"They're Not Going Through With It" EL7 mir14-gau tiI 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. 0 ANN ARBOR, MICH. " Phone NO 2-3241 Wu Jen Opinions Are Free Truth WIUl PrevaiU Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1958 NIGHT EDITOR: PHILIP MUNCK N~N 1 Nuclear Test Suspension Decision Made in Public Opinion Vacuum ALABAMA, M~aRryR. AWAITS ~AMERIC 1(} BOLSHOI BALLET: Ulanova Enchants In Excerpts from 'Giselle' FOR THE UNITED STATES, October .31 will be a very important day in the battle of nerves which has characterized the American- Soviet race toward weapons superiority. On that day, the United States plans to invoke a, three-fold plan to the testing of nuclear weapons. The ban will begin the same day that American and Soviet representatives start disarmament conferences in Geneva. The second phase of the ban involves an indefinite continuation if the Soviet Union maintains the ban until the Spring of 1959. However, as the third part of the American plan states, the United States will maintain the test- ing ban during the coming year whether or not any results emerge 7rom the talks. To a wide cross-section of groups connected with phases of nuclear development, both in military and civilian areas of research, the suspension marks the submission of the United States governments to the demands of neutral- ist groups in this country and abroad.' BY AND LARGE, the group objecting to the test suspension are right. Relentless efforts by these pressure groups were finally effective, but 'it was only the continuing silence of the American public which allowed anti-weapons testers to achieve their goal.Certain groups, realizing the significance of an American stop- page, attempted to arouse public interest, but were met with a wall of silence. The apathy increased when affairs became quite dangerous for the Nationalist forces of Quemoy and Matsu and it probably was deep- ened when the Yankees and graves began their fight for baseball supremacy. For the American public has failed to realize or chosen to ignore certain important factors that will accompany test suspension. When the United States stops testing its nuclear weapons, it will have to temporarily or permanently dis- band highly integrated and efficient test groups. I Halting tests now will also necessitate suspend- ing all plans for future tests. But by far the most serious situation that will occur' is that the slight advantage the United States now holds will probably vanish. The demands for revising and modernizing the nuclear weaponsprogram will have to be left in lieu of an American commitment to halt tests. Doubtless, the Soviet Union will continue charges that the United States is violating the ban by holding secret tests. The Russians may also demand the complete destruction of out nuclear weapons stockpile as a further sign of our good will. But in these situations they will now hold a psychological and actual ad- vantage in the "battle of conflicting ideologies." The far reaching effect of this ban may show itself in the not-too-distant future when the Communist advantages will be felt in the fringe areas of Europe and Asia. Their ability to press on with further demands and miscon- strue our true'intentions to the underdeveloped countries is also a real danger to our shaky position in the "world popularity poll." PUBLIC OPINION in -the United States has accounted for more than a few of our presi- dents, for more than a few of the miscarriages of justices. But the lack of it has also been noted when government officials look for a con- sensus of opinion to guide decisions and are met with blank looks, popular ignorance and indifference. The latter has predominated in more situa- tions which have proven to be of great conse- quence to this country. The general public may sometime in the future look at the government's decision and wonder why. But they have only to look to their own in- difference to find the answer. -CHARLES KOZOLL THE MATCHLESS dancing of Galina Ulanova as "Giselle," highlights the London-filmed per- formance of "The Bolshoi Ballet," currently showing at the Campus theatre. The film includes most of the two acts of "Giselle" per- formed at Covent Garden before Queen Elizabeth, as well as ex- cerpts from six other ballets of widely varying appeal, but it is above all Ulanova that dominates the film and the company. It is indeed rare to find a bal- lerina who combines aflawless technique with such powerful ex- pressiveness. Ulanova's interpre- tation of the peasant girl, Giselle, is the projection of a completely lyrical personality and not simply a series of lyrical movements. "Giselle" epitomizes the classical ballet, with its love story of a prince and a peasant, its pagentry of the prince's hunting party, the sylph-like Wilis maidens in the moonlit wood, and