"Hey-Look, Fellows-A Parking Platform" Sixty-Ninth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN When Opinions Are Free UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Truth Will Prevail" STUDENT PUBLICATIONS 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 must be noted in all reprints. To The Editor ,II Letters to the Editor must be signed and limted to 300 words. The Daily reserves the right to t~dit or withhold any letter. AY, APRIL 16, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: LANE VANDERSLICE John Foster Dulles: An Ended Role IN THE PERIOD of hard, face-to-face nego- tiating with the Russians that lies ahead, President Dwight Eisenhower undoubtedly will sharply feel the loss of John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State. More than any other high government offi- cial during the Eisenhower years, Dulles has con-5istently urged and pursued vigorous re- sistance to Communist pressure and threats. Although success too often has not been his, many of the Soviets' achievements result froma Communist initiative and determination and from Western stagnancy - forces often beyond Dulles' control. The President once termed Dulles "The best Secretary of State I've ever known" and has\ depended heavily on him for foreign policy leadership. Of course, the way the secretary operated the State Department as a one-man show, President Eisenhower had no real al- ternative. 'H E SECRETARY'S resignation leaves a vacuum in the Department. How adequate- ly this is filled may well determine the success or failure of American foreign policy for the rest of Eisenhower's term and perhaps long after. Dulles' successor will probably want to reorient the Department to achieve better use of experts and advisors. Probably none of Eisenhower's assistants were more hard-working and devoted to their jobs than Dulles. He worked from early in the morning to well into the evening and through- out the weekend. He wanted to do everything himself and believed in his ability to do it. Practically nothing at the State Department was done without his approval and most of the policies originated in his own mind. Dulles is an extremely able diplomat; should he re- gain his health as the whole nation is hoping, he may again serve the country, perhaps as an advisor to the President. HOWEVER, despite Dulles' experience and abilities in international relations, his par- ticular role as Secretary of State has been ended for some time. He came to office in 1952, achieving a life-long ambition; and adopted with certain changes and refinements, the basic policy of previous administrations: physi- cal containment of the USSR. With emphasis on bilateral military alliances and regional groupings, containment has at best been a mderate failure. Russia's advances in many areas of the world were thwarted for a time by this policy, but during the last dec- ade 'the opposite has been more common. THE WESTERN approach to the Communist threat should have been revitalized several years ago; it is vitally important this be done now. All of the hard work, miles traveled and stern talk by Dulles, necessary as it all was when Russia was still trying to smash her way to dominance of the free world, will not sub- stitute for the bold and imaginative thinking needed today to meet the more subtle and ef- fective economic and propaganda pitch of the Soviets. Given his approach to the Communist threatt, Dulles may have done the best he could. His immovable opposition to Russian demands based on deeply held convictions may still be valuable to the United States. But for the fu- ture of American foreign policy and concomi- tantly of the free world, Dulles' resignation comes as a not unwelcome event. -DAVID TARR Associate Editor SACKES SP PV FLUgvT {rli s ..M. ..r._.. ----........ - V.- * -'a- t ." ' -__us 3F. - -... ..-rn-r. ~ , V.wI.M! RYti.w, .rs 1MMMFlftMIR4 MN +Ti } To the Editor: IS TIBET to be a 'ew Hungary? Are we to stand aside once more and allow our fellow men to fight and die for freedom un- aided? Or will we have the cour- ,age to help the Tibetans in their struggle? The answers to these questions lie in the attitude of the American people. If we maintain our present attitude of "peace at any price," the Tibetans are dying in vain. If we continue to utter pious pro- nouncements of sympathy while doing nothing concrete to help, the rebels of Tibet are, as lost as the rebels of Hungary. Now is a time for action, not words. The Tibetans need rifles, not sympathy cards. The government will not act unless it feels it has the backing of the people in this matter. It is our duty to let the President know how we feel. It is for this reason that the have formed the Com- mittee for Aid to Tibet. For the next several days, petitions will be circulated on campus. This petition to President Eisenhower asks the United States to recognize the provisional rebel government of Tibet and to extend all possible aid. It does not advocate direct armed American intervention, i.e., the employment of" American troops. Although the primary aim of the petition is to gain aid for the rebels, it also asks that the United States government bring the Tibetan cause before the United Nations. We ask that you seriously con- sider signing. This is no campus prank; no joking matter. Men and women are dying for what they, believe; you can at least spare them your signature. -Lester DeLange, '64E -Terry Rambo, '62 Oops! To the Editor: WOULD like to acknowledge my recent historical error and change the passage to read:, Thomas ("Suspicion is the com- panion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society") Paine. -Delight Lewis Tragedy . . . To the Editor: A LITTLE over two years ago we were forced to abandon every- thing that was dear to us in order to escape Communist terror. A similar tragedy is now taking place in Tibet. It is still vivid