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THE MICHIGAN DAILY

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Daily Calendar of Events
Friday, July 18 -
3:30 p.m. Excursion No. 4-Niagara Falls and vicinity. Two and one-half days.
Professor I. D. Scott of the Department of Geology will accompany the group
as lecturer. Round trip by boat and special bus. Reservations in Summer Session
office, Angell Hall. Trip ends Monday morning, July 21, Ann Arbor.
7:30 p.m. Watermelon Cut. (Michigan League.) Free.
8:30 p.m. "The Contrast." (Lydia Mendelssohn Theater.)
9:00 p.m. Social Evening. (Michigan League Ballroom.) Come with or without
partners.

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Washington Merry- Go-Round

By DREW PEARSON

and ROBERT S. ALLEN:

Managing Editor
City Editor
Associate Editor
Asociate Editor
sports Editor
Womten's Editor

Editorial Staff
Karl Kessler
Harry M. Kelsey
.~William Baker
Eugene Mandeberg
Albert P. Blaustein
.Barbara Jenswold

Business Staff
buisiness Manager..........Daniel H. Huyett
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NIGHT EDITOR: EUGENE MANDEBERG
The editorials published in The Michi-
gan Daily are written by members of The
Daily staff and represent the views of the
writers only.
Cabinet Shakeup.
A Threat To U.S.?
W ITH JAPAN now virtually pledged
to a stronger foreign policy, the
U.S., and particularly the Pacific fleet will face
anxious days in the Orient.
When Prince Fumimaro Konoye's cabinet re-
signed in a surprise move early this week, there
was ample room for conjecture as to whether
the change might not bring forth peace-feelers
from a Japan long bled by a fruitless war in
China.
Nippon has probably long regretted starting
on the hard war in China. It has netted her
little of a material nature, and very little pres-
tige. Russian entrance in the war against the
Axis was seen by many as the opening Japan
had been long waiting as an excuse for pulling
stakes with the Nazis, and perhaps eventually
of making a dignified retreat out of inner China.
The reappointment of Konoye yesterday by
the Emperor, however, dispelled the last of these
speculations. The new policy of the cabinet was
clearly foreshadowed when Konoye called Gen.
Hideki Tojo and Adimarl Koshiro Oikawa, war
and navy ministers in the late cabinet, into spe-
cial conference last night.
Early reports indicated that the new cabinet
would conduct an even more vigorous war policy
than had the previous cabinet. Japan could not
last much longer in the present war, and Tokyo
was well aware of that. Her resources were al-
ready well shot, and.foreign aid was becoming
vi'tually nil.
To survive many more years of strength-
sapping conflict, Nippon had two alternatives.
Either she could pull her army out of inner
and southern China or she would have to gain
quick victory. Premier Konoye's actions in ne-
gotiating for a new cabinet clearly indicate that
Japan has chosen the latter. It was the only
way to "save face."
Such a victory along the present Chinese front
would carry little weight. It must be more spec-
tacular. The Dutch Indies or Indo China, how-
ever, have the necessary prerequisites. Placed
on the Emperor's doorstep in one fell swoop,
they would bolster morale and war fervor no end.
French and.Dutch forces protecting these pos-
sessions are small and none too well equipped.
The chief obstacle in Japan's path, therefore,
will be the U.S. and Britain. What the navies
of these two countries do will determine to a
large extent the outcome of the Japanese situa-
tion.
But neither the U.S. nor England are in any
favorable position to take a strong stand in Asia.
Britain is fighting a last ditch fight at home
and with Germany threatening our front door,
Washington is reluctant to pick a fight in the
Pacific. That the President and the State De-
parthent will carry a "big stick" bluff into
"Japanese waters we can take for granted, but
chances are strong that Tokyo will now call that
bluff. - Karl Kessler
Get Out
And Vote...
T HERE'S GOING TO BE a football
game in Soldiers'. Field, Chicago, on
the night of Aug. 28 between a College All-Star
team and the professional champions, the Chi-
cago Bears. And there's no reason why several
of our "Champions of the West" shouldn't be

