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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1941
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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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Daily Calendar of Events
Friday, August 8-
5:00 p.m. Lecture. "Modern American Poetry." Prof. Bennett Weaver. (Rfackham
Amphitheatre.)
8:30 p.m. "Hobson's Choice." (Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.)
9:00 p.m. Social Evening. (League Ballroom.)
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Selfish Panics
And Shortages .. .
S INCE governmental priorities have
been established on so many prod-
ucts, since United States resources are being di-
verted to aid our allies across the ocean, since
"freezing" actions have curtailed our imports
extensively, there has arisen a panic in the mind
of the American which is causing perhaps more
trouble than that which necessitated the action
in the first place.
Each time announcement is made of a short-
age seen in some commodity which was formerly
taken for granted, the public commences worry-
ing about its precious, selfish future and creates
a run on the remaining supply of that product,
all of which adds to the already staggering bur-
den on the shoulders of the Office of Production
Management.
Thus, the 7 p.m. filling station curfew which
was called in the Atlantic Seaboard states at the
request of Petroleum Coordinator Ickes and the
oil companies resulted only in a rush before that
hour, in which tanks were filled to the over-
flowing and many drivers even carried spare
cans, to hold them over till the opening hour.
Thus, silk stockings began to disappear so rapid-
ly from counters throughout the country that by
this time it is almost impossible to purchase any.
CONDITIONS shouldn't be so bad as to war-
rant this feeling of panic. The great gasoline
consumption in this country and the wholesale
use of the silk stocking would appear as a lux-
ury, pure and simple, in another country, where-
as we have grown to think of such items as these
as necessities. We feel that we can't get along
without them, while men and women in any
other nation look upon them as something to be
desired but rarely obtained.
It is this spoiled attitude which is causing the
trouble in the United States, and itis this spoiled
attitude which could so easily be eradicated from
our minds if we would realize that there is a
fitting substitute for almost everything we have.
The American scientific mind is forever seek-
ing to avert loss in the high standard of living
within which we exist. Research has been car-
ried on in metal alloys, in new fuel possibilities,
in textile substitutes, in every field of American
endeavor and commodity, until it seems impos-
sible we shall ever have to do without.
O TAKE AN EXAMPLE which is making
newsprint at the present time, there has been
developed by textile interests a new stocking
made of cotton mesh which, reportedly, "wears
like iron" and "looks very sheer." Naturally, a
people are skeptical at first when they hear of
something new on the market-it is human na-
ture to rebel against substitution and change as
impractical and at times unnecessary. But when
the automobile proyed itself, when rayon ma-
teials established their worth, the public was
satisfied as before and forgot horse-drawn car-
riages and silk as the "only" thing.
It isn't as though poor substitutes were being
forced on us, as they were in Nazi Germany, be-
fore the emergency made itself known to the
people. We have seen that there is a price
which must be paid, and we should be able to
realize that this price can be sacrificed without
pain.
In time the radio industry will solve the prob-
lem it faces with the loss of aluminum. In time
WASHINGTON-Dinner guestst at the home
of Harold Ickes are likely to have a tough time
these days. If they are wise, they will take
along their razors, a pair of pajamas, and if they
happen to be in the columning business, a type-
writer.
For, once you get to the Ickes house for din-
ner, you find you can't get away until after
breakfast. You spend the night. Reason is that
Secretary Ickes lives on a farm about twenty
miles from Washington and he objects to using
extra gasoline for an extra trip back to town.
So if you don't have to get home to close the
windows or feed the baby, you wait and drive
to town with him in the morning.
However, if you think being a lock-up dinner
guest at the Ickes home is tough, consider the
plight of Mrs. Ickes. Mrs. Icles has two babies
and a large chicken farm. And before there was
a gasoline shortage and her husband became Oil
Conservator, she used to dodge in and out of
Washington once or twice a day to take the baby
to the doctor, interview wholesale chicken .deal-
ers, or even have lunch with her husband.
