THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, U U [E MICHIGAN DAILY .~, 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. pi STUPID tl By Terence GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty 1 I 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. 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Huyett Loeal AdvertisingrManager . . Fred M Ginsberg Wvoen's Advertising Manager . . Florence Schurgin 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. 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