in our memory what the first warm bowl of soup and all the other manifestations of friendship and willingness to help meant to us. We are happy to be able to share what we have received with our Tibetan brethren. Send or give your donation to "Aid for Tibetan Refugees" In- ternational Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. -Hungarian Regugees' Committee for Tibetan Refugees AT MENDELSSOHN: Energwetic RANGING in dance styles from the stark angularity of Martha Graham, through Jerome Bobbn's frenetic jazz mode to the poetic loveliness of classic ballet, the Ninth Annual Spring Dance Concert bounced onto Lydia Mei- delssohn's boards last evening. The main feature, a student choreographed version of Mous- sorgsky-Ravel's "Pictures at an Exhibition," preceded by five num- hers in three widely differing styles. "Three's Company" and "Such Sweet Milkshake!"; both in the jazz idiom, were the most pleasing because the dancers in both were having such a good time that their high spirits could not fail to excite. The "Divertissement Clas- sique" had fine point work by Carol Landis and Ellen Johnson but was unfortunately marred by imprecise corps work. "PICTURES" was given a strong start by Mary Stephenson's haunt- ingly moving solo, "Edge of Sleep." She masterfully created, the dreamlike feeling that was to pre- vade so many of the dances that were to follow her., Two high points in the suite were mysterious tapers of "Sance- tuary" glowing in a religious dark- ness and the barbaric frenzy cre- ated by Baba Yaga (Judy Gold- berg) and her neophytes. Each of the other dances cap- tured the spirit of the music rahg- ing from the good natured bois- terousness in "Gossip" to the de- lightful innocence in "Jeux des Enfants." Special mention must go to Bar- bara Fiel and her lighting crew for creating such atmospheric lighting effects during "Pictures." It is a shame that so few at- tended this highly interesting dance program because its parti- cipants have put together an en- tertaining hour and a half. -Patrick Chester a Y Qt9~5~9 ~fl%~ ~ IA*~1WI4 P.s'r CAPITAL COMMENTARY: Disasters Shake White House By WILLIAM S. WHITE I MICHt foro proveme proposal from the committ voluntar sory, asp ed towar No on is faced system. ing that developt been no systemC stringent standard THIS I it ha state ha tem of s minister York Sta through dents ar lomas art accompli The re the nati top Ame This di are bogg Nor does ardized,k and do,: Control High School Standards :GAN has been given its best chance What it does mean, however, is that every New a tremendous stride toward the im- York high school student is assured of at least nt of its high school system, with the a certain quality of education; a New York to transfer high school accreditation high school diploma guarantees a certain com- e, University to the state. But with the petency in what the state feels to be important ee's apparent intention to retain the areas of study. y, rather than stressing the compul- Under the present system of high school ac- ect of accreditation, Michigan is head- creditation, where that function is handled by, rd completely muffing that chance, the University, such control over curriculum e can deny that the state of, Michigan is not possible, for the University can merely with the need to improve its high accept or reject a school. It cannot enforce its And while there has been much wail- conception of what minimum standards should individual schools should be able to be, for it has no legitimate authority. their own curriculum, there has as yet The University first began accreditation on better plan for improving a school its own merely to aid its system of admissions. other than setting and enforcing a And although their emphasis has shifted now t system of minimum curriculum to the high schools themselves, they can still s. only recommend. S THE New York system, and although Should accreditation become the function of s been under attack for years, that the state, however, there would be solid legal ,s clung to the supposedly archaic sys- ower to force high schools to comply with its s clng t th suposedy a~aicsys requirements. tatewide high school examinations, ad- ed under the supervision of the New ate Board of Regents at various points .IT SEEMS LIKELY, however, that the coer- )ut the high school period. All stu- cive power inherent in the state's handling e required to pass these tests; no dip- of accreditation will not be used, or will be used e awarded until'the necessary level of so sparingly as to have no effect. And this is shment is shown, even more unfortunate than if that power did asult: The finest high school system in not exist, for it is evidence the state is not yet on, in the opinion of a majority of willing to face its responsibilities to its grow- educators.ing ranks of students. Michigan students are oes not mean that New York schools entitled to the best education available; either ed down by curriculum requirements. the state is shirking its duties, or Michigan is it mean that schools attain a stand-bcomingn gacadei ee d.e but mediocre curriculum. Schools can, clearly not getting what they need. far overreach the minimum standards. -SUSAN HOLTZER ONE DESPERATE blow shook the Eisenhower Administration at its beginning. Another is now falling as that Administration draws toward the end. Both disasters had a common sources-cancer. Both denied to the President the devoted, if highly independent, services of irreplace- able men. The fArst was Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who died on the last day of July, 1953. Taft was Mr. Eisenhower's indispensable guide and mentor on all domestic mat- ters. And now, with tragic timing in this season of brief remem- brance of Taft-to whom amonu- ment at the capitol has just been dedicated-there is yet more tragic news. The long struggle