THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, Daily Calendar of Events Monday, August 18- 4:05 p.m. Lecture. "Using Community Resources In Guidance Program." Harlan C. Koch, Professor of Education. (University High School Auditorium.) 4:15 p.m. Lecture. Recital, Professor Joseph Brinkman and Mr. Beller. Rackham Assembly Hall. 7:30 p.m. Duplicate Bridge. (Michigan League.) 8:00 p.m. Lecture. "Future of Anglo-American Relations." Mr. Geoffrey Crowther, Editor of The Economist. (Rackham Lecture Hall.) 8:30 p.m. "The Gondoliers." (Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.) Washington Merry-Go-Round B' y DREW PEARSON and R.OBERT S. ALLEN, WASHINGTON-President Roosevelt person- ally is credited with the idea of having Queen Wilhelmina of Holland join him and Winston Churchill at their floating conference off the coast of Newfoundland. However, the Queen, who is 62 years old and in exile in England, at the last minute found she was unequal to the rigors of a flight in a modern bombing plane. They are not insulated for noise and lack modern conveniences. And by that time it was too late to take the Queen to Newfound- land by warship. The fact that she was invited highlights what was the most important part of the conference - jpint action against Japan. The Dutch East Indies, with its wealth of tin, oil and rubber, is the biggest prize of the entire South Pacific-- more important than Singapore, Thailand or Australia The floating conversations off New- foundland concentrated on the problem of block- ing the Japanese drive to the Indies. Roosevelt took with him to Newfoundland the Navy's plan for its next tough move against Japan-namely, invoking the articles of piracy. This means that any Japanese merchant ship carrying a gun would be considered a pirate and be hauled in by the U. S. Navy unless in its own home waters. Since most Japanese merchant vessels now are mounted with guns, in clear violation of the law of neutrals, this means that the Japanese would either have to dismount their guns, or keep their ships at home, or else risk a brush with the U. S. Navy., The whole tenor of the Roosevelt-Churchill conversations was that there was no use experi- menting with any more appeasement, that Japan respected only armed might and would back down a lot quicker if shown that combined might by the United States and Great Britain. Entertaining Royalty . . Mrs. Louise Atwill, wife of the Hollywood actor, recently kidded several cabinet members by call- ing them on the phone in the guise of the Over- seas Operator and saying that Winston Churchill wanted to speak to them "reversing the charges." The other day Mrs. Atwill got a telephone call herself. "This is the British Embassy,"-said a very Brit- ish feminine voice over the phone. "I am speak- ing for Lord and Lady Halifax. They would like to know if Mrs. Atwill would care to give a dinner for Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt. The Duke of Kent woud like to attend also." "I'd' be delighted," replied Mrs. Atwill, recog- nizing the voice. "And tell Lord Halifax that I'll have a high-chair for the Duke of Kent." The voice was that of Julia Chetwynd, niece of Lord and Lady Halifax, who reported that the British Embassy had been convulsed over the fake Atwill calls to the Roosevelt Cabin t. Sec- retary Ickes had refused to speak !to "Mr. Churchill" if the call was collect. Bubbling Beaverbrook . . Lord Beaverbrook began a hectic day the min- ute his plane landed in Washington, and one thing which kept bothering him all day long was a phone call from Ben Smith in Laredo, Texas. The indefatigable Mr. Smith kept calling from a pay station, telling British Embassy attaches that he must talk to Beaverbrook. But they woudn't connect him. . .. Reposing in Lord Halifax's lap, a daschhund pup named "Franklin" attracted as much attention as Beaverbrook when he posed for the news-reels. The pup was a gift from Lord to Lady Halifax, and,,got his name because he came into their lives on Franklin Roosevelt's birthday. ..: Lord Beaverbrook describes himself as "the biggest borrower on the cuff youive ever met", and as "the medium through which you shower your benefits upon the British." . .. Cap- tain Jimmy Roosevelt has been loaned by the Marine Corps to Colonel William Donovan, Co- ordinator of Military Intelligence, whose offices are in the shadow of the White House on Penn- sylvania Avenue. Steel Showdown . The OPM and the steel industry finally have taken drastic steps to regulate supplies and in- crease capacity, but it took all kinds of nagging by the government to get them to do it. One of the most spectacular of these nagging sessions took place in the OPM board room re- cently and was attended by Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel; Tofth Girdler of Republic; Er- nest Weir of Weirton; Irving Olds, new head of U. S. Steel, together with Ed Stettinius, the old head; Leon Henderson; Knudsen; and represen - tatives from the Army, Navy and Maritime Com- mission. The steel manufacturers immediately put the government representatives on the defensive with the question: "Well, what Ito you want us to do? Cut off all steel to the consumer?" manufacturers, the