___________THE MICHIGAN DAILY_ _ _ Auto Pioneer Will Celebrate 83rd Birthday DETROIT, July 27- (P) - Henry Ford, famed elder statesman of the world's automobile industry, comes to his 83rd birthday anniversary next Tuesday, active in mind and body but no longer the guiding genius of the fabulous empire he founded a little more than four decades ago. The slender, white-haired master of mass production stepped down from the presidency of the Ford Motor Co. last September, asserting he wanted to devote most of his time to "many personal interests." He turned the huge responsibility over to his grandson, Henry Ford II, eldest son of the late Edsel Bry- ant Ford. Today thite octogenarian pioneer of the automobile industry spends most of his time at his huge fenced-in estate, "Fairlane," in nearby Dear- born, across Federal Highway 112 from the Ford Engineering Labora- tory. He makes infrequent visits to the company's big main plant or to his Greenfield Village where, over the years he has assembled much valuable Americana. Although he retains a 58 per cent interest, with Mrs. Ford, in the Ford Company, the elder Ford apparently is making no attempt to dictate any of its policies. The only official connection he retains with the com- pany is as a member of its Board of Directors. In Dearborn, Mr. Ford's home town, the birthday anniversary next Tuesday will be observed with a day long civic celebration at all the public playgrounds and in the evening at Ford Field a civic tribute will be ac- corded the industrialist., McKellar Will Try for Sixth Senate Term WASHINGTON, July 27--(P)-Au- gust's 13 state primaries start off next Thursday with a No. 1 attrac- tion in the race of 77-year old Sena- tor Kenneth D. McKellar of Ten- nessee for a sixth-term nomination against a CIO-PAC-endorsed candi- date. The CIO and McKellar's attitude on the TVA have figured largely in the Democratic campaign in which Edward Ward Carmack, 46-year-old Murfreesboro attorney and son of the late U.S. Senator by that time, is opposing McKellar. McKellar and president pro-tem of the Senate, heads the powerful Appropriations Committee. He has been in the Senate since March 4, 1917. He has left most of his cam- paigning to his principal backer, Ed- ward H. Crump, Shelby County De- mocratic leader. Carmack has stump- ed the state actively. This is just one contest of many in August which will be watched na- tionally. Wet and dry issues are be- ing fought out in Kansas and South Carolina. Senator Robert H. LaFol- lette, Jr., lone Progressive in the Senate, who has turned Republican to run for renomination, has a hot fight on in Wisconsin. Senator Har- ry F. Byrd is facing his first primary opposition in Virginia since he went to the Senate n 1933. During the month-and the last few days of July-candidates will be chosen for nine places in the Sen- ate, 122 in the House,.and 6 gover- norships. Besides the Tennessee primaries, the coming week will also see Alaba- ma Democrats choose a candidate in a special senatorial primary. 'HEAH' WE H AVE IT : 'Angel Stree' Director Gives Advice to Theatre Aspirants "You've got to have it heah-the ability to act," Mrs. Claribel Baird, visiting director of Angel Street, said placing her hand over her heart in characterization of Don Marquis' be loved cockroach, Archie. "A talent for acting, or the capa- city to learn to act, cannot be learned as one memorizes theorems," she con- tinued. The most intelligent person in the theatre,she said, is often the worst performer. "A high IQ is not necessarily the first requisite of the actor but rather aptitude, imagina- tion, and an infinite capacity for hard work." High Aptitude Necessary No one can succeed in this pro- fession without pre-eminent apti- tude, and since no other profession has such odds against it for economic security, the kindest director is the one who discourages mediocre per- formers. "I think one takes on him- self a big responsibility in deciding that a performer hasn't "got it heah," she said, but I think the director who advises actors to have a try at Broad- way takes on an even greater respon- sibility. Ormont's line in "Two on an Island," "Broadway is paved with the little white psyches of renegade school teachers," is all too true, she said.. I would advise young people with a great interest in the theatre to di- rect or to be teachers of acting, she said. Many splendid teachers of act- ing cannot act, and many excellent directors are not performers." Played in Varied Roles Mrs. Baird as a graduate student here, and as a visiting member of the staff, has played in a variety of roles. She was Zenobia in "Ethan Frome," Mrs. Borkham in "John Gabriel Borkman," Ellen in "Ladies in Re- tirement," the English girl, Rhoda, in "Damasque