TIIti MICHIIGAN WILy SNDA, 3._Y Fifty-Fourth Year if -)I- I-'. -'~..',- -- -I -4'---, ~RLHv&~ - -4--- V Letters 'to the Editor 6! A M iY1 '00 Cosmic Reflections, or, Who Overwound the Clock? ' I It I 11 ; t Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff J. . 4 *': Jane Farrant Betty Ann Koffman Stan Wallace Hank Mantho . . Peg Weiss Managing Editor . Editorial Director . . City Editor Sports Editor . Women's Editor . Business Staff Lee Amer Business Manager Telephone 23-24-1 NEIPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADIsON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. cuicAGO . BOSTON . LOS ANGELES . SAN FRANCISCO - i -r - -c KSr w d ".K., Sinatra,Now 'end' s" ROSENBERG is on the spot: What is good and what is not? We're bewildered, so you see, He will tell both you and me. The world is in an awful state- Things are quite degenerate; Pendulums swing from day to day- But Rosenberg is here to stay. Blessings on you, little man, Stand and do the best you can; Folks may criticize with glee- But they are only fools, like me. Our scope is small, our vision poor- You will forgive us, I am sure; And if the world we do not hate- It's up to you to set us straight. Which is better-tell me now- Dunsany or a china cow? You never heard the former's name? Thus perishes his chance for fame. I wish my words were big and grand; Then this no one could under- stand- But if I try with all my might, I can say pseudo-erudite. So thanks, Bernard, you are so smart, (You know this comes straight from my heart) Without you I'd not always frown, And thoroughly revile the clown. What's bad is good-this much you fixed; What's good is bad-or am I mixed? To us poor unenlightened souls, Hold up the Light-we are but moles. Yes, Pendulums swing from day to day- But Rosenberg is here to stay. -Martin J. Cohn,. Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatchies credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of re- publication 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- rier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 194344 NIGHT EDITOR: KATHIE SHARFMAN Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 1 Racial Solution WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: "FROM PRETENDING that the race problem does not exist, Americans have swung to the opposite extreme of fearing trouble in their communities almost any day" Avis D. Carlson states in this month's Survey Graphic. This fear has developed into something which approaches a national phobia. Each new inci- dent is played up by the press, magnified beyond its importance, commented upon by critics and columnists, discussed endlessly. This discussion in itself is good because it shows a necessary concern. But at the same time discussion must be enlarged and directed into constructive efforts to prevent "incidents" before they happen. Futile arguments over what might have been done are not enough. The interest of a few citizens is not enough. Racial intolerance is a community problem which can be met only by united action. Philadelphia, which has had an influx of more than 100,000 southern Negroes since 1940, is an outstanding example in the success of this new technique of dealing with racial problems. - When evidences of friction began to grow, seven interested groups united to form the Fel- lowship Commission whose purpose is to work quietly and efficiently in heading off trouble. jA TYPICAL CASE was that of the Richard Allen Homes, a low cost housing project intended for Negro families who had been moved out when their slum homes were razed but had no decent place to go. Opposition to Negro occupancy of the housing units was raised by white defense workers, and the situation threatened to develop into another Sojourner Truth incident. The Commission acted immediately and ef- fectively. Facts were taken to the newspapers and to the Commission's own peripheral or- ganization, churches and civic groups, which used its influence to help. Public opinion was united and so many letters and telegrams were sent to newspapers and housing authorities that results were almost automatic. "Moving day was a gala occasion celebrated by both white people and Negroes, not a day to make the city hang its head in shame for years to come," Mrs. Carlson writes. This same method could be used- with equal success in thousands of other cases all over the country. Probably every community has already a nuleus of interested groups or individuals which could form an organization similar to the Fellowship Commission. Philadelphia's success in counteracting hate and intolerance by posi- tive, united action points a way out of the maze for every community. --Jennie Fitch On the Chinese Front.. .. T HE MILITARY situation in China remains grave despite earlier reports that the Chi- nese had stalled the Japanese offensive. While the Chinese, ably supported by General Chen- nault's Fourteenth Air Force, have defended their positions stubbornly, the odds still favor the Japanese. At last report only 160 miles sepa- rated the main enemy column driving south