the florid music. But Ulanova overcomes the threat of banality with every ges- ture. Her gaiety while coyly flirt- ing with the Prince, is never forced, the power of her mad scene never degenerates into bathos. * * * ONE particularly memorable moment occurs while Giselle is dancing with the prince, and sud- denly feels faint. The prince is immediately solicitous but Giselle puts him off with a simple shrug and facial expression which so much as says, "Don't worry, .I'm all right." Such moments exem- plify the perfect expressiveness of her gestures, and make it diffi- cult to isolate the ballerina's mere technique. We can see this same expressiveness even more poign- antly in the excerpt of Ulanova dancing "The Dying Swan." The longest of the excerpts in, the rest of the film, is the "Wal- purgisnacht" from "Faust." The Bolshoi dancers have captured well the uninhibited gaiety of the bacchanalia, but the impact is hindered by some rather fuzzy photography. The same is true in one of the other tantalizing frag- ments, "The Dance of the Tar- tars," in which the distance of the camera from the stage prevents 'us from fully appreciating the vigor and near savagery of the colorful saber dances. These excerpts as well as the "Spanish Dance" point up the drawbacks of filmed ballet. The lack of that immediacy necessary for the appreciation of ballet is usually so pronounced that we cannot help but feel we are get- ting a second-hand view of some- thing first rate. -Beverly Gingold t SUPREME COURT: High Bench Vacancy. Stirs Nation's Judges. Copyright. 95, h Pter P lshin Co. NOTE: Bill Mauldin of the St. Louis-Post-Dispatch is temporarily substituting for Herblock who is absent because of a death in his family.) (EDITOR'S LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Apathy, Adams SGC Draw Comment TODAY AND TOMORROW: Quemoy Negligile %yB WALTER LIPPMANN THE MOVE MADE by the Chinese Conimu- nists, which is to order a cease-fire at Quemoy for seven days, is a spectacular re- minder that the game at Quemoy is' primarily political, and that the Peiping government, which holds the high cards in the offshore is- lands, knows how to play them skilfully. Since they hold the military initiative at Quemoy, they can turn on the bombardment or turn it off, as if it were a water tap. By turn- ing off the bombardment without waiting to negotiate a cease-fire, they have put Chiang in the position where he can hardly refuse to supply the garrison and civilians on Quemoy, yet must do that only as a favor granted to him by Peiping. This is, and no doubt this is intended to be, a very dramatic way of demon- strating to the Chinese on Formesa that Red China is militarily predominant in the area of the offshore islands. The Communist gambit became possible when Mr. Dulles acknowledged publicly that the United States would not carry the war to the mainland in order to raise the artillery blockade of Quemoy. The real issue here is not always well understood in this country. All the talk about "defending" Quemoy and about not "retreating" has contained a large dose of naivette in view of the real attitude taken by the Administration. What we have been grit- ting our teeth and clenching our fists about was the decision to defend the island against an invasion. There are no indications that the Red Chinese have intended to invade the is- land. Our declarations ahd defiance have never meant, however that we would defend Quemoy against the bombardment itself - that we would authorize Chiang to lead us into an aerial strike against the artillery positions in- Fukien Province. THE FACT of the matter is that the Presi- dent and Mr. Dulles have been willing to accept the bombardment of Quemoy and to answer it only by measures to run the blockade. Their decision not to make war against the mainland gave the Red Chinese the initiative at Quemoy. It is this initiative which Peiping is now exploiting politically. The political objective of the Communists is to convince the Chinese in Formosa that their future lies with the mainland and not in con- tinuing to be a client of the United States. The cease-fire, which they have just instituted, is accompanied by an offer to negotiate with Chiang about a settlement of the offshore is- lands. It is probably implied in the statement that Peiping wishes to negotiate with the Unit- ed States at Warsaweabout the specifically Chinese-American issues, The offer to Chiang follows closely upon, and Editorial Staff is no doubt related to, what was said by Presi- dent Eisenhower and Mr. Dulles at their press conferences last week. They said a lot. They knocked out the idpa that Chiang will return to the mainland, and in doing this they de- stroyed the fiction that he is in truth the legiti- mate government of China. For a sovereign who has no hope of governing