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University of Oregon, Eugene Richard Neuberger, Editor Harry Schenk, Manager Sterling Green, Managing Editor EDITORIAL HOARD Thornton Gale, Associate Editor; Jack Dellinger, Julian Prescott. UPPER NEWS STAFF Oscar Munger, News Ed. Francis Palliater, Copy Ed. Bruce Hamby, Sports Ed. Parks Hitchcock, Makeup Ed. Bob Moore, Chief Night Ed. John Gross, Literary Kd Bob Guild, Dramatics Ed. Jessie Steele, Women’s Ed. Esther Hayden, Society Ed. Ray Clapp, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: Boh Patterson, Francis Pallister, Doug Polivka. Joe Saslavsky. Ralph Mason. NIGHT EDITORS—Bob McCombs, Douglas MacLean, John Hollopeter. Bob Couch, Don Evans. SPORTS STAFF: Malcolm Bauer. Asst. Editor; Ned Simpson, Bob Riddle, Bob Avison. Bill Eberhart, Jack Chinnock, and Roberta Moody, Jack Miller. FEATURE WRITERS: Elinor Henry, Maximo Pulido, Hazle Corrigan. REPORTERS: Julian Prescott, Madeleine Gilbert, Ray Clapp, Ed Stanley, David Eyre, Bob Guild, Paul Ewing, Cynthia Liljeqvist, Ann-Reed Burns, Peggy Chessman, Ruth King, Betty Ohlemiller. Roberta Moody, Audrey (’lark. Bill Belton, Don Olds. Gertrude Lamb, Roland Parks, Frances Hardy. WOMEN’S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Jane Opsund, Elsie Peterson, Mary Stewart, and Elizabeth Crommelin. COPYREADERS: Harold Brower, Nar.cy Lee, Margaret Hill, Edna Murphy, Mary Jane Jenkins, Frances Rothwell, Caro line Rogers, Claire Bryson. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS—Betty Gearhart, Portia Booth, Jean Luckel, Margaret Corum, Carolyn Schink, Betty Shoe maker, Ruth Vannice, June Sexsmilh, Carmen Blais, Elma Giles, Evelyn Schmidt, Cynthia Liljeqvist, Frances Neth, Frances Hardy, Gwen La Barre. RADIO STAFF: Ray C’lapp, Editor; Barney Clark, George Callas, Marjorie McNiece. SECRETARIES—Louise Beers, Lina Wilcox. BUSINESS STAFF nuv. mam nc/inciB National Adv. Mgr.. Auten Bush Promotional Mgr., Marylou Patrick Asst. Adv, Mgr., Gr a n t Theummel. Asst. Adv. Mgr. Bill Russell CiACtUMVi- I'niiMUJi uuiuvu; I Anne Clark Circulation M«r., Ron Rew. Office Mfrr., Helen Stinjrer Class. Ad. M^r., Althea Peterson Checking Mfcr., Ruth Storla Checking M»rr.. Pearl Murohy ADVERTISING ASSISTANTS: Fred Fisher, Ed Labbe, Cor rinne Plath, Dill Meissner, Ruth Baker, George Brice, Parker Favier, Eldon Haberman, Maurice Vannier, Frances Fearnley, Bill Schloth, Bill Perry, Tom Holman. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Phyllis Cousins, Patricia Campbell, Betty Bretscher, Betty Hently, Elma Giles, Jeanette Thomp son, Jean Bailey, Marjorie McNiece, Willa Bitz, Betty Shoe Maker, Ruth Byerly, Ruth McCornack, Mary Jane Jenkins, Virginia Blais. EDITORIAL OFFICES, Journalism Bldg. Thone 3300—News Room, Local 356 ; Editor and Managing Editor, Local 354. BUSINESS OFFICE, McArthur Court. Phone 3300—Local 214. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 42nd St., New York City; 123 W. Madison St., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1206 Maple Ave., Los Angeles; Call Building, San Francisco. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, Eugene, issued daily except Sunday and Monday during the college year. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rutes, $2 .CO a year. The Emerald’s Creed for Oregon “ . . . . There Is always the human temptation to forget that the erection of buildings, the formulation of new curricula, the expansion of departments, the crea tion of new functions, and similar routine duties of the administration are but means to an end. There is always a glowing sense of satisfaction in the natural impulse for expansion. This frequently lends to regard ing achievements as ends in themselves, whereas the truth is that these various appearances of growth and achievement can be justified only in so fur as they make substantial contribution to the ultimate objec tives of education .... providing adequate spiritual and intellectual training for youth of today—the citi zenship of tomorrow. . . . “ . . . . The University should be a place where classroom experiences and faculty contacts should stimu late and train youth for the most effective use of all the resources with which nature has endowed them. Dif ficult and challenging problems, typical of the life and world in which they are to live, must be given them to solve. They must he taught under the expert supervision of instructors to approach the solution of these problems in a workmanlike way, with a dis ciplined intellect, with a reasonable command of the techniques that i rc involved, with a high sense of in tellectual adventure, and with a genuine devotion to the ideals of intellectual integrity. . . —From the Biennial Report of the University of Oregon for 1031-32. The American people cannot be too careful in guarding the freedom of speech and of the press against curtailment as to the discussion of public affairs and the character and conduct of public men. —Carl Schurz. THAT $65,585 IN UNRESTRICTED FUNDS EVEN a cursory examination of the tentative budget now before the state board of higher education reveals unmistakably that the amount of money allotted to agricultural work is out of all reasonable proportion to the rest of the distribu tions. The facts are self-evident. The proof is in. black