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Friday, August 15
8:30 p.m. "The Gondoliers," by Gilbert and Sullivan. (Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.)
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* .Karl Kessler
Harry M. Kelsey
. William Baker
Eugene Mandeberg
Albert P. Blaustein
. Barbara Jenswold

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NIGHT EDITOR: BARBARA JENSWOLD
The editorials published in The Michi-
San Daily are written by members of The
Daily staff and represent the views of the
writers only.
Swing Open
The Locked Doors .. .
WHEN CHAMBERLAIN packed his
umbrella and went to Germany and
concluded the "peace" of Munich, the world cried
appeasement. Some cried it then, and some, in
the second guessers league, cried it when events
4llowing showed the worthlessness of that agree-
ment. But with the advent of the war, every-
one was sure.that appeasement leads nowhere on
the road to security.
It would appear likely that a lesson would be
learned by the Munich adventure. But as yet, our
State Department seems to be oblivious to it. De-.
spite the results of England's attempt and failure
at appeasement, the State Department has fol-
lowed a policy of soothing the bad boys by giving
them what they want, and fighting furiously for
the privilege of continuing that policy if an ob-
jection was raised.
Ignoring the.certain knowledge that whatever
granted General Franco might promise, Spain was
under the control of Germany, a sizeable loan was
granted them on the strength of assurances that
it was strictly for rehabilitation of the war rav-
aged country. But reports filtering through the
tight censorship of Spain show that Franco is
not the strong man in Spain, and that his army
cannot back him up either. Pro-Nazi officials
are in control, as was preducted months ago, and
our loan will serve to increase the fighting force
of Spain against the British, -and the hungry
Spaniard is still hungry.
TURNING TO THE EAST, the State Depart-
ment played the same game with Japan, only
more so. Every effort of the Administration to
crack down on Tokyo was resisted by the De-
partment, and they had their way until events
came to their present pass. And now, to add a
chocolate frosting to their cake of appeasement,
the State Department is said to be the cause for
a practice of ineffectual application of the new
clamp-down on Japan. Only now, their work
is a bit more under cover, for the shipping of
materials to Japan has been ordered stopped.
It's about time that the State Department's
attitude towards Spain, Japan and France was
given a complete airing. In regard to Japan es-
pecially, we have a right to know what is going
on behind the locked doors and secret confer-
ences. The great majority of the American people
were in favor of the restrictions placed on Tokyo.
But the State Department doesn't seem to recog-
nize the people as quite capable of judging. Well,
perhaps we are not, but the least the Department
can do is explain just what their attitude is, and
what they are doing about it.
HERE is a wide middle road between appease-
.nent and war, a policy of firmness without
beligerency, that would have been much more ef-
fective than the one carried out so completely.
The dangerous part of the situation now is that
once appeasement has been used, a swerve in the
other direction is either extremely difficult, or
results in a complete reversal, a war-like policy.
Neither of these is appealing to us. But we're
going to fall into one or the other unless we find
out just where the State Department thinks it
all right to draw tht line between their ideas and
those of the citizens at large.
-Eugene Mandeberg
Torpedo An Old Idea
The torpedo is the development of an idea
dating back to the invention of gunpowder-