WASHINGTON-Friends of the President in
Hyde Park the other day were urging him to de-
liver another fireside chat. They wanted him
to keep the American public buoyed up, enlighten
them further on American foreign policy.
One of these friends was Florence Kerr, able
assistant of Civil Defense Administrator La-
Guardia. She said:
"Mr. President, a lot of us would like to have
you make a fireside chat every week or ten days,
give us the news hot off the griddle and keep
our minds straight about the international situa-
tion."
"All right, Florence," the President replied,
"I'll give a fireside chat a week-and you'll get
a new President."
What Roosevelt meant was that it takes so
much time and study to prepare each fireside
chat that he would be able to do little else, would
have to neglect affairs of state.
Can Russia Last?
Despite all the conflicting reports from the
Russian front, U.S. experts have not wavered in
their belief, arrived at regretfully, that in the
end Russia cannot stem the tide of Nazi mechan-
ized force.
The two big things they are hoping for are:
(1) that Stalin may keep his Red Army intact,
retreating slowly and giving terrific punishment
to the enemy; (2) that the Russian peasants
and army may make it impossible for the Nazi
army to subsist in Russia.
It should be remembered that the Russians
have been trained for years in the policy of the
scorched earth. The British left Rumania with-
out blowing up Rumanian oil wells because Brit-
ish pounds sterling were invested in them. Brit-
ish investments came first. And the French
would not tear up their beautifully paved roads
in front of the advancing Nazi hordes. The im-
provements of La Belle France came first.
But in Russia, the first thing the peasant does
when an enemy advances is to kill a pig and
throw it in the well. That spoils the drinking

water for the enemy. Then he burns his barn
and drives away or kills his livestock, which are
far more precious to him than dividends from
Rumanian oil wells are to the British. He and
his family may starve, but his forefathers have
been doing this for generations, and he will do
it again.
The Russian peasant also has been trained to
guerilla warfare, which, however, will not help
in this war. Guerilla fighting against modern
airplanes and tanks is about as effective as the
Dead End kids resisting J. Edgar Hoover's G-
Men.
Senator Caraway
For ten years, since the death of her husband,
Senator Hattie Caraway has worn black. And
it was only the other day that she bought a new
evening gown of blue, with blue lace in the
bodice and accordion pleats in the skirt.
This was a revolution in the life of the Sen-
ate's only woman, but it happened on the im-
pulse of the moment.
Hattie had been persuaded to sit. for a por-
trait. Artist Cyril Gardner of Philadelphia be-
gan his work, then paused to suggest that the
.picture would have more brightness if Mrs.
Caraway could wear a bright colored dress.
"But I always wear black," she said. "I have'
worn black for the last ten years."
"I know," said Gardner, "but if-just for the
picture-it would bring out the blue in your
eyes, you know."
Hattie changed her mind on the instant. "It's
true," she said, "that I haven't had a new eve-
ning dress for a long time. Let's go buy one."
And now she is wearing that gown every day
as she sits for the portrait. She changes, in her
office, from black to the blue, then changes to
the black again before she emerges.
Sometimes, sitting for the portrait with hands
folded, she bursts into a little laugh. "Don't
mind me," she says, "I was just thinking how
funny I must look."

Odds And Ends
ONE OF the more popular fellows
around the Student Publications
Building, Will Sapp, left here yester-
day morning for South America.
Nothing more definite than that, just
South America. He's going to drive
in a rather decrepit jalopy as far as
Vera Cruz, and then from there on
he thinks he bum a ride on a freight-
er to somewhere in South America.
Will is one of the few real news-
papermen around the Publications
Building. During the regular session
he is night editor on The Daily, and
is correspondent here for The Detroit
Free Press and United Press. And a
swell guy to boot.
He ought to have a pretty nice
vacation, and I wouldn't mind being
with him, but there are ties that
keepwme in Ann Arbor. Anyway, Will
knows a smattering of Spanish and
should get along pretty well. Before
he left he took care to look up the
Spanish word for beer, so' he won't
have any trouble.
* * *
PERSONAL ITEM: Nuts to the
misanthropist' who has been go-
ing around town referring to the
keeper of this column and his col-
leagues on The Daily staff as "Ter-
ence and the Pirates."
* * *
I HAVE REFRAINED from com-
ment on the recent Yoo-Hoo inci-
dent down in Memphis, feeling that
the situation was clear to all and
needed no elucidation. Now, how-
ever, from a purely professional
standpoint, I would like to offer a
criticism. Seems like we've been get-
ting some awfully loose reporting on
the affair. The papers gave us head-'
lines, wisecracks, plenty of details
and a morgue of photographs of the
stern-faced golfer-general and the
35th on their punishment march. But
I'll be darned if I saw one picture of
what was elaborately described as
the "bevy of beautiful girls." Seems
to me that there was the,-er, center
of interest in the whole situation. I
wonder, too, can a lieutenant-general
really pick 'em?
* * *
SEE by the Summer Directory that
the phone number of Nichols Ar-
boretum is 8854. I wonder who
you'd get if you called up the Arbore-
tum-Albertus Pinus maybe, or Rosa
Cinnamonea?
* ** * .
ONE OF the embryonic journalists
over here has been plaguing Ter-
ence with this story until finally it is
printed in self-defense:
"Curse it, curse it," hissed the vil-
lain, snatching at the heroine's
waist.
"No, it ain't either," she retorted.
"It's only a girdle."
A CERTAIN TEACHER of English
has been going around to his
classes telling them the following lit-
tle anecdote, knowing gleefully that
they must listen and dare not revolt.
He gets quite a kick out of it.
"Last year," he begins, with a
sadistic smile, "I asked her to be my
wife and she gave me a decided nega-
tive reply, so to get even I married
her mother. The girl became my
daughter, and my father married my
daughter, so he became my son.
When my father married my daugh-
ter, she became my mother. If my
father is my son and my daughter
is my mother, who am I? My moth-
er's mother is my wife, and must be
my grandmother, and being my
grandmother's husband, I must be
my own grandfather."
' * *
AT ONE TIME they had consider-
able trouble in the men's dormi-
tories here at the University with
students throwing paper bombs out
the windows. Some sophomoric
sadist would situate himself in a
window above a sidewalk, and when-
ever a hapless passerby would walkJ

