"Boy, If You Think That One's Complicated--" 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 "When opinions Are Free Truth Will PrevaiU" 0 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. ESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1958 NIGHT EDITOR: PHILIP MUNCK . i SGC-Administration Meeting Points Way to Better Communication DEAN ROBERTSON'S motion for joint recon- sideration of SGC's Sigma Kappa resolu- tion, made at the Board in Review's recent meeting, evidently was intended to avoid a direct conflict between SGC and the adminis- tration. It may or may not succeed in its original intention. Nonetheless, the need for such a motion re- veals an important shortcoming in the opera- tion of SGC as presently organized: that there is little opportunity for joint discussion between the students, the administration and the faculty when decisions affecting them all are being made. Any problem which affects several diverse groups can only be effectively solved by a conscientious and meaningful exchange of views by all concerned during the decision-making- process. Under the present plan, SGC makes its deci- sions, and the Board, if called upon to meet, may accept or reject these decisions; mean- while, neither body may really understand the position of the other. A case in point arose at the Board's recent meeting: although before their own meeting, some SGC members talked with Vice-President James A. Lewis about the Sigma Kappa problem, it was never defined to them, even at the time of the Board's meeting, whether his letter to SGC expressed adminis- trative opinion or policy. Thus increased communication, besides lead- ing to the obvious end of more just and effective decisions, would tend to reduce (for SGC) any such potentially dangerous conflicts as arose at the Board's recent meeting. Good liaison between students, the adminis- tration and the faculty need not lead to domi- nation of any group by another, as long as everybody concerned bears in mind that the legitimate interests of each must be respected if a viable and meaningful atmosphere is to be maintained at the University. This problem, so clearly illustrated by Thurs- day night's hassle over Sigma Kappa, is cer- tainly central in the future of SGC. The com- mittee proposed by Dean Robertson to study the relationship between SGC and the Board in Review might do well to look into the matter. -PHILIP POWER I fFOREMiA XPLWMNS oN N(XOM CA,4PAIG To The Editor (EDITOR'S NOTE: The quotation referred to in the third paragraph on membership qualifications first "appeared in The New York Times. Timothy Scholl, president of the Lambda Chi Alpha local at Hamilton told The Daily that the membership qualifications were stated in a brief sent to him by the National organization prior to the summer convention.) To the Editor: IN A COLUMN in the Sunday Daily of Oct. 19, it was pointed out that, when a bias clause is removed from a fraternity's national constitu- tion it often reappears in other parts of the fraternity's regulations. Mr. Richard Taub, the author of this article, used this fact as an ex- ample of the failure of education of certain fraternities toward integra- tion; he also stated that Lambda Chi Alpha "is a good example" of one of these fraternities which have displaced their bias clauses. The purpose of this letter is not to argue with Mr. Taub over the speed of integration among fraternities. It is merely t9 clarify certain facts about Lambda Chi Alpha and to correct other mistaken, ideas. Mr. Taub quotes that the membership requirements of Lambda Chi are as follows: "Qualifications for membership are to be acceptable to the General Fraternity, to believe in the principles of Christianity, and to be of the white or American Indian races." This statement appeared in last Tuesday's Daily; it was supposedly made by the Hamilton chapter president. The source, however, was not made clear in Sunday's article. I do not know why the Hamilton Chapter president might have made 'such a statement. There is no clause in the National Constitution I 64)199 - WYL41 f CT j OCsr- eo. Dulles Takes Best Far East Course OPINIONS VARY as to who is in trouble in the Formosa, Strait. One school of thought maintains that the United States is in an awkward position because supply and morale problems at Quemoy and Matsu will eventually make these islands untenable. This school holds that it will be necessary. to make major concessions to the Communist, Chinese to bring about a cease fire. These con- cessions would require' at least a major re- duction in the size of the garrisons on Quemoy and Matsu, and would be most likely the first step toward eventual withdrawal from the two islands.% The other school of thought maintains the cease-fire was actually a maneuver to save face for the Chinese Communists because of their Inability to force Quemoy and Matsu to surrender. This school would say that only a token withdrawal would be necessary to bring peace to the offshore islands. Probably the view that included both these schools of thought would be closest to the truth. This would explain the apparent willing- ness of both sides to end hostilities, at least temporarily. This would mean that a compro- mise agreement, if it were not due to the su- perior bargaining skill of either the United States or the Chinese, would lie in between either extreme. WHINIE BOTH sides now have good reason to agree to a cease-fire, the United States will be placed at an increasing disadvantage in the weeks and months to come. If the shelling of Quemoy is resumed, the United -States will be faced with steadily increasing supply and