Sixty-Ninth Year EDITED AND .MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 yen Opinions Are Free 'rutb WtU FPrevaW'" titorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of -staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. 3DAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: ROBERT JUNKER Republican State Convention Only Offers Empty Words "He's Still Filling The Seat -in a Way" aI - L'CO 5 C > - SOCIETA CORELLI: Final Concert Pleasing, Logical FOR THE FINAL CONCERT of the current chamber music festival yesterday afternoon, the Societa Corelli offered a pleasing program cast in a gratifyingly logical form. Corelli's Concerto Grosso No. 3 from Opus 6 is possibly the most musically mature of that series and the instrumentalists were particu- larly fine in the emotionally probing tensions of the second movement. Their playing is not notable for smoothness or refinement, but the gruff vigor which they brought to the closing allegro was truly exciting. The use of a piano as continuo was something of a textural liability in this work and the Handel following. The Virtuosi de Roma solved N OPEN LETTER TO THE MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN PARTY: O.K. Boys come off it. ,o your ptatform "deplores the arbitrary Ction of the Democratic State Administration's itions in penalizing our institutions of higher Lucation by withholding their share of state nds and pledges that the fine intellectual, ewitage of the state shall not be sacrificed to :pediency." iow nice. But, gentlemen, where were you when the -dgets of the state universities were slashed to ]P bone last year, and the year before? And who has a majority in the Senate and e House of Representatives? And what is the alitical affiliation of the powerful chairmen of e committees on appropriations? And who formed the "hold the line" chorus hen groups dependent on state funds came ,gging, not just to keep operating in the esent, but to provide for the future you re- ise to face? And who echoed-the same refrain to needed w taxes for so 1bng that, the state is bankrupt? And who can't even make their mind up on i alternative to the Williams program you so tterly criticize? N CASE the elephant's memory has failed (how unusuAl but convenient)-try reading ur own press clippings. Then stop applauding and start heeding your "titular head" Paul Bagwell who, in his un- successful bid for governor, met a few people who actually care a little about the state. "Criticism is not the complete answer. The easy thing to do, of course, is to let the state administration stew in ts own juice. "But the times demand more of the Republi- can Party. We must'hold the opposition strictly accountable to the' people, but the people expect us to act forthrightly and intelligently in a time of crises." Bagwell however may be too optimistic. He uses the present tense. HERE IS LITTLE intelligence in the Con- vention's support of a four cent sales tax, which only increases the state's load on those least able to pay. And it's a tax, based primarily on durable goods, such as autos, which as a source of revenue grows far slower than the state's population. Nor is there forthrightness in making pious statements backed only by a long history of hypocritical inaction. As indicated by the election returns of the past years, fewer and fewer voters expect any- thing from the Republican Party. All they get are nice words. That's not enough. Sincerely yours, a former Republican. -MICHAEL KRAFT Editorial Director this problem to greater satisfac- tion with their barely audible but delightful cembalo. In Handel's Concerto Grosso No. 6, Op. 6, the concerto form pio- neered by Corelli reaches the rich- est level of its development, verg- ing on symphonic lines. The fugal portion of the first movement was rather weak and rough in the di- vided strings of the ensemble and it may well be that the lack of a conductor accounts for an absence of the subtleties which other groups have imparted to this fa- miliar work. In the slow moyement, a pas- toral type in which Handel is peer- less, the melodic line was richly intoned, but .again the players were rather hesitant in the rhyth- mically complex - middle section. The closing allegroes were ren- dered with fine precision and in- tensity. THE BOCCHERINI cello con- certo which was presented, repre- sented the culmination of the concerto grosso tradition in the solo concerto. This one, iI2 major, has a particularly appealing ada- gio, strongly prophetic of the ro- mantic violin concerti of Bruch and Mendelssohn. Its old-fash- ioned, song-like melody was beau- tifully played by cellist Silvano Zuccarini. Less attractive was much of Mr. Zuccarini's work in the more florid passages of the first and third movements where several harmonics were unfortu- nately slipped in. The orchestral support remainedvariable, but the technical flaws