past, he would take careful aim with
a paper sack full of water and let
her fly. The results were frequently
distressing to the passeby.
Well, there were complaints to of-
ficials, and finally the menace seemed
halted, except for one offender, who
insisted on continuing the practice.
The house mother called on the big
boss of the dorms to stop it, and
he tried. But no luck, so he called
on a certain very high University
official, whom we shall call Dean X.
Dean X said sure, he would stop
it, and with literary pomp and au-
thority marched into the bathroom
where the young offender was seated
in a window with ammunition wait-
ing for the next pedestrian.
In his best stentorian voice, Dean
X commanded, "Stop that right now,
young man!"
The fellow turned around and sar-
donically looked at the author of
the command. "Say," he queried,
"who the hell you think you are,
Dean of this University?"
THE OTHER DAY one of the stu-
dents who is blessed with a car
this summer was parked on the side
of a road. He started to drive away,
QYnd fr unmp m ,imre a t no

DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN

1

Letters

To

The Editor

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.
Student Graduation Recital: Bur-
ton Page, Pianist, will present a re-
cital in partial fulfillment of the re-
quirements for the Bachelor of Music
degree at 8:30 p.m., Monday, July 21,
in the School of Music Auditorium.
Mr. Page is a student of Prof. Joseph
Brinkman. This recital is open to the
general public.
"You Can't Take It With You:" On
Monday, July 21 at 8:30 p.m. in the
auditorium of the University High
School, the Department of Speech
will open its Secondary School The-
ater with the presentation of "You
Can't Take It With You." Students
in the School of Education, The De-
partment of English, the Department
of Speech, and season ticket-holders
for the plays of the Michigan Reper-
tory Players are invited to attend as
guests of the Speech Department.
Others interetsed in the educational
aspect of secondary school dramatics
may secure permission to attend by
calling the Speech office, 526.
Graduate Outing Club will meet in
rear of the Rackham Building on
Sunday, July 20 at 2:15 p.m. Note
change of time. A trip to Clear Lake
is planned, including swimming,
horseshoes, and softball, followed by
an outdoor supper. Those having
cars are urged to bring them; an al-
lowance is given for transportation
furnished. All graduate students,
faculty, and alumni are welcome.
Home Loans: The University In-
vestment Office, 100 South Wing, will
be glad to consult with anyone con-
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.
Investment Office
Faculty Concert: Enid Szantho,
Contralto and Arthur Hackett, Tenor,
members of the Summer Session
Faculty of the School of Music, will
present a joint recital at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 22, in the Hill Audi-
torium. They will be accompanied
by John Kollen and Joseph Brink-
man, Pianists, also of the School of
Music Faculty. This recital will be
open to the general public.
Examination for Graduate Students
in Music Education: Comprehensive
examination in Vocal and Instru-

mental Public School Methods and
Materials required of all graduate
students in Music Education before
completing work toward the Master's
degree, will be given on the third
floor of Burton Tower, Saturday, July
19, from 9:00 to 12:00 noon.
David Mattern
"The Contrast," by Royall Tyler
will be presented at 8:30 p.m. to-
night through Saturday night at the
Lydia Mendelssohn T1jeatre by the
Michigan Repertory Players of the
Department of Speech. Single ad-
missions are 75c, 50c, and 35c. The
boxoffice is open from 10 a.m. to 8:30
p.m. (Phone 6300).
Lectures on French Music: Mr. Per-
cival Price, Professor of Composition
and University Carillonneur, will give
a series of three lectures with records
on French music. In the first lec-
ture Professor Price will talk on
"Early French Music of the Jon-
gleurs and the Troubadours."
These lectures, which will be given
in English and are open to all stu-
dents and Faculty members interest-
ed, are to take place in Room 202,
Burton Memorial Tower on Monday,
July 21, Monday, August 4 and on
Monday, August 18, respectively at
4:10 p.m.
The lectures are sponsored by The
Department of Romance Languages.
Student Graduation Recital: Sister
M. Ancille Brown, Violinist, will pre-
sent a recitAl in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the Master
of Music degree at 4:15 p.m., Fri-
day, July 18, in the Rackham As-
sembly Hall. Sister Ancille, who is a
student of Professor Besekirsky, will
be accompanied by Sister Mary Eth-
elreda Fisch, a graduate student in
(Continued on Page 4)
A Southern State?
To the Editor:
In the article this morning about
the free watermelon cut at the
League on Friday night, it seems to
me that one state which was South-
ern has been omitted and one North-
ern state has been included. Perhaps
if history had been well studied, one
would discover that Missouri was ad-
mitted to the Union as a Southern
state and that Kansas was admitted
as a Free state. Maybe there is no
difference in Kansas and Missouri
to the people of Michigan but there
certainly is a lot of difference be-
tween them where I come from.
- A Missourian