morale problems, while on the other hand, the Chinese Communists will be confronted only with the problem of losing face, which can be avoided to a large extent both by the adroit use of propaganda and the passage of time. It would seem that the United States would be better off trying to bring a quick settlement of the Quemoy-Matsu problem. This would be the case in fact if the United States did not have the Communists to contend with across the bargaining table. Their bargaining tactics, utilizing delay and unreasonableness, should be evident to all by now: Any quick conces- sions, even if reasonable, by the tnited States, will very likely be looked on as a sign of weak- ness by the Chinese Communists, and may encourage further strengthening of the Com- munist position. THUS THE United States will have to take a balanced course between too much haste in negotiations and an apparent unwillingness to negotiate, between a shifting policy and an Inflexible policy. This is not the type of course that can be concretely outlined in advance. It appears to be the course Dulles is following, however, with his shifts between tough and conciliatory state- ments on the Quemoy crisis, coupled with his request that he not have to expose his hand on the issue to correspondents. Dulles, what- ever his well-publicized faults,,seems to have a more realistic grasp of the United States position than most of his Democratic detract- ors. If Dulles continues along the same lines in the Queymoy crisis in the future, the United States, despite temporary setbacks, may yet find itself a "peace with honor" in the Formosa Straits. --LANE VANDERSLICE CAPITAL COMMENTARY: 13 ipartisaw ' A., By WILLI, sip Clarified [A1M S. WHITE A HALF-DOZEN high-level arguments involving the Con- gressional campaign - and thou- sands of little ones across the country -- are going on about something called bipartisanship in foreign policy. Some persons are accused of breaking bipartisanship. Some are declared to be supporting it. But not everybody who, is talking about bipartisanship is making very plain sense. So the public is hardly in position to decide who is guilty of what; because it can have no very definite idea of what bipartisan- ship is and is not. Here is a volunteer effort, by an eye-and-ear witness to the devel- opment of the concept, to clear away at least some of the confu- sion. First of all, "bipartisanship" is a product of sloganeering, though intended to express a noble ideal. And, like all such products, it is' highly elastic, if not actually rubbery. * * * THE TERM began to be largely used about the time the late Sena- tor Arthur H. Vanderberg of Mich- gan underwent a great conversion toward the close of World War II. "Van" had been a powerful isola- tionist; now he became a powerful internationalist. He preferred the term "unparti- san." By this he meant to suggest that in high and urgent foreign matters there should be no parti- sanship at all-that is, no fishing about for the sole purpose of domestic political gain. Somehow "unpartisanship" never caught on; people preferred the more woolly prefix "bi." At all events, the original un- partisans - who are the veteran bipartisans of today-meant then, and mean now, these things : 1) That it is impermissibly petty bush-league and dangerous for politicians to set up endless howls designed simply to harass any administration in its conduct of this country's business abroad. 2) That the party in opposition to the White House-and indeed individual members of the White House party itself if they so choose -has, however, a right and duty to criticize. The line drawn is about this: criticize anything and everything, yes: but only up to the point where it is obvious to any sensible man that you will injure the country itself abroad if you go any further.: * * * TRUE, THIS PUTS critics on a to criticize any White House in foreign policy so long as that policy is simply in preparation and so subject to change if debate shows it to be unwise. But it is neither fair nor desirable to carry on these attacks once this country is finally involved and committed to a grave course, even an unwise one. Bipartisanship does not mean, and never did mean, that the op- position has no right at any point to pick holes-and at some points violently to pick them. It only means that the opposition has a duty to show some responsibility and some common sense. When an administration is only preparing a policy it is only that administra- tion's policy. But when it has actually made the policy and pledged the country's honor and interest to it abroad-in genuine crisis and not mere academic mat- ters-everybody in public life will go along if he is a real bipartisan. * * * TRUE, THUS PUTS critics on a thin diet and especially if they honestly believe the policy to be disastrous. All the same, by this point it is no longer an adminis- tration's policy. It is then the de- clared policy of the United States of America since we really can have only one President at a time. And, anyhow, the critics will later have their chance. Once the na- tional crisis has passed they will have opportunity to turn out the administration for what it has poorly done. Thus, it is easier to illustrate what is not bipartisanship than what is. Here are three examples of grave breaches of bipartisan- ship : 1) The almost general Republi- can attacks on the Korea War while the guns were still going. 2) The far less severe and far less general Democratic attack on. President Eisenhower's dispatch of troops to the Middle East-attacks that went on after the troops had landed. 