Sixty-Ninth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN hen Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will Preva' STDN ~ SUDENTPUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This mcst be noted in all reprints. "Boy, We've Really Got 'Em Worried This Time" 1 Z To TheEtor f-- AY, FEBRUARY 25, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: SUSAN HOLTZER Neither East Nor West Concern Arab Minds 'ANDWICHED BETWEEN the contrasting ideologies of the powerful East and West the political philosophy of the Arab world. tatesmen have branded these Middle Eastern ountries as nationalistic with varying shades f pro-Western and pro-Eastern sentiments, epending on the issues at stake. A hodge-podge of kings, dictator-heroes and ibal chieftains, the Arab world is undergoing propaganda barrage primarily designed to oo the underdeveloped countries into one of he ideologically opposed camps, and also, sec- ndarily to control the valuable oil reserves ontained there. MAN WHO LED ARABS for some seventeen years recently called, while in Ann Arbor .st Friday, for a new outlook in the West's ropaganda appeal to this "new audience that as appeared on the stage of the world." The an was Sir John Glubb, former commander f the Arab Legion and a loyal British subject. riticizing the West's attitude toward the Arabs, -lubb called for "ideas . . . that the people can aderstand and absorb." The soldier-statesman eent on to say the West should not tie its ;peal to these peoples so closely to the possi- .lity of material gain, but to higher ideals. "We iould inspire them with a future world they an see, and which the Arabs and the West, as irtners, help to create." Unfortunately, Glubb's "new audience" is too usy with the immediate'internal problems of ,onomic upheaval and social chaos, brought on y the complexities of modernization, to con- cern itself with the idealized "future world." Both the East and West are slowly waking up to the fact that Arab nations have only one immediate goal in mind-their own economic productivity. Any means available to further their aims are eyed with interest by the Arabs. TODAY'S ARAB world wants trade, money and guns. The Nassers of the Middle East have little use for the future world that Glubb has called for on the part of the West. They have no use for the partnership that, Glubb urges the West to form with the infant Middle Eastern nations.; Today's Nasser is more con- cerned about the present, not the future. He will temporarily accept the "higher ideals" that Glubb wants the West to provide only when they are stamped on profitable trade and easy loans.. Western efforts to "inspire" underdeveloped countries with "higher ideals" have usually ended in dismal failure. Most of the time, these "ideals" turned out to be the political philos- ophy of the United States.- The Arab world is learning the new game of "lear'Y and profit very well-lean to one camp and obtain needed capital and then lean to another for additional favors. This may seem not very "cricket" to Glubb but recent history has proven the game very profitable. Tomorrow's Arab world may have time to pick and choose ideals. Today's Arab world is too concerned with the Arab world to worry about the ideals of the East or West. -BARTON HUTHWAITE_ 01s9 +4 i En~tc.3p r FROM SOVIET TERRITORY: New 'Exodus' To Israel Angers Arabs 1 Idealism Might Help IDEALISM has never been popular as a guide for foreign policy. Today, as in the time of Machiavelli, nations pursue their ends with the neans described by the fifteenth century Flor- ntine, who denied the need for any morality in foreign policy. Parts of the foreign policy of the United states reflect this viewpoint. The Latin Ameri- an interventions are at the beginning of the historic chain of non-moral actions; support of Franco and Batista lies near the end. Though n its whole policy, the United States has cer- ainly never been "Machiavellian," many of its fctions have been so. However, even these parts om too large in the picture. The ideological foundation of the United Rtates'has been of a moral nature ever since the ration's inception. This base should not be eakened by falling into self-seeking, immoral policies, for then the nation would lose its main trength, the strength of, morality. The men who wrote the Declaration of Independence had ittle Worldly power to support their claims; all hey possessed was a vision of liberty and what s called the "American way," and with this. hey fashioned the beginnings of a moral na- ion. While the United States has been pro- laiming this morality to the world some of a actions have been immoral, a source of reat weakness. It