THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, AUGUS' THE MICHIGAN DAILY i Daily Calendar of Events _ , .A' Wednesday, August 13 9:00 a.m. 4:05 p.m. .I Speech Conference. (Kellogg Auditorium.) Lecture. "Trends In Curriculum Building." Clifford Woody, Professor of of Education and Director of the Bureau of Education and Director of the Bureau of Educational Reference and Research. (University High School Auditorium.) "The Gondoliers," by Gilbert and Sullivan. (Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.) 8:30 p.m. "'' - Ldited 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 Un4ivereity 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 reseryed. 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New]French Policy Reversal ... HE much talked of idea of a Vichy alliance with the Reich is a terrible thing. It is a concession which does not speak well for the French leaders and people. Even if the reports of renewed Nazi pressure upon the French Government in Vichy are true, a -full offensive and defensive alliance is beyond the realm of reason. When the Finnish people, or government, decided to fight with the Nazis in their attempt to regain what the Soviet had taken from them, they had a purpose in mind- they wanted back what they considered rightfully theirs. And the alliance with Germany would serve as a convenient means to an end, besides ruling out any direct possibility of a German in- vasion into their country, for strategic or other purposes. BUT WITH FRANCE it is another question. The popuation of this nation is a peace-lov- ing group. They want nothing more than good, strong security. They don't care to meddle and they don't want to be meddled with. They have built up a considerable strength on land and sea through past centuries, but they don't want the occasion to arise when they will have to use these forces. Thus, it is only natural that, following World War I they should prove to be the great dis- senters in every plan aimed at security with equality. Germany was still too close, in spite of the fact that her strength had been merci- lessly drained. One can hardly blame the French for being a little too nervous in this respect. The League of Nations proposal made no binding promises of security, and the French feared their embittered neighbors. WHEN THE FRENCH joined the British in the present World War, they did it in much this same spirit, for the protection of their interests andythe integrity of their boundaries. And when they threw up their arms it was because neither the leaders nor their troops knew exactly what they were fighting for-whether defense or of- fense was what they wanted. Half the men were tired of the defensive and the others didn't feel aggressive enough to follow an offensive pro- gram. The desire for security countered with the necessity of getting a jump ahead of their aggressor. Outsiders looking in on the French peace con- cluded at this time could sense that here were a people tired of fighting and willing to lean over backwards-but only as far as conscience and their alliance with Britain would allow. BUT TODAY, once again, it is feared that the French fathers and husbands and brothers will be in arms alongside their one-time mortal enemies. Ironic, it appears, and unnecessary. As if it wasn't enough that all production is side- tracked to Germany, that this production is in materials which the French neither wish to pro- duce nor are able to produce without jeopardiz- ing their chance for a natural life. As if it wasn't enough that the French people are starving, while their totalitarian neighbors grow fat on the produce of French fields. Today, in exchange for the liberation of "cer- tain classes" of war prisoners in both the occu- pied zone and Germany, for the change of the demarcation line between the occupied and un- occupied zones and perhaps for the granting of other demands, the French are willing, seem- ingly, to fight under the swastika for a cause in which thv nre neither interested nor in agree- WASHINGTON-Reports that Harry Hopkins, Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt during the past two weeks have been discussing the idea of a British invasion of the European Continent, have an important inside background. Plans for a British landing force in Holland, Spain or Norway, actually have been discussed ever since Germany invaded Russia on June 21. But all of them, for one reason or another, so far have been rejected. Behind these discussions is the obvious fact that Russia has a far better chance of standing up against the Nazi war machine if Hitler has to fight on two fronts. So far, part of Hitler's success has been his ability to pick off one coun- try at a time, while the others stood around watching. Now, everyone is standing around watching Russia. But the British realize that although the Red Army is putting up far stiffer resistance than anticipated, they, the British, are going to be completely out of luck if the Russians crum- ble. That is why the Japanese have moved in such cocksure fashion in the direction of Singa- pore, apparently confident that Russia will be defeated and that they can pounce on India from one side, Hitler from the other. Invasion