from Hankow from the secondary force moving up from Canton. Henyang, though still hold- ing out, seemed doomed. There remained, how- ever, two possibilities of preventing a complete Japanese victory. The enemy appeared to have underestimated the striking power of the Four- teenth Air Force, and there was some hope that constant strafing of his supply lines might vet weaken him s osrinlyas tn heklr hi City Bosses Behind Truman By DREW PEARSON CHICAGO, July 21-The smoke-filled room at the Democratic convention turned out to be Ed Flynn's suite in the Blackstone Hotel. (Leo Crowley's might have been also, except that he doesn't permit smoking.) It was from Ed Flynn's room that the big- city bosses put in the telephone call to "the boss in the White House" which got the delegates up in arms against city-boss dic- tation. The boss in the White House wasn't in the White House at the time, but at another point, not easily accessible by telephone. However, FDR was finally reached by phone, and several of the big-city bosses took turns talking to him. Those present with Flynn were Boss Hague of Jersey City, Boss Ed Kelly of Chicago and Boss Bob Hannegan of the Democratic National Committee. Kelly and Hannegan did most of the talking. They wanted the President's O. K. on Senator Truman of Missouri for Vice President-and they got it. In fact, the President, according to what they said after they hung up, wanted. Truman to the exclusion of Wallace, Senator Barkley or any other Vice Presidential candi- date. It was after word of this dictum percolated out that Senator Barkley of Kentucky threat- ened to withdraw his speech nominating Roosevelt for a fourth term. Barkley indi- cated that, if the President didn't want him as Vice President, then he didn't want F. D. Roosevelt as President. Barkley's nominating speech had already been mimeographed and sent to the press, so the idea of his recalling the speech sent shivers up and down the spinal columns of the bosses. Barkley didn't resent the letter Roosevelt wrote for Wallace. But he did resent the fact that the President, after telling the convention to debate "the pros and cons," then turned around and instructed the bosses that he definitely wanted Senator Truman. Barkley was spurred on by his son-in-law, Max Truitt, and by Max's law associate Bill Stanley, former assistant to Attorney General Homer Cummings. Never- theless, he was pretty sore on his own. However, "Dear Alben" was not the only one who was sore. When word leaked out that the big-city bosses had talked to the White House boss and were swinging the convention to Truman, plenty of other dele- gates were sore too. OLD FIGHT AGAHST MACHINES What they objected to was that the con- vention should be run by the city ma- chines of Chicago, the Bronx, Jersey City and St. Louis, which threw their weight in favor of a man who owed his political start to the city machine of Kansas City. It looked to a lot of -delegates as if the big-city bosses were playing with their old friend, Kansas City's Pendergast, now out of jail after serving his time. All of this made some delegates who didn't like Henry Wallace climb on his bandwagon. The fight between Southern rural Demo- crats and the Northern Democratic ma- chines of New York, Chicago, Boston and other big cities, is old and deep-rooted. Woodrow yilson suffered from it somewhat when he was nominated in 1912 through the support of Tammany and the Roger Sullivan machine in Chicago. Again in 1924, it split the party wide open when Northern city Democrats demanded Al Smith, while Southern rural Democrats de- manded William G. McAdoo. And it was fanned into flames again at this convention. Remarked one Democrat who has battled for Roosevelt during twelve long years: "Roosevelt has been dictating to the party for so long that you boys don't know what to do without being dictated to. He turns the convention loose-and what is the first thing you do? You run to the telephone and ask him to do some more dictating." NOTE-What many delegates wondered was what prosecutor candidate Tom Dewey would do with a Democratic ticket on which the Vice President was a product of Pender- gast, picked by Pendergast's old cronies. Sen- ator Truman is a man of scrupulous honesty, with a great reputation for cleaning up war inefficiency. But nevertheless, many argued that a city-boss product, picked by city bosses, would just be playing right into the hands of Dewey. (Copyright, 1944, United Features Syndicate) SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1944 VOL. LIV No. 15-S All notices for The Daily Official Bul- letin are to be sent to the Office of the Summer Session, in typewritten form by 3:30 p. m. of the day preceding its publication, except on Saturday when the notices should be submitted by 11:30 a. m. Notices University of Michigan Men's Glee Club: Important rehearsal Monday, July 24, 7 to 9 p.m., 3rd Floor, Michi- gan Union, in preparation for the All-Campus Sing next week. All men on campus including servicemen are cordially invited to come to this rehearsal and join the club in this event. David