and white. Restricted funds to Oregon State col lege for agricultural extension are listed at $303, 119.79. Restricted funds to the same school for agricultural research are $185,557.50. This totals the highly respectable figure of $488,677.20. This sum is almost double the amount spent annually by the University of Oregon Medical school in Port land. The incongruity of the situation is so evident that it requires no embellishing comment. Rut the $488,677.29 comes from restricted funds, provided by the state, county and federal govern ments. We.have no comments to make regarding the sum, except that it appears Inordinately high in these times of financial distress. Rut in the separate budget for Oregon Stale college there ap pears an item for which there seems as little ex cuse as a charity donation to Mr. Rockefeller. It is an appropriation of $43,858 of unrestricted funds to Oregon State college for agricultural experiment stations. * * * IN addition there is list oil among the centralized activities an item of $22,000 for radio station KOAC at Corvallis. Thus $65,858 of unrestricted funds money which might teach a young doctor to save human life or show a young lawyer how to administer justice goes for activities at Oregon State college from which students receive no direct benefit whatsoever. And this, after the Corvallis school has received $488,677.29 of restricted funds lor its agricultural projects! To say it is pre prosterous, is saying it mildly. As before stated, we have nothing to say about the unrestricted funds of $488,000. They are set aside for a specific purpose, and cannot be used other than for that purpose. Rut the $65,858 of unrestricted funds for radio and agriculture is un other story. Why, in these days of terrific finan cial struggles and dire economic exigencies, should the state college require $65,858 for its agricul tural ind radio projects in addition to the $488,000 it receives from restricted funds? Education should be primarily for the student. Find a leading educator who doesn't agree with thai. Under the existing financial conditions the premise is more true than ever. But the $65,838 which the budget sets aside for radio and agricul ture at Oregon State college is directly contrary to the specific and fundamental purpose of higher learning. By this do not gain the impression that v.e are hostile to all agricultural experiment work Quite to the contrary. We merely think it is sub ordinate to the real purpose of education. We grant that the radio station and agricultural enterprises are valuable; there is no doubt of that. But they are not so valuable that higher education should be sacrificed to provide for them. Make no mistake about that. The people of the state of Oregon don't want their children's education to suffer so that someone may know how to produce better cabbages or someone else may listen to the market reports every noon. * * * QO (hat it may teach the young men of the com ^ monwealth how to administer justice, the Uni versity law school is scheduled to receive the mag nificent sum of $16,011.43. This amount compares sharply with the $22,000 which is slated to be spent on the radio station at Corvallis. We rather imagine the bar of the state will be interested in looking over those figures. However, we do not believe the men who plead before the bar and sit on the bench in the great state of Oregon ever will have occasion to worry over those figures. For we know the men on the state board of higher education. We know their reputation for fairness. We know they will see that every institution and department is treated with equity. We do not think they will let the law school struggle along on $16,000 while the radio station at Corvallis consumes $22,000, and another $43,000 from unrestricted funds is added to Oregon State’s $488,000 from the restricted funds. A VALUABLE BOARD MEMBER /ANE of the most efficient men on the state board of higher education is Fred Callister of Al bany. A dependable administrator, a courageous leader, he is one of the men who is fighting to help higher learning through the morass in which it [ struggles today. Mr. Callister is seldom in the public eye, but the state owes him a real debt for his efforts in behalf of its youth. His splendid services are an asset to the board. It is indeed fortunate that his term lias until 1941 before it expires. NOT TOO GOLDEN i 'T'HE refusal of Robert Hail, acting in the ca pacity of chairman of the publications com mittee, to give out any information relative to the new candidates for the editorship of the Oregana only adds another farcical touch to the ludicrous and drawn-out fiasco. Mr. Hall assigned as the reason for such re fusal that he wished to avoid the undesirable pub licity, which inadvertently seems to attach its stigma to the candidates for that post. It is pos sible that Mr. Hall is entirely within his powers. We are not questioning his action as being extra legal, but it does seem that his mistaken delicacy deprives the students of information that is right fully theirs. Who are the mysterious nine candidates who nave filed petitions for the Oregana editorship? Your guess is as good as ours. Rumor has it that Zurcher and Hitchcock have refiled their petitions and that some seven members of the