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" THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTH WW Cloudy and Warmer Today Z 525 VOLUME XLVI EDITORIAL PHONE 41 J 1 CHAPEL HILL, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937 BUESZSS PHCXX 4J5S NUMBER 61 W or Id News o Ity Nelson Large CONGRESS MAY ENACT HOUSING MEASURE Washington, Nov. 30 With an eagerness to help business in mind, members of congress be gan work immediately today on President Roosevelt's program to encourage home construction. Committees in the house and senate started consideration of Roosevelt's recommendations for liberalizing the housing act. 'Members in both chambers ar gued leisurely over crop control legislation, but it is believed that the housing bill will be enacted during the session. ' : Democratic leader Barkley of the senate predicted the commit tee would be through with the bill in a week, and he and other members of congress indicated that it was entirely possible for the measure to be passed at the special session., ' Barkley stated, "I can't imag ine any real controversy. No government money is involved. The bill might go through ihe senate in a single day." Senator Glass (P., Va.), senior member of the banking commit tee, announced his opposition, however. "I am utterly opposed to the government going into business," Glass said. "The government has no more right to build private houses than I have to build pub lic houses." Although some legislators ad vised against expecting . too much from the program, most comment on the President's housing message was favorable. ANGLO-FRENCH FINISH WORLD DANGER REVIEW . London, Nov. 30 A two-day review of Anglo-French prob lems in world danger spots from Africa and the Mediterranean to the China Sea was completed to day by heads of the British arid French governments. A message was being drawn up to announce their interests on questions of Germany's de mand for colonies to Mussolini's plans in the Mediterranean, and Japan's action in China. A policy of non-intervention in (Continued on last page) Mr. Roosevelt And A Mackerel By Stuart Rabb iesterdays newspapers de voted considerable front page space to an account of how President Roosevelt, cruising off the Florida ferge mackerel." Fishing is one of those recreations that affords complete diversion of mind to aiore pleasant thoughts. I This diversion of Mr. Roose velt's thoughts is timely, be cause there, are, no doubt, , many recent events that he would like to f oreet. His plan to put more men on fte Supreme Court, for instance, failed to catch the fancy of the nate. Likewise the appoint ment of Hugo Black to the Highest Bench didn't add to Mr. Roosevelt's popularity. But both tf these incidents are dwarfed Y Mr. Roosevelt's big worry. After five years of unparalleled government spending, after de (Continued on last page) Freshmen To Elect Seven Honor Gouncilmen Today Selections To Be Made From Group Of 20 Candidates To Vote At 10:30 Following announcement by the Student council of twenty nominees for the freshman honor council, seven members will be elected by , the class dull ing the regular chapel period this morning. Names to appear on the bal- ots are Hargrove Bowles, Bill Shuf ord, Syd Alexander, Richard Cowhig, Reddy Grubbs, Fred Seymour, M. H. Bohrerj David Stick, Chester van Sckoik, Don Baker, Ed Hamlet, William Dees; Ed Maner, Dave Sanders, Rob ert Carroll, W. H. Kimrey, George Jenkins, Donald Bishop, Sid Sadof f , and Bill Conley. Duties Members elected by the class, (Continued on page three) PAfiETO MAKE Noted Author, Lecturer To Speak Sunday Dr. Kirby Page, nationally known author and lecturer, will be the guest of the Y. M. C. A. here this week-end and will de liver three addresses, followed by open forum discussions. Dr. Page is well known for his favorable attitude toward Christian socialism. At the Stu dent Y. M. C. A. Conference at Blue Ridge last spring, heled several discussions in the belief that Christianity necessitates so cialistic principles. Speaks Sunday TJie liberal leader will speak (Continued on page two) t Local Station To Begin Broadcasts Short Wave W4WE To Be Open For Visitors Friday Night Short wave station W4WE, owned and operated by the radio club, will be open to visitors from 7:30 until 9:00 Friday night, at which time it will for mally begin its activities for this school year. : The station, located at the corner of Pittsboro and McCau ley streets, has been completely repainted and cleaned out before beginning any communications with other stations this fall. The club was reestablished (Continued on page two) DUKE PROFESSOR" TO MAKE TALK TO LEAGUE TONIGHT Dr. C. B. Hoover To Also Ad dress Economics Seminar On Soviet Union Tonight Dr. Calvin Bryce Hoover will address the Foreign Policy league and the economics semi nar tonight at 8 o'clock in Room 103, Bingham hall, on the sub ject: "The Soviet -Union Twenty Years After the Revolution." Jnhn TCpndrick: Dresident of the league, announced that Dr. Hoover, professor of economics at Duke university, will speak for about forty