of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to re- cover his health has suffered a grave setback. No one can doubt that Dulles will fight on with the courage that has moved men who value valor and sacrifice. It is possible, as so many hope, that Dulles will yet defeat the antagon- ist to which he has never surren- dered. IT IS, NOT possible, however, longer to avoid an inescapable reality: The Administration plainly is to be bereft of his foreign-policy leadership precisely at the time' when the Western position must be drawn up, in all its gravity, for the May foreign ministers meeting leading up to a summit conference with the Russians. History will say that blind mis- fortune took from the President's Administration at critical moments the advice of the two men who most of all had given that Admin- istration its strength. To recall them at the onset of this Administration six years ago is to recall two tough, strong- headed and sometimes wrong- headed old pros. For all their faults, they were, nevertheless, de- termined, each in his own field, to make another man's tenure a suc- cess. (And, indeed determined to do a good deal more leading than following) . They were very different men in some ways. Dulles was cautious and often legalistic. Taft was im- patient and harshly candid. Some- times he was even reckless in his resolve to guarantee to the country what he considered to be a proper- ly Republican Administration. He looked with skepticism on the "modern" Republicans who had put General Eisenhower rather than Robert A. Taft into the White House, but he faithfully served all the same. * * * DULLES, on his side, sought the cooperation of the Democratic opposition which Taft so grandly spurned. But Dulles himself never forgot, actually, that this was a Republican Administration. And he was comfortable in Taft's com-, pany, and Taft in his. True, they had often disagreed while both were members of the Senate, and Dulles in the past has been in the anti-Taft wing of the GOP. But these divisions became more superficial than real. Taft was de- lighted when Dulles was appointed to the secretaryship. He told this correspondent, in his fiat way: "Most satisfactory! Most satisfac- tory! Foster will do the job." For the laconic Taft, this amounted to the issuance of an accolade. For, underneath, there was much in common between Taft and Dul- les. Each set out to be a strong, and not necessarily a popular, pub- lic man. Taft all but courted the dislike of the -crowd. HE DID SO, first, because his great shyness made him, by neces- sity, an anti-crowd man. And he did so because he reckoned, rightly as it turned out, that his whole public record at length would speak for him better than he could speak for himself. He be- came, "Mr. Integrity." And it -was an earned title, even if one never agreed with him for a single moment. Dulles, too, until lately has been unpopular with many in this coun- try and with a great many among our allies overseas. Unlike Taft, he has never ignored unpopularity. But, unlike Taft, unpopularity for years came to him partly because in his preoccupation with what he was doing, he often did not con- cern himself much with his man- ner of doing it. It is only since prolonged illness took him out of the active arena that many have become aware that the ideas of Foster Dulles, like them all or not, have made a unique contribution to the coher- ence - the essential strength -- of all the West. (Copyright 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) r DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no 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. THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1959 VOL. LXIX, NO. 37 General Notices Deadline for Foreign Student Schol- arship Applications is April 16. Appli4 cations can berobtained at Interna-. tional Center from appropriate coun- selor. INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Peiping Loses Another Chance VISITING PROFESSOR SAYS: African Segregation Extends to Universities By MAX HARRELSON Associated Press Staff Writer UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. -Red China again has diminished its own chances of getting into the United Nations - just as they were starting, to improve. The Peiping regime's intervention in Tibet follows the familiar pattern of 1950 and 1954. First came the Korean War. The Chinese Communists entered the conflict at a time when they seemed assured of UN membership. Then four years later, when they were gain- ing support once more, they brought the trend to a standstill by sending 11 American fliers to prison on espionage charges. The reaction to Tibet is expected to be simi- lar. It's still a long time until fall when the 82-nation General Assembly will take up the Peiping government's bid, but it's not long enough for the Tibet affair to be forgotten. India in the past has been the chief non- Communist backer of the Peiping government. Now the 23-year-old Dalai Lama, spiritual and political leader ousted by the Communists, has taken refuge in India and public feeling against the Chinese Communists is strong. AN INDIAN trade union leader, now in the United States, says Communist China "has forfeited for many years to comne all her claims But UN diplomats doubt that Prime Minister Nehru will drop his efforts to win a seat for Red China. India's UN Ambassador C. S. Jha can't say yet whether India will again champion the Red China cause. He expressed the view, how- ever, that the Tibet question and the China representation issue should-" be kept separated. At any rate, the Tibet affair may take some of the zeal out of India's efforts. And it seems likely that some other Asian countries will show a pronounced coolness toward China next fall There was no chance even before the Tibet affair that the Chinese Communists would join the UN this year or even next year. India and