were not sufficient to prevent a very pleasurable im- pression from this beautiful work. After intermission the Societa Corelli players offered Benjamin Britten's "Simple Symphony," a charming piece of music which takes its inspiration from the baroque. There are more distinc- tive works of this type; it lacks, for instance, the sardonic edge of Prokofiev's "Classical Symphony" and the quaint sentimentality of Grieg's "HolbergsSuite." In the tasteful, spirited performance given it here, however, it provided an agreeable closing number, with some virtuoso pizzicato playing in the second movement. Two short encores by Mareello and Corelli were given, terminating a welcome series of concerts by an admirable ensemble, which was admirable though hardly the finest of its type. -John McLaughlin DILLON, HERTER: New 'Pair' Directs Foreign A ffairs AT THE CAMPUS: 'Escape' Mechanism iblic'sT oice Louder Than Students' PHE BUSINESS MANAGER of Residence Halls, Leonard A. Schaadt, is sending out newsletter to all women in the University. sidence halls officially acknowledging their 4tory: the menu concessions asked by the wo- en will be granted. In the fall of 1956 the men of South Quad wined a "victory" over the administration pecifically the business office of residence ills) through a "deplorable use of violence." hey "rioted" and, what is worse, their demon- ration was reported in the nation's news- apers. In spite of the claims by University ifninistrators -that, "violence" never achieves aything, residence hall food improved. The women in residence halls also have been ling for a long time to solve other menu prob- ans. But the women did not riot, and their rblems remained. Then this winter the women resorted to a dy-like form of protest: a boycott. Now the when's demands are being met. PHIS SITUATION illustrates the basic prob- lem of students government on this campus. udents, like Marx's proletariat, find them- Wles largely ignored - regardless of impres- sive forms of student government - unless they resort to overthrow of "normal" behavior. patterns. Repeatedly, administrators ignore student leaders advice or pleas. Repeatedly, they bring up objections: "It is economically impossible;" or "Campus leaders do not really represent student opinion." If. like Marx's proletariat, the students try to effect reforms by means of their govern- mental forms - for example, Inter-House Council with food, or Student Government Council with discrimination - they are told that they are exceeding their place (so shut up). There is an important difference, however, between campus oppression and 19th century economic-political oppression:. governments were not as insensitive as administrators, they could hear things and bend before shouting and violence became necessary. The administration seems to be implying, "If you really want it, you'll have to riot for it." Aside from being an inefficient way of running a university, it seems somewhat less than ideal training in the democratic process. -JAMES SEDER By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-There's a lot in common between Christian A. Herter and C. Douglas Dillon, who'll run the state department while Secretary Dulles is on the sick list. Both Herter and Dillon were born in Europe, both were honor graduates at Harvard, both have long and a deep interest in foreign affairs, and both are tall men. Her- ter, at 6-5, was too tall for the Ariry in World War I. Herter, who will serve as acting Secretary of State, was born in Paris, France, almost 64 years ago, the son of struggling young Ameri. can artists, Albert and Adele Her- ter. IN 1919 he went with Herbert Hoover to help direct the American Relief Council. Later he was to serve with Hoover in the Com- merce department, and there he learned a valuable lesson. Hoover, he has said, was "an extraordinary and brilliant administrator," but "when he got into politics, he could not be flexible in his dealings with humans-as one must be in politics." Herter soon had a chance to test his political theories. In 1930 he was elected to the Massachusetts House, where .he spent 12 years, the last four as speaker. By 1942 he was elected to Congress. He also has served as Governor of Massachusetts. * * * THEN, late in 1956 he returned to Washington, as Under Secretary of State. Dillon, the man right behind Dulles gnd Herter in the depart- ment, will be 50 years old in Aug- ust. He was born at Geneva, Switz- erland. His father, who owned a French vineyard, is better known for having founded the investment banking firm of Dillon, Read & Co. C. Douglas himself served as the firm's board chairman. Dillon was the American official who turned down Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan's re- cent bid for more trade. Mikoyan left Dillon's office with anger clearly showing on his face on Jan. 19. "The cold war in the state