." "Well, where is the first floor study hall?" "Here." "Well, will you draw me a diagram? I'm so accustomed to diagrams, that I - well, you see." Out on the campus other cooked books were making a great to do. A flock of charmer-salesmen were cornering unsuspecting females. The large beautiful things met their match in one saucy younger miss. "Why, yes," she said as soon as she saw the book. "Is there a recipe for jelly roll in here?" The salesman was enchanted. He found the recipe. And while she copied the treasure, he stood by, reading to her, not exactly knowing why. That done, she smiled and said, "Thank you," leaving a sad and embittered young man. But the encounter of the one wearing a Delt pin was sweeter. His smile was too much for "her." She wilted. "The way to a man's heart," he told her. The answer was in the book she held. A limousine passed with a bride in full regalia. She looked at her handsome Delt, and smoothing her greying hair asked: "And what, I wonder, is the way to a woman's heart?" "You'll find both answers in food, miss. Just buy this book, and . .." Screen Reflections Four stars means extraordinary; three stars very good; two stars good; one star just another picture; no stars keep away from it. Excursion No. 3: The Cranbrook Schools: Leaving from in front of An- gell Hall, Saturday. July 7, 8:00 a.m. and returning at 3:00 p.m. Inspec- tion of the five schools of the Cran- brook Foundation, Bloomfield Hills,t Christ Church, and the carillon.1 Round trip by special bus. Reserva- tions in Summer Session Office, An- gell Hall. Total expenses about $1.50. Stalker Hall: Wednesday at 3:301 p.m. Outing, swim, and picnic supper. In case of rain this program will not be held. . Summer School students desiring to, join conducted groups to special ex- hibits in Museum please register at Summer Session office by Saturday,, July 7. Crystal Thompson, Curator Department of Visual Education Reading Requirements in German for Ph.D. Candidates: Candidates in all fields except those of the natural sciences and mathematics must ob- tain the official certification of an adequate reading knowledge of Ger- man by submitting to a written ex- amination given by a Committee of the Department of German. For. the summer session this ex- amination will be given on Wednes- day, Aug. 8, at 2 p.m. in Room 203 U.H. Students who intend to take the examination are requested to reg- ister their names at least one week be- fore the date of the examination at the office of the German Department, 204 University Hall, where detailed information with regard to examina- tion requirements will be given. University High School Demonstra- tion Assembly: The first demonstr- tion assembly of the University High School will be given at 11 o'clock Fri- day morning, July 6, in the high school auditorium. The program will consist of a playlet, written by the pupils and teachers of the English department, demonstrating the uses of the library. One feature of the program will be the introduction of several of the characters from Book- who are interested are welcome to at- tend the assembly. Registration for summer school stu- dents is being held on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall - hours 10-12, and 2-4. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information: The Bureau has received announcements of the following Civil Service exam- inations: Junior Agricultural Statistician, 2,- 000 to $2,600. Associate Veterinarian (Diseases affecting Wild Animal Life) $3,200. For further information, kindly call at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall. Michigan Repertory Players: Open- ing tonight at 8:30 in the Lydia Men- delssohn theatre, the Players pvesent the character-comedy, "Grumpy," with Francis Compton in the title role. The play will be continued on Thursday and Saturday nights. The box-office will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The telephone number, is 6300. Michigan Repertory Players: A few specially priced season tickets for the remaining seven plays of the summer season are available to those patrons who neglected to purchase coupon books during the first week of the plays. Please call the Lydia Mendels- sohn theatre box office, phone 6300, for further information. Intramural Sports Building will be closed all day today. Stalker Hall: Today at 3:30 p.m. Outing, swim, and picnic supper. Bring your swimming suits. Bring car if you have one. Everyone in- vited. Michigan League Hostesses: The following have been chosen to act as hostesses, Friday evening, July 6, at the Michigan League: Jean Seeley Maxine Maynard Margaret Kimball Jane Fletcher Charlotte Whitman Betty Aigler Mary Morrison Virginia Randolph Marion Demaree Alice Brigham , Phyllis Brumm Kay Russell Dot Moore Frances Thornton Margaret Sievers Wilma Clisbe Mary Ellen Hall Barbara Nelson Lois Inskip Elva Pasco Margaret Burke Sue Calcutt Marie Heid Margaret Robb Charlotte Johnson Lucille Benz Report to the Undergraduate Of- fices at 8:15 promptly. Ethel McCormick Micati:ranGraduate Democratic Leader DETROIT, July 3.