is like a king who has lost his throne. Peiping has been quick to point out to Chiang and to the Chinese on Formosa that their choice is between exile in Formosa and a deal with the mainland. THIS DOES NOT mean that there will soon be a deal between the two Chinese factions. There will be much maneuvering, no doubt, both publicly and privately. But it does mean that the ground has been prepared and the seeds have been planted for a Chinese deal. This should surprise no one. It has long been most probable that as we were playing the game with Chiang, the end would be a deal in which we would be left on the outside. The fatal error of our policy nas been refusal to see that the military threat to Formosa was negligible, given our indisputable command of the sea-but that Formosa could not be saved from absorption by the mainland if we staked everything on Chiang. Without a policy disen- gaged from Chiang and designed to maintain some kind of autonomy, in Formosa after he departs, we have no tenable policy of our own. We are tied to Chiang and what happens to our interests will be determined by Chiang or his successors. OUR MISLEADING PREOCCUPATION with the military defense of Formosa has been and is a grave handicap to lucid thinking in this field. The President, for example, has no legal authority to use American power in Que- moy except as he can say with a good con- science that what happens at Quemoy is related to the military defense of Formosa. Mr. Dulles tried for a while to construct a legal position for him. The President was to say that al- though Chiang had "foolishly" locked up so many troops in Quemoy, Chiang would be lost if the troops surrendered. Therefore the United States must prove its courage and its resolution, no matter how negligible and foolish the rea- son which occasioned it. As for the United States having to prove its courage, or to lose all its friends, I would say that what we do about Quemoy is a test of the courage of the United States only if we an- nounce to the world that we regard it as a test of our courage. The world knows that we have fought three big wars in the past fifty years and the world, friendly, hostile and neutral will have no doubt about the courage of this country. Otherwise, the problem of Quemoy is a prac- tical problem which could and should be treat- ed not as if we stood at Armageddon but coolly, calmly, and with common sense. Quemoy is not like Berlin any more than it is like London, Apathy?, , To the Editor: DOES Mr. Michael Kraft sug- gest, (Sunday, Oct. 5) that successful big time football is in- compatible with outstanding aca- demic achievement? Nonsense! May I refer Mr. Kraft's attention to the history of his own Univer- sity. Apathy does exist in Ann Arbor, Mr. Kraft - toward football as well as the "more serious things, such as revolt." This is deplorable but it would seem to me that a bolder, more imaginative Michi- gan Daily editorial policy could certainly contribute more toward shocking us all out of our lethar- gy than tearing down the stadium. -Harry D. Hutchinson Adams .. . To the Editor: JAMES SEDER should know that there is little parallel be- tween Adams and Oppenheimer. Adams is just a "politician" who has contributed nothing to civilization. Oppenheimer is a rel- nowned scholar, the Director of The Institute of Advanced Science and the "father" of the A-Bomb. Adams interceded for a friend be- fore a Federal regulatory agency. This friend had lavished thous- ands of dollars in gifts on him. Oppenheimer merely carried - a personal and scholarly relation- ship with scholars - a relation- ship that began many Years be- fore the advent of the A-bomb. In any era, Adams' conduct would have been charitably referred to as "imprudent." Only in the "Mc- Carthy era" would politically minded people call Oppenheimer "imprudent." The American people were right in venting their fury on Adams. Except for a few politicians, the American people did not vent their fury on Oppenheimer. Amer- icans will always be grateful to Oppenheimer for his great con- tribution to our country. -David Gordon Sigma Kappa . To the Editor: WITHOUT a lot of senseless repetition I should like to comment on some of the points brought out last night in the de- bate on the Sigma Kappa "issue." 