PAGE TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1942 . . . . . .. . . J14r, tOtBaYl 43ttt1y The WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN 1E ****3 I S---U-1.L- -. . '' .Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. The .Summer Daily is published ,every morning except Monday and.Tuesday. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repulication of als, news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second-class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- iier $4.00, by mail $5.00. REPREBENThOD FOR NATIONAL ADVERTIsING BY National Advertising Service, Inc, C6 COlege Publishers Representative .420 MAisoN AVE. NEW YORK, N.Y. ClIICAGO * BOSTON Los AsiGELS * BA. FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1941-42 Editorial Staff Homner Swander R'. T .".Managing Edi Wil SSapp d . . City Edi Mike Dann . . . . . . Sports Edi ASSOCrATE ED)ITORS Hale Champion, John triewine, Leon Gordenker, Irving Jaffe, Robert Preiskel tor tor tor Edwo#fard Perlerg Fied M. Ginsberg Morton Hunter Business Staff 4s .ss . Business Manager . Associate Business Manager Publications Manager , _ . NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERTPREISKEL The editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. (Editor's Note: Today, Robert S. Allen, one-half the Merry-Go-Round team which has been covering Washington for 10 years, has joined the U.S. Army. Drew Pearson will carry on. And today, he hands the brass ring to his partner, with this tribute.) By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-The first time I met Bob Allen, he was fighting. It was at a press con- ference in the State Department. Frank B. Kel- logg, then Secretary. of State under Calvin Coolidge, stood at one end of the long, blue, baize table in the Diplomatic Ante-Room, and at the other end stood a red-headed, belligerent newspaperman who peppered Kellogg with a barrage of questions as to why he had sent U.S. Marines to Nicaragua, why he was bulldozing Mexico, why he was picking on little nations. That was the first time I saw Bob Allen, and we have been working together almost ever since. Today he leaves me to continue fighting-to continue the crusade he has been fighting all his life-for the little fellow, the small businessman, the unemployed, the public which sometimes gets it in the neck. Only in this case, Bob will be crusading as an officer in the United States Army for the un- derdog nations which Hitler has trampled in the dust, With Pershing In 1916 It was exactly 26 years ago that Bob Allen enlisted in the Army, just before the First World War. He was 16 years old then, and served with Pershing along the Mexican border; then went to France, came out of the war as a first lieu- tenant, but still had a hankering for the Army, and was graduated from the Cavalry School at Ft. Riley, Kansas, first in his class. After that he remained in the Wisconsin National Guard for several years with the rank of captain mo For several months now-in fact ever since Pearl Harbor-Bob has ben itching to get int9 the current war. Sometimes he has felt he was doing a more important job arousing public opinion here at home, or trying to speed up war production. Sometimes, on the other hand, he has felt he would like to leave Washington en-, tirely and get to the-actual scene of operations. Bob is over 40, was not likely to be drafted. But the Army feels that with his military experi- ence, plus world-wide press experience, he can make an important contribution. And so he puts on the uniform today. The column will continue without him--- which will not be too easy. We will miss Bob tremendously. Jesse Jones and John L. Lewis and Fanny Perkins will miss him, of course. But I shall miss him most of all. I shall miss his verve and his enthusiasm; his indefatigable en- ergy which kept him working day and night; and, most of all, I shall miss his fearless, crusad- ing spirit. Brass Hat' Allen Bob Allen has written about a lot of #people, but I don't think anyone has ever adequately written about him. And while "I don't think tha{ even I, who knows him pretty well, can be adequate; nevertheless, now that he is what the Merry-Go-Round often calls a "brasshat" and can't come back at me, here goes. Not many people know that Bob Allen once was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. He joined when he was working for the Wisconsin State Journal, and when the Klan was staging a secret drive to dominate the state. A lot of local big shots were members, but nobody knew exactly who. Their hidden hand could be seen in state and city politics, but the newspapers could not definitely pin the button on any of ahem. So Bob Allen joined the Klan, went to one of its night-shirted meetings, got a list of the big shots who