Admiral gave them a dress- ing down he might have given to his own sailors. "I've been listening to you for two hours," he said, "and I'm fed up with it. I don't know what the fault is, or whose fault it is. But I do know that the shipyards are four to six weeks behind because they haven't got steel. And I also know that if you fellows want to, you can correct that shortage. "You've been talking about expanding your plants. Now if you mean business, instead of talking about it-expand." Next day the steel manufacturers announced their plan to build new factories and expand pro- duction. Note-Four shipyards were held up the other day because steel plate had not been received on scheduled time. Maritime commissioners pri- vately accuse the steel companies of selling steel to their old customers, the railroads, instead of to the new war-baby shipyards-which because of the lend-lease bill need it most. Churchill Chaff . . White House press secretary Steve Early kept it to himself, but privately he was sore at the bungliig of Churchill-Roosevelt press relations. If they had left it to him, the result would have been different. . . . American editors resented the fact that first news of the meeting broke in Lon- don. A lot of other Americans resented the idea that news about their own President had to come via the British censor. Roosevelt himself, not the British, was to blame, but the British had to take it on the chin just the same. . . . Another sour note was the refusal of the U. S. Army to let U. S. photographers take pictures of Lord Beav- erbrook arriving at Bolling Field.... Chief result of all this secrecy was public suspicion that a lot of entangling alliances were knotted which prob- ably were not knotted. Merry-Go-Round Said Secretary Ickes, announcing his intention to take a vacation: "I need a rest, so I will leave this job on my own feet. But I'll bet you that just when I get to the West Coast, an oil short- age will develop there" . . . Trust-busting Thur- man Arnold is under heavy pressure to lay off his proposed investigation of certain food, chem- ical and heavy industries. On the other side, Arnold is deluged with complaints from small business men regarding monopolistic practices, which, if anything, have grown worse during the defense drive. . . . John L. Lewisites are hugh-pressuring the White House to reappoint Edwin L. Smith, left-wing member of the Na- tional Labor Relations Board whose term expires this month" STUPID: tu By Terence FOUR MORE COLUMNS to go and then it's all over for Terence, and I won't be too sorry, because I'll go back home for the first time in almost a year, and besides I don't know what I'll put in those four col- umns. But no use worrying about the other three until I get this one, and what am I going to compose my dis- sertation on today? Maybe I could write about Hank Greenberg and how I think the Fourth Estate is doing him sort of dirty, or at least some parts of it, by hashing up all this stuff about his trying to get out of the army, some of which may or may not be true. On the other hand, Hank isn't being too wise about the whole thing, with the attitude he adopted toward re- porters the other day in Detroit when they tried to get a little dope out of him, and the big dope told them to get the hell out of the way, which, is an attitude that won't do him or anyone any good. There's one thing about reporters: they can be the best friends in the world and do you a lot of good; but if you ever cross one, watch out, for they can do you a heck of a lot of harm. It pays to stay friendy with them. But then writing about Hank wouldn't be such a good subject, would it, so I won't write about it. OR MAYBE I could mention a headine that appeared in the Free Press the other day: War Economy May Strip Girls Of All But Natural Comeliness Which brings to mind the idea that total war may have its compensa- tions after all. On the other hand, I could tell you about the combination brawl-picnic held by The Daily boys Sunday, and was it a lot of fun. Loch Alpine, hot dogs, gods of food, a baseball game, and the proper liquid refreshments. Highlight was the baseball game, which Kelsey's Sluggers won, 9-8, only they made up their own rules as they went along, and kept score themselves. Played the game on a hill of about 40%, with trees not un- sparsely scattered thereabouts, add- ing natural hazards. Swell time had by all, with only a few caualties, in- cluding one busted pair of glasses, the skin on my left arm which was stripped therefrom when I tried to go from home to first dn my stomach, which they later told me wasn't the proper way. Moitle burned her hand, too, twhen she tried to catch a freshly roasted marshmallow which dropped off the stick, which also wasn't the right thing to do. THERE were of course refresh- ments, which disappeared with amazing alacrity. All of which went to make a fine Sunday afternoon. .. . But then I don't think I'll bother to write about the picnic, which prob- ably wouldn't interest you anyway. In fact it seems hardly worth while to write this column at all, being as how there isn't anything to write about,and besides after the picnic I'm pretty tired, and I've got a hang- over