Oregana staff have suddenly perceived the light and are refurb ishing their ambitions. We wish them luck'and predict that they will need it in the face of the publications committee-executive council-judiciary committee controversy. We also believe it is the right of the students to know the decision of the committee before it is presented for approval to the executive council. The two choices already made by the publications com ' m*ttee have been firmly and none too politely re j fused by the executive council. Should a third be j treated in the same manner we think it is high time to lay the blame at somebody’s door. Mr. Hall's delicate refusal to divulge informa tion may be tactful; it may protect the hopefuls from the spotlight of publicity; it may forestall unfavorable comment as to the action of either the publications committee or the executive council, but we question that it is dealing fairly with the stu dents. A government monopoly enables Austria to sell a new cigar of low nicotine content for two cents. Although mistletoe is a native of southern I states, it grows in some parts of Ohio. Contemporary =Opinion— __j That Unbalanced Itudget i '1*7'HEN the University of Oregon, the State eol j * ™ lege and the normal schools were brought into one comprehensive system of higher education : under one directing head, it was not only for the purpose of making economies in the aggregate but for the purpose of correcting and adjusting certain obvious distortions which were pointed out in the federal survey report. How far the budget proposed for the coming j year falls short of correcting some of these glaring distortions is revealed by the comparison of certain significant items. Despite the fact that the Uni versity cares for an enrollment which is slightly larger than that in Corvallis, the University is granted a "requisition budget" of only $10,929 as compared with $89,761 on the Corvallis campus, a difference of $-13,000 which even the admitted higher cost of technical instruction does not quite [ justify in a year of rigid economies. A more serious disparity is a salary allowance for the Corvallis campus $112,000 greater than is set up for Eugene. On present payscales this fund would provide 71 more teachers of the rank of as sistant professor at Corvallis than at Eugene with the larger enrollment. This is another situation which differences in subject matter do not explain. ' Either one campus is being over-staffed for the present situation, or the other is being under staffed. A reasonable balance in fairness to the students in all fields ought not to be hard to attain. There is no desire here to see the necessary work at the sister school impaired. There is a question whether the important work which the University is allotted in the social sciences and liberal arts is getting the attention and support it deserves The method of proportionate cutting in evitably tends to squeeze the small appropriations to nothingness. U is neither unkind nor untimely to point out that the people of Oregon said quite convincingly last fall that nothing of this sort houid Mem.—Eugcui Rc„t-Ur-Liuai'd. i " . " "f1 —- ■ ■ Forming in Line - - By; STANLEY ROBE Judiciary Committee Report ■rT'HE complete text of the judi ciary committee’s report drawn up yesterday, follows: Issue: Did the executive council at its meeting April 26, act withir its constitutional powers when it rejected the recommendation ol the publications committee that Mr. Parks Hitchcock be appointee editor of the Oregana for 1933-34 ? Opinion Requested: In letter un der date of April 26 by Richarc Neuberger, editor of the Oregor Daily Emerald. Opinion Submitted: May 1, 1933 * * * In an opinion handed down Apri 21st, 1933, involving a similar cast in which the judiciary committef reviewed the action of the execu tive council in rejecting on scholas tic grounds the recommendation: of the publications committee thal one, Mr. Robert Zurcher, be ap pointed editor of the Oregana, the judiciary committee therein rulet that: “It is not within the provinct of tlie judiciary committee to dic tate to the executive council whai weight should be given to the scho lastic record of applicants for pub lications appointments. It is with in the province of the judiciary committee to determine, when * petition is duly presented to it as to whether or not the executive council rejected for good and suf ficient reasons a recommendatior of the publications committee. Ir this particular instance, the judi ciary committee is of the opinior that the rejection of Mr. Zurcher': application on scholastic ground: was not unreasonable. Scholastic qualifications are clearly arnon^ those which should be considered when making appointments to pub lications positions. Such position: I tax a student's time and energ} . and may effect detrimentally the academic standing of any studenl 1 selected to fill such position. Thi. is much more likely to be the case when an applicant with a low av erage or below average record i: selected. Further, the scholastic record of a student is some evi donee of his ability and apparent ! ly the executive council took all o1 j these factors into consideratior when it refused to appoint Mr Zurcher to the editorship of the Oregana. Therefore, the judicial'} committee decrees that tlie execu tive council's rejection of the pub lications committee's common dation of Mr. Zurcher, was regulai in form and not unreasonable.’’ Subsequent to the above cite: i decision the executive council ii I meeting decided by motion to as! the judiciary committee to elab I orate upon the above stated rul< and to determine whether or no ; the said rule involves a power no ! granted to the judiciary commit ’ tee in the A. S. U. O. constitution Therefore, in answering the is I sue involved in the instant case it is necessary first to make eleai the powers of the judiciary com mittee. Article V, sections 1 am | 2 of the A.S.U.O. constitution reat ' as follows: "Section l The dean of the law school, the dean of men. and the executive secretary of the University, or representatives appointed by themselves, shall constitute a judiciary to which any member or administrative body of the Associated Students may refer any question on which it desires an opinion as to the correct judicial construction or interpretation or any part of this constitution and by-laws. "Section 2 The decision of ihe judicialy committee shall be made a matter of public rec ord; conclusive on the particu lar point involved; binding upon the officers, classes, organiza tion, committees, and members of the Associated Students; en forcable by appropriate admin istrative acts.” It is to be noted from Article V that the therein named members of the judiciary committee shall constitute a judiciary. According to legal definition a judiciary is that branch of government invest ed with the judicial power, namely the power to hear and determine questions in controversy. A ju diciary interprets the law of a given jurisdiction and adjudicates controversies^ arising under that law. , Unless a given constitution or by-laws specifically subordinates a judiciary, it is to be implied that the judiciary is intended to exer cise coordinate powers. The view has been expressed to the judiciary committee that the said judiciary committee is a subordinate or sub sidiary committee of the execu tive council. This argument is un tenable. There is nothing in the A. S. U. O. constitution which sub ordinates the judiciary committee to the executive council. On the other hand, a fair interpretation of Article V of the constitution makes clear that it was the intention of the students at the time the con stituion was adopted to create and establish a department of govern ment called a judiciary, coordin ate with the executive and legis lative branches of the A. S. U. O. * # * It is, of course, true that the judiciary committee has only those powers given to it expressly and impliedly in the constitution. Sec tion 1 of article V states that any member or administrative body of the Associated Students may re fer any question on which it de sires an opinion as to the correct judicial construction or interpre tation of any part of the constitu tion or by-laws to the judiciary committee. It must be granted that all of ficers, boards and committees of ! the A. S. U. O. are likewise lim ited in their functions to the pow ers given to them expressly and impliedly in the A. S. U. O. con stitution. Therefore, when a ques tion is raised as to whether a given board, committee, or officer of the A. S. U. O. has exceeded its con stitutional powers, the judiciary committee may be called upon to determine that constitutional ques tion. The instant case involves just such a question. The constitution does not give the executive council or any other committee, officer, or board of the I A. S. U. O. the right to act un reasonably, arbitrarily, frivolously, : or capriciously. On the other hand, • the constitution gives the execu tive council power to exercise dis ; cretion, but discretion is to discern between right and wrong. There fore. he who has power to act ' within discretion, is found by the rule of reason and law. It is elementary that specific rights, privileges, or immunities granted in a constitution cannot be limited by a board, committee or officer which has been given discretionary powers, except in those instances where the consti tution permits of the exercise of I such discretion and then only when j the discretion exercised is reason able. Article VI. section 3 of the A. t? I' O bv-i;i'v-. read in parr , as follows; "Every member of the Associated Students is eligible to be a member of the staff of any publication of the Associated Stu dents.” This section grants to each and every student of the A. S. U. O. the constitutional right to become an editor or manager of any publication of the Associated Students, provided, of course, that the student merits such a position on the basis of the qualifications as set forth elsewhere in the con stitution. To argue that the judiciary com mittee lacks the power to review the cause for which the executive council rejects the recommenda tion of the publications committee because supreme courts in our na i tional and state governments do not have the power to reverse the executive branch of the govern ment when it refuses on frivolous grounds, or for political reasons, to make a certain appointment, con stitutes a non sequitur argument. The organization of the A. S. U. O. government is in many respects vitally different from the