were mixing in local politics, exposed the whole thing-- and was nearly lynched. On another occasion the Non-Partisan League was making a terrific drive to win Wisconsin, was about to hold a secret meeting in an old theatre in Madison. The gathering was very hush-hush. The press was barred. Upon the meeting depended future political control of the state. So Bob went to the theatre early in the morn- ing, climbed up the curtain drop ropes in the rear and all day lay on the rafters. From this perch he listened to the entire meeting. How- ever, he was hot, dusty and cramped. While taking notes, he slipped, grabbed a rope, fell part way to the platform below. The Non-Par- tisan Leaguers, in an uproar, kicked him out. But he had the entire story, and published it next. day. It created a state-wide sensation, and. started the Non-Partisan League on the downward path in Wisconsin. Borah's Friend Mayor LaGuardia of New York once wrote a story describing Bob as the tough member of the Merry-Go-Round partnership; how he would call a senator all sorts of names, after which I was supposed to slip in, soothe the Senator and get the story. This is not exactly true. I have heard Bob cuss out at Senator or a Cabinet member as one would only do to one's dearest friend or worst enemy. But after the cussing out, they were always bosom friends-and Bob always got the story. One of his best friends was the late Senator Borah. Borah used to call on Bob for frequent political advice, and sometimes I have heard Bob bawl the Senator out as if he were a six- year-old. Funny thing was that Borah always grinned sheepishly-and loved it. He Knew Hitler In all the years I have legged it around Washington, pounded the typewriter and stayed up nights working with Bob Allen, there is only one grudge I hold against him. He was the first American to know Hitler-and he never stopped him. Bob studied a year in Germany at the Uni- versity of Munich in 1923-24, when Hitler's first itches of grandeur culminated in the famous Beer Hall putsch. Bob covered the putsch and the subsequent trial of Hitler and Ludendorff. And having seen Bob in action on other fronts, I never have been able to understand why he didn't stop Hitler then and there. But ngv we'll all be rooting for him-wher- everhe'll be. And after he does what he didn't do before at Munich, he'll be back handing out brass rings at the same old stand, calling the tunes on.Jesse Jones and Fanny Perkins, punch- ing the tickets for rides on the same old Wash- ington Merry-Go-Round. Until that time I'll do my best alone. DAILY-OFFICIAL BULLETIN THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1942 VOL. LIL No. 13-S 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, whent the notices should be submitted before 11:30 a.m. Campus Worship: Mid-day Wor- ship at the Congregational Edifice, State and William Streets, each Tuesday and Thursday at 12:10 p.m. Open to all. Adjourn at 12:30. Led by the various Ann Arbor Clergymen. I-enry O. Yodel-, Chairman, Daily Mass at St. Mary's Chapel, Williams and Thompson Streets, at 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., Father Frank J. McPhillips officiating. Open to all, Dr. Edward W. Blakeman, Counselor in Religious Education GRIN AND BEAR IT State Department Is At It Aain. . .0 By Lichty 1 T HE DOGGrED insistence of our State Department to have its way despite everything and everybody has triumphed again. This time it's the censorship of all news of diplomatio negotiations until they have been officially concluded. The stalwart crew direct- ing our ship of State has been trying hard to impose that restriction on the press for a long time and, with their usual disregard for public opinion or public welfare, they refused to let widespread Washington disapproval of their plan hinder their efforts in the slightest degree. Not so long ago the boys were getting the -greatest pleasure from their charming litte tete-a-tete With the Vichy government. Theer also thought it &as great fun to send materials to North Africa when even the blindest could, see that- the materials were falling into the 'hands of the enemy. The boys even wanted to have all criticism of their policy toward Vichy tarred from the newspapers. The gentlemen of the State Department seem to think that their function is to decide among themselves what our policy shoild be, act upon that decision and then present the nation with a fait aceompli. And if those nasty newspapers attempt to invade their sanctum sanctorum with impertinent inquiries as to what business the boys are about at the moment, the only thing to do is to issue an edict barring the intruders from the sanctity of the Great Hall of Policy Making. One of the most disappointing commentaries on the vigor of our democracy has been the al- most