Now when she goes to town, she has to get up
in time to ride with the Secretary of the Interior,
notoriously one of the earliest risers in the
Roosevelt Cabinet. Ickes leaves his farm in
Maryland at 7:30 and gets to his desk about
8:10. Also he is one of the latest workers. So
Mrs. Ickes not only comes to town early but she
has to stay late-until her husband leaves his
desk at about 6 p.m.
Of late, however, she has got eevn with him.
If you notice the Secretary of the Interior com-
ing to work in the morning with rather a sheep-
ish expression, holding twelve pullets with their
legs tied together, you will nok that it's Mrs.
Ickes' fault.
She has decided that she will not hang around
her husband's office all day to save gas, and
has made Harold carry her chickens to market.
Note: One way or another, Secretary and
Mrs. Ickes have managed to cut their own use
of gasoline by about 50 percent.
Capital Chaff . .
Harry Hopkins insists that the President dic-
tate all letters to Winston Churchill himself. He
says that relations between these two men are
so important that not even a cabinet member
should write to Churchill, only Roosevelt him-
self . . . . Trust-busting Thurman Arnold has a
consent decree in the bag with the oil pipe-line
operators. They were indicted for giving a re-
bate of 36 percent to big oil companies using
their lines; the little independents had to pay
regular rates. They have now greed to desist
. The Director of British Cesorship for the
Western Hemisphere was responsible for the
new War Department order by which the boys
in the camps cannot write home about "matters
pertaining to national defense." He warned
that some of their letters were going to foreign
countries.
Unscared Japanese . . .
Best guess as to why the Japanese have not
been scared by Roosevelt's embargo on gasoline
and lubricating oil is that this embargo is almost
exactly what he put into effect one year ago.
Being slapped twice on the same wrist doesn't
worry Tokyo.
As revealed exclusively in this oclumn last
year. a majority of the Roosevelt cabinet per-
suaded him in August to embargo all oil (not,
merely gasoline and lubricating oil, but even
crude oil burned by the Japanese Navy). Roose-
velt was up in Hyde Park at the time, and the
embargo was put over by Secretary Morgenthau,
who lives next door to him in Dutchess County.
Roosevelt actually signed the oil embargo or-
der. But when it got down to the Secretary of
State, who officially promulgates all executive
orders, he protested so vigorously that Roosevelt
changed his mind. Only aviation gasoline was
embargoed.
However, the Japanese merely set up their
awn refineries and added tetraethyl to ordinary
gasoline. Thus they got plenty of aviation gas,
plus all other kinds of oil not affected by the
embargo. Foreign oil companies in Japan were
required to keep a year's supply on hand, and
domestic use was severely rationed. Also a lot
of aviation gas was bootlegged, and U.S. officials
did almost nothing to stop it.
So the slap on the wrist Japan got one year
ago merely warned her to set up refineries and
lay in extra supplies for the slap she got last
week. In the interim, she had imported not
merely one year's supply of gas and oil, but'
nearly two years' supply.
One year ago, the U.S. Navy estimated that it
would take Japan four to five months to conquer
the Dutch East Indies. But Japan at that time
only had oil on hand to last her two and a half
months. Today it might take Japan even longer,
perhaps six months, to conquer the Dutch East
Indies-but she has nearly two years' supply of
oil with which to do it..
Note-This illustrates one essential difference
L+.+ --- +t- Tn---ntrl -o A Ohirohll -hi ~ f
years ago, the entire cabinet could not and did
not budge him.
Beaverbrook's Right Bower .
Just after the invasion of the Low Countries
a year ago, Lord Beaverbrook was made Minister
of Aircraft Production. One of his first acts was
to put through a phone call from London to
Montreal to his old friend Morris Wilson,presi-
dent of the Royal Bank of Canada. Both men
were Canadians, had grown up together in the
Maritime Province.
"Hello, Morris," said Beaverbrook, when he
got Wilson on the line. "I have a job for you to
do in this war."