organi zation of our state and federal governments. Its purposes and functions are different. One of the primary purposes of the A. S. U. O. government is to organize, pro mote, and develop extra-curricular activities. The activities are in a real sense a part of the education al program of the University. Stu dents cannot be excluded from them any more than they can be excluded from University classes. Students pay fees to support these activities and by the constitution they arc made eligible to partici pate in these activities. To deny students participation, or to dis qualify them for office on other than reasonable grounds, would be clearly in violation of the spirit of the constitution and the aims and purposes of the student govern ment. In a real sense, a student who comes to the University and works conscientiously and meritoriously on a given publication for two or three years, or who, because of his work and experience in other A. S. U. O. activities, can be considered qualified to hold a publications of ! fice, has earned a vested right to : have his application for such of j fice considered and determined on | the basis of merit only. It is that I right that the judiciary committee i proposes to protect and its power i to do so is one of the important safeguards contained in the con stitution. , ! On the other hand, a private cit izen under our state and federal governments does not stand in the , same relation to those govern ments as does a University stu dent to the A. S. U. O. There is i no guarantee that the governor or I the president shall be limited, in ' his selection of appointive officers, to the best qualified. However, a study of the origins and development of the A. S. U. O. makes clear that it was intend ed to guarantee a democratic ad ministration of A. S. U. O. activi ties and it sets meritorious work as the standard for the selection cf publications staff members, rather than such undemocratic standards as wealth, social posi tion. and political influence. There fore, whenever the executive coun cil passes upon a recommendation for the appointment of a publica tions editor or manager submitted to it by the publications commit tee, it must necessarily pass judg ment upon i matter which in volves a couciHutioiul right ui ai. given applicant, namely, the right to hold a publications office if duly qualified in accordance with the dictates of the constitution. * * * In making its selections, the ex ecutive council has wide discre tionary powers, but those powers, as above indicated, are limited by| the bounds of reason. What’ greater powers could the execu-1 tive council wish ? Clearly greater; powers are not granted to it by the constitution. Thus, if the ex- [ ecutive council should disqualify1 an applicant for an A. S. U. O., position on the ground that said | applicant is a Jew, or a negro, or a non-fraternity man, or wears a yellow necktie, or bases its rejec tion upon any other such frivo lous, capricious, or unreasonable ground, it then lies within the power and becomes the duty of the judiciary committee, upon ap peal duly made to said committee, to set aside the action of the ex ecutive council. The judiciary committee of the A. S. U. O. would lose its character as a judicial body if it did not have the power to protect the members of the A. S. U. O. from the unreasonable acts of the officers, boards, and committees of the A. S. U. O. Such protection is guaranteed by that rule set forth in the decision of the judiciary committee to de termine when a petition is duly presented to it as to whether or not the executive council rejected for good and sufficient reasons a (Continued on Page Three) Assault and Battery g.225, With the congress’ approval of “Iron Hat.’’ Roosevelt's plan to put 250,000 men to work in the national forests, the battle-cry might be raised: “Senator, spare that tree!” * * * Now that spring is here once more, Benny Baseball has burst forth with the first verse (foist voise in English) of a new song. Here it is: I want a good canoe A keg of 3.2 And you. * * * The best story on Jimmy Gilbert is the tale of how some bright gent distributed copies of Jimmy’s song “We Have Heard You, Alma Ma ter,” (words by Gilbert) on all the desks before public finance class the other day and greeted him with “Hymn No. 1.” * * « 9 CANDIDATES SEEK OREGANA EDITOR POST (Headline, Oregon Emerald.) A pretty doggy layout, eh Wat son ? s * * It must be a consolation to Llewellyn Banks to know that he isn't the only one to be closing down. We nominate for the Keg club: Rube Loekitch because he is get ing ready for the big affair, after his medical school fate is decided. * * .1: Amos Berg isn't the only ex plorer. W'e understand that Uni versity officials plan the issuance of a travel book, entitled: Along the Banks of the Mill-race with Gun and Camera, or Wild Life as She Is. S: * * ON THE POLICE BLOTTER. Weldon Ross in class again . . . Cliff Gregor and pipe . . . Bill Mil ler and his pooch, Mr. Wimpy . Jake Stahl looking a bit tired Ethan Newman, Mope Eorsta, and George Bennett engaged in a game of hearts ... 