Mattern Candidates for the Teacher's Cer- tificate for August and October: Please call at the office of the School of Education, 1437 University Ele- mentary School, on Wednesday or Thursday, July 26 and 27, between 1:30 and 4:30 to take the Teacher's Oath. This is a requirement for the certificate. - Registration: Students who took registration blanks are reminded that these blanks are due back in our office one week after the date they were taken. They should be returned to the office of the University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information Mr. Brady from the Eastman Ko- dak Company, Rochester, N.Y., will be in the office Tuesday, July 25, to interview women with one or more years of Chemistry or Physics; Me- chanical Engineers, Chemical Engi- neers. Make appointments at the Bureau, 201 Mason Hall, or call Extension 371. University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information' City of Detroit Civil Service an- nouncements for Electric Crane Op- erator, Sr. Landscape Draftsman and have been received in our office. For complete details stop in at 201 Mason Sr. Assistant Landscape Architect, Hall. Bureau of Appointments. Post-War Employment Outlook, Guidance and Occupational Confer- ence will be on Tuesday, July 25, 7:30 p.m. Rackham Lecture Hall. Following the speeches an oppor- tunity will be given the audience to ask questions. The speakers and their topics are: National Post - War Employment Needs, Dr. Hugh B. Killough, Acting Chief Employment and Occupational Outlook Branch, U.S. Department of Labor. Plans of Business and Indus- try for Veterans and Civilians, Mr. Allen B. Crow, President, The Eco- nomic Club of Detroit. Cooperation of Labor in Post-War Employment, Mr. Victor B. Reuther, Assistant Dir- ector, War Policy Division, UAW- CIO. Personal and Vocational Ad- justment and Placement of Veterans, Colonel Lewis B. Cuyler, Headquar- ters, Army Air Forces Personnel Dis- tribution Command. The meeting is sponsored by Uni- versity Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. Lectures Tuesday, July 25: Professor Preston W. Slosson, Department of History, will present his weekly lecture "In- terpreting the News" at 4:10 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. The public is cordially invited. Sr. Ernesto Delgado of Colombia will present a talk in Spanish, "Cos- tumbres Campesinas de Colombia," at the next meeting of the Sociedad Hispanica on Tuesday, July 25, at 8 p.m. in the League. The public is invited without charge. Speech Assembly: Wednesday, July 26 Professor Claribel Baird will give a program of selected readings at the assembly of the Department of Speech at 3 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. The program is open to the public. Wednesday, July 26: Dr. Jose Per domo of Colombia will lecture in Spanish on "dolombia-Donde Em- pieza Sur America" at 8 p.m., Kellogg Auditorium. Open to the general public without charge. Thursday, July 27: Professor Shih Chia Chu will give his weekly lecture on Chinese Civilization at 4:10 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. The title of this week's lecture will be "Cultural Relations Between China and the West." Friday, July 28: Dr. Ernest J. Sim- mons, Director of the Intensive Study of Contemporary Russian Civiliza- tion being held at Cornell University this summer, will lecture on "Soviet Russian Literature" at 4:10 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Academic Notices Graduate Students in Speech: A symposium dealing with practical theatre will be held at 4 p.m. Mon- day by the Department of Speech in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Make-up examinations in History will be given on Friday, July 28, from 3-5 in Rm. C, Haven Hall. All stu- dents wishing to take such an exami- nation should consult with their ex- aminers by Monday, July 24. Visual Education Class and All Students Eunrolled in the School of Education: Film topics for today and tomorrow are as follows: (Held in Kellogg Dental Institute Auditorium.) Monday, July 24, 2-3: Clothing; Cotton Goods: From Seed to Cloth (2 reel). 3-4: The Story of Leather (2 reel) ; Protecting the Con- sumer. Tuesday, July 25, 2-3: Light Waves and Their Uses; Unseen Worlds; Thermodynamics. 3-4: Moving X- Rays; Liquid Air; Vacuum Tubes in Radio. Doctoral Examination for Robert Frank Witter, Biological Chemistry; thesis: "The Metabolism of Mono- .bromobenzene, Benzene, Benzyl Chlo- ride, and Related Compounds in the Rabbit," Wednesday, July 26, 317 West Medical, at 2 p.m. Chairman, H. B. Lewis. By action of the Executive Board the Chairman may invite members of the faculties and advanced doctoral candidates to attend this examina- tion, and he may grant permission Dominie Says ON A prominent corner in Ann Ar- bor is a sign "For Russia, God and Victory-Leave Your Bundles Here." Thus the problem of com- munication is before us again. Says Parker in Experience and Substance: "Understanding is coming upon your- self in another mind." The maker of this sign wished to be for the Rus- sian people but not