other advocates of Peiping's ad- mission acknowledge privately they are simply trying to whittle down the opposition in the hope of success after the United States presi- dential election in 1960. IT IS GENERALLY agreed here the United States holds the key. If and when the United, States gives the word it is ready to drop its opposition - or even to ease it - Red China will get a UN seat without difficulty. Many countries do not want to precipitate an in- ternal crisis in the world organization by try- ing to override the United States. n the lastg 4 ,n. ,o t +ereadb h ea ns hnfn a By CHARLES KOZOLL Daily Staff Writer "BEFORE you judge the Union of South Africa, learn all sides of the problem and live there for a time. Then you will be qualified." This advice from Prof. Samuel S. Israelstam, president of the "Convocation" of graduate alumni of Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, was aimed at the individuals attempting to judge the controversial policy of apar- theid or legal segregation without knowing the complete story. Prof. Israelstram, who is in Ann Arbor to, study alumni relations under a Carnegie Foundation grant, says it is initially a question of who inhabits the various sec- tions of the African continent. "Most of the Europeans who settled in the area to the north of the Union never intended to live permanently in Africa," Prof. Is- raelstam pointed out yesterday. * * * "BUT THE white people in the Union intend to live in Africa permanently and have no inten- tion of turning their land over to the Bantu who are largely a primi- tive people," he went on to say. ' Because they are a backward --a nl a i --Ilr a a naprnmz t Bantu of his voting rights, a growing force in South Africa be- lieves that eventually the Bantu will be politically independent in his own territory, Prof. Israelstam commented. This territory would be in the richest agricultural area of South Africa. The "Bantustan" would also contain the universities that the government is going to build in order to remove the Bantu from white institutions. Unfortunately these universities would be lacking in educational quality and faculty ability. "How- ever, there is a great deal of feel- ing on the part of educators against the plan to discriminate in higher education," Prof. Israel- stam observed. From a university's point of view, he believes, it is wrong to judge students on any grounds other than academic ability. Economically, he went on to say, the Bantu is moving toward great- er cooperation with the whites. "They cannot yet compete with the white population because of less education and training in industrial skills," he explained, predicting the gap will narrow in the future. Despite the sharp difference be- +sscn_ nr-snm n ao raosora of + These people, he maintains, will be important in leading the Bantu from a state of white-dependence to one where they can help them- selves. Eventually, he hopes, this will come about through coopera- tion in the multi-racial society of South Africa. Consciously, Prof. Israelstam felt, South African whites do not wish to oppress the Bantu. Over the years, however, the white man has developed a type of "paternal- istic" attitude for the black man which some people interpret as disciplinarian control. Law School Admission Test: Candi- dates taking the Law School Admission Test on April 18 requested to report to, Rm. 130 Bus. Ad. Bldg. at 8:30 a.m. Sat. Applications are now being received for the Honors Scholar Program for 1959-1960. Appropriate forms are avail's able in the Schol of Music office. Dead- line for receipt of applications by the Honors Council, Mon., April 27. Students who are definitely planning to transfer to the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, School of Educa- tion, School of Music, School of Nurs- ing, College of Architecture and De- sign, or the College of Pharmacy in June or sept. from another campus unit should come to the Office of Ad- missions, 1524 Ad. Bldg. Immediately to make application for transfer. LSA students planning on doing col- lege work during this summer at other educational institutions should imme- diately file the proper summer course approval forms. These forms are avail- able in the Office of Admissions, 1524 Ad. Bldg. May 22 is the last day for presenting these forms. Astronomy Dept. Visitors' Night. Fri, April 17,8:00 p.m., Rm. 2003 Angell Hail. Dr. William E. Howard III Distanceu in Astronomy." Student Observatory on the fifth floor of Angell Hall will be open for inspection and for telescopic observations of the Moon and Venus. Children welcomed, but must be ac- companied by adults. Honor Society membership lists and recipients of scholarships, awards, and prizes for the 1959 Honors Supplement of The Michigan Daily must be sub- mitted to Miss Zimmer, Rm. 517, Ad- min. Bldg., no later than April 24. Phi Beta Kappa: Initiation Banquet, Mon., April 20, 6:30 p.m. in Michi- gan Union. Dr. Laurence M. Gould, President of Carleton College and Pres- ident of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, will be the speaker. Reser- vations should be made with the Sec- retary, Hazel M. Losh, Observatory, by Sat., April 18. Members of Phi Beta Kappa, whether members of this chap- ter or not, are invited to attend. The following student-sponsored so- cial events have been approved for the coming weekend. Social chairmen are reminded that requests for approval for social events are due in the Office of Student Affairs not later than .12 o'clock noon on Tuesday prior to the event. Apr.il 17: Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Phi Omega, Angell Hse., Delta Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi Delta Phi, P1 Beta Phi, Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Kappa, Trigon, Turkish Student Club. April 18: Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Phi, Alpha Tau 5 . .-: ;;