Wilson's response was immediate. "Anything
you say, Max, even if it means the trenches,
though with my girth-"
"No," Beaverbrook interrupted, "it's not the
trenches. It's Washington. I want you to go to
Washington and see some people there, and
help to get this aircraft production moving."
Wilson took the job, and for just a year now
he has been shuttling back and forth between
Montreal and Washington, still running the
Royal Bank of Canada, and at the same time
running the British Air Commission.
His quarters are in ithe old apartments of
Andrew W. Mellon, at Eighteenth and Massa-
chusetts. He sits at one end of a first-floor par-
lor which is so large and so luxuriously furnished
that friends accuse him of looking like Musso-
lini. On the table behind his desk is the tele-
phone he uses to communicate with Beaverbrook.
On one day recently he talked with "Max"
twice. (Beaverbrook's name was William Max
twice. (Beaverbrook's name was William Max-
small town boys, Beaverbrook from Newcastle,
New Brunswick, and Wilson from Lunenberg,
Nova Scotia.)
Wilson's value to Beaverbrook is that the two
men understand one another, and both are im-
patient with the red tape of bureaucracy. Men
of action, they scatter the timid civil servants
of His Majesty's government like leaves in a
gust of wind,
ByTerence
NOTICED RECENTLY in the American Merc-
ury that the Braxton Central, county paper
of Braxton County, West Virginia, got in a plug
for the salubrious community of Widen:
Personals:
Major Crumpecker, head of the West Vir-
ginia State Police, visited Widen recently.
Major Crumpecker died last week.
Governor Neely of West Virginia visited
Widen recently.
Governor Neely is in a Fairmont hospital
at this writing suffering from a face ailment.
All of which brings to mind the ancient Amer-
ican custom of rivalry between towns or cities
or communities, which is usually sponsored by
the local Fourth Estate squires.
Classic example, I think, is the story about
Minneapolis and St. Paul. A proposal was on
foot to combine the two communities under the
one name of "Minnehaha." Everyone was in
favor of it, and it seemed that it would go
through. But one day a Minneapolis paper re-
marked that it was in favor of the change, espe-
cially since the "Minne" stood for Minneapolis,
and the "haha" for St. Paul across the river.
The proposal was immediately dismissed by
the people of St. Paul.
ST. LOUIS and Philadelphia used to be great
rivals back in the balmy days. Philadelphia
used to claim that a carpenter in St. Louis got
arrested for speeding because he drove two nails
in an hour, and St. Louis would retaliate by tell-
ing the one about a Philadelphia dancer who
appeared in St. Louis. At the close of her act
this graceful Lilly from Philly would take off
one slipper, kiss it, and toss it into the audience
as a gesture of her affection.
When she appeared in St. Louis, the story
goes, she took it off, threw it into the audience
and broke one man's neck and seriously wounded
two others.
BUT New York and Chicago are perhaps the
arch rivals. The best story about their riValry
is, I think, the one about a Chicago man who was
in New York and wanted to place a call to a
suburban. He asked the operator the charge
and she gave him what he considered an out-
landish rate.
"Why operator," he shouted over the phone,
"in my home town of Chicago you can talk to
hell and back for 10 cents."
"Yes, sir," the operator chirped, "but that's
inside the city limits!"
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DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
"It's okay, Mom!-The lieutenant is just showing me some war.
games while he's waiting for Sis!"
All Notices for the Daily Official Bul-
letin are to be sent to the Office of the
Summer Session before 3:30 p.m. of the
day preceding its publication except on
Saturday, when the notices should be
submitted before 11:30 a.m.
"Hobson's Choice" by Harold Brig-
house will be presented at 8:30 p.m.
tonight through Saturday night at
the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre by
the Michigan Repertory Players of
the Department of Speech. Single
admissions are 75c, 50c and 35c. The
boxoffice is open from 10 a.m. to 8:30
p.m. (Phone 6300).