for the atheistic socialist form of social control; hence this combination of words. What does carry your idea? Is it conveyed by the words, the accent, the deed, the facial expression, the tone of voice? Must one speak a given language and then combine all these other expressions in it if he expects to be understood definitely and quickly? Here is a problem of far- reaching importance to education, to religion, to statecraft, to personality, to family life, to world government. Within the world break-up of old patterns of behavior, old ways of business, old means of transporta- tion, old advertising methods, old groupings of persons, and old so- cial controls, we are forced to de- vise a new language or try new uses of former language. The communication of persons is back of the communication of ideas and in front of them is the use of words. The words dip into- the stream of past experiences and pour a flavor into a new stream which we think of as the present. Now these streams, whether they are streams of ideas or streams of emotion, or streams of intention, or streams of consciousness or streams of sym- bols, are the, main consideration. We feel that this reasoning gets us close to reality. "For Russia, God and Victory"- a phrase as strange as the four free- doms and as challenging as he At- lantic Charter, may well become a symbol of the war we are living through. He but half lives in this revolutionary epoch who fails to feel at home with the strange partners we have made, fails to touch should- ers with the productiveworker, skips the man in uniform, or stands apart from the sad mourner whose son is buried in the Atlantic. Our western world, as we all know it, has been saved from Nazi domination and ty- ranny- by the Russians. How can we enter into community with them? How thank those who have saved Europe? Bundles become the lang- uage of a grateful people. While we repudiate dictator method, with- hold our approval of the purges, and regret the former curtailment of re- ligious freedom, we insist upon bun- dies, for the bundles tell what is deeper than systems of government, experiments in economics or forms of belief. The religious man, therefore, in- sists that the God common to the devout Orthodox and to us seems to bereshaping our mistken i- ternational awkwardness. There is a humanitarian essence which is forcing us to get acquainted. The God whose family of mistaken children can settle their differenc- es only by a war of exhaustion is causing His healing influence to have its way in spite of our lack of 1 communication. That sign on the corner may turn out to be a sermon of far-reaching educational merit. "I know that my unity with others cannot be shut off by a frontier or a government decree. I know that all men everywhere are brothers and equals and my true welfare is found in my unity with the whole world." (Leo Tolstoi, Confessions.) Edward W. Blakeman Counselor in Religious Education Faculty Recital: The final program in the sonata recital series presented by Mabel Ross Rhead, pianist, and Gilbert Ross, violinist, faculty mem- bers, will be given in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre on Thursday evening, July 27, at 8:30. This change in auditorium was announced by the School of Music so that all those who wish to attend can be accom- modated. The public is cordially invited to attend this recitalaof sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart. All Russian Choral Evensong: First Methodist Church Choir, conducted by Professor Harain Van Deursen. School of Music. Soloists, Bonnie Ruth Van Deursen, Soprano, and Harriet Porter, Contralto; organist, Irene Applin Bice. Sunday, Aug. 6, 8:30 p.m., First Methodist Church. The public is cordially invited to attend. Exhibitions Exhibitions, College of Architec- ture and Design: "Look at your Neighborhood"; circulated by Museum of Modern Art; consisting of drawings, photo- graphs, and plans illustrating hap- hazard building and need for good play. Ground floor cases, Architec- ture Building. Student work continued on dis- planning. South end of downstairs corridor, Architecture Building. Open daily, 9 to 5, through July 30, except on Sunday. The public is invited. BARNABY By Crockett Johnson Yes. All we need now, to salvage that treasure, is a oot. .. A sound craft- Pop gave me a boat, but- * C " -a''S - Y ou hove a boat? Why didn't you mention it? Cushlomochree! Where- It's only a little boot-- 0 T hat's what we need! A little boat. Low tonnage and shallow draft. Not the Queen Mary, m'boy~- But- Bornaby! JOHN 5OtS You don't want to Your Fairy Godfather always bother with a toy interests himself in things boat, Mr. O'Malley. that interest you, Barnaby. .You're so busy- And besides, this reminds me I used to help the New York Yacht Club boys make up rules for the America's Cup sloops- Oh, yes. But always a friend of the underdog, I sailed with the British boats. POOR Sir Thomas Lipton. . But come. .. There's a r.. _ - _.. :. - --- Clements books. Library: Association 'fl.. ...1..L .., Y.. !'1 ., 14 .5 ._ _ LtT.......,.t_ .. 1f 11. ..