Mr. Seldes Replies.. .
To the Editor:
A generation, ago college newspapers (The
Harvard Crimson to be specific) devoted exactly
0 pages to world events, politics, economics, so-
cial problems. In my time the few members of
the Harvard Liberal Club were regarded as
freaks, rather than reds. But times seem to have
changed. I have been among tie first to wel-
come the fact that the college press is becoming
something more than a gossip sheet and a medi-
um for cigarette advertising.
I read with amusement your July 2 issue in
which you call my newsletter a "pint-sized
weekly" (I don't object to that) and say it has
been accused of pro-Nazi tendencies. Can you
prove it? You certainly should not make state-
ments unless you have a reason. The truth is
that from its first issue In Fact has fought Fas-
cism in all its forms: reaction, Nazism, kuklux-
klanism, etc.
The usual reaction to such a policy is that the
reactionaries try to pin a red label on you. They
have tried to do it. But so far as I know, you are
the only one who has tried a brown label!
In Fact is dedicated to telling the news the
commercialized standard newspapers do not
print; or bury, or distort. The newsletter itself
has no other policy. As for me, you may read
my point of view in the enclosed editorial.
George Seldes,
Editor, In Fact
Open Letter To Mr. Seldes ...
My dear Mr. Seldes,
I am enclosing for your reference, articles
of July 9 and 12 relating to my editorial of the
2nd.
First, I would like to point out that the brown
label was not mine. When friends see one read-
ing In Fact and remark, "Reading Nazi propa-
ganda again, ,eh?" one begins to get the idea
that some people do consider your newsletter
pro-Nazi. I don't, as I explained in my answer
to Mr. Sass' letter on the 9th. Therefore, If you
ask me to prove that In Fact has been accused
of being pro-Nazi, I say that I can give you the
names of certain friends of mine who seem to
think it so. If you ask me to prove that In Fact
is pro-Nazi, I say that I cannot do so, have no
desire to do so, and have never thought it so.
This I tried to explain to our readers, but, as
you can see by the letters of the 12th, with
sannrentlv little success. I then gave the matter

In your editorial (In Fact, July 14) you state:
"Eventually I want a world in which production
will be for use and not for profit, at least the
production of the essentials of life. Today I
want the essentials supplied to everyone, and
I do not care very much how this is done. The
government may go into the essential industries,
it may distribute minimums free, it can supply
at cost. It may do so by taxing those who pay
taxes, those who have wealth. Any nation that
can draft men can draft wealth. Any nation
that can control the lives of human beings can
control factories, the natural resources, and use
them for the general welfare of all the people."
The old rally call, "production for use and
not for profit," stems from Karl Marx and has
been adopted by Socialists and Communists both.
The rest of your argument here is Socialist, and
if you try to draw a sharp line between Socialism
and Communism you're a bigger fool than I am.
Communism is Socialism drawn to its logical
extreme.
If your Communism extends only to your eco-
nomics, I'm with you all the way. Production
for profit has put this country and this world
where it is today. That "wars will cease when
there is economic security for all" as you say in
your editorial is my hope and belief also, and
I agree with you that economic security for all
cannot, or will not, be realized under, the capital-
istic system.
If your Communism, however, extends to the
political and moral philosophy of the Third In-
ternational, our paths separate at the end of the
last paragraph. Later in your editorial you tell
of PM's Kenneth Crawford's interview with you
published in PM June 1, when you said, "I cer-
tainly believe that the next war will be between
the Nazis and Russia." A few paragraphs later
on you assert, "I favor intervention the moment
this becomes a war of democracy versus Fas-
cism," leaving it open to conjecture whether you
consider Russia a democracy. I certainly don't.
I don't consider any country where freedom of
speech and freedom of religion are denied its
people to be a democracy. At the same time, I
don't believe the Communist economic system
would be out of place in a democratic country.
Perhaps a lot of confusion can be avoided by
remembering that the Third International is not
truly Communist. Communism as applied to
Russia today is a misnomer. I believe you will
agree with me on that point. It is really our
fault and the fault of countless other writers
that this distinction is not clear in the mind of
.the reading public. Too often the term "Red"

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