h Sixty-Ninth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE LTNTVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 "Well, If You Fellows Aren't Going Anywhere, I Mig1t As Well Come In" 'en Qpllons Are Free Tnstb WtlJ Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. RIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1958 NIGHT EDITOR: LANE VANDERSLICE Russia' Nobel Prize Attitude .7+ s r NCLUEA BOMB I , AT THE MICHIGAN Dramatized 'Diary' Has Warmth and Movemtent "THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK." both as a book and as a play, has made a quiet yet profound impression upon a great many readers and playgoers in the last several years. Winning the Pulitzer Prize and the Critics' Circle Award when it opened on Broadway in its dramatized form in 1955. the play has -iot only captivated Americans' all over the country. but has reportedly touched off a sort of "expia- tory" reaction in Germany as well since its first presentation there last year. For those who are not already familiar with the story. "The Diary of Anne Frank" is the story of two Jewish families hiding from the COMMUNISM IS INCOMPATIBLE with the spirit of inquiry and personal expression. This statement is most applicable to the issue of Boris Pasternak, the Soviet author who has been denounced by Russia for his anti-Commu- nist views. Pasternak, who was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature for his novel, "Doctor Zhi- vago," has announced his refusal to accept the award "due to the meaning attributed to it in the society in which I live." The meaning he refers to is compounded of hostility. suppres- sion and brutality and other Communist weaknesses. The Soviet writer must be a novelist of un- deniable talent and profundity to justify the acclaim of the Nobel Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy which awarded the honor. Yet, Russia ignored the man for his talents and condemned his novel as detrimental to the Communist movement. Pravda exhorted him to refuse the Nobel Prize "if there was still a spark of Soviet dignity left in him." The Soviet press asserted the selection of Pasternak was an anti- politial Imaneuver, designed to perpetrate propaganda against Russia. These critics fail to realize, however, that the Nobel commit- tee's selection was dictated by literary and not political motives. Only the Russians can con- strue the award to amount to nothing more than an indictment of Communism. THIS ISSUE RAISES the question whether or not the humanities can exist in a Com- munistic society. Boris Pasternak was expelled from the Writer's Union, his "Doctor Zhivago" is banned throughout Russia, and his personal safety could easily be in jeopardy. Do authors and other artists suffer comparable plights? Must artistic creations be vitiated by adherence to political authority? By its nature, art must be imbued with social and moral overtones- men allowed to express what they believe and feel. Russia exalts its science. Science can't "talk back" and reveal internal faults. Art can, and generations of artists will suffer by it. The name Boris Pasternak, may be a "blemish" on the pages of Communist history but what it rep- resents couldn't possibly be. --GILBERT WINER T(S It"; _' ' 4: , . . ~J ¢ { n . . -=>> 45ST r.- ..t- - !tt-f - ,,,,,,,/ "- ' ' v , ,. 'j_:. Everything in Its Place ' rf O,$''ft R~~~xa t ?G'rc 4~4T a. MANY PEOPLE assert that rules are made to be broken, and by looking at the bi- cycles on campus, this must be the general consensus of opinion among University stu- dents. Bicycle racks provided in front of the Un- dergraduate Library, Mason and Angell Halls and other class buildings were placed there for a purpose. Yet during the rush hours of the day, they can be found nearly empty or with a few bikes inserted here and there, in any casual fashion the owners choose to park them. When the University tagged the bikes in front of the library, less than a week ago, the maze of wheels quickly disappeared. Yet, only a few days after warning tags were issued, the racks were empty again and now bikes again clutter the library approach. Far-Eastei 1JHE ON AGAIN, off again shelling of the off- shore Quemoys by the Chinese communists demonstrates a diabolical mind. Supply landing areas have been declared off limits by the Chinese guns ... on even num- bered days. This is a rather amazing maneuver, militarily speaking. It is doubtful if too many military. personnel are being hit by the bar- rages especially with the pre-announced dates of firing. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said' recently that "... shows the killing is done for political purposes .. . and .. . is only designed to kill primarily the civilians who are the ones most exposed." The political reasons alluded to by Secretary Dulles are United States recognition of Red China and another Communist seat in the United Nations. It is likely that they will get both in the not too distant future. THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS have maneuv- ered the United States with the somewhat unintentional aid of Chaing Kai-Shek, into a position in which this nation is negotiating with a country that doesn't even exist«., .ac- cording to the State Department. 