is attacked as a hypocrite nd it has no answer. The United States should mold its foreign olicy to consistently support the moral prin- ciples it subscribes to, including: a belief in personal liberty and economic opportunity; a belief in freedom of national groups to deter- mine their own forms of government and policy; a belief in the moral obligation of the strong and rich to the weak and poor that is im- plicit in recent domestic legislation. APPLIED to particular cases, idealism would have striking effects. The United States would extend long term loans and credits to needing nations. Fidel Castro, the choice of Cuba, would receive real support. Colonialism in all forms where' disagreeable to the colonials would be discouraged. The apartheid policies of the Union of South Africa would be denounced, admitting our own shortcomingsin the area. This idealistic approach would not make the United States weak; on the contrary it would strengthen it. If, for instance, real aid had been given to India on the proposed basis, there might be less Russian penetration and perhapst more faith in America in that area. Perhaps' aid to Nasser for the Aswan Dam would have prevented the embarrassing Suez crisis. War is becoming obsolete as an "instrument of policy" and moral values are becoming increasingly im- portant. If it were to become totally idealistic the United States would embrace this move- ment and become the moral leader of the world. With this moral leadership would come security and friendship. -PHILIP SHERMAN By THOMAS P. WHITNEY Associated Press Foreign News Analyst ANOUTPOURING of some thou- Asands of Jews from behin/d the Iron Curtain into Israel in recent;' months has aroused keen hopes among Israeli leaders and great fears among Arabs. The ,new immigrants from East- ern Europe come largely from Communist Romania. In January and the first half of February this year, according to official Israeli sources, a total of 6,000 arrived in Israel. In 1958 a total of not quite 13,000 immigrants from Eastern Europe resettled there. Zionist officials have been pre- dicting that as many as 100,000 might come in 1959. Reportely 20,000 Romanian Jews already possess exit visas and will be de- parting soon. But the exodus from Romania, which has the second largest Jew- ish population among Communist countries, numbering 250,000 is not the heart of the matter. Lurking in thebackground is the real ques- tion which excites both Israelis and Arabs in diametrically oppo- site directions-the future of two to three million Jews of the Soviet Union. ** * THESE SOVIET JEWS now are not permitted to emigrate. For several decades with few excep- tions no emigration has been al- lowed by the Soviet government. Zionist leaders claim that probably most Soviet Jews would go to Israel if they had the chance. It seems certain that thousands of them would like to leave Russia. Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion has said there are reasons-which he is not free to divulge - for thinking that the factors under- lying tlWe change in policy toward Romanian Jews might lead to the dropping of barriers to the exit of Soviet Jewry. He predicted that from,250,000 to 300,000 Jews would come to Israel in the current im- migration wave. Arab reaction has been stormy. The Arab League Council meets in Cairo March 2. Bitter attacks on the Israeli immigration policy are expected. The Cairo paper, Al Ah- ram, declared a few days ago that Arab governments are discussing joint action, including a possible appeal to Nikita Khrushchev, to clamp down emigration bars against Jews throughout the Com- munist world. * * *. WESTERN OBSERVERS in the Middle East have reported that the East European migration to Israel is threatening to produce a strong anti-Soviet reaction among Arabs, and that many Arabs consider the Communist bloc is sending Jew- s "volunteers" to fight in the Israeli army. The Russians, disturbed by the Arab reaction, have been quick to issue vigorous denials through the Soviet press. They say there has not been nor is there now any mass emigration of Soviet Jews to Israel. Some observers have suggested that the Communist powers are bringing pressure on President Nasser's United Arab Republic to toe the Communist line in foreign policy. But it seems most likely that Romanian internal policy led to the change.. Some highly placed Israeli stu- dents of East European .affairs be- lieve this is the explanation: To help insure its own stability after withdrawal of Soviet troops from Romanian soil last year, the- Romanian government decided to make jobs, apartments and posses- sions of Romanian Jews available to non-Jewish