Of Holland First plan for an invasion of the Continent was a landing in Holland. This, it was figured, would get sympathetic support from the Dutch; would create a second front requiring Hitler to divert part of his troops and airplanes from the Russian front. The original British idea was to have the United States cooperate in a landing force. This, however, scarcely got beyond the informal sug- gestion stage. It was immediately and emphat- ically vetoed, first,. for political reasons; second, because Roosevelt did not have the power to send troops abroad; third, because of the scar- city of shipping to transport and supply an American army overseas. Since then, none of the proposals for creating a second European front has contemplated any American participation. The second idea discussed was a British at- tempt through Spain and Portugal. This also scarcely got beyond the discussion stage, be- cause it was figured, first, that the German army probably could take over Spain by the time British troops began to land; second, that even if a foothold could be obtained, a march across the Pyrenees to France would be too difficult. The only part which the United States might have played in such a plan was to send food ships with which- to help win over the Spanish population. Norway Heavily Fortified Since then another plan for possible British invasion of Norway has been discussed. How- ever, this also is difficult. The Nazis now have ten divisions in Norway; more important, they have been working feverishly with characteristic German thoroughness to fortify Norwegian ports and possible invasion points. The chief factor holding back the British, however, has been their ,lack of armored equip- ment. Although the British army is about 2,- 000,000 strong, only about 750,000 men are fully armed with modern equipment. And the most serious defect in their equipment is the lack of tanks. Vast numbers of tanks were lost by the British at Dunkerque, a loss which has not yet been replenished. And no invasion of the Continent could be successful without a powerful tank force. Also, despite the strength of the Nazi army on the Russian front, a total of 47 well equipped Germansdivisionsare stationed in western Eur- ope. This is approximately 700,000 men. Recent discussion of British aid to Russia has turned to the Near East and a British move from the Gulf of Persia, through Iran to the Russian oil fields of the Caucasus. These oil fields are one of the chief goals of the Nazi army, and once Hitler succeeds in taking the Ukraine, it would be relatively easy for him to cut off the Caucasus oil wells from the rest of Russia. Inside reports are that Russia, while anxious for, in fact urging British cooperation, does not consider this move in the Caucasus to be enough. Capital Chaff It was Republican Herbert Hoover who built the famous Rapidan Camp in Virginia, but it is Democratic Jack Dempsey, Under Secretary of the Interior, who is now enjoying weekends in it ... Rex Tugwell has drafted ex-Congressman Tom Henning as his naval aide in Tugwell's new job as Governor of Puerto Rico. Henning re- tired from Congress in the midst of a promising career in order to become city prosecutor of St. Louis. STUPI & #r x x By Terence a 1 (Editor's Note: While Terence vacations for the day in the big city, Eugene Mandeberg takes over once more. Ho hum.) Friend of mine's got a girl. That's a hell of a note! Wait, you've only heard the beginning. To have a girl is bad enough. But to have a girl in Chicago when you're in Ann Arbor, brother, that's awful. Brother, that's paradise. Well, anyway, this fellow is terribly, I might even say horribly in love. He writes the gal let- ters every fifteen minutes or so, calls her up now and then, and worst of all, he lams out of town every few weeks to see her. The dope. Two weeks ago he decided that he was in dire need of her gracious company . . . so he upped and left for Chicago. Only he didn't let her know he was coming until he was almost around the corner. Then he sends her a telegram. Hum, Phi Beta Kappa material I see. She wasn't glad to see him. Stop, you're killing me. So he left. Chalk one up for her ... agd him too. When he got back to A2 he told us that she was going to send him a special within the next day or so. We waited with him. The day passed and so did so. No letter, huh? Not a word. Gosh, the poor fella. I'm telling you, living in that house was awful! We'd get up in the morning and cut classes to wait for the mail. We'd sit around on the porch all afternoon, waiting for the government to drop in with some news. How you must have suffered! Oh, we did, we did. Finally the fella couldn't stand it any longer. He didn't ... Oh for heaven's sake, not that! No, not that. He called her up. And? She was having a party. Why, the dirty thing! Oh no, it was just a hen party. But the noise was so bad that he couldn't hear half of what she told him. And she told him plenty. He also told her a few things. o Mikes & Men By JUNE McKEE T[HE Michigan University went on the air under professional super- visicn yesterday, when Mr. Earle Mc- Gill, production director of the Col- umbia Broadcasting System, presen- ted a special program from Ann