minutes. After his talk, Hoover will answer any questions from the audience and the floor will be open ior aiscus sion of the subject. Kendrick also stated that everyone inter ested was invited to attend the Tvioofifr nnrT take part in the Uivvwug discussion. ASSEMBLY HOLDS HOT DEBATE ON ANTI-LYNCH BILL Final Vote Postponed Indefinitely; $10 Voted To CPU Heated discussion on the ques tion of the recently proposed anti-lynching bill, caused the Phi, assembly to postpone fur ther debate as well as the final vote on the question, until some indefinite time in the future, j Members Tom Loh. Frank McDonald, Ed Maner, Ben Dix on, . and Tom Royster opposed the bill, while Henry Roth and Hyman Phillips spoke for it. ; Long, the first person to take the floor, used as his main argu ment against the bill his belief that it would bring about a re occurrence of the friction be tween whites ,and Negroes, which has only recently been disappearing. : Frank McDonald, the second speaker, declared that it would be unconstitutional, and backed (Continued on last page) Present Athletic Offices May Be Used As Studios Plan For Acquisition, Financing x And Organization StiU To Be Approved Providing scheduled plans for the erection of a University radio broadcasting studio are completed and approved by the administration, the office space now occupied in Graham Memo rial by the athletic department will probably be used by the proposed organization as the studio. Although the administration is, in favor of the idea, a plan for acquisition, financing, and organization will have to be ap proved by them before such a studio can be put into operation. Plans are now under way for student financing of the studio through the Publications Union. MEN NAMED TO LEAGUE COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE POSTS Nigrelli Announces The Ap pointment of Large, Myers, and Crawley As Chairmen Chairman ' Henry Nigrelli of the League of Nations council announced the following com mittees last night. Lee Large was named chair man of extension committee; Tommy Myers, chairman of mebership committee; and Oli ver Crawley, director of pub licity. . Plans have been completed for extension programs before the Di, Phi, and Foreign Policy league to be neid m tne near future. John Creedy, William Belgrade and Chairman Nigrelli will appear before the F. P. L. on December 9, according to the announcement. The complete executive com mittee will be named at the League meeting tonight. Six Down Six persons were on the sick list at the infirmary yesterday. Those listed were : Charles Wood, Margarita Samayoa, Phillip Mack, C. L. Futrell, I. T. Avery, and Dr. J. B. White. JEWISH LEADER TO SPEAK HERE ON FRIDAY NIGHT Rabbi J. G. Heller Will Address Hillel James G. Heller, an outstanding Jewish leader, will speak to the Hillel society on Friday evening at . 7:30 in the ballroom of the Carolina Inn. The subject of his talk will be "The Proposed Partition of Pal estine." According to Rabbi Zei zer, Heller is more familiar with this, subject than anyone in America and everyone is invit ed to hear the . address. Organization Heller has taken an active part in many local and national organizations. He was for a time chairman of the executive com mittee of the Zionist Organiza tion of America. At the present time he is a member of the board of governors of the Hebrew (Continued on last page) RECITAL TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT Holmes To Be Featured In Concert At 8:30 A recital of vocal and instru mental music tonight at 8 :30 in the Hill Music hall will feature the voice of Dr. Urban T. Holmes, professor of romance philology at the University, and other students , in the music de partment. , Numbexsby B2ch and Schu mann are included in the pro gram, and the "Fantasy on Duke I Street" will be played on -the organ by M. H. Waynick. The familiar "Moonlight Sonata" by Beethoven will be played by Harold Cone, former Harvard student of piano who has ap peared in several recitals on the campus. Others appearing on the pro gram are Roger p. Baker, bari tone; Helen Edwards, mezzo- (Continued on page two) Duke To Battle Local Shysters m Law School Teams To Clash Here Friday Afternoon At 3:30 The Carolina-Duke gridiron tradition will be elaborated Fri- day afternoon at 3 :30 vhen the law schools of the two universi ties meet on intramural field" 6 for a touch football game. The local shysters are the challengers. Jimmjr Queen playing man ager of the University contin gent, was gloomy when ; inter viewed yesterday. Several of his best' men sustained injuries over the holidays and will be kept on the bench. (No pun.) "I doubt if we beat them more than two touchdowns," he said. Geology Head Acts As t. V. A. Witness W. F. Prouty Goes To Knoxville To Testify As Expert Dr. W. F. Prouty, head of the University geology department, left today for Knoxville, Ten nessee. He will act as an expert mar ble" witness in suit against the T. V. A. by certain marble in terests holding mineral lands in the flooded areas of Norris lake. Dr. Prouty is expected to