'Residents of the city and students also have to trace a zig-zag path through the sidewalk facing State Street and North University Street. Plenty of bicycle racks are provided, but riders ignore empty spaces between bikes or on the other side of the rack. People again have to fight for enough walking room. Tags placed on the bicycles were only a writ- ten warning to cyclists; the next move by the Ann Arbor and University authorities will be to take the bicycles away and charge a fine to the owner. If the student feels that he can afford to pay the fine to redeem his bike, he can break the rules that have been made and are now being enforced. But what price "convenience?" -ANN EICHLER ri Realism, The U.S. was the last to recognize the Soviet Union and only did so in 1937, when it became downright necessary. It seems that it has also now become downright necessary to recognize the existence of a government that has 600 million people living under it. The United Nations seat is a somewhat dif- ferent case. The United States does not, neces- sarily have to approve of the Red government but it must, almost certainly, recognize its ex- istence and stop this idiotic bargaining with non-existent people. But, the United Nations is, in theory made up of nations striving for peace . .. a few mem- bers to the contrary. Nevertheless the United States must face the fact that membership will come to the Chinese Reds . . . it was only by the hair of Dulles' chinny-chin-chin that the matter was post- poned for one year-and it will probably come next session. In any event the United States cannot hope to put it off much longer and the sooner Ameri- ca stops playing games the more likely this country is to regain some lost prestige. -RALPH LANGER SGC IN REVIEW: Stalemate Intact, Council Weaker Nazis in an attic in Amsterdam road companies ought to be the Second World War. Their quarrels, their joys, their boredom and their terror all are seen through the increasingly sensi- tive and perceptive eyes of the thirteen-year-old Anne. They live on an island, these people, and the processes of growth and life and change seem intensified by confinement and fear. It is Anne's story, and her development from a child into a very young woman seems as grand and essential as it is pathetic. The audience knows at the beginning of the play that Anne dies at the end; her awakening affirmation of life contrasts with the terrible awareness of death as light against shadow - each giving life to the other. Gently put on paper, the diary was powerfully put on stage. It is almost the material for tragedy. ** * AS FOR this Ann Arbor per- formance, while it was not out- standing, it was competent enough to involve the audience to some degree and to leave them with an impression of pathos and strength. The play, when it is truly, effec- tive, demands a great deal of skill on the part of its actors, but is well-enough written to carry a few weak characterizations or a bit of innocuous acting without completely collapsing. Since both flawis were present to some de- gree, this was fortunate. The entire production, never- theless, had movement and warmth. Pauline Hahn and Frances Lederer as Anne and her father, lacked some delicacy and dignity in their respective roles, but their performances in any case were far from bad. The only jarring interpretations were those of Loney Lewis and Carol Guil- ford, both of whom seemed to have difficulty with enunciation and acoustics. The importation of more such during the middle two years of heartily encouraged. -Jean Willoughby 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 forn 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. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1958 VOL. LXIX, NO. 39 General Notices Open House, Meteorological Labora- tories, 5500 and 5060East Engineering .Bldg., 2-5 p.m. Friday, October 31. Meteorological teaching facilities, re- (Continued on Page 5) KENNEDY: Campaigns Nationally By JAMES SEDER Daily Staff Writer ASSACHUSETTS Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy is running for reelection against Vin- cent Celeste, a former secretary of Massachusetts' Republican sena- tor. Leveret Saltonstall. Neither candidate is waging a very vigorous campaign. Senator Kennedy, apparently confident of reelection by an overwhelming plurality. is building up friend- ships across the country and has been touring the country aiding various candidates and speaking on the Democratic record in gen- eral. Candidate Celeste's campaign has been hamstrung by the almost complete lack of campaign funds. Celeste's two main campaign tactics have been shaking hands and distributing handbills with his picture on them. Originally these handbills were posters advertising the entire Republican ticket; but in late August GOP candidate for Governor, Attorney General George Fingold, died. Celeste ob- tained these then worthless post- ers and cut out~ his picture, Ap- parently these are the only two campaign weapons he can afford. Republicans have been reluctant to contribute to Celeste's cam- paign, because Kennedy is consid- ered nearly invincible. Barring an outstanding Republican candidate, the state has tended, in recent years, to go Democratic. Kennedy's family has contributed an enor- mous amount of money to philan- thropy. Kennedy has a great deal of glamor. And certainly not least, Kennedy is generally respected as a man of intelligence and integrity. SOME DEMOCRATIC leaders, however, are not altogether happy with Kennedy's lack of campaign- ing. First of all they remember that Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge lost a close election to Kennedy in 1952 under similar circumstances. Un- til late in the campaign Lodge be. lieved that his reelection was cer- tain and devoted most of his time to President Eisenhower's cam- paign. Secondly, in the primary elec- tion, although he ran uncontested, he received