Ar- bor. As visiting speaker for the an- nual speech conference, Mr. McGill gave a demonstration in casting, di- recting, and presenting a radio play before a studio audience in Morris Hall. Director, casting director, and producer for the CBS, as well as instructor at the New York Univer- sity Radio Workshop, Mr. Earle McGill is author of the text on "Radio Directing" used in colleges and universities throughout the country. Under his able guidance, "Problems in Radio Directing" were well demonstrated and dis- cussed in open forum as "Ieittle Johnny Appeseed" was prepared for produlction. This script, writ- ten for radio by Bernard G. Scho- enfield, presented ample opportun- ity for demonstrating radio tech- nique. Sound effects were even re- plete to "a real elegant howl".'With students selected from radio classes of Prof. Waldo Abbot, James Church, and Don Hargis, to enact the roles, and supply sounds and music, the American saga was broadcast through WJR at 4:45 p.m. A capacity audience in Morris Hall was witness to this campus broadcast-climax of the best sum- mer session Michigan mikes and men have had... Before radio work ends this week, "Women's Defense" will be broad- cast through WJR at 4:45 p.m. to- day, under direction of Don Hargis. Veitch Purdom, Helen Brown, Fran- ces Griffin, Helene Heeney, Doris Hess, Blanche Lembke, and Lillian Thorson are the perpetrators of this program. Betty Gallagher will an- nounce. Such an opportunity is not often offered to hear a program en- tirely broadcast by women.-. Listening to the radio is the fav- orite recreation of the average American citizen, according to a re- cent nation-wide survey conducted for NBC, CBS; and the NAB by Elmo Roper, director of the For- tune Magazine surveys. In his study of public opinion, Dr. Roper found that the average American spends three hours and eight min- utes daily at his receiving set, and prefers radio to newspapers as a source of information. A total of 5,208 personal interviews, scientifi- cally distributed according to age, sex, economic level, geographic di- visions and size of city facilitated the comparisons and conclusions... ** * This week's issue of BROADCAST- ING features Prof. Waldo Abbot's challenge for other educational insti- tutions to produce a list of graduates professionally employed at broad- casting stations that is any larger than Michigan's. Some 56 students from this University are now situated in the radio field. Latest recruit is Tom Harmon, newly appointed sports director of Detroit station WJR. Af- ter winding up his starring assign- ment in "Harmon of Michigan", the Hoosier Hammer is booked for a week's personal appearance at the Chicago Theatre, in that city-scene of the up-coming All-Star game.- Charles Harrell writes from Washington that he has accepted the position of Director of Public Service Programs for WEN in Buffalo. He will leave the Library of Congress the end of this month. ... Maurey Mazer is now Bill Todd at WOOD in Grand Rapids... In Pontiac, Jack Straight is one the announcing staff of WCAR... Af- ter getting his diploma in a fort- night, Johnny Sinclair will join WCHS in Charleston, West Vir- ginia... James F. Hopkins, owner and op- erator of WJLB in Detroit has asked and received permission from the FCC to dismiss his application for a new 1,000 watt station on 1600 kc. here in Ann Arbor... ,_, ''"& r, GRIN AND BEAR IT Ii j I:1. Chlcag T.1. ,R i "-and I have conclusive proof that our boys in camp are being fed spinach every day ... NOW do you doubt that the Admin- istration is pushing us into war?" .a_ u- 1 ... s-"..,: . - - 1 _ 1 1 ' -- ,,, 'h f,, . , . l ,% -,, e. t;, . t 4 " i"0 r " ' i .'}.. By Lichty !t , _ =; s= :"; DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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.. Faculty of College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; School of Edu- cation; School of Forestry and Con- servation. Class lists for use in re- porting grades of undergraduate students, enrolled in these units, were' mailed today. Any one failing to receive theirs should notify the Reg- istrar's Office, 'phone 383, and dupli- cates will be prepared for them. Robert. L. Williams, Assistant Registrar Final meeting of the Commercial Education Club, Wednesday, August 13. A trip to the Saline Valley Co- operative Farms. Meet at north en- trance of the University High School at 5 o'clock. Bring your own lunch. The Karl Marx Society of the University of Michigan presents Patrick Toohey, State Secretary of the Communist Party of Michigan in a lecture, "The World Front Against Hitler, at the Michigan Union to- night at 8:00 p.m. Everyone is cor- dially invited to attend and bring questions with them for the discus- sion period. Medical Round Table: Dr. Henry Field of the University Hospital will be the speaker at the Medical Round Table on Wednesday, August 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Recreation Room of the International Center. His sub- ject will be "Avitaminosis." Speech Conference: Second annual Speech Conference sponsored by the Department of Speech will continue through Wednesday, August 13. All sessions are open to the public. Wed- nesday's events: 9 a.m.: "The Teaching of Literary Interpretation," Professor R. C. Hun- ter, Chairman of the Department of Speech, Ohio Wesleyan University, Kellogg Auditorium. 