- (P) - Walter I. McKenzie, Detroit attorney, who was elected at Mackinac Island to be chairman of the State Democratic committee, is a veteran of the World's War and a candidate for United States District Attorney here. He was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1915, and joined the army two years later. He, is now president of the Polar Bears' Association of the war veter- ans. He was one of the organizers of the Service Men's Bureau and the first commander of the Wayne County Council of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served~a term as assistant U. S. Attorney and was connected for a time with the Internal Revenue Bur- eau. He was an alternate to the National Convention of the Demo- crats in New York in 1924, and a dele- gate to the Chicago Convention of 1932 which nominated Roosevelt. land. All Summer Session students1 - ATTEND MCIGNATTEND COOL MATINEES. . . . MICHCIGAON . . . OL MATNE ENDS TONIGHT WILLIAM POWELL MYRNA LOY in Dashiell Hammett's Delightfully Charming Mystery Play "THE THIN MAN" TOMORROW WARNER BAXTER ROSEMARY AMES "SUCH WOMEN ARE DANGEROUS " ............ M AJESTIC ........ ... ENDS TONIGHT RICHARD ARLEN SALLY EILERS "SeMade Here" TOMORROW HELEN TWELVETREES "ALL MEN ARE ENEMIES" Matinees 15c . . . . . W UE RT H . . ....Nights 2 TODAY and TOMORROW - TWO EXCELLENT FEATURES ES .5c BR IGHT SPOT' 802 Packard Street Open 11 A.M. til 11:30 P.M. 3 BEAUTIFUL DINING ROOMS featuring SODAS, SANDWICHES, SALADS, COLD LUNCHES and HOT MEALS LUNCHEON 11:30 to 1:45 - 25c, 30c, 35c DINNER 5:15 to 7:45 ,- 35c, 40c, 45c "YOU'LL BE SURPRISED" Things Are Looking''up AT THE MAJESTIC "SHE MADE HER BED" * Just another blood-and-thunder melerdramer with everything from "fireman, save my child" tripe to the poor helpless heroine being caught in the same room with a (vicious) tiger. How in heav- en's name Richard Arlen and Sally Eilers got roped into such a show is beyond comprehension. We expect them to play "Uncle Tom's Cabin" any- time now. The fire scene follows on the tiger scene just like that. The villain puts the tiger in the room with Sally Eilers and her baby, not knowing that they are there. Sally throws the baby in the ice- box (of all things) and escapes. Fire breaks out and the villain (her husband) is burned to a crisp. The baby, safe in the icebox, is unharmed, and Sally is left free to marry her REAL love, Richard Arlen, of course. Robert Armstrong in the role 'of the villainous husband who falls in love with a circus hoyden and is very unfaithful to his oh-so-faithful wife, Sally, is a flop. Eilers and Arlen can't overcome the handicap of the vehicle. The only light in the dark- ness is the stuttering Rosco Ates, who stutters all over the place and manages to be slightly amusing. Stay away unless you go in for this sort of thing. If you have nothing else to do today and want to see a show, we'd recommend the Michigan. "The Thin Man" is still playing. --P.J.E. THE MICHIGAN THURSDAY "SUCH WOMEN ARE DANGEROUS" Warner Baxter, Rosemary Ames, and Rochelle Hudson are featured in "Such Women Are Danger-, ous," the story of the love -troubles of a popular bachelor-novelist, which comes to the Michigan Theatre tomorrow. Baxter plays the role of the much-harrassed author who has ta stave off women admirers with a club. Three of them (count 'em) trouble him at one time or another, but he does the usual thing and marries his secretary. Mona Barrie ,Herbert Mundin, Henrietta Cross- man and Lily Stuart are in the supporting cast. THE MAJESTIC THURSDAY "ALL MEN ARE ENEMIES" This film is based on the novel by Richard Al- dington, which tells the story of two lovers who met, parted and found each other again after a Pa H Muni "HI NELLIE" and George Raft "BOLERO =- i MICHIGAN REPERTORY PLAYERS Present T H E S U M M E R R E C T 0 R Y G 0 E S 0 N S A L E T 0 M 0 R R 0 W with Francis Compton as "Grumpy" "Grumpy" is a doting grandfather of eighty odd years, irascible and tender by turns. As a young man he had been a rather famous criminal lawyer, and when his favorite nephew, carrying an uncut diamond valued at something over four hundred thousand dollars from the diamond fields of Africa to London, stops at Grumpy's house and is robbed of the stone, all of the old gentleman's thief- catching instincts are revived. The result is a very entertaining evening in the theatre. THE CRITICS SAY: "I had a splendid time myself at "Grumpy," and feel a good deal as I should if I had been off to a frivolous dinner, with champagne, gay company, and no thought, and found myself the next morning with no indigestion." -Norman Hopgood in "Harpers." Grumpy is at once a comforting and inspiring personality, wholesome, genuine, persuasive, and lovable." -Lawrence Eyre in the N.Y. Times. &I