Romanians. The government undertook to evict many Jews, letting them go to Israel, without their personal prop- erty. Romanian Jews arriving in Vienna en route to Israel bring with them only about 150 pounds of possessions. * * * ISRAEL IS about the size of New, Jersey. It has currently a little more than one-third of the popu- lation of New Jersey. There are over 2,000,000 inhabitants of this little country. It is made up. in large part of desert, but it has absorbed nearly one million immi- grants in the last 10 years, and put them to work in a big con- struction and development pro- gram which has made Israel the most modern and efficient country in the Mideast. What would happen if Israel, which still is far from self-sup- porting economically, is actually faced with the problem of absorb- ing hundreds of thousands of emi- grants from behind the Iron Cur- tain in a huge and sudden flood? It is hard to say. But it is certain Israel would come to American Jewry and the American govern- ment for help. It is also certain that the Arab countries. will do everything pos- sible to prevent this happening. Though in population and area the Arab countries exceed Israel by many times, the Arab leaders pro- fess to fear that an Israel with an increased population will seek to take Arab lands. Suggestion To the Editor: IF THAT IS what Professor Mc- Connell really said in a guest address to the first session of the Institute of Advocacy (Michigan Daily, Sunday, February 22, 1959), I suggest he should "have his head examined." On the other hand, if that is not what he said, you might submit to this process yourselves and print a correct account of his remarks. -William Morrison Grad, Psychology Rejected ..* To the Editor: REGARDING Mr. William Mor- risons letter, concerning the article quoting my speech at the Tenth Annual Institute of Advo- cacy: 1) Paragraph No. 1: "Today psy- chologists, given the proper condi- tions, can change any normal hu- man being from what he is into whatever you want him to be." Correctly quoted. For further in- formation, see Psychology 182, "The Psychology of Influence," which I currently teach. 2) Paragraph No. 2: no com- ment. 3) Paragraph No. 3: "Prof. Mc- Connell further said that sublimin- al and extra-sensory perceptions are the most effective elements in hidden persuasion." Incorrectly quoted. I do not believe in "ESP" and would never have"claimed they were effective in Advocacy. Or anything else, except in build- ing up false hopes in humanity's bosom. As for subliminal percep- tions, two things should be noted. First, they often explain 'why some ESP experiments turn out the way they do. Second, they are quite often very effective in determin- ing behavioral change. Most im- portant? Can't say. 4) Paragraph No. 3, continued: "He added that a judge or jury will often pick up messages that the lawyer 'sends' but is not aware of. He informed the visiting law- yers that 'the parts of the beha- vior the person is least aware of are the most important.'" Only correction should be the insertion of the word "often" in the last sentence. In short, such "hidden" cues are often the most important parts of a lawyer's behavior. 5) Paragraph No. 4: Correctly quoted, but implied in my speech was the fact that once the audi- Calling All Reviewers! ALL qualified students inter- ested in reviewing music, drama, movies, or art for The Michigan Daily are invited to attend a meeting at the Stu- dent Publications Building at 7:30 p.m. today. ence is responding, one must us- ually reinforce their behavior to keep them responding. 6) Anyone who wishes further confirmation of what I actually said may surely obtain the tape recordings of the meeting. See Mr. Charles Joiner in the Law School. Anyone who wishes to have his head examined, please see Mr. Morrison. -James V. McConnell Asst. Professor Psychology Peacejul *.. To the Editor: REEN LY an editorial con- cerned directly with the food problems which have arisen this year and indirectly with the stu-' dent complaints and suggestions appeared in your paper. The main contention of this editorial was that students must riot to get action from the proper agencies. I feel that there has been a lack of understanding and full knowledge of the subject at hand. This lack of understanding may have been communicated to many who may have problems which they would like to solve in a less violent man- ner than the editorial would rec- ommend. I would first like to explain that the solutions to the food problems were accomplished through the combined efforts of the House Service Committee of Assembly Association and the Office of the Business Manager of the Residence Halls