THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1938 U E MICHIGAN DAILY --I The Editor 1 ,. Gets Told Questions Editorial . . . 1 Edited and managed by students of the University of M chigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 1 . ,ublishea every morning except Monday during the U versity year and Summer Session d Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ue for republicatibn of all news dispatches credited to it' or not otherwise credited in this, newspaper. All tights f republication of all other matters herein also reserved, Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class, mail matter. Subscriptions during 'regular school year by carrier, $400; by mail, K5.9 Member, Associated Collegiate Press; 1937.38 ROPRSEUNTRD FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING.BY NationalAdvertisingService, Inc. Cllge Publishers Rersentative. 420 MADisoN AVE. NEW YORK, N. Y. cwi"' o.- o"TON" Los ANGei.s - sAN FACScO Board of Editors Managing Editor . Irving Silverman City Editor.. ..... Robert I. Fitzhenry Assistant Editors ....... . Mel Fineberg, Joseph Gies, Elliott-Maraniss, Carl Petersen, Harry Sonneborn, Dorothea Staebler. Business Department $usiness Manager . . . . Ernest A. Jones Credit Manager . . . . Norman Steinberg Assistants . Philip Buchen, Walter Stebens NIGHT EDITOR: CARL PETERSEN The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of the Daily staff, and represent the views of the writers only. It is important for society to avoid the neglect of adults, but positively dangerous for it to thwart the ambition of youth to reform the world. Only the schools which" act on this belief are educational institu- tions in the best meaning of the term. -Alexander G. Ruthven. The President And The Priniaries.-. A The question raised by the press and an- swered by President Roosevelt in his fireside talk concerning the Democratic primaries is a par- ticularly pertinent one. As the press generally saw it, and largely continues to see it, the matter is one of a President out .to "purge" his party of all those opposed to his personal views and personal rule; as the President himself resolved it, it is one of placing a 'clear issue of liberal- versus-conservative before the voters wherever possible. Mr. Roosevelt, in spite of his reference to the. court fight, the lost battle that won a war, gave no indication that he would use that episode as a' criterion of liberalism. Instead, he stated spe- cifically that he would only intervene in those primaries where a clear difference in record be- tween two candidates made one distinctly prefer- able to the other, and based his right to do so on the mandate contained in the Democratic campaign platform of 1936, which he rightly considered a liberal program. Anti-Roosevelt, writers have pointed out that the definitions of "liberal" and "conservative" are nebulous ones, and these writers are not en- tirely wrong. However, the words are sufficiently meaningful to be applicable with or without qual- ification to nearly every member of the present Congress on the strength of his voting record. While it is true that many men who might well be classed as conservatives voted for the wage- hour bill, for example, it is hard to believe that any honest liberals could have been numbered among those who voted against it. Several other Administration bills of this session, leaving en- tirely out of consideration the reorganization bill, could be used as further criteria. In general, it can be flatly stated that those Democrats, of whom there are several running for nomination this summer, who have opposed all or nearly all ,of the New Deal enactments, and in particular those of the last two years, are running under false pretenses as memubers of the Democratic Party, since their party affiliation links them not only to the 1936 platform, but to Mr. Roosevelt's personality as well. The President mentioned this latter fact by referring in his talk to mis- use of his name in the coming elections. The summer primaries will be of great im- portance in determining the course of the next Congress. In the primaries held so far, no recog- niizable conservative has received a Democratic nomination. Two outright opponents of labor and the New Deal have gone down to decisive de- feat, in Florida and Oregon. The most important primary of all, however, will