several thousand votes less than the total number of Democratic ballots cast. Some leaders interpret this as an indi- cation that some voters resent his apparent lack of interest in the election. But perhaps the greatest worry of the Democratic leaders is that Kennedy will not win by a large enough plurality to pull a some- what ineffectual and scandal- tainted state administration with him. / By THOMAS TURNER Daily Staff Writer WEDNESDAY'S joint meeting, between Student Government Council and the administration perpetuated a stalemate arrived at earlier. The meeting had been called by the SGC Board in Review, to aid the Board in reviewing SGC's de- cision that Sigma Kappa sorority remains in violation of University rules. SGC President Maynard Gold- man insisted at the Board in Re- view meeting the Council had ul- timate jurisdiction. Dean of Women Deborah Ba- cop insisted it did riot. The Board in Review could have voted then; but sentiment ran toward resolving the difference of opinion by discussion, * * * SO, WEDNESDAY, the 18 SGC members sat down with Vice- President for Student Affairs James A. Lewis, Dean of Men Walter B. Rea and Miss Bacon. Discuss they did, but resolve they did not. The three administrators began their case Wednesday by citing historical precedent for them hav- ing jurisdiction. Rea related the history of Xi Psi Phi fraternity on this campus, showing how over a 20 year period the Student Acti- vities Committee had "reflecting its confidence in the administra- tive policies"' of the Dean of Stu- dents by letting him recognize the group, approve housing changes and take other important actions, all with no explanation to the Committee of his reasoning. It was "not our intention or that of the Regents to complete- ly withdraw from areas we have controlled," Rea said, describing the formation of SGC. Roger Seasonwein told the ad- ministrators that in his opinion it made little difference how little power students had in 1920, since, SGC has been formed since then. The argument came down to the SGC Plan. Lewis called the Plan "loosely constructed," and explained that it had been the hope when SGC was formed that "experience and precedent" would more clearly define the jurisdic- tion of the student group. * * * S WHAT actually exists, Lewis said, is "concurrent authority." Miss Bacon explained that in 1956 when SGC first found Sigma Kappa in violation and presum- ably in 1957 when the two-year period of grace was given the sorority to clean house, the ad- ministration was solidly behind SGC. But in finding the sorority still in violation this fall, Miss Bacon declared, SGC had taken over an administration duty and was no longer moving parallel under the "concurrent authority." Several Council members point- ed out that the only difference they could see between the 1956 action and that this fall was a change in administration opinion. Wednesday's meeting saw the introduction of a new approach by Goldman and the Council members who supported him. In finding the sorority in violation the Council had not taken action but expressed its opinion, he said. Action, he said, would only be taken if and when SGC withdrew recognition from the sorority. SINCE THIS IS SO, Goldman said, Miss Bacon's calling the Board in Review to dispute the majority "opinion of SGC was "completely out of line." David Kessel chai'ged that ,the most recent Board meeting was, as others had been, called "to give certain people a chance to rake student government over the coals." But after two and one-half hours of debate, the joint meet- ing ended in "compromise." SGC can withdraw recognition from Sigma Kappa if it wishes after consultation with the administra- tion. But the Council would take such an action knowing the Re- view Board would be called again. Having admitted the point on "concurrent jurisdiction" by not refuting it, SGC has no place to go. d 'I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Readers Discuss Gambling, Politics INTERPRETING T E NEWS: Internattonal Economics By J. . ROBERTS Associated dress News Analyst { XPERTS ALL OVER the world are study- ing conflicting economic tendencies for elus- e clues to the future. ~No one is predicting anything like a general >llapse, Few are coming up with blue prints ur any general stability, either. Business in the United States is showing signs boomx again after a recession which was seri- as in some fields and hardly felt in others. On the other side of the coin, Britain, which 1957 had the best trade year of modern t'imes, facing cutbacks. Unemployment is increas- g. While the U.S. government is taking ten- tive steps toward checking a return to infla- on, the British are relaxing controls in a aotstrap operation. )DDLY ENOUGH, while Detroit was in the doldrums-and doesn't know yet whether e new cars will really pull it out-the Brit- h automobile industry was booming, Its small Ars, which many .Americans thought was the iswer, were boosting exports. Now the British automobile industry is hav- g a recession. The Colombo Plan, designed 10 years ago r the development of south and southeast sia, has become something of a holding opera- n rather than a dynamic force. The aid given abreast of the annual 10 million increase in the area's population, which is now 650 mil- lions. Political unrest in such countries as Burma, Pakistan, Indonesia and Thailand has dank- aged both their ability to make use of aid and their standing as borrowers from international funds. An increase in these funds is now being worked out. This is also an effort to increase the flow of trade between