PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1941 ___________________________________________._______ THE MICHIGAN DAILY ii:;. 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.) GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of, Student Publications. Published every morning except Monday during the University year and summer session. 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 newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. 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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!" CiT.Ti 'T'HTA'I' PASS TN IT. TVV, Tn To 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. 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