be that to be held in Kentucky next month when Senator Barkley, Senate majority leader, seeks reelection against Governor Chandler. Barkley will be running with the frank indorsement of the President, and Chandler will be the recognizable conservative politician. The chips will be down, as Paul Y. Anderson has said, and the choice will be up to the people of Kentucky. If they, and the Demo- crats voting in other states, want the Roosevelt New Deal they have their opportunity to keep it. To the Editor: May I raise a protest against the editorial cap- tioned "Arms Embargo on Spain" written by Mr. Gies? In my opinion the author gives a leftist florification of the pitifully mistaken heroism of Michigan men who, under the ironically named Abraham Lincoln Battalion, allied themselves withthe Loyalist-Communist cause in Spain. Furthermore,.the author voices fear concerning an ultimate threat of fascism in the U. S. Hav- ing done some research on fascism, I believe I am qualified to speak on the subject. Although I definitely hold no brief for fascism, it is very possible that it is the lesser of two evils. May I assure Mr. Gies that this country need not worry about-fascism if it cleans up communism and provides adequate protection of the interests of labor. It is a truism that fascism arises as a reaction after communism (or its initial form, socialism) takes root. Witness Germany and Italy. And apropos of the subject, much of the alarm about' fascism sounded in this country is in reality a smokescreen to distract attention from communist activities., If Mr. Gies will consult pp. 270-271 of the issue of AMERICA for June 25 he will find an article by Arnold Lunn and also on page 281 of the same issue a communication relative to this point. In part it states that point seven of Franco's program reads: "Human dignity, the integrity of man and his liberty possess values that are eternal and inalienable." In point eleven he maintains that "the domination of a weaker group by that which is more powerful" will not be tolerated. Certainly this does not indicate that Franco expects to pursue the ruthless tac- tics of Hitler. Thank you for allowing me to express my views on this pertindnt topic. Yours very truly, -J. M. R. Question Refuted To the Editor: The question with which the Daily editorial was concerned in regard to Spain was not one of fascism versus communism, but of fascism versus democracy. We are of the opinion that if a nation desires communism, socialism, capi- talism or fascism it is entitled to it; but we be- lieve that the decision in regard to the form of social and economic system to be instituted should be left to the democratic process. Loyalist Spain has a Socialist premier and Socialist, Com- munist and Republican cabinet ministers. ,The government is democratic and parliamentary, similar in form to those of France and Great Britain, and was elected by universal suffrage. The Franco regime is authoritarian and anti- democratic, as Franco himself has said. A com- parison between the plans of the two govern- ments for carrying out their programs after the war reveals a sharp contrast. On May 1, 1938, Premier Negrin made the following declaration of policy: "The legal and social structure of the Republic shall be built up by the national will, freely expressed, as soon as the war is over, in a plebiscite to be carried out without restrictions or limitations, with full guarantees of protection against every possible reprisal, for those who tlake part in it." In his celebrated interview with Roy Howard of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, Gen- eral Franco declared that "the new Spain will progress on the lines of a totalitarian state," that "Five years experience of such government (the Republican) which was the cause of this providential war, have proved for Spain the false democracy of the republican parliamentary re- gime," and that "A plebiscite is not to be thought of for some time" (after the war). As for "ruthless tactics," even if the bombings of civilian populations in Barcelona, Madrid, Va- lencia, Guernica, Durango and other places did not convince us, we should still have Franco's own statement addressed to the enemy, "Do not forget that every day that passes, every life you sacrifice, every other crime you commit, will be a new sin against you the day you confront our justice." In