complete indifference of the public to the numerous manifestations of the State Depart- ment's sneaky, pussyfooti ng methods. And of all these manifestations, this recent revision of the censorship code should call forth the most indignant protest from the public. It is almost 'as direct a denial of the democratic ideology as could be conceived. THE RESTRICTION on news of diplomatic negotiations ngeans that matters of grave and fundamental significance to the nation as a whole will be decided by a small group of men in Washington with no chance for the public to review the issues or to express opinions con- cerning them. It means also that the President himself, un- able to sound out public opinion on issues that may arise, will inevitably be persuaded by the State Department to give the green light to its proposals. It means, in short, a far greater threat to democracy in America than most people real- ize. This is especially true in time of war, when all decisions have more far-reaching ef- fects than in peace-time. So far this latest action has aroused only Congressional resentment and, even this has not taken the form of very coherent criticism. But it is the public at large which is affected muost, and i is the public which will suffer most if it does not wake up to the seriousness of this violation of its rights in an allegedly democratic society. - Irving Jaffe - 1 - -3 The Bureau of Appoijtments and Occupational Information has re- ceived notice of the following Civil Service Examinations. Last date for filing applications is noted in each case. United States Civil Service Junior Public Health Nurse, salary $1,800 a year. Applications accept- ed until needs of the service are met. Junior Custodial Officer, salary $1,860 a year. Applications will be accepted until August 11, 1942, but if an excessive number is received only a number sufficient to meet the needs of the service will be examined in the order of receipt thereof. Amendment to Announcement No. 230 (unassambled): Bindery Operative (Hand andMa- chine), salary 66c hbur. (1) Applications must be filed with the Civil Service Commission, Wash- ington, D.C. (2) Applications will be accepted until the needs of the service have been met. Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. The School of Education lecture scheduled for this evening has been cancelled. The Doctor in His Relationships to Health and Physical Educatio} is the title of a Lecture given by Dr. Mar- garet Bell, Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education and Physician in the Health Service in the University High School Auditorium on Thurs- day, July 2nd at 4:05 p.m. Australia, a Base for Strategy will be the subject of an illustrated lecture given by Professor Stanley Dodge of the Geography Department on Thursday afternoon at 4:15 in the Amphitheatre of the Rackham Build- ing. The public is invited. This is the first of a series of Thursday lec- tures at this time. Children's Play Group: The De- partment of Physical Education for Women announces the opening of a demonstration play school for chil- dren 4 to 9 years of age. This group meets Wednesday and Friday morn- ings, 9:00 to 10:30. Swimming, plays and games, and dancing will be of- fered. There is a small enrollment fee. For further information, call at Barbour Gymnasium. The first meeting of the Cheer Leaders will be held Thursday after- noon at 5:00 Room 325 of the Mich- gan Union. Those interested in try- ing out and those who have tried out before are urged to attend. Sched- ule of workouts will be arranged at the meeting. There will be a meeting of the In- stitute of Aeronautical Science, Thursday night at 7:30, Michigan Union, Room 318-320. Motion pic- tures of Skull Characteristics of the Lockheed 14 will be shown. All En- gineers are invited.- Navy Enlistment Programs: Lt. Commander Kipke, Lt. Shea, and Navy medical officers will be in 1009 Angell Hall'today (Thursday) to in- terview those interested in the Navy V-1, V-5, V-7, E-V(P), and other Navy programs. Preliminary physi- cal examinations will be given. B. D. Thuma Mathematics 329, Cryptanalysis Study Group. Preliminary meeting to arrange hours, Thursday at 5 p.m., 3010 Angell Hall. A. H. Copeland. Slavic Society: A cultural organi- zation for students of Slavic descent and origin, will hold its first sum- mer meeting this evening at 8:00 o'clock in the International Center. Plans for summer recreation will be discussed. New members are cord- ially invited and all resident membersP are urged to attend. Michael Kasha, President of Slavic Society. Pi Lambda Thetas hold social hour and meetings Thursday night at 8:00 o'clock in the Rackham Conference Room. All Pi Lambda Thetas in- vited and urged to attend. third floor, Michigan Union, at 7t30 p.m. today. Bring