3) Such of those recent assaults on President Eisenhower's, Formosa policy as offered no con- structive proposal and simply im- plied to the world that we might not stand with him if, right or wrong, he got into war. (Copyright, 1958, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) of Lambda Chi Alpha, or in any other set of. its regulationsor publications whatsoever which prohibits membership to any per- son which is not of "the white or American Indian races." . * * A REQUIREMENT does exist that, to be a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, a man must, as quoted, "believe in the principles of Chris- tianity." This is not a bias clause. A bias clause discriminates against an individual on the basis of race, color, or creed. Obviously, race and color are not necessarily cor- related with belief; the matter of creed is slightly less obvious. This, part of the requirement may be interpreted by any person either to confirm or to deny the charges of bias. His interpretation will de-- pend largely on the degree of sym- pathy which the person holds to- ward fraternities in general. The Hamilton chapter, in effect, suspended itself. It passed a reso- lution stating that selection of members would no longer take into consideration any such beliefs or ideals. This resolution was in accordance with the 100 per cent pledging plah which had been pro-, posed to the Hamilton student legislature by the president of the Hamilton chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha. Under this plan, rushees not chosen by fraternities are as- signed as pledges, regardless of whether or not they meet mem- bership qualifications of a frater- nity. In our National Constitution, the, responsibility is vested in each. individual chapter to be sure its members meet the membership requirements which are deter- mined by a convention of delegates from all chapters. For its action in repudiating this responsibility, Hamilton chapter was warned: that the resolution which did so must be repealed. The chapter's failure to take such action brought about: revocation of its charter. In conclusion, I wish again to stress the fact that selectivity in relation to ideals and beliefs is not bias. To believe in the highest ideals of Christianity a man does not necessarily have to be a Chris- tian. -James H. Wells, '59 Squirrels . . To the Editor: THE SQUIRRELS on this cam- pus have gone far too long without recognition. I would, like to make a suggestion: replace all podiums with trees and all lec- ture tables with beds of grass. This will give the University of Michi- gan student a chance to observe rare beauty. -Omar L DeWitt AT THE CAMPUS: 'Krull': A. Final Joke THE NOVEL "Felix Krull" was Thomas Mann's joke. It was written concurrently to and ap- peared at the end of a long series of novels and short stories pene- trating the mind of the German middle class to the very sources of teoutonic pessimism: it was the sort of involved joke that a great mind plays on itself and at the same time a revel in a dream- world freedom from the morality that, had at times seemed to en- gulf Mann. The movie is not that sort of joke, but it is very funny still. The story is basically that of an innocent adventurer making his way upward through turn-of-the- century Europe by the bedsheet method of foreign comedies. In a series of sometimes hilarious scenes he escapes the draft and falls prey to a large variety of neurotic women. In each situation he assumes a new identity. Each of Krull's problems is a result of his naivete. in society, and yet he seldom blushes. He rushes forward, instead, with an impunity which gradual- ly becomes savoir-faire.gFaced with a ,.threat he is thrown into a . quaking disorganization out of which Kroll evolves a pattern of almost demonic directness. Hav- ing extricated himself from one situation he propells himself into another. This progress is. treated with a sort of amoral social pan- tomine (which is even better done in the accompanying Marcel Mar- ceau short.) The pantomine treatment. has the advantage of not requiring any particular plausibility of the plot, which hasn't much to begin with. , * S S BUT IF the treatment seem epi. sodic and if the joke, however funny, seems inferior to Mann's, there is a strange sort of depth to the picture which 'seems to unify 'its humor and to parallel the meaning of Mann's joke. There is, for instance, a consistent lack of connection between incidents, es- tablishing a unique sort of free. dom for the hero. 'Added to this is Krull's relative freedom from his own past and his complete lack of concern with .his own soul. This shortage of historfcal or spiritual concern with time makes any problem one of mo- mentary existence. Felix Krull lives in the present to, an impos- sible and therefore funny degree. He is the natural man in a natural social 'world. A professor tells him, "When a woman puts her arm around you, remember it is the remnant of the pectoral fin of the fish and the claw of the bird." This charm, advanced as a means of exorcising love, has no particular effect. Even the pro- fessor finds no consolation when he himself tries to apply it. But the natural man in Felix Krull needs no introspective, analytical escape from love. Which was prob- ably Mann's joke on the teutonic academic mentality. -Robert Tanner 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 Adminiltration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1958 VOL. LXIX, NO 30 General Notices The neat "Polio shot" clinic for stu- dents will be held Thursday, Oct. 23, only in Rm. 58 (basement), of Health TODAY AND TOMORROW; Diplomac s. Publicity By WALTER LIPPMANN I (EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Lippmann Is touring Russia and the following will be his last column until he returns early in November.) ON BEHALF of Mr. Dulles, whose press con- ferences have such a bewildering variety, we must remember that he is doing something which has rarely, if ever, been done before. He is conducting a delicate and difficult three- cornered negotiation-with the two Chinese governments and with our principal European allies. Parallel with it, he is conducting a series of press conferences. In these he is concerned' not so much with the disclosure of the facts as with saving'face in Formosa, in Washington, on Mr. Nixon's circuit, and among his critics at home and abroad. This requires much twisting and turning, and much insistence that there be no public demand for a straightforward statement of the Ameri- can position. TROUBLE LIES in the attempt to com- bine. an intricate secret negotiation with a continual outpouring of public pronouncements. Thus, it is evident that if there is to be any (:1r tr kind of understanding with Peiping, it will have to be one in which nothing is agreed to in principle though concessions are made in fact. It is evident, too, that if concessions are to be made, Mr. Dulles must induce Chiang to make them without forcing Chiang to admit that he has made them. Granting that this is all necessary, is it also necessary to accompany it by so many contra- dictory public statements? For while most peo- ple have rather short memories, there are a large number of responsible people in the capitals of the world who can remember what was said from one week to the next. These people would rather be told honestly that the negotiations are delicate and must be secret than to be told so many different things. For then they come not to believe any of them. Mr. Dulles is much concerned, and fairly enough, with saving Chiang's face. He is much concerned, and rightly, that Red China should not think that he is running away. He is much concerned, excessively perhaps, with avoiding having a compromise called appeasement. But he should also be concerned that the word of the Secretary of State is believed and is trusted. On that important aspect of the whole matter he has not been concerned enough. It would be a great relief, and it would en- hance the prestige of this country, if the Secre- tary of State announced that the situation had entered a phase where the issues are too delicate and critical to be discussed in public statements. Most people would believe him. Most people would accept his decision. And a great deal of the embarrassment caused by the twisting and turning would be avoided. For this is one of the occasions when good diplomacy cannot be combined with honest publicity. 1958 New York Herald Tribune Inc. AS ELECTION DAY APPROACHES: Economic Issues Dominate State's Political Stage 11 By BARTON HUTHWAITE Daily Staff Writer AS THE HEAT of Michigan's November 4 election campaign mounts with every passing day, both the Republican and Demo- cratic political camps are centering their verbal attacks on the state's main problem-a sagging economy. GOP forces blast Governor G. Mennen Williams for the state's economic woes while the Demo- crats blame President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his administration for the troubles. In the race for Governor, a powerful, well-known vote getter incumbent is pitted against a rela- tively unknown, politically weak opponent. ** * THE UNDERDOG is Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul D. Bagwell. Bagwell turned from his $17,000 a year job as a Michigan State University speech professor to accept the GOP nomination no- body else wanted. Encouraged by his vigorous cam- paigning and forceful speeches, Republican politicians have found new hope in the 45-year-old pro- fessor and his battle against the Democratic giant. Bagwell has hammered steadily at the Democrats and the gover- nor, calling for a change in their attitude tnward huines and nar... -range program for education and mental health and better coopera- tion between the -governor and state legislature. * * * MATCHED AGAINST Bagwell's dogged determinism is the Demo- cratic political giant in the state- Governor G. Mennen Williams. Gov. Williams, unquestionably the greatest vote getter in Michi- gan history, has centered his cam- paign for a sixth term on charges that President Eisenhower and his administration are responsible for the unemployment crisis in the state. Referring to the "Eisenhower recession," Gov. Williams assures auto industry and industrial work- ers that their economic troubles can be traced to the President and not his office. "All of our major troubles in Michigan can be traced to this one cause-failure of Republican lead- ership to maintain the nation's prosperity." Gov. Williams has accused GOP leaders in Michigan of spreading "falsehoods" about unemployment in Michigan, alleged loss of manu- facturing state taxes, and a de- clining economy. But despite Bagwell's energetic campaigning across the state dur- ing the past months, his chances against the nolitical nowerhouse Editorial Staff RICHARD TAUB, Editor 'ML KRAiT orial Director OHN WEICHE City Editor DAVID TARR Associate Editor ,E CANTOR.......-..........Personnel Director N WILLOUGHBY. Associate Editorial Director .TA JORGENSON.......... Associate City Editor ZABETH ERSEINE...,.Associate Personnel Director N JONES...... ...............Sports Editor ML RISEMAN.............. Associate Sports Editor :OLEMAN . . . ..... .nssociate Sports Editor TID ARNOLD.................Chiet Photographer ---.- a. - m:a raU ssme -