contrast to this expression, Premier Negrin has pledged "complete amnesty for all those Spaniards who wish to cooperate in the tremendous work of reconstructing Spain and making her once more a great nation." -J. G. Oriental Splendor To the Editor: The University of Michigan must be justly proud of its new, awe-inspiring graduate build- ing, yet I wonder at the reaction of the ordinary graduate student to such a display of princely wealth. These are still years of heavy depression and perhaps no group feels the pressure of cir- cumstances more than the student struggling to complete his advanced academic studies. The Rackham building does add distinction to the campus, but what greater, if not so ostentatious, significance would have been realized if the fund had been employed for additional scholar- ships. -E. M. Consoling Thought I am not one to agree with the frequent thesis Heywood Broun Nobody will ever get Franklin Roosevelt mad by calling him a politician. His newspaper friends say he takes great pride and makes off-the-rec- ord boasts that when it comes to that game he is both Culbertson and Sims combined. Indeed, it is un- derstood that he has little sympathy with those who fight for good causes and } lose through the ineptitude of their tactics. It seems to me that Mr. Roosevelt has made rather more mistakes than he confessed in the recent icebox oration. And yet I do not see how either his friends or his foes can deny his aptitude in the technic of putting forward his policies. I read that Andrew Jackson was equally adroit, but in modern times the President's only White House rival for the position of Expert No. 1 would be the other Roosevelt, who happened to be a fifth cousin. If outsiders are to be let in, some might chal- lenge on behalf of Jim Farley. To my mind that is no contest. Jim knows all the ropes, but when you get down to the threads Mr. Roosevelt can give him cards and spades. . * A* It Depends On How You Say It The word "politician" has curious connota- tions. When a man is proceeding in a direction which you favor one uses the words "good poli- tician" as a piece of praise. But by curling the lip and putting a snarl on the syllables you may indicate utter enmity to a foe by saying "that politician." To some extent the President has taken the sting out of the word by accepting it as a compliment instead of an epithet, no matter from what quarter it comes. If a rank amateur may be permitted to make a suggestion, I think he should act in similar fashion about the word "purge." For various reasons it is not a popular word at the present time, but when anybody says in anger or alarm that the President is "trying to purge the Demo- cratic party" he should reply, "Oh, yes, indeed." He indicated his desire to separate the sheep from the goats in his radio chat, but he did not go quite the length of saying that he wants to split the Democratis party. I think that is his desire. I certainly hope it is. By one of the curous and ironical twists of his- tory Franklin D. Roosevelt in this respect is fol- lowing into regions where his fifth cousin pio- neered. T. R. split the Republican party, but it did not stay split. Indeed, he came to the pre- posterous position of suggesting the name of Henry Cabot Lodge to the second National Bull Moose Convention. ,Colonel Roosevelt failed be- cause no logical division, between the two major parties can be attained unless both are split wide open at the same time. If just one is rent asunder, it becomes a lost cause and gives power to another group which has no unity except fidel- ity to a label. Already Mr. Roosevelt has made deeper in- roads into the Republican ranks than T. R.. ever did into the Democrats. I do not think he will lose the LaFollettes when the test comes, and there is every indication that the very vital aid of Mayor La Guardia will go to the liberal side in the new lineup. * * * Profiting by the experience of T. R., President Roosevelt has no intentions of sacrificing the great political value of the name and local ma- chinery of the Democratic party. Colonel Roose- velt would have had a much better chance of success if he had organized a palace revolution rather than making his attacks from the outside. It would be said that Franklin D. Roosevelt has no personal claim to ownership of the Democratic party. But neither has Carter Glass, and