Cheek" and Mama Au- kamp in "Papa Is All." Mrs. Baird has directed "Letters to Lucerne," "Journey to Jerusalem," "Quality Street," and is now doing "Angel Street." "Angel Street" is a far cry from "Quality Street" whose little ladies were trim. and delicate, she said,'but k Average'Wg Drops Below Wartime Level Strikes Ineffectual in Keeping Wages Static WASHINGTON, July 27-(P)-The last nine months have produced gen- eral wage increases of 181/2 cents an hour or thereabouts, but the average factory worker is still taking home less money than he did a year ago. New government 'figures throw some interesting light on what hap- pened to wages in the major strike settlements of last spring. Here are the main points: 1. On a weekly basis, the average factory worker is making about $3.14 less than he did a year ago. That is, factory workers have failed in their fight to restore "take-home" pay to the wartime levels. Factory Hourly Wages 2. On an hourly basis, factory workers are averaging about six cents more than a year ago-nothing like 18% cents an hour. That information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The explanation of both points lies in the heavy amount of overtime performed by factory workers during the war-a source of additional in-. come which, in most plants, is virt- ually a thing -of the past. The BLS says the average factory worker-call him Smith- had a work-week of about 45 hours during the last two-and-a-half years of the war. But this year he has been work- ing only about 40 hours. In June he worked 39.9 hours. Lower Than Wartime As a result-and in spite of wage increases - Smith's weekly pay is lower than in wartime. According to a preliminary estimate of the BLS, Smith earned $43.10 a week in June. In June of 'last year, he was paid $46.24. The highest his p y ever reached was $47.50, in January, 1945. So much for his weekly pay. What about his hourly earnings? Why haven't they risen something like 181/2 cents? Rates Not Earnings The answer is that the 181/2 cents was an increase in wage "rates." That is not the same as actual earnings, because when you calculate . a man's average hourly earnings you include both his straight-time hours and his overtime hours. A worker' gets from 50 to 100 per cent more pay for over- time hours than he does for straight- time hours, and the high-paid over- time hours pull up the average of his hourly earnings.. According to the BLS preliminary estimate, Smith was paid an average of $1.08 an hour in June. That's the highest hourly pay in history' yet it's only about six cents more than the $1.017 which was his average hourly pay in June of last year.. WAR SURPLUS 400 Slightly Used, Large Ring, Canvas Cover Note Books $1.50 ULRICH'S ANN ARBOR'S BUSY BOOK STORE Ia \ x. CHIC. QUICK. Elizabeth Arden's wonderful depilatory hat goes 11 I 11 CLARIBEL BAIRD t THOROUGH CLASSIC C BRED OATS 2Q95 1 1M kI it contains a highly dramatic situa- tion that makes good theatre. "It is a psychological drama in which an idea is imposed upon the mind of a woman." Character Delineation This play probably takes more study for character delineation than "Quality Street," she said. One must understand the dramatist's concep- tion of the characters and the rela- tionship of the characters to one another. It is also necessary to un- derstand the mind and habits of the particular characters in relationship to other minds in the cast. Timing is also an important element: A great deal of the effect of "Angel Street" depends on coordination between the actors. My interesting problem in this play is that several of the actors have seen Vincent Price and Leo Carrol do this on Broadway and they are wedded to those interpretations. A key to good acting is building a char- acterization upon one's own person- ality, Mrs. Baird said. Expansion of Colleges Will Be Considered WASHINGTON, July 27-(P)--The "whole future of higher education" comes under the scrutiny Monday of the newly appointed President's Com- mission on American Education. The big problem, is to decide if and how the approximately 1800 American colleges can expand their plants and faculties, almost over- night, to accommodate up to 1,500,- 000 war veterans. This means doubling the capacity of campuses and buildings by 1950, a several billion dollar job to be per- formed during a period when build- ing materials are going to be criti- cally short. After 1950 college en- rollment is expected to remain about double prewar totals. The commission is composed of '30 college presidents, business and labor leaders. It was appointed July 13 at the recommendation of educational organizations and the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion. 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