1: It was not a Greek-Indepen- dent contest. There were approxi- mately as many affiliates who voted "No" as there 'were who voted "Yes," so this thorny ques- tion may be discarded at once. 2. One speaker listed several al- ternatives open to Alpha Mu of Sigma Kappa and stated that there were many more that could have been taken by the local chap- ter to rectify the discrimination and "bad faith" questions. The Alpha Mu chapter, a little more than one-seventieth of the nation- al organization, did everything in its power to put itself and the National in the good graces of the University of Michigan, and was successful in having their National Convntion (the supreme body of SigmP. Kappa government, whose decisions are the guiding principles of the national officers in the per- iod between their conventions) pass a resolution which proved their good faith. This is proof of the good faith of the National; even if it does not coincide with the personal desires of the national officers "'they must abide by it. There was nothing else Sigma Kappa could have done, and yet now they stand guilty of being in "bad faith." Would a pint of blood from each chapter have helped? 3. The arguments were bogged down in the manner 'of most argu- ments, on the meaning of words, in this case "policy." Perhaps SGC in handing down its original deci- sion so many months ago should have submitted a clear definition of the word "policy." They might also have studied a definition of "good faith." Like so many rash assumptions they made, several SGC members seem to have also assumed that the meaning of the word "policy" is universal. 4. The last point that impressed me was brought out by Scott Chrysler. The Student Government Council has placed itself by inter- ference as the Supreme Govern- ing Council of the collective uni- versities and colleges of the United States, Canada, and in fact every- where there is a local unit of an organization also represented at Michigan. I believe a descriptive word in this case would be "mega- lomania." It seems foolish to me that SGC could honestly make its decision stick. Has it ever occurred to SGC that the apathy they preach so right- eously against may be nothing more than passive resistance?.Has it ever occurred to them that they have violated (now that we are in- volved in idealism) one of the mainstays of Anglo-Saxon ideal- ism; that of open-mindedness, of compromise, of non-dogmatism. The spectacle last night reminded me of a United Nations Security Council debate. I suppose this train of thought could go on forever. The one thought that haunts me is that the real losers in the inte- gration-discrimination question are the really innocent people, the American Negro, and anyone who disagrees with SGC. -Ellie Davis, '59LSA By ARTHUR EDSON Associated Press Newsfeatures Writer WASHINGTON (R) -When Jus- tice Harold Hitz Burton an- nounced that he was retiring from the Supreme Court next Monday, at least 650 judicial ears must have pricked up hopefully at the news. These ears belong to 325 Federal judges who undoubtedly said to themselves: "Let's fasten the old seat belt, just in case. This could be it." And countless lawyers, great and small, also must have faint twinges of hope today. For even though the court has been under fierce attack of late, here's a chance to sit in while history is being made-and the pay is $35,000 a year, for life. Well, it wasn't always thus. George Washington had a terri- ble time getting leading men to serve on the court. John Jay prob- ably is a good example. He was the first Chief Justice, but he quit, saying he didn't think the Court ever would amount to much. The judicial structure had fatal flaws, Jay said, running for the nearest exit. * * * TIME and John Marshall, the great Chief Justice who served for 34 years, changed all that. When Marshall had finished his judicial business, the court was firmly es- tablished as a top dog in our federal system. Maybe you've wondered how President Dwight D. Eisenhower goes about naming a judge. The man who helps him with the pick- preme Court justices. Although the first court had but six mem- bers, Washington had so much trouble getting them to hang around that during his eight years he wound up naming 10, all we hope, of universal esteem and much approved practitioners. 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 responsibiity. 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. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 98, 1958 VOL. LXIX, NO. 19 General Notices The next "Flu Shot" clinic for stu. dents, staff and employees will be held in Room 58 (basement) of the Health Service, Thursday, Oct. 9, only. Hours are 8:00-11:30 a.m. and 1:00-4:30 p.m. Proceed directly to basement, fill out forms, pay fee ($1.00) and receive in. jection. Arrangements are being made for a later date when persons who have received the first "shot" may receive a second. The next "Polio Shot" cline for students will be held in the same room Thursday, Oct. 23. The hour and procedures are the same as abo'e for "Flu." International Center'Tea: Thurs., Oct. 9, 4:30-6:00 p.m. at the International Center. . University Directory: All additions and corrections for listings already sent in must be received in the University Directory office, 113 Admin. Bldg., by Mon., Oct. 13. For further information, call Florenc, Boyd, ext. 