re turn to Chapel Hill next Mon day, i . Illness May Force Browder To Break Engagement Here S MORS HEAR DETAILED REPORT ON MM)MENTS Defeat Motion To Have Council's Actions . Published Senator Hobbs, of the Dialec tic senate constitutional commit tee, made a detailed report last night of the actions of the com mittee on the ten amendments to the constitution proposed several weeks ago by Senator Howard. The senate also dis cussed briefly the bill Re solved: that all actions of the Student Honor Council should be made public by publishing in the Daily Tar Heel At the meeting of the senate last week only one of the pro posed amendments had been re ferred to the senate for discus sion,' and Senator Howard, au thor of the ten proposals, pro tested that, under the constitu tion of the senate, all proposed amendments should be read to the senate for discussion. Presi dent Ramsay instructed the con stitutional committee to make (Continued on last page) Money From Sale Of Seals To Buy X-Ray Equipment Special Trailer To Be Purchased For The Use Of Dr. W. P. . Richardson, Health Officer Funds received from sales of "Prevent Tuberculosis" Christ mas seals will be used toward purchasing a trailer with a spe cial X-ray machine to be .used by Dr. W. P. Richardson next year, it was revealed from the Y. M. C. A. office yesterday. Dr. Richardson, Orange coun ty health officer, will tour the county with the machine, giving tuberculin tests . and making ! X-rays of advanced cases. Health officials - have been working on the plan for some tinle, but it is believed this year will be the first time it can ac- (Continued on last page) PROFESSOR MEYER TO STUDY FOREIGN YOUTH MOVEMENTS Sociologist Sails To Europe For Observations In Germany, Italy Arid England Harold D. Meyer, professor of sociology, in the University, has just sailed for Europe where during tiie next ten months he will .make an extensive study of! youtn movements and recrea - tional activities in Germany, Italy and England. . He was fto have" begun his tour last -September, but the trip was postponed because of the serious illness of Mrs. Meyer who is accompanying him. Professor Meyer's study was made possible by a Kenan trav eling professorship awarded him by the University and a supple mentary grant from other sources. Plans Professor Meyer will be lo cated in Germany for six months under official direction. From there he will go to Italy to study the Balila, the youth movement there, for six to seven weeks, and will then spend sev eral weeks in England under the direction of the Boy Scouts of (Continued on last page) Communist Head Offers To Send Hathaway In His Place Proposal Refused It was learned last night that Earl Browder, national com munist leader who was sched uled to speak in Chapel Hill to morrow night, may not be able to make the trip here as planned. In a telegram to Alex Heard, chairman of the Carolina Politi cal union, Browder said : grippe I am proposing to send Clarence Hathway to replace me Thursday meeting. Extremely sorry to miss this meeting but simply unavoidable. Wire if this is acceptance' . - Hathaway? Clarence Hathaway, whom Browder -offered to send in his place, is editor of the communist newspaper, "The Dadly Work er." He spoke in Chapel Hill last year at the Human Relations In- (Continued on last page) LETTER MEN SET BANQUET DATE Monogram Club To Hold Dinner December 9 At a special meeting of the Monogram club last night, the date for the annual banquet for letter-men of the football squad and the cross countrv team was oci ivi me mgiib ui. xxiursuay, December 9, at 8 o'clock. President Pete Mullis an nounced that all of the Mono-, gram club members were invit ed, and that all members of the Athletic Council and all of the coaching staff members will be sent invitations to attend. rm ! t 1 ii i nr i me council votea mat jaKe Wade, sports editor of the Char-. lotte Observer, be sent an invi tation to appear as speaker for the program. One of the local T 1 ' 1 t orcnestras win De ooxamea xo furnish music for the banquet, which will be held in Swain hall. Winners Chosen . In Lamp Contest Mrs. Sloan, Herman Schnell Are Best Guessers The Electric Construction Comnanv of Chanel Hill has an nounced the resident arid stu dent winners of its lamp-guessing contest. . Resident winners were: Mrs. Sloan, wife of the. Chapel Hill police chief, first; and Mr. Her man Schnell, runner-up. Two students, . Clen Hurik ' phries and A. C. Crawford, tied in tnfl'miooe While no contestant guessed the correct riuiriber of lamps in the window, 719,. , the. winners came very close. Mrs. Sloan esti mated 710 lamps; Mr. Schnell, 730; Humphreys and Crawford, 750 each. Eight hundred and twenty persons were entered in the contest. Rights Committee Win Meet Tonight The Southern Committee for People's Rights will meet to night at 8 o'clock in the social rooms of the Presbyterian church. All interested are urged to come. This will be the last meeting before Christmas. Sev eral matters of importance are to be taken up. '
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