WASHINGTON-Real reason for that secret
pow-wow of House Republicans, just before the
party caucus on the draft extension bill, .was a
move by a small isolationist clique to sidetrack
Representative Joe Martin as their party leader.
It died aborning-but the meeting showed how
white-hot are political passions over foreign af-
fairs within the Republican Party.
Ringmaster of the meeting was Representative
Ham Fish of New York, megaphonic foe of
Roosevelt's defense program. He had grandiose
plans for setting up an "independent leadership"
with himself as top man.'
Groundwork for the "revolt" had been care-
fully laid at an earlier secret meeting staged by
Fish and a small group of cronies. They included
Representative John Vorys of Ohio, Frank Keefe
of Wisconsin, Harold Knutsen of Minnesota,
Frank Crowther of New York, Robert Chiperfield
of Illinois, and John Robsion of Kentucky.
At this meeting Fish loudly censured Joe Mar-
tin for failing to take a more "aggressive stand"
against the President's foreign policies. He ar-
gued that if the isolationists were to make any
headway in the House they would have to form
their own "independent leadership." ,
So it was unanimously decided that Fish, as -
ranking minority leader of tht Foreign Affairs
Committee, was the man for the job. But,
rather than spring such a bold scheme suddenly
on their colleagues, this isolationist group de-
cided first to sound them out.
- Ham-Fish invited to a secret meeting 60 Re-
publicans who have voted consistently against
New Deal defense measures. Unaware that the
real purpose was to "feel out" their loyalty to
their popular leader, Joe Martin, 53 attended.
Attack Martin . .
However, they quickly got the drift when Fish,
Vorys and Keefe waded into Martin. Among
other things, they charged him with permitting
New Dealers to "shift the war blame" to the Re-
publican Party.
Only congressman who actually mentioned
Martin by name was Keefe of Wisconsin, but all
three made it bluntly plan that they held him
responsible for failing: (1) to oppose actively the
aid-democracits program, and (2) to repudiate
Wendell Willkie, War Secretary Stimson, Navy
Secretary Knox and other GOP supporters of
the President.
At the psychological moment, Ham Fish, who
acted as chairman, pulled out a resolution out-
lining a "new statement of foreign policy" for
Republicans. It reaffirmed the GOP 1940 cam-
paign pledge against war and denounced "ex-
ecutive acts and provocative statements by Pres-
ident Roosevelt leading toward war."
At this point isolationist August H. Andreson
of Minnesota picked up the cudgels for Fish by
declaring: "That's right. The whole New Deal
stinks, and it's up to us to see that the public
doesn't forget it."
Keefe chimed in with: "The Republican Party
will be swallowed up unless we take an aggressive
stand against the war policies of the Administra-
tion. If we're not getting the right kind of
leadership, it's up to us to make our own leader-
ship on the floor."
Busted Plot . . .
But getting a majority of Republicans present
to agree was something else again. Instead of
steamrolling the boys into an insurrection, the
plot boomeranged. In the end Joe Martin was
given a rousing vote of confidence by all but
Fish and his little group.
Next day Fish got another setback when his
resolution for a new Republican statement of
foreign policy was presented to the GOP caucus
by Crowther of New Yorg. In reply, Representa-
tive James Wadsworth of New York, senior
statesman of the party, demanded that all per-
sonal references to Roosevelt be striken out of
the resolution's text.
"Tht charge that the President is fomenting
war by provocative statements in unfair and
untrue," Wadsworth declared. It would be un-
fortunate if the Republican Party should go on
record with such a prejudiced and unfounded
declaration against the leader of our country at a
critical time like this."
Representative Gearhart of California, Leon-
ard Hall of New York and other joined in attack-
ing Fish's resolution. Gearhart stated that the

party should not "go out on a limb with dynamic
declarations about unforseen events."
By an overwhelming vote all of the blasts at
Roosevelt were eliminated from the Fish reso-
lution.
Note- Martin, who presided at the caucus,
maintained silence until someone suggested that
the party vote as a bloc to override the Presi-
dent's veto of the pork-padded $320,000,000 high-
way bill. "We're getting on dangerous ground
there," warned Martin. "Remember, we are the
economy party. I think the President is right
on this and I intend to support this veto."
Merry-Go-Round .. .
Martin will make a transcontinental tour in
September and October to confer with state
GOP leaders on next year's congressional elec-
tions. . . General Philip Fleming, able Wage