working in cooperation with the staff of dieticians. The House Service Committee is composed of one service chairman from each house and these respective chair- men are more than willing to aid all residents with their service problems. These chairmen are in direct, regular, contact with the business staffs of their respective residence halls. I would also like to point out several other problems which have confronted and are confronting the House Service Committee. A recent change has been made in regard to fines and refunds for lost meal tickets. The telephone problem is now being considered with reference to a definite possi- bility for improvement. Various traffic problems on "the hill" are also being investigated. These are but a few of the problems which are being solved without a "riot." Violence is far from necessary when there is an adequate func- tioning network of proper chan- nels through which any woman student may take her problems and find explanationrof policy and willingness to accept suggestions for change. N -Joan Comiano, Assembly Association, Second Vice-President AT THE CAMPUS: 'Demoniac' A Chiller AN ATMOSPHERE more chilling and sinister than either Dracu- la's castle or Frankenstein's lab oratory pervades the French im- port, "Demoniac" now at the Campus. The picture's setting is occupied France where people whispered about peace and lib- eration and lived in continualfear of Nazi retribution. But the movie gains its greatest sense of gloom because its hell is the one that man creates with his own mind. Its brutality is that which men can inflict upon their fellow creatures. The root of all this? The very same as in the proverb- "Money, money, that's why I did it! , screams the unsuspected evil doer as retribution falls upon him. The film opens with a group of men escaping from a prisoner of war camp. Two of them manage to escape the pursuing dogs and are able to make their way across the country undetected. One of them is going to meet the woman he knows only through the letters she has written him in the camp. While they are riding in a box- car he tells his friend all about her and i'eads all the letters she has sent. When they arrive at their destination, he is hit by a train while trying to escape. His friend takes his papers and ar- rives at the woman's house just after the Nazi curfew has gone into effect. The woman, Helen, jumps to the conclusion that he is the man to whom she had writ- ten the letters and plans to marry. The man assumes his dead friend's identity and the machinery that will lead to destruction is set in motion. Helen's sister, Agnes, conducts nightly seances which are patron- ized by the frantic relatives of missing servicemen. Whether or not Agnes has true occult powers remains unknown but she does correctly suspect that the man to whom her sister is engaged is not really who he claims to be. But then the dead man's sister Julia arrives; she takes one look at Helen's fiance and exclaims, "Bernard, my brother!" Why does she do this and what are the consequences? Well, it just wouldn't be fair to tell; but the events that follow do take many surprising and devious twists. Luis Saslavsky's direction is a classic lesson in the creation of a chiller. His use of fogs, mists, shadows and a black cat is sheer genius. One of the picture's most terrifying sequences comes when Julia is shot. She had the ill for- tune to be in the street when the Nazis were searching for a victim in order to avenge the killing of an officer by the underground. Saslavsky does not allow the audi- ence to see her death; but he let's us hear the shots and her agon- ized screams which are far more horrible than anything he could possibly show. -Patrick Chester ,. 4 1 INTERPRETING THE NEWS Russia Has Its Peace By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV has chosen a strange time and an oblique method for telling Prime Minister Macmillan that he's 'not going to sell my Allied ideas about Gernany during his Moscow visit. He uses the occasion of a public speech. It's as though he had closed the door in the 3ritish envoy's face before he could get well tarted. Future' discussion of the principal natters occupying the mind of the Allied leader vill now be in a cold atmosphere. The Soviet Union, says Khrushchev, repeat- ng the line with which he has been violating he only agreement of importance reached at he Geneva Summit Conference in 1955, is not oing to talk about reunification of Germany. -That, he says, further cementing his idea of -.4 Editorial Stafg RICHARD TAUB, Editor &ICHAEL KRAFT JOHN WEICHER ditorial Director City Editor DAVID TARR Associate Editor ALE