from the hangover I got, if that's possible, so what the heck is the use of even trying to write this at all. So I won't write it. and this willtake a great many years. In either case, the continent of Eur- even be able to fight successfully against Heine, Mendelssohn, and Ein- stein of his own nation. What is more, he may not be able to overcome his own Quislings in a conquered Europe. If England ldoes win the war against Hitler, it can only be by exhausting his stock of food and supplies and this will take a great many years, In either case, the continent of Eur- ope is going to, be a shambles for years to come. I believe that it is the place of the United States to main- tain her financial and spiritual in- tegrity-and help the other nations of the American continents to main- tain theirs-by staying out of the war and building at home, in preparation for the time after the war when our help in Europe will really be needed. I object then, first, to the Y.C.L.'s conclusion that we must enter this war, but secondly-and perhaps more vehemently-to the failure of the Y.C.L. to meet the facts squarely. Its hiedging of delicate questions and confusion of issues is an obvious in- sult to normal intelligence. They say, we could not be 'intel- lectually honest' if we did not seek to supplement a united front with a clear analysis of the Soviet Union's policy and way of life. Is this such an 'elaborate confusion' or 'fdgue -of bad logic?'" That question answers itself. If "a clear analysis of the So- viet Union's policy and ways of life" yields "'elaborate confusion,'" and "'a fugue of bad logic'" then there must be something that needs revi- sion in the Soviet Union's policy and way of life. And yield it it evidently does. The Y.C.L. presumably represent tle most advanced and radical type of modern poitical thought. Hmph! The only advance they have made is a jump over constructive and logical thought. Ideally the Y.C.L. repre- sents a type of advanced political' DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN "The Gondoliers" will be presented for the last time this evening. Tick- ets at 75'c and $1.00 are still available. The box office of the Lydia Mendel- ssohn Theatre is open from 10 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. Fellowship of Reconciliation will meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock to finish discussion of the book "War Without Viplence" by Krishnald Shridharani. All 'are invited. Duplicate Bridge: The final dup- To all students having library books: 1. Students having in their pos- session books drawn from the Uni-. versity Library are notified that such books are due Monday, August 18th, before the impending examinations. 2. Students who have special need for certain books after August 18th may retain such books if renewed at the Charging Desk. 3. The names of all students who have not cleared their records at the Library by Thursday, August 21st, will be sent to the Cashier's Office, where their summer's credits will be withheld until such time as these records are cleared, in compliance (Continued on Page 4) t I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To The Editor: Of all pusillanimous, pointless, pithless, ill-di- rected drivel-"full of sound and fury and signi- fying nothing," the last letter of the Y.C.L. easily assumes first place. One cannot argue-even in conversation, much less in print-with an ad- versary who continually refuses to answer ques- tion asked and then sets' up straw men and knocks them down. A football game will have to be stopped too, if one team, finding it can not pierce its opponents' defense, pulls its line-up over to theside of the field, where it can proceed to the opposing goal-line without the hindrance of a clash. And the Y.C.L. objects because Mr. Heide simply criticizes instead of offering a positive course of action ! Indeed, and if there were not so much ill logic and evasion in every sentence penned by the national office of the Y.C.L. and distributed broadcast to member organizations to be published in student papers throughout the country, one would not run out of space, time, and paper before he finished the necessary criti- cism (to say nothing of the possible criticism) and would be able to proceed to a positive stand. The Y.C.L. would have me confine my state-s ment of a positive attitude to something that will indicate whether I am for or -against the defeat of Hitler. This is in-line with their usual policy of confusion or over-simplification, and the mat- ter is, indeed, not so simple. I stated before that I think the United States is already committed to active participation in the war, without indi- cating approval or disapproval particularly. In- deed, if I must now say so, I disapprove heartily. (So what!) I submit that the question of whether or not Hitler is defeated is not even an important issue -it merely serves as a convenient screen for thnrnwhn ,sh to invrnva the Unitamci p. n Summer Examination Schedule Hour of Recitation 8 9 10 11 Thurs. Fri. Thurs. Fri. Time of Examination 8-10 8-10 2-4 2-4 IAll other Hour of Recitation 1 2 3 hours Thurs. Thurs. Fri. Fri. 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