department is going on," he snap- ped when reporters asked him about his talks. Dillon devoted several years to Wall Street activities, and served with the air arm of the 7th Fleet in the Pacific during World War II. He was appointed ambassador to France in February 1953; he has a good command of the French language, he liked the French and he was liked by them. Besides being ambassador he also acted as adviser at council meet- ings in Paris of the North Atlantic Alliance and as U.S. observer at meetings of the organization for European Economic Cooperation. AT THE CAMPUS Theatre is a French film called "A Man Escaped" which has picked up quite a few awards; both for its direction and overall quality. "A Man Escaped" is a sort of modern day "Count of Monte Cristo," without the romantic trappings, and with English dub- ins. The "man" is a wartime Frenchman, imprisoned by the Germans for some minor offense. Unlike most of the other prisoners, who accept their daily pot of watery soup with a resigned glow- er, the central character of this film carefully plots his escape with meticulous, but realistic, care. This is strictly a documentary affair. An English voice precisely relates how this fellow moves care- fully toward escape, with an occa- sional side comment in barked, German, or the equivalent, from one of the guards. With the elim- ination of much extraneous dialog, everything is directed toward a heightening of the "escape" sus- pense. So as an exercise in suspense, and as a sociological document, "A Man Escaped" is reasonably effective. Once we have had our glimpse into prison life in occupied France, and once we have heard our nar- rator's matter-of-fact voice for perhaps thirty or forty minutes, we have essentially seen all there is to see. The last half becomes an expension of the first half, and little else. Some might object to this treatment of a prison escape, and hope for an ending showing the hero embracing de Gaulle in Buckingham palace, or at least setting the charges under Hitler's summer home; but the wispy end- ing chosen is stylistically superior to that sort of thing. * * * LACK OF overt action within the film might lead some to find it dull. The potential energy often does outweigh the kinetic, but there is an air of realism which is extremely rare. The suspense might not be all the advertisers claim, but is it ever? It will do for one who hopes to someday be an inmate of a prison, this particular film is almost required seeing. -David Kessel °, .................. r x " . ": .. _: r H I 3 k. ..... . '.::. k . 5: .> d A i r t' I . P l ........ ( Y.9 m + .. F ' .?^ .i ,. Y Y f F Z . .. t c . ..: .' t ;.. ':: r ': _. «': t.. ° Viz: ? -, INTERPRETING THE NEWS: ,Gamble Only Allied Choice SECRETARY DULLES ... replaced by two DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Daily Reviews Evoke 'Scathing' Student Response By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press Foreign News Analyst [OW STEADY are American nerves? The opportunity to find out may be close at hand. The Berlin crisis seems headed for a ihowdown in a few months. It 'could bring he U.S.S.R. and the United States to the brink 3f 'war. The outcome may depend upon which side has the stronger nerves, Whatever the result, t will bexof enormous importance to the whole vorld. The Russians give the impression there are Dnly two alternatives for the West in Berlin: back down on their basic positions or go to var. Seeming to scent inevitable victory in the ong run, the Russians apparently provoked he crisis deliberately. They say the Allies must eave West-Berlin so it can be a free city, >erhaps under UN Auspices. THAT WOULD mean an Allied pullback at least 110 miles to West Germany. West Ber- in would be an isolated enclave within Red ter- itory to be gobbled by Communism when the Russians find it expedient to abrogate their ommitments. But Washington apparently is gambling on his basis: If Moscow does not want war, it vill not provoke one over a roadblock in East Germany. If Moscow wants war, it will have war, one way or the other, Editorial Staff' RICHARD TAtB, Editor dICHAEL KRAFT JOnN WEICHER1 Editorial Director City Editor DlAVID TARR Associate'Editor DALE CANTOR.4............Personnel Director rEAN WILLOUGHBY.......Associate Editorial Director LLAN JONES -................ Sports Editor BEATA JORGENON. ......Associate City Editor ELIZABETHI ERSKIN0... .Associate Personnel Director II COLEMAN,.... ...........Associate Sports Editor DAVID ARNOLD.. .............Chief Photographer West Berlin and Western Europe have been protected from Communism only by the im- plicit threat of U. S. power. But the deterrent has been atomic power. No conventional fcrce exists in Europe sufficient to stop the Red mili- tary machine. Without nuclear weapons in the picture, the Russians soon might dominate all Europe. The United States State Department seems to be preparing American public opinion for resistance to Moscow, even to the point of risking total war. It -is a big gamble, based up on the assump- tion that the Russians will back down when the threat of war becomes too real. West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt's current American tour seems to tie in with this State Department effort. Both he and the State De- partment may want to know Just how far United States public opinion would support such a gamble. BRANDT'S STATEMENTS seem almost like trial balloons. He is telling his constituents that West Berlin is assured of total United States support, and that if Moscow pushes the crisis to the limit, there may be most serious consequences. Berliners, he is saying, are ready to fight for the right of self-determination. He is warning that a sham solution to. the crisis could result in Soviet domination of the city, which would have disastrous consequences for the whole Western world. He is right in that. For Moscow, a political victory on the issue would have tremendous sig- nificance. It could demonstrate that the United States is unable to defend its allies. That could mean the beginning of a neutralized Germany and a neutralized Europe. After that the posi- tion of the West in the Middle East and Asia could deteriorate rapidly. The Russians might go close to the limit for such a prize. But would Moscow, overstep the fateful line that would mean war? Would Allied use of force to guarantee the corridors to Berlin ignite the fuse? Do the Allies, indeed, have any choice but to make th gnmhle? With TTnited State nro- To the Editor: IN HER DUAL ROLE of reviewing the play as well as the perfoim- ance of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," Miss Willoughby says, "although hardly a great-or even substan- tial-piece of drama, it is an inter- esting and beautifully crafted play one which is permeated with just that combination of sensitivity and vulgarity which pleases the ama- teur audience as well as the ama- teur aptor." I am afraid the review is so amateurishas to be insensi- tive to the true significance of the play. She adds, "Cat was neither tragic nor deeply moving; it successfully conveyed, neverthe- less, the amosphere of suffering in the midst of sweaty common- ness"-rather a woolly sentence. If one asks of the play, the human question in Arthur Miller's words-What is its ultimate rele- vancy to the survival of the hu-a man race?--one can see the tragic grandeur and the dynamic forces unleashed by the play.-The heart of the play is the idea of 'social 'guilt.' It is not simply that Brick and Mag'gie are surrounded by mendacity and greed but who is responsible for these and what one can do about these. Williams does not, just for the fun of it, put the words in Big Daddy's mouth when he talks about his 28,000 acres and abject poverty of the Arab woman and her toddler. This is not a theme of 'abnormality' and 'per- version' as the reviewer would have us believe but a grand one worthy of being examined relentlessly. Williams is not a hebraist; he does not bash it in the eye or sock it in the jaw as Shaw would or even attempt to grasp the world on the stage and shake it. But the pan- theon of forces are there if only smothered the pulse of the play since the characters, in so surren- dering to environmental determin- ism, have thrown an enormous challenge to the society. I would like to point out what Arthur Miller, one of America's leading playwrights, has to say about "Cat." He -says, "As the play was produced, without the surface realism of living room, bedroom, walls, conventional light-in an atmosphere, instead, of poetic con- flict, in a world that is eternal and not merely this world-it provided more evidence that Williams' pre- occupation extends beyond the psychiatric connotations of homo- sexuality and impotence. In every conceivable fashion there was es- tablished a goal beyond sheer be- havior. We were made to see, I believe, an ulterior pantheon of forces and a play of symbols as well as of characters . . . Above the father's and the son's individ- ual viewpoints the third must emerge, the viewpoint, in fact, of the audience, the society, and the race. It is a viewpoint that must weigh, asI have said, the question of its own right to biological sur- vival-and one thing more, the question of the fate of the sensi tive and the just in an impure world of power. After all, ulti- mately someone must take charge; this is the tragic dilemma.." It is true that the process by which Brick regains his potency is not spelled out at the end. But we must sympathize with the author. He has raised a big question for which there is no immediate an- swer. If we use the human race as a frame of reference there is no end to this play, yet. The play will go on with this question until the human race starts seeking an an- swer