CANTOR..............Personnel Director EAN WILLOUGHBY .... Associate Editorial Director LAN JONES ...................Sports Editor RATA JORGENSON.........Associate City Editor LIZABETH ERSKINE ... Associate Personnel Director I COLEMAN ................. Associate Sports Editor AVID ARNOLD ............... Chief Photographer Business Staff gaining recognition for East Germany as a separate entity, is a matter between the two Germanies. He throws further cold water on the Allied suggestion for a four-power conference of for- eign ministers by saying that about the only thing they could discuss would be suppression of militarism in a new Germany formed by agreement of the subdivisions. That new Germany, in the eyes of Khrush- chev and his East German puppet government, can only be one which grants autonomy to Communist institutions in the Eastern sector and gives the puppets an equal voice with Bonn in all German affairs. HIS WORDS, at this point, do not represent an outright rejection of the four-power con- ference proposed by the Allies. Because such a conference might produce the Summit Confer- ence which he really wants. He reiterates his suggestion for a 28-nation Summit Conference to draw up a peace treaty for a new Germany, a sort of bait to get the West Germans to deal with the East. But Khrushchev, like Stalin, has displayed disdain for anything except great power 'agreements on major issues, and he would be likely to settle for a four-power Summit Conference if that were offered. Khrushchev, in his Tuesday speech, ignored Macmillan's Monday night plea for peace and a return, to wartime relationships. Because the Soviet Union already has the kind of peace it wants, holding the initiative in a new type of international conflict which keeps the West on the defensive. .-. .. .. .f ... A PRESIDENTIAL FACTOR: Religion Muddles German Election By HERB ALTSCHULL Associated Press Foreign Correspondent BONN, Germany - Politics is boiling over the election of a man to the supposedly non-politi- cal post of West German President: The political future of Chancel- lor Konrad Adenauer is involved. He is prepared to run for re- election in 1961 even though he will be 85 then. Religious affiliation is at the heart of the matter. Adenauer is a Roman Catholic. There is an un- written agreement in his Christian Democratic Party that the Presi- dent and the Chancellor must be of different religious faiths. The outgoing President, 75-year-old. Theodor Heuss, is a Protestant. The leading choice of Adenauer's Christian Democratic union for President is Heinrich Krone, the Party's parliamentary floor leader. But he is a Catholic. The leading Protestant possibili- ties all hope some day to succeed Adenauer as chancellor. They are not interested in being kicked up-, stairs to the Presidency, a largely ceremonial office. It is the Chan- cellor who runs the government. In this group are Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard, Finance, Minister Franz Etzel, Bundestag' President Eugen Gerstenmaier and Interior Minister Gerhard Schroe- der. The Socialist opposition has nominated Carlo Schmid for the presidency. He is popular. A university professor and writer, Schmid can be expected to lure some voting strength from Ade- nauer's forces. But Schmid is a Catholic. So far Adenauer has retained an attitude of aloofness. Here is what is going on behind the scenes: 1) Socialist foes of Schmid are backing him. They would like to see him become President to elimi- nate him as a possible: candidate for chancellor. 2) Certain industrialists are working hard for Economics Min- ister Erhard. They want him re- placed in that post with a man more friendly to big business. 3) Protestant aspirants for Ade- nauer's mantle are plugging hard for Catholic Krone. That will im- prove their chances if by the time of the federal elections of 1961 a Catholic is President. The president will be elected in a gathering in West Berlin July 1 of the National Assembly, called into meeting eavrv five nears fo. a I DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 1 The Daily Official Bulletin is as official publication of The Univer- sity' of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumesi io edi- torial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday Have mes overcoats and sweaters, wo- men's warm clothing, maternity out- fits and infants equipment and clothing and children's clothing. Any foreign students needing any, of these items should come at these times. Closing Hour Student Activities: Stu- dent Government Council has author- ized an extended closing hour of 1 a.m. for student sponsored activities held on th nzt f ach. 1959. .:. .