drive to woo support. . Geo. E. Browne, indicted
with Willie Bioff, another AFL leader, on charges
of extorting $500,000 from movie concerns, is un-
der terrific attack from within his union, the Mo-
tion Picture Machine Operators and Stage Em-
ployees, Harland Holmsden of Cleveland, vice
president of the union, is slated to succeed him.
Meanwhile a lot of things are happening of
great interest to Mississippi. For example, a
shell-loading plant was scheduled for construc-
tion at Flora to be operated by General Tire and
Rubber. However, with no senator on deck to
push the project with the War Department, the
shell-loading plant turned out to be merely a
bag-loading plant, which is a much smaller oper-
ation, meaning less employment for Mississippi-
ans.
The Absent Mr. Bilbo .
Senator Bilbo is a member of the Senate Ag-
riculture Committee, a vtry important assign-
ment for his agricultural state. However, "The
Man" has not even left a ghost around to vote
for him on such important questions as the re-
lease of federal cotton at low prices.
The grain farmers had their senators present
to exempt from AA control, grain which was to
be fed to cattle. But the cotton farmers got no
help from Senator Bilbo. He was too busy down
in Mississippi running the Doxey campaign.
Of course, you can sympathize with Bilbo. For
years he had to sit in the shadow of one of the
great members of the Senate. He had to play
second fiddle when it came to patronage. Pat
Harrison came first. Bilbo's feud with Harrison
was one of the standing personal rows of the
Senate.
So now Bilbo wants to elect a senator who will
sit in his shadow, take orders from him. Con-
gressman Ross Collins, the other chief candidate
for Harrison's seat, has said that he would rather
not be in the Senate than be led by a ring in
his nose. So Bilbo is for Doxey.
But whether he is right or wrong, Mississippi
meanwhile is missing out on Capitol Hill. Since
Senator Harrison died on June 22 there have
been 37 quorum calls. Senator Bilbo answered
"present" only on June 30 and has been absent
ever since.
Mexican Hands .
Two tall Texans walked into the office of-
Major Lemuel B. Schofield, U. S. Immigration
Commissioner, to plead an unusual case for the
cotton and fruit growers of their state.
Dale Ragsdale of Austin, representing a "dirt
farmers" committee, and Elmer Moore of San
Antonio, speaking for tht Southwestern Chamber
of Commerce, told Schofield that Texas farmers
want to import 30,000 Mexicans to help harvest
this year's bumper crops. High-paying jobs in
defense industries, Ragsdale and Moore said,
have lured away so many farm hands that
growers face a serious labor shortage.
Major Schofield was so impressed that he sum-
moned two of his chief assitants to listen to the
appeal. The Texans declared that the farmers
were willing to pay the Mexicans the prevailing
wage scale-65 to 75 cents per hundred pounds
for cotton picking-and an average of $3 a
day for other types of harvesting.
Ragsdale and Moore made a good case and
Schofield promised to give the matter prompt
consideration, including a formal hearing. But
he made it clear that he was far from con-
vinced there was an actual labor shortage. He
told the Texans that a preliminary check-up had
disclosed plenty of unemployed domestic labor
in the Lone Star State.
Cheese And Stockings
f'HE MOST POPULAR man in Britain, beyond
question, is Lord Woolton, minister of food.
Pverything he does seems to work out wrong.
Recently Lord Woolton promised an increase
in the cheese ration, and a lot of people, includ-
ing many vegetarians, looked forward to a
greater food allowance. But when the ration
was issued, vegetarians who had been exchang-
ing their meat coupons with meat-eaters for
other food coupons, found themselves with no
additional provender. Lord Woolton ruled that
before the additional cheese could be issued, not
only must the citizen show that his current ra-

tion book lacked no meat coupons, but he must
turn in, intact, the meat coupons he had had
previously. In other words, a man might ab-
stain from meat, on principle; but if he did, he
was entitled to no more vegetables than a meat-
eater could obtain, and would have to get along
on the shorter rations as best he could.
NOW the Board of Trade is in trouble regard-
ing the clothing ration. Women are worried
about hosiery; they figure they can't stretch
their coupons to cover their legs in the manner
to which they are accustomed. Recently a ques-
tion was asked in Parliament whether the Gov-
ernment would look with disfavor on bare legs
of employed women, in Government offices or
elsewhere. The reply was that this was a matter
for employers tr decide. "The Government shirks
the issue!" cried the newspapers. Well, it seems