Speech Students: The Speech Li-
brary hours for the remainder of
the summer session will be as follows:
10-12 a.m. and 3:15-5:15 p.m., Mon-
day through Friday. Books may be
taken out for overnight at 4:45 p.m.
Tickets for the "Mystery Cycle" to
be given in Hill Auditorium on Sun-
day night, August 17, by the Depart-
ment of Speech and the School of
Music, are now available at the Sum-
mer Session office (1213 A.H.), the
Speech Department office (3211 A.H.)
the School of Music, the Michigan
Union, the Michigan League, and the
Mendelssohn Theatre boxoffice.
Admission will be by ticket, but
tickets will be distributed free as long
as they last.
Lectures on French Diction and In-
tonation, Professor Charles E. Koella
will give his fourth lecture on French
Diction and Intonation on Monday,
August 11th at 7:15 p.m. at "Le Foyer
Francais," 1414 Washtenaw.
Students teaching French or con-
centrating in French are especially in-
vited to attend.
Lectures on French Painting: Pro-
fessor Harold E. Wethey, Chairman
of the Department of Fine Arts, will
give the third illustrated lecture on
French Painting Monday, August 11,
at 4:10 p.m., in Room D, Alumni
Memorial Hall. The subject of his
lecture will be "The School of Paris"
(20th century).
The lecture, whichwill be given in
English, is open to all students and
Faculty members. This will end the
series of lectures on French Paint-
ing offered by Professor Wethey dur-
ing the Summer Session and spon-
sored by the Department of Romance
Languages.
Carillon Recital: Percival Price,
University Carillonneur, will present
a carillon recital from 7:15 to 8 p.m.,
Sunday, August 10, in the Burton
Memorial Tower. The program will
consist of Mendelssohn and Wagner
compositions.
Choral Evensong: The Senior Choir.
directed by Hardin Van Deursen, and
assised by Arthur Hackett, tenor, and
Mary Eleanor Porter, organist, will
present an evening of oratorio ex-
cerpts Sunday, August 10, at 8:00 p.m.
in the sanctuary of the First Metho-
dist Church.
Schedule for Film Evaluation. Room
1022 University High School. August
8, 2:30-4 p.m. "Early Setlers of New
England," (Eng.) Sound, 1 Reel. "City
Water Supply" (Com.) Sound, 1 Reel.
"Family Album (Bus.) Sound, 1 Reel.
"Ladies in Waiting:" "Ladies in
Waiting," a two-act mystery by Cyril
Campion, will be presented by the
Secondary School Theatre of the De-
partment of Speech at 8:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, August 12, in the auditorium
of the Ann Arbor High School. The
performance is open to the public,
ham Assemly Hall. He will be ac-
companied by Miss Laura Whelan.
This recital is presented in partial
fulfillment of requirements for the
degree of Master of Music and is
complimentary to the general public.
Graduate Outing Club will meet
in rear of Rackham Building on Sun-
day, August 10 at 2:30 p.m. sharp,
for trip to Saline Valley Farm. To
insure satisfactory transportation ar-
rangements, both drivers and passen-
gers are requested to leave twenty-
five cent supper fee at Rackham
check desk as early this week as pos-
sible. All graduate students, faculty,
and alumni are invited.
Candidates for the Teacher's Certi-
ficate for August 1941 are requested
to call at the office of the School of
Education on August 7, 8, 11 or 12 be-
tween the hours of 1:30 and 4:30 to
take the Teacher Oath which is a re-
quirement for the certificate.
Colleges of Literature, Science andI
the Arts, and Architecture; Schools
of Education, Forestry, and Music:
Summer Session students wishing a
transcript of this summer's work
only should file a request in Room 4
U.H., several days before leaving Ann
Arbor. Failure to file this request
before the end of the session will re-
sult in a needless delay of several.
days.