ob- viously the two men do not belong on the same team. Nor do La Guardia and Vandenberg. It puzzles me that sincere conservatives should be so irate at any suggestion of a purge. If de- mocracy is to function successfully, there should be no confusion. We ought to have a liberal and a conservative party. The Virginia Reel has gone on so long that we are all mixed up. Let some- body blow a whistle and say, "Choose your part- ners." As Others See It Evil Days For The Circus It can't be true. The Circus can't really be on its last legs, as reported in the news from Scran- ton, Pa. A nation of circus fans, of whom by no means the majority are children, is unwilling to believe that this famous institution is at an end. By Circus, we mean, of course, the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey show. To the dyed-in-the-wool fan, mention of the Circus brings up a host of nostalgic recollections, -the clowns, peanuts and lemonade, the long queue of elephants, pretty ladies in spangled tights, an indefatigable band, rain, sideshow freaks and the arrival of the long trains at day- break. But the Circus was more than that- something rather undefinablei of another world, almost; spectacular, mysterious. Every winter the -Circus would hibernate in Florida, while its agents scouted up gorillas, dusky maidens with long necks and other sensa- tions of all the continents. In spring it would open with a grand flourish at Madison Square Garden. New York. then switch to canvas and DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Copy received at the office'6i the Summer Session until 3:30; 11:00 am Saturday until 3:30; 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1938. VOL. XLVIII NO. 4 Summer School Reception is to be held in the Horace Rackham School for Graduate Studies on July 1st at 8:30 p.m. The following rooms have been assigned to the various depart- ments: Administrative Receiving Line, As- sembly Room, 3rd floor, Professor Hopkins. Biological Chemistry, Blue Room, 3rd floor, Professor Lewis. Chemistry, Blue Room, 3rd floor, Professor Schoepfle. Hygiene and Public Health, Road- ing Room, 2nd floor, Dr. Sundwal. International Law, West Wing of Assembly Room, 3rd floor, Professor Reeves. Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Men's Lounge, 2nd floor, Professor Hall. Library Science, Women's Lounge, 2nd floor, Dr. Bishop. Linguistic Institute, Men's Lounge, 2nd floor, Professor Friese. Engineering Mechanics, East Coun- cil Room, 2nd floor, Professor Erick- son. Music, Women's Lounge, 2nd floor, Professor Moore. Physics, Blue. Room, 3rd floor, Professor Randall. Renaissance Studies, East Confer- ened Room, 3rd floor, Professor Rice. School of Education, Reading Room, 2nd floor, Dean Edmonson. Speech and Play Production, Wom- en's Lounge, 2nd floor, Professor Sanders. Graduate Conference on Renais- sance Studies Luncheon, Thursday, June 30, 12:15 p.m. at the Michigan Union. Fifty-seven cents per person. Professor Bush will speak. Make reservations at the English Office. 3221 Angell Hall. Seminar in Algebraic Geometry. Preliminary meeting, Thursday, June 30, at 3 p.m., in Room 3001 Angell Hall. Physical Education Luncheon: All men and women students and mem- bers of the faculty in physical edu- cation, athletics and recreation are most cordially invited and urged to attend the firstof a series of weekly luncheons to be held in the Michigan Union, Thursday, June 30, 1938, at 12:15 p.m. The exact room number will be posted on the Union bulletin board. Dean James B. Edmonson of the School of Education will be the speaker. The weekly luncheons will start promptly at 12:15 p.m. and will end at 1 p.m. Price of the luncheon, 57c. Please make your reservations promptly by calling 21939. Excursion Number 1. Thursday, June 30, 2 p.m. Tour of the Campus. The party meets in the lobby of Angell Hall, facing on State Street, at 2 p.m. The students will make an inspection of the Cook Legal Re- search Library, Law Quadrangle, Michigan Union, General Library, Clements Library, Aeronautical Lab- oratory and Naval Tank. Trip ends at 4:45 p.m. There is no charge for this excursion. Fellowship of Reconciliation: Stu- dents interested in holding summer meetings of the Fellowship of Recon- ciliation are invited to meet at Lane Hall, Thursday night, June 30th, at 9 p.m. Candidates now registered in the Bureau of