STUPIDStu
By Terence
Odds And Ends
QUESTIONS That Intertst Practi-
cally No One: What certain
store on State Street is selling what
certain soap at five cents per bar,
four bars for a quarter? ... What is
the correct terminology to use when
speaking of a male ladybug? .
What has become of Rudolph Hess?
Will Roosevelt break the fourth
term tradition? . . . Is A. P. Blau-
stein's "Uncle Herman" Goering
really in a concentration camp? .
Will September, as usual, be the hot-
est month of the year in Ann Arbor?
M OITLE contributes the following
citation from a parody on A. E.
Housmaim by. Samuel Hoffenstein:
Terence, this is fearful rot,
Putting poison in the pot;
All your song is measles, mumps,
Cramps and colic and the dumps;
Terence, you are rather frayed-
Go and have your teeth X-rayed.
There is more, but 'tis nothing
more than sacrilege . . . and from the
girl friend, too. What's the world
coming to?
* * *
SOMETHING Which I Should
Ought To Have Done Before But
Haven't: Congratulations to Barb de-
Fries anal Joan Clement for the ex-
cellent issue of Perspectives which
they put out. There were errors, and
I cannot agree with Joan's taste in
poetry (quote and the lights that
give them light unquote, p. 6 Per-
spectives, by Joan Clement WHAT
does this stuff mean?) ; but all in
all, I think it is the most interesting
issue of the magazine I have ever
seen.
TOOK IN The Gondoliers the other
night, and except for a few weak
spots, it is very good.
The operaclimaxes one of the best
seasons the Michigan Repertory
Players have ever had. There've been
some big names here this summer ...
names that mean something in the
theatre of today: Hiram Sherman,
Whitford Kane . . . names that will
mean something in the theatre of
tomorrow .. .Ada McFarland, Rob-
ert Rittenour, and many another .. .
All of which has combined with
some excellent direction by Valentine
Windt and Claribel Baird to add up
to a swell season. Congratulations to
exeryone connected with the Players,
and I hope I'm around next summer
to take in their next season.
AND THE WEATHER is much too
nice today to carry on here. My
aesthetic personality is being sup-
pressed by this drab atmosphere..
see ya tomorrow.
LETTERS
TO TIE EDITOR
To The Editor:
Congratulations to Terence, Harry
Kelsey, and Clarence J. O'Brien for
expressing the views of the young
men who are asked to fight for a
freedom of speech and a democratic
way of life that they have ceased to
have.
I hope you'll continueuto print their
views until the bill just passed in
Congress is repealed.
It seems it would be far more im-
portant to consider the problem of
proper, speedy organization, planning
and training under the one-year draft

period than to stall for two and one-
half years wasting the happiness and
the useful futures of the young men
of our country.
Ruth E. Jolliffe
P.S. I took the liberty to send the
editorials written by Terence and
Mr. Kelsey to Life Magazine in hopes
they would publish them. You per-
haps read the letter in the August 4
issue of Life under the heading "Stu-
pidity in the Army." It appeared in
the column Letters to the Editor.

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could renovate! How about an old abandoned penthouse."
DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN

GRIN AND BEAR -IT

By Lichty

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.
Attention, Hopwood Contestants:
All manuscripts for the summer con-
tests must be in the Hopwood Room
by 4:30 this afternoon.
R. W. Cowden
"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.
Harvest, the well known French
film, will be shown at 8:15 p.m. in
the Rackham School Main Auditori-
um. Tickets for the performance are
thirty-five cents and will be avail-
able at Wahr's Book Store, the Mich-
igan League and the RackhamrSchool
on Friday night after 7:30. Art Cin-
ema League.
"The Cobbler Captain of Koepe-
nick will be shown at the Rackham
School Auditorium at 8:15 p.m. on
Saturday night, August 16. All pa-
trons of the Art Cinema League are
invited to attend this showing of the
ilm which was originally scheduled
for August 3. Those who do not have
a series ticket may purchase a single
admission for thirty-five cents at the
Michigan League or at the Rack-
ham School on Saturday night after
7:30. Art Cinema League.
Graduate Student Recital: Charles
0. Shrader, Pianist, who is a student
of Professor Joseph Brinkman, will
present a recital at 8:30 p.m., Satur-
day, August 16, in the Rackham As-
sembly Hall. This recital is given in
partial fulfillment of the require-
ments for the degree of Master of
Music and is complimentary to the
general public.
. Tickets for the Mystery Cycle to be
given in Hill Auditorium on Sunday
evening, August 17, by the Depart-
ment of Speeech and the School of
Music are available only at the Mich-
igan League.
Members of the Faculty who wish
to attend the breakfast which will be
given on Sunday, August 17 at 9 a.m.
for candidates for the master's de-
gree may purchase tickets at sixty

cents each at the office of the Sum-
mer Sessin, 1213 A.H.
Louis A. Hopkins
Graduate Outing Club will meet
in rear of Rackham Building on
Sunday, August 17 at 2:30 pm.
sharp. A trip to Big Portage Lake
in Waterloo Recreation Area is
planned including a program of swim-
ming, softball, and outdoor supper.
To insure satisfactory transportation
arrangements, both drivers and pas-
sengers are requested to leave twen-
ty-five cent supper fee at Rackham
check desk as early this week as
possible.dAll graduate students, fac-
ulty, and alumni are invited.
Faculty Recital: Mr. William Bell-
er, Pianist, who is a guest on the
faculty of the School of Music for
the summer sesion, will present a re-
cital at 4:15 p.m. Monday August
18, inathe Rackham Assembly Hall.
The recital will consist of composi-
tions by Debussy and Ravel, and is
complimentary to the general public.
On Monday Evening, August 18th,
at 8 o'clock, Mr. Geoffrey Crowther,
Editor of the Economist, will speak
on The Future of Anglo-American
Relations, in the Lecture Hall of the
Rackham Building.
Student Graduataion Recital:
Charles E. Gilbert, Oboe and English
Horn, will present a recital in partial
fulfillment of the requirements of
the Master of Music degree at 8:30
p.m. Monday, August 18, in the
Rackham Assembly Hall. He will be
assisted by a chamber music orches-
tra with Dr. Eric DeLamarter con-
ducting. The recitalis compliment-
ary to the general public.
On Monday evening, August 18th,
at 8 o'clock, Mr. Geoffrey Crowther,
Editor of the Economist, will speak
on "The Future of Anglo-American
Relations", in the lecture Hall 'of the
Rackham Building.
Teaching Departments wishing to
recommend August graduates from
the College of Literature, Science,
and the Arts and the School of Edu-
cation for Departmental Honors
should send such names to the Regis-
trar's Office, Room 4, U.-Hall, before
August 22.
Lectures on French Music: Mr.
Percival Price, Professor of Composi-
tion and University Carillnneur will
give the third lecture on French Mu-
sic on Monday, August 18, at 4:10
p.m. in Room 206, Burton Memorial
Tower. The subject of his lecture
will be "Modern French Music."
The lecture, which will be given in
English, is open to all students and
faculty members. This will end the
series of lectures on French music
offered by Professor Price during the
Summer Session and sponsored by
the Department of Romance Lan-
guages.
Charles E. Koella
Faculty, College of Literature, Sci-
ence, and The Arts: It is requested
by the Administrative Board that all
instructors who make reports of In-
complete or Absent from Examina-
tion on grade-report-sheets give also
information showing the character of
the part of he work which has been
completed. This may be done by the
use of the symbols I(A), X(D), etc.
Students and Faculty, College of
Literature, Science and The Arts:
The attention of the students and
faculty is called to the following reg-
ulation of the College:

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