Britain and the mem- bers of the Commonwealth, and between the Commonwealth and the dollar area. , Soviet Russia's contribution to instability, through dumping aid and other politically in- spired trade practices, is beginning to be no- ticeable in some fields, causing some unsettle- ment of raw material prices. Possible results of the Communist economic war are among the imponderable factors which so complicate the equations of the experts. Even in West Germany, which has been en- joying an ever-growing boom and rapidly in- creasing foreign trade since stabilization of the mark in 1948, industry is slowing down. FRANC'S DEVOTION of a great part of her resources to colonial wars has made her postwar recovery spotty. Her governments fis- cal position is constantly unstable. For 20 years the world's economy has revolved around production of war materials in the To the Editor: WAS DISMAYED to learn that the four persons who com- plained about "noble seekers- after-justice" are not only Michi- gan students, but future news- papermen too. Students Warren, White, Simon and Litzenberg implied in their letter Thurtday that the men who helped uncover football pool op- erators are to be condemned for this because "it was none of their business." Surely there are numbers of us who do not have the Initiative or courage to go out of our way to see that accepted laws are en- forced. "These things happen all the time," we say. But certainly, when others of us decide it will be better to en- force certain regulations, it is not for us to condemn these others. This encouragement of apathy, the bane of our entire nation so often, is the farthest thing four journalism students should sup- port. --A Former College Editor (Name Withheld by Request) Duty . . . To the Editor: ARTICLES throughout Wednes- day's Daily talk about "black- ening the name of the University," and generally "oh the shame of The University deserves the loy- alty of all its students, at least to the extent of being the first agency to be informed of any ir- regularities. After all, the students are part of it. The duty of our two super-sleuths was clearly to re- port first to University authorities, not to the police. The initiative for punitive action should come from within, not from without. Our administrative establishment is organized to handle similar cases prior to criminal action, and is certainly better equipped morally and mentally to handle the situa- tion. The worst part is the big splash of publicity before the investiga- tion is completed. Whether any individual is guilty or not-his name will forever bear the stig- ma of "being implicated" in the scandal. The stigma will come easier off the individual, than off the good name and tradition of the University of Michigan. Tvo irresponsible students have taken upon themselves to make de- cisions for the properly consti- tuted and wiser authority. The moral and legal issues involved in . gambling or apprehension of gamblers are immaterial. The ex- ploitation of the affair for private publicity is material, is disgusting, and worst of all, perhaps prophet- ic of the code of ethics being adopted by our generation. Hyde Par .. . To the Editor: AT THE YR-YD debate the 19 to 14 vote by the audience fa- vored more governmental super- vision of the union shop. (A fact that failed to appear in The Michigan Daily.) This vote of con- fidence seems to indicate the rather untenable positions of the Democratic Party on current po- litical issues. The Young Democrats defended the proposition that union shops should handle their own internal problems of mismanagement of funds and corruption through self-enforcement and self-investi- gating agencies. Such a stand am- plifies the current hypocrisy of Democratic policy. Their concern lies not in the promotion, of the workers' welfare, as they so often claim, but rather, in the political support of union leaders who, in many instances, hold sway over their constituents by illegal and coercive measures. Thus, Demo- cratic liberalism of the New Deal that preached more governmental control of industry for the na- tion's welfare is not self-evident; in fact, this liberalism is substi- tuted by a conservatism that de- sires to continue the status quo, no governmental control of unions, and has become the ostensible guise of political expediency. control due to historical precedent and the "unwise" social implica- tions. These parallel declarations of righteousness and licentious- ness bore right to the core of Democratic hypocrisy. The attitude of Democratic leaders taken towards integration provides another striking example of hypocrisy. Under the glittering ideal of equal opportunity for education and employment lies the political expedience of "slow" or "no" integration. The Demo- cratic party compromises its ideol- ogy of liberalism in order to main- tain popular support and party unity. Where in these examples exists a shadow of political responsibili- ty to the American voters and traditional American concepts of integrity and lawfulness? We, the Young Republican Club, declare that the only real responsibility is to popular support not to the vot- ers' welfare, to election of candi- dates by the most expedient means not to the liberalism of the New Deal and to hypocrisy not to integrity. We challenge the Young Democrats to explain these dual sets of standards, idealism and political expediency, in public de- bate on the Diag today or at any other time. Henry H. Kerr, '59 LSA Chairman, Michigan Federation of College Young Republican Clubs. Seni more Says ... I I' . N+(/ 9f