Appointments and Occu- pational Information should call at the office of the Bureau this week to make out location blanks and bring their records up to date. Office hours 9-12 and 2-4, 201 Mason Hall; Sat- urday 9-12. University Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational In- formation. Linguistic Institute Luncheon Con- ference, 12:15 p.m. Thursday, in the third-floor assembly room of The Horace H. Rackham School of Grad- uate Studies. Professor Leonard Bloomfield will discuss, "Why study the languages of primitive people?" All interested are welcome at both luncheon and discussion, but may attend the discussion alone if they wish. Political .Science 261 will meet to- day at 2 o'clock in Room 406, Library for organization purposes. Last pertoi-;.dance of High Tor by Maxwell Anderson. Michigan Reper- tory Players at Lydia Mendelssohn theatre. Curtain at 8:30 sharp. Last week to buy season tickets at $3.75, $3.25, $2.75. Box office open all day, phone 6300. Professor Geo.'ge E. Carrothers will speak at 4:05 today in the Uni- versity High School Auditorium on "Some Findings of the Cooperative Study of Secondary School Stand- ards.", "Modern Theories of the Renais- sance" is the topic of the lecture to be given by Professor Douglas Bush of Harvard University in the Main Auditorium of the Rackham Build- ing at 4:30 this afternoon.j Mail is being held in the Summer Session office for the following peo- ple: Sister Mary Ann, O.P. Mr. H. T. Alves Mrs. H. T. Alves Mr. Grady W. Bartlett Mr. Alvin Benner Mr. Rikowsky, Mrs. Rikowska- Bertrand Miss Ann Besemer Mr. Robert Brewer Miss Kay Brown Mr. Charles Buck Mr. F. G. De Rosa Mr. Warren Peters Foster Mr. Wilfred S. Frazier Mr. Richard H. Godell, Jr. Professor Frank Hager Mr. Leonard P. Hartwig Mr. Robert Highberger Mr. O. Bertram Horne Mr. William Lockwood, Jr. Mr. Timothy Loughery Miss Marjore Lovering Mr. Fred B. McDonald Dr. Robert L. Masuhara Mr. Eugene Meaurx Miss Mary Muldoon Miss Margaret Muldoon Dr. George K. Neumann Dr. Forrest Noffsinger Mr. Leo S. O'Hara Professor L. S. Ornstein Lt. Col. K. G. Pandalai Miss Elizabeth Rorke Miss Jeanne Rosselet Dr. A. K. Saiki Mr. George E. Schlesser Dr. Scholten Miss Joy Springer Miss Virginia Terihune Miss Aurora Tikkanen Mr. Warren Vail1'JWyck Mrs Ellis J. Walker Elementary Sanskr it. A course in elementary S;anskrit has been added to the offering of te Linguistic Tn- stitute and is open to !students of the Summer Se,..gn. It will be held in Room 3217 A.., TWThF at 9, o'clock. Those rit. -fed should con- sult Professor Frie,. or Professor Bloomfield. C. C.' Fries Thtre will be an excursion to the Toledo Institute of Arts on Friday, July 1, under the auspices of the Graduate Conference on Renaissance Studies. Tile bus willaleave from in front of Angell Hall at about 12:30 and will arrive back in Ann Arbor at about 6 p.m. Reservation should oe made in the Office of the Sum- mer Session, Room 1213 Angell Hall before 4:30 on Thursday. -Tickets for the round trip will cost $1.50. June 28 to July 1 inclusive, Profes- sor R. Keith Cannan of New York University will lecture on "The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins and the Amino Acids." This lecture will be at 2:00 o'clock p.m., in room, 303 of the Chemistry Building. All students of the Summer Session who are interested are invited to attend. Graduate Students in all depart- ments who wish to take the German examination required for the doc- torate during this summer session and those in the exact and natural sciences who will be ready to take both the French and the German examinations are requested to con- sult with Professor A. O. Lee as soon as possible any day except Saturday between 4 and 5 in room 120 Rack- ham building. (Ground floor east). C. S. Yoakum Registration: A registration meet- ing for all students who wish to en- (Continued on Page 3) ni si nr r wMnAniii w Classified Directory FOR RENT-Single or double room for graduate women. 511 Monroe. Phone 22737 24x FOR RENT-Study and bedroom in private home, suitable for two men. 707 Church St 23x ROOM - Two large third-floor rooms, single or double, with cross- ventilation and skylights, large closets, ample parking space - graduate students or business peo- ple. The Haunted Tavern. 417 E. Huron. Phone 7781 22x FOR RENT-1%' blacks from Union. 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