Freshman and Sophomores, Col-
lege of Literature, Science and the
Arts. Students who will have fresh-j
man and sophomore standing at the
end of the Summer Session and who
plan to return this fall should have
their first semester elections ap-
proved before, they leave the can-
pus. You may make an appointment
to see me either by telephoning Ex-
tension 613 or by calling at the office
of the Academic Counselors, 108 Ma-
son Hall.
Arthur Van Duren,
Chairman, Academic Counselors
Student Graduation Recital: Miss
Phyllis Warnick, Pianist, will present
a recital at 8:30 p.m., Monday, Au-
gust 11, in the Rackham Assembly
Hall. This recital is presented in par-
tial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Music and
is complimentary to the general pub-
lic.
Home Loans: The University In-
vestment Office, 100 South Wing, will
be glad. to consult with anyone con-
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
To the Editor:
I presume that the feminine "Lord
Chesterfield" or maybe I should call
her "Lady Chesterfield" feels quali-
fied to outline dress and etiquette
rules for men for the summer dances.
She evidently is a connoisseur of
masculine attire and I would urge
that she put her seemingly unlimited
knowledge to better use by publish-
ing a book so that more unfortunate
young men could have the benefit of
her "boundless wisdom."
This potential "work of art" might
be entitled, "What I Know About
Etiquette and Dress For Men." It
could very easily be put into a vol-
ume about the size of a postage stamp
bock and then all of the young Loch-
invars could carry one in their vest
pocket, ready for use at a moment's
notice.
It might not come amiss to add
another slightly larger volume (about
the size of Webster's Unabridged Dic-
tionary) for the hostesses at said
dances. They either crowd into the
doorway so that you can hardly get
into the hall or they amuse them-
selves by drinking all of the punch.
When one of them finally is aroused
from her lethargy or "condescends"
to introduce you to someone, she in-
variably forgets your name before a
partner is located and then asks,
"How do you pronounce your name?"
The other night I heard a "Young
Lochinvar" answer, "Smith," much
to the embarrassment of the would-
be introducer.
At another time the "hostess" was
unable to understand the girl's name
and finally left the young man stand-
ing within grabbing distance, with
the parting comment, "Maybe you
can understand her better than I."
You see now why most of us prefer
to look up our own partners and
steer clear of the "charming host-
esses." We may be a bit crude but I
still believe it is a considerable im-
provement over your "professional
introducers."
-Young Lochinvar
sidering building or buying a home
or refinancing existing mortgages.
The University has money to loan on
mortgages and is eligible to make
F.H.A. loans.
Applicants for the Master's Degree
in Speech: All applicants for the mas-
ter's degree in Speech who plan to
complete their work at the end of the
present summer session must come to
the Speech office in order to check
their records on or before Monday,
August 11.
Crime and Punishment starring the
celebrated French actor, Harry Bauer,
will be shown at the Rackham School
Lecture Hall on Sunday, August 10
at 8:15 p.m. Single admissions are
available for thirty-five cents. Tick-
ets are on sale at the Michigan League
and at the Rackham School on Sun-
day, August 10, at 7:30 p.m. Art Cin-
ema League.
Engineering Seniors: Diploma ap-
plication blanks must be filled out
in the Secretary's Office, 263 West
Engineering Building, before August
18, for graduation after Summer Ses-
sion.
The Burton Memorial Tower will
be open for visitors during the noon-
time playing of the carillon between
12 noon and 12:15, from Monday,
August 4 through Friday, August 8.
This will be the last opportunity dur-
ing Summer Session to see the caril-
lon being played.
Phi Lambda Upsilon summer picnic
will be held Saturday, Aug. 9; start-
ing in front of the Chemistry Build-
ing at 1:00 p.m. Those planning to
attend are requested to contact ( by
phone, postcard, or in person) either
Art Stevenson, 260 Chem. Build., or
Frank Lockart, 2203 E. Eng., before
that date.
The University Bureau of Appoint-
ments and Occupational Information
has received notice of the following
Civil Service Examination. Last date
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