eligibility cards. James A. O. Crowe, Manager Red Cross Life Saving Course: Wo- men students who wish to earn Life Saving Certificates of the American Red Cross may register for this course at Barbour Gymnasium. The class meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8:30 at the Union Pool. Dept. of Physical Educ. for Women History Exams: Make-up examina- tions in History will be held on Fri- day, July 3, from two to four in Room C, Haven Hall. Students wishing to take make-up examinations must e- port to the office of the History De- partment; 119 Haven Hall, before July 3, and must bring the written permission of their instructors in History to the examinations. A. E. R. Boak Psychology 42. Abnormal Psychol- ogy make-up examination will be given Thursday afternoon, July 2, Room 2125 Natural Science Building. Graduate School: The preliminary examinations in French and Ger- man for the doctorate will be given on Monday, July 6th, in the Amphi- theatre of the Rackham building, at four o'clock. Dictionaries may be used. Guy Criss Simpson, a graduate stu- dent on the School of Music, will present an organ recital at 8:30 Monday evening, July 6, in Hill Audi- torium. The program is given in partial fulfillmept 'of the require- ments for the dbgree of Master of Music and will include works of Bach, Mozart, Franck and Verne. The public is cordially invited. Michigan Repertory Players of the department of speech will open their summer series of plays July 8 with "The Rivals" and will follow this with four distinguished plays and a Gil- bert and Sullivan operetta. Season tickets for the series are on sale now at the box office, Mendelssohn The- atre; box office hours are from 10-5 daily except Sunda'y. Students, Summer Term, College of Literature, 9cience, and the Arts: Election cards filed after the end of the first week of the semester may be accepted by the Registrar's Office only if they are approved by Assis- tant Dean' Walter. Students who fail to file their election blanks by the close of the third week, even though they have registered and have at- tended classes unofficial y, will for- feit their piivilege of centinuing in the College for the semester. If such students have paid any tuition fees, Assistant Dean Walter will issue a withdrawal card for them. Music Educatin: C211 Special Problems in Elementary and Junior High Music changed to Room 506 Tower. Chorus'and A Capella Choir, 2nd floor Lane Hall. C201, Proseminar, hour changed to 8 a.m. David Mattern To the Members of the Faculty, of the. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The next meeting of the Faculty of the College of Litera- ture, Science, and the Arts will be held in Room 1025 Angell Hall, July 6th, 1942 at 4:10 p.m. Agenda: 1. Consideration of the minutes of the meeting of May 4th, 1942 (pp. 854-856), which were dis- tributed by campus mail. 2. Consideration of reports sub- mitted with the call to the meeting: a. Executive Committee, Professor V. W. Crane. b. University Council, Professor 1Hvwari Knfstnn the Arts, Schools of Education, For- estry and Conservation, Music, and Public Health: Students enrolled in the regular Summer Session who re- ceived marks of I or X, at the close of their last term of attendance (viz., semester or summer session) will re- ceive a grade of E in the course un- less this work is made up by July 29. Students wishing an extension of time beyond this date should file a petition addressed to the appropri- ate official in their school with Room 4 U. H., where it will be transmitted. Robert L. Williams, Assistant Registrar The German Department is spon- soring German language tables in the alcove of the Women's League ,cafeteria beginning June 29 for the duration of the Summer Session, Luncheon and dinner (cafeteria style) at 12:15 and 6:15 respectively. All students of German, faculty members, and others interested in acquiring practice in spoken German are cordially invited. Students, Summer Term College of Literature, Science, . and the Arts: No course may be elected for credit after the end of the third week, Saturday, July 4, is therefore the last date on which new elections may be approved. The willingness of an" in- dividual instructor to admit a stu- dent later does not affect the opera- tion rule. E. A. Walter. The University Bureau of Appoint- ments has received the following in- formation concerning United Statep Civil Examinations. Amendment to Announcement No. 7-323 (Unassembled) The United States Civil Service Commission aniends Announcement No. 7-323 for Student Instructor, Junior Instructor, Air Corps Tech- nical School, and Aviation Service Schools of the United States Navy s follows: Provision (1) of the junior Instructor requirements in the basic announcement is amended to read as follows: (1) The completion of 3 full years of progressive technical experi- ence as Aircraft Engine Mechanic, Aircraft Mechanic, Aircraft Sheet Metal Mechanic, Aircraft Welder, Machinist (shop), Radio Operator or Radio Engineer. Applicants (on the , date of re- ceipt of application) must have eached their twentieth brthday. There is no maximum age limit for this examination. Physical requirements-Applicants must be physically capable of per- forming the duties of the position and be free from such defects or. dis- eases as would constitute employment hazards to themselves or danger to their fellow employees The University Bureau of Appoint- ments has received the following in- formation concerning Civil Service Examinations. Last date for filing applications is noted In each case: Detroit Civil Service Motorman (male), salary, 79c to 84c per hour, until further notice. Power Plant Armed Guard (male), salary, $1.00 per hour, July 6, 1942. Auto Repairman (male), salary 90c to, $1.00 per hour, July 8, 1942, Auto Repair Helper (male), salary, 80c to 85c per hour, July 8, 1942. Public Service Attendant (male), salary, $1,584 per year, July 9, 1942. The Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information has re- ceived the following information con- cerning Civil Service Examinations. Last date for filing applications is noted in each case: United States Civil Service Amendment to Announcement No, 166 of 1941 (Unassembled). Radio Monitoring Officer, $3,200 Vomr -~~~~~S I-'M- u- - A.ll - n .... R.... "After last week-enJ you said 'never again'-so I gave the icebag to the rubber salvage committee!" 1 nAxe- -ToGrind By TORQUEMADA THE NEWSPAPER PM has begun a vigorous campaign for the eradication of all outward evidences of race prejudice in this Vountry, making their first line of attack newspapers carrying 'irestricted," aind "Gentiles only" real estate and job advertising. Already the New Yorker .and the New York Post have stopped running that sort of advertising. The idea seems to be not that you can destroy prejudice by editorializing, but that any outward evidence of prejudice is a shame and a degradation for a democracy. This is all part of a concerted national drive. The President has a committee investigating employment practices in industry, unearthing Negro discrimination and causing employers to abandon that discrinination. It's a big movement, and it's a healthy one, with only one qualification: it's too bad we had to wait for a war. So Anrp Arbor and the University ought to get into the line of march of democracy. The local paper carries a very few of the "restricted" ads, and an occasional "Neighborhood everything that could be desired"-which may mean any- thing. With a maximum of tolerance for the Lnecessity of a newspaper to make money, we can pass that off as unimportant. But the University, whose function is primarily to edu- cate for democracy, fearlessly and courageously, with but slight regard for financial considera- tions, will doubtless join in this long-needed campaign to wipe out one of democracy's dark spots. ALL OF WHICH is to say that in "Univer- sity of Michigan Official Publicatioin, Vol. 42, No. 60," "Scholarships, ellowships, Prizes, students of the Protestant faith . . .", etc. Tkere are other scholarships and loan funds the conditions of which exclude Negroes, Jews, Cathoies (conditions such as membership in a fraternity which excludes Negro students) but these may be omitted; you cannot sweep aside all evil in a day. Now the University itself, in the same publi- cation, under the heading, "Loan Funds" says "2. No distinction shall be made among students on account of sex, race, religion, or course of study, further than those prescribed by the don- ors." And further "These' funds are adminis- tered with most scrupulous and precise attention to the terms and conditions laid down iby the donors . " Not much remains to be said. It may be argued that with a given number of scholar- ships, half restricted and halt not, some of the students may meet the prejudicial qualifications, and thus release funds for those who do not, thereby increasing the total amount. But with a University interested primarily in democracy, such a shameful method must necessarily be so distasteful-to the University as to make them impossible of acceptance. TE MAKE several assumptions, that the University believes in a democracy which denies prejudice against race, color, or creed, that the University-while interested in happy combinations-is more interested in that democracy than in material wealth and large endowments. These assumptions being true, the University, now that this has been called to its attention, will immediately strike from its lists of scholarships all those with preju- dicial conditions, and will henceforth refuse