passionately, though I am not blue which somehow sets things to rights-only brings to sharp focus the enormity of the problem that is posed by the play. In an academic community like this, supposedly charged with an intellectual atmosphere, and where the theatre should flourish, one would expect a mature and thoughtful review of such as play as "Cat." I would be somewhat contended to see a review of just the performance of the play rather than an injustice to the playwright by a gesture of thoughtless review of the play too. --M. Ramaswamy Dept. of Mech. Eng. Reporting? . . . To the Editor: WE REALIZE that it is the policy of The Daily to print sophomoric and puerile reviews of concerts, but the review of the Tebaldi concert climaxed this tra- dition. Mr. McLaughlin evidently expected an evening of opera and compensated for his disappoint- ment by unvarrantaed and scath- ing criticism of one of the finest singers before the public today. What is '.Ah, Spietato" but an Handelian operatic aria? Yet Mr. McLaughlin refers to her "single operatic selection from Verdi." To the well-versed musician, her pro- gram, rather than being disap- pointing, included a well-balanced variety of unhackneyed selections. As for her "limited expression- istic devices consisting mainly of dynamic and intonational shad ings,'" the Italian style of singing calls for nothing else. Beautifully controlled and shaded phrasing is one of Miss Tebaldi's outstanding techniques. the- pros and cons of fraternity membership. I was absolutely thrilled by the picture given of the independent -" a student who chooses his own friends, acts his own mind, shoulders his own re- sponsibility. If this is a true pic- ture, then surely the independent deserves the laurel wreath without question; but I suspect that this wonderful hero has very few coun- terparts in reality. Non-member- ship in a Greek organization is hardly enough to stir the com- placency of most of the so-called "independents." Not that I think that the ultimate in life is to score 100 per cent on a Viceroy quiz, but, surely the opportunity for real "individualism" which unaffiliated living does offer is being over- looked by many? There are other forms of con- straint besides, those oft-enumer- ated pressures in a Greek organi- zation; it is just as easy to be incapacitated by group conscious- ness, by prejudice, and by false social and academic values in a dorm or an apartment. What inde- pendent living does offer is a greater opportunity, and if any underclassman is thinking of tak- ing advantage of it he had better have a pretty clear picture of who he is and where he is going. A sorority or fraternity will supply those answers to the unsure or in- different, and, after all, they do turn out a pretty good product. If a person. is going -to conform, he could do a lot worse, for very likely he will find himself much more adept at "getting along with people," especially those exactly like himself, after such an experi- ence. This is not to be sneered at- it will help him get a wife, get a job, and become a well-accepted membero f the country hclb The Daily Official Bulletin 10i s 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., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1959 ,VOL. LXIX, NO. 95 General Notices More ushers are needed for the Bur- ton Holmes Travelogue series. Applica- tions for these positions will be re- ceived at the box office at Hill Aud. on Tues., Feb. 17, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. If, you have any further questions, please call Mr. Warner at the box office be- fore 6 p.m. or at home at NO 8-8597 after 6 p.m. International Student and Family Ex- change: Rms. 103 and 528 (basement) Wed. night: 7:30-9:00, Thurs. morning: 10-11:30. Have men's overcoats and sweaters, women's warm clothing, ma- ternity outfits and infants equipment and clothing -and children's clothing. Any foreign students needing any of these items should come down at these times. Agenda, Student Government Council, Feb. 18, 1959. 7:30 p.m., Council Room. Minutes previous meeting. Officer reports: President; Letters, from Dean Rea, Alpha Kappa Lambda; vice-President (Exec.): Appointments to conduct Sttidy Committee; Vice- President (Adm in.):Treasurer: Report, half year: 1958 Homecoming profits. Evaluation Committee report: Board in Review, Leonard Wilcox chairman. Cinema Guild, policy x change.r . Standing Committees: National and International, Exchange Program prog- ress report; Public Relations; Education and Student Welfare; Studente Activi- ties Committee: Willopolitan, Bicycle Exchange, Interim Action. Personnel Committee. Old Business. New Business. Members and constituents time. Announcements. Adjournment. Lectures University Lecture, auspices of the Dept. of Psychiatry. "Dealing with Transference in Psychotherapy." 0. Spurgeon English, M. D., Head, Dept.