10:30 a.m.: Lecture-recital of "King Lear" by Professor Hunter; Kellogg Auditorium. 12:15 p.m.: Speech luncheon, Michigan League Ballroom. 3:00 p.m.: Conference on problems of dramatic production conducted by the staff in play produstion of the Department of Speech, Lydia Men- delssohn Theater. 4:00 p.m.: "Pioneering in Speech," LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: My sincerest congratulations go to Terence, the Stupid, who has so ably stated the unavail- ing resentment that we stupid, little, and im- potent people feel toward the draft-extension legislation. The bill is now pending in the House of Repre- sentatives. This organ of our National Govern- ment was intended by the framers of the Con- stitution to represent most directly the interests of the great mass of our people, but dictatorial control of its rules and procedure has made it of much less importance than its purpose and nominal powers seemed to indicate. Thus, it is almost too much to hope for that such a rubber- stamp body would offer the American people any protection from the deceitful trickery of their rulers. If it takes more than one year to train a man for active, mechanized combat, then our dis- tinguished Chief of Staff (widely proclaimed as the ablest in many years) must have known that fact one year ago, or else he is even more stupid than Terence. If it does not take more than a year to train him, then what reason can there be for not discharging him from continuous camp- residence, and replacing him with another who needs training far more than he? One possible reason that suggests itself is the instinctive fear of normal, free living which haunts so many professional disciplinarians. The last thing that our generals seem to want is a democratic army; their model is, in all respects, the Reichswehr. If they have their way, not one of the men in- ducted into the Army will ever live with his wife or be with his sweetheart until after he has fully served his purpose on battlefields yet to be found. One need not wonder long why the War De- partment so quickly agreed to the British Cen- sor's suggestion that American soldiers be pro- hibited from writing letters concerning "na- tional defense." Stupid as the Department also Dr. Thomas C. Trueblood, professor- emeritus of public speaking, Lydia. Mendelssohn Theater. 8:30 p.m.: Performance of "The Gondoliers" by Michigan Repertory Players of the Department of Speech, Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Student Graduation Recital: Eu- gene Adams, Violinist, will present a recital at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Au- gust 13, in the Rackham Assembly Hall. His accompanist will be Lau- rine Adams. This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the degree of Master of Music and is complimentary to the general public. "The Gondoliers" by Gilbert and Sullivan 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 $1.00. The boxoffice is open from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Phone 6300. Zoology' Summer Session Picnic: For staff, students and friends. Thursday afternoon, August 14, 1941. Cars to leave from Mall at East side of Natural Science Building at 5 p.m. for Dexter Huron Park. Eats, songs, baseball, swimming. Tickets on sale at Zoology Dispensary and Zoology Office and these should be secured, before Wednesday noon so that Committee will know on how many to plar. The Summer Session French Club. The last meetng of the Summer Ses- sion French Club will take place to- morrow Thursday, August 14th, at 3 p.m. at "Le Foyer Francais," 1414 Washtenaw. Mr. Joachim Lay, Chinese student recently arrived from France, will tell of his last impressions of Europe. A group of Faculty members of the French Department and of students will "broadcast" Moliere'st "Les Pre- cieuses Ridicules." Charles E. Koella Thursday, August 14 at 8:00 p.m. Prof. F. N. Menefee will give an il- lustrated lecture on "The St. Law- rence Waterway." This lecture is open to the general public. (Amphi- theater, Rackham Bldg.) Student Graduation Recital: Charles O. Shrader, Pianist, who is a student of Professor Joseph Brink- man, will present a recital at 8:30 p.m., Saturday, August 16, in the Rackham Assembly Hall. This re- cital is given in patrial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music and is compliment- ary to the general public. Carillon Recital: Percival Price, University Carillonneur, will present a carillon recital from 7:15 to 8 p.m., Thursday, August 14, in the Burton Memorial Tower. The program will consist of Flemish sixteenth century folk songs, compositions by the facul- ty of the Beiaardschool, the only school devoted solely to the study of the carillon, and Dutch dances. Harvest, the well known French film, will be shown Friday night, Aug. 15 at 8:15 p.m. in the Rack- ham School Main Auditorium. Tick- ets for the performance are thirty- five cents and will be available at Wahr's Book Store, the Michigan League and the Rackham School on ridav night after 7:30. 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