1~-~ Current LITERATURE ; By JOHN SELBY rJ''WO men have had the same j general idea, one an artist, the ■ other an economist. They are Gove Hambidge, writer, and Ralph Borsodi, economist. Their idea is' to get out of the daily treadmill. i Mr. Hambidge told his experi ence in “Time to Live,’’ considered yesterday in this column. Mr. Borsodi has told his in "This Ugly: Civilization, ’ a revised edition of which just has been published. The industrial revolution took man out of the home and put him into a factory to make the things mankind uses. Man left home be cause the factory produced more cheaply—with machines. Now, "This Ugly Civilization'' declares, man can produce more cheaplyi and without drudgery, in his home—with machines. Mr. Borsodi grinds his own flour: weaves cloth for his clothes: draws water from a well; cans and packs his own food; builds his own house—does, in fact, vir tually everything necessary to’ maintain his family. He does it, he says, without drudgery be cause machines do the work. As a personal experiment, Mr. Borsodi’s work is merely interest ing: as a development in econom ics it may easily become impor tant as economic theory. The theory is that the “domesticated" machine can wreck the factory system, return the home to its former high status, and grant in-1 dividual security to everyone. The! ___ _ i The Short Story Judges Portland, Or., May 1, 1933, To the Editor of the Emerald: Sir: I note in the issue of the Emerald dated April 28, 1933, that three judges have awarded a $50 prize in the annual Edison Mar shall short story contest. But the three judges are not the same as the three named in the Emerald several months ago. At that time the Emerald stated that the judges would be Mrs. McClain, of Eugene, and Dean Collins and James H. McCool, of Portland. In the April 28 issue of the Em erald the names of the judges were given as Mrs. McClain, Mr. Collins and Herbert Crombie Howe. What happened to McCool ? Didn't ho judge the stories? I happen to know McCool rather intimately and I know that he wrestled with those 24 entries for several days and nights. He told me that he was almost stunned by the medio cre quality of most of the stories and that he would have expected more from high school pupils. I know that McCool selected three stories out of the mess, and that his selections did not include “Mother Perrell,” announced a3 the winning “effort” in a front page article in the Emerald on April 28. But what I would like to know most of all is how the university could substitute a judge without notice. Howe KUM? LUKE FIDICH. Washington Bystander. . By KIRKE SIMPSON WfASHINGTON, May 2—Some ” nine years ago, a Tennessee an prominent in settling the dis pute between Germany and Lith uania over the port of Memel got home to announce that he was about to retire to private life. His name was Norman H. Davis and the troublesome case he hail just concluded rounded out years of public serv’ice both as a private citizen and as a government offi cial. Yet Mr. Davis was a bad guess er as to what the future held for him. Having been in succession assistant to Herbert Hoover as di rector of post-war food relief, as sistant treasury secretary, under secretary of state and chairman of the American delegation to the post-war communications confer ence, he felt that his public service record was complete. But it was not. Since then he has been the personal representa tive of the two succeeding presi dents in disarmament matters, and he has gone with full ambassador ial status to participate in the gravest disarmament crisis since the war. Looking back through the rec ords the Bystander found Mr. Da vis as acting secretary of state in January, 1921, discussing the same subject of disarmament before the house naval committee. That was three months before President' Harding’s inauguration, six months before Mr. Harding issued his call for the Washington conference in November of that year which re sulted in the 5-5-3 naval treaty and started the disarmament movement along the way it has sinde followed. It may be inferred that Mr. Hoo ver selected his own first assistant, naming Mr. Davis, when President Wilson appointed him post-war food administrator. All the important things Davis has since been concerned in flowed out of that selection. And despite his hope of retirement, he was the logical man when Mr. Hoover as president needed a special repre sentative in Europe in connection with the disarmament discussions of the past year. His experience could not be overlooked. * * * Now President Roosevelt has confirmed and enlarged the assign ment. Mr. Davis can speak with authority the views of two admin istrations on the subject. His per sonal connection with it goes back to its ground roots in 1919-1921. He is in his way even more of a veteran in the disarmament field than those career diplomats, the two Hughs, Gibson and Wilson, who will unquestionably be his main reliance in the negotiations with European leaders upon which he is entering. book declares that not only can machines do almost everything in the house satisfactorily, but also do it cheaper. Borsodi's work is based also on the principle that most of us are time killers. Time is all we have to spend in life, he says, and no matter what leisure the factory may give us, the leisure is harm ful if it further diminishes our independence. A real home not only gives us independence, the book insists, but givcj purpose and meaning to life.