2152. Engineering Freshmen Assembly: Class Meeting for election of Class Board Members and Officers, Thurs., Oct. 9, 7:00 p~m., Trueblood Aud. Blue Cross Group Hospitalization, Medical and Surgical Service Programs for staff members will be ope4, from Oct. 6 through Oct..17 for new applica- tions and changes in contracts now in effect. Staff members who wish to in- clude surgical and medical services should make such changes in the Per- sonnel Office, Ioom 1020, Admin Bldg. New applications and changes will be effective Dec. 5 with the first pay- roll deduction on Nov. 30. After Oct. 17 no new applications or changes cat be accepted until Oct. 1959. Agenda, Student Government Council Oct. 8, 1958, Council Room 7:30 p.m. Minutes previous meeting. Officer reports: President: Letters, Board in Review, Council vacancy; vice President (exec.) Air Flight, motion to delegate to Union J-Hop appointment to committee; Vice-President (admin.) Credentials Committtee, NSA Tours, delegate to League, appropriation $50; Treasurer: Budget, NSA report, Cham- ber of Commece. " Cinema Guild. Standing Committees: National and International: WUS report, Travel con. ference; Public Relations: Speakers Bu- reau, Council publication, recommenda. tion; Education and Student Welfare: Course evaluation, Education prospect- us; Student Activities Committee, Re- quest for recognition, Canada House, Petitioning dates; Activities: Home- coming, Friday night event, calendar- ing and approval Canada House, out- ing to Montreal, India Student Associa- tion, discussion Yoga philosophy, Oct. 12, Union Conference Room, 3 p.m. Elections, report. Old business: Tabled motion, SoC review; Tabled motions, Recommenda- tions II-A, vII-B from Evaluation Committee on Internal Structure and organization (Vol. '2, p. 127), II-A to form a Campus Relations Committee, vII-B Little SGC meetings. New Business: Board in Control In- WOULD CLEAR SUBSTANDARD HOUSING:' Urban Renewal Faces Opposition By PHILIP MUNCK Daily Staff Writer IF CIVIL WAR breaks out in Ann Arbor in the next ten years it may well be over the subject of urban renewal. At the present time the City is contemplating (indeed is embark- ing on) an urban renewal project. In its simplest explanation, the project is one where a sub-stand- ard section of a city is rebuilt with mostly federal money. * * * BUT HERE the complexities begin. In the first place the people of the area must want urban renew- al. Each family whose sub-stand- ard home is razed must be pro- vided with adequate housing in some other section of town - either permanently or until the project is completed. And here, basically, is where the resistance in Ann Arbor to urban renewal lies. residents of the area who are op- posed to the project invariably mention relocation as an objec- tion. There are families who just do not want to move out of the area no matter what kind of prepara- tions are made for them. These are primarily families who have been settled there for a long time and are reluctant to leave their accustomed surroundings. Then there are families who be- lieve that they will just be moved into the cold and left to fend for themselves. These apparently are the uninformed or those who have been persuaded to think this way by others who are opposed for different reasons. * * * BIGGEST opposition seems to come from people who are not residents of the area and do not even own property there. These evidently are men who might be interested in land speculation in ban renewal in Ann Arbor has been attributed to these outside 'ources. The problem reaches its final complexity in meeting govern- ment requirements for the project. * * * BASICALLY the financing calls for the government to pay for two-thirds of the cost of construc- tion plus the cost of planning; the City pays the other third. To get approval from the Home and House Financing Adminis- tration, the City must have drawn up complete plans for the project and have them approved. Then they must submit an adequate fi- nancing program to show that the City can actually pay its share of the costs. And, of course, the relocation problem must be settled to the satisfaction of all concerned. If three people in Ann Arbor's proj- ect cannot be satisfactorily taken JUSTICE BURTON *.. into retirement ing, Atty. Gen. William Rogers, has an explanation of how the ticklish job is done. Rogers made the explanation, while he was Deputy Attorney General, to a regional meeting of the American Bar Association in Denver: 1. The man must be an out-. standing lawyer and a leader. in his community. 2. He should be moderately young and fairly frisky. 3. If the vacancy is in one of the higher courts, judges on lower courts merit special consideration. 4. The recommendations of the Bar Association carry considerable weight. Ro ersidn'a+ sa. ffth