0 ~1w ifidgaut EaiLg Sixty-NinthYear E lITll AND MiANACGD BY STUDFNTS OF THE UNIXERSITY OF MICHIGAN "Wben Opinions Are Free LNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS Tuthb Wil Prevai" STUDENT PUBI CATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MiCIs. * Phone NO 2-3241 Editorials printed in The Michigan Dail) express the inditidnal opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1958 NIGHT EDITOR: PHILLIP MUNCK Soiet Action Forces Get ToughAPoliey "We're Not Doing So Well In Geneva But We're Getting Disarmament Over Here, Anyhow" f " r """" ,7 A/ 1 c small% PEFE14SE I CUTS wor e N, IL Mom r nir AT HILL AUDITORIUM: Comic Arias, Spirituals Highlight Hinles' Concert- J EROME HINES' recital last night was a revealing e perince setting forth his strengths and weaknesses as an arfist. But this recital ws more than a display of artistry, it was an insight into the man himsclf. Hines' approach to the concert stage is one of complete relaxation with as much informality as possible. Foremost at a Hines' recital is the idea of entertainment and an enjoyable evening of music. The prominence of buffa arias and songs of a religious nature show both Hines' personal bend toward comic characterizations and his deep religious convictions. The two Mozart arias. "All You Lovely Women" from Cosi Fan Tutte and "Non Piu Andrai" from The Marriage of Figaro, Rossini's "La Calumnia" from The Barber of Seville and Thomas' "Le Tambour- FOR ALMOST 13 years a continual struggle of ideologies, conflicts between East and West have prevented any substantial advance- ments toward peaceful relations between Com- munist and Democratic factions. Over the years, the struggle has erupted in various parts fo the world - the Middle East, the Far East and in an almost day-to-day re- lationship, Western Europe. Germany, strained by division between East and West, has been the nerve center of this conflict. Nine years ago, when the actual division be- tween the two opposing camps took place, Ger- mans manifested the desire to reunite and speak as one. Their efforts, unfortunately, have been characterized by dismal failure. Lacking a basis on which to begin conciliatory discus- sions, the two sectors have existed, functioned and progressed toward the realization of al- most diametrically opposite ends. WHILE WEST GERMANY has moved closer toward the NATO bloc of nations, their countrymen across the Iron Curtain have stepped very easily into the Soviet satellite line. Two Germanys' a strain on the national- istic desires of this once-totalitarian state, have served as the jumping-off point for another phase of the East-West struggle. On November 10, this struggle, which has continued in a relatively status-quo manner, turned into a crisis when the Soviet Union c - clared that they planned to move out of Ber- lin. Along with this announcement came their demand that the Western powers cease their control over the divided city. What the ostensible rationale behind the Russian announcements are matters little. The reasons that Pravda and the rest of the Soviet propaganda organs give bely the real purpose of any move in this sector. Placing control of the city in the hands of a facade type demo- cratic government would do nothing to relieve the already tight control emanating from the Kremlin. Ten years ago, the Russians made a similar move to oust the West from Berlin. Their, tamed blockade of all rail, road and water routes failed when combined allied efforts suc- ceeded in sustaining the key city for over a year. Last week when airing their proposals for turning over control to East German pup- pets, the Russians implied the establishment of another blockade to pressurize the West into leaving.j RUT BEHIND their implications and veiled threats, is the Soviet realization that they are in a very favorable strategic position. Holding the upper hand with their ability to make a first move, they could force the West to two probable courses of action. Pushing the Allied bloc to recognize a gov-- ernment in East Germany that receives regu- lar policy directives from Moscow is the prime purpose. While certain tacit agreements on transportation do exist between the two camps, the West would gain little advantage in deal- ing with the East.. The second course offers what is a sound route to follow to maintain crumbling West-I ern prestige, to maintain the one Western showpiece behind the Iron Curtain, to demon- strate Allied unity to the ever-increasing red- tinted areas of the world. IN THE EYES of most observers the second route is the only one feasible. A "get tough" policy to the extent of wrecking another block- ade if it came, to maintaining the WesterA half of Berlin, to presenting a united front backed up by overt forceful actions is the im- perative route to follow. Somewhere in the back of every German's mind is the hope that someday- he will live in a unified country. The present struggle of po- litical concepts relegates this dream to a sec- ondary position... Secondary to the idea that Communist dom- ination of Germany could be achieved very easily - but eventual stabilization of a whole state, free to choose it's own governing manner is a process which begins by a solidified West- ern bloc maintaining a strong position in Ger- many. -CHARLES KOZOLL _."--r .. !' .. ..r-. . .- - -t v n, '> r . v x" major" from Le Caid all received excellent treatment from Hines who had to fight his accompanist all the way through. Mr. Alexay had great difficulties in remembering that he was ac- companying Mr. Hines rather than making a solo performance. In spite of this, each of the four distinct characters were presented to the audience in a clear and amusing manner. Hines obtained the greatest comic effect possible on the concert stage in each aria. In contrast, the more serious numbers, with the exception of Faure's "Automne" and Strauss' "Zueignung," suffered. The smooth- resonant tone and sensitive phras- ing demanded in Verdi's "Ella Giammai M'amo" and Mozart's "Within These Holy Portals" were lacking. The sharper quality of Hines voice, while fine for opera buffa, leaves something to be de- sired in these more lyrical arias. In these arias in particular and throughout the concert in general Hines had great difficulty in man- aging the high notes. * * * THE TWO Mephistophelian of- ferings of "Ecco Il Mondo" from Boito's Mephistofeles and the sere- nade from Gdunod's Faust suffered not only from the previously men- tioned musical faults but also from a Frankinsteinish characteri- zation of the devil. The artist achieved a wierd effect which can only be described as unsatanic. That the closing group of songs were closer to Hines' spirit was most evident. There was a deep- ness of belief ansi a desire to im- part a spiritual message in the renderings of "Let Us Break Bread Together," "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" and "Down to the River." -Michael Eisman - AT THE CAMPUS: 'Night' Nonsense IN VIEWING the Bardot film at the Campus, one partakes in the scenic beauty of Spain, but is present at little of what could be :alled "meaningful drama." "The Night Heaven Fell," is full of spasmodic emotion arising from what seems to be lack of motiva- tion rather than the presence of The effort to create tension through petty intrigue seems to be the sole purpose of sexual por- trayal, which always occurs in such inappropriate circumstances and with such apparent pointless- ness that it becomes offensive The warm attractiveness of the principals, Brigitte Bardot =and Stephen Boyd, enables one to ig- nore their lack of significant act- ing ability. * * * AS IS THE rule with Bardot films produced by Kingsley-Inter- national, the photography is well done and the small Spanish vil- lages and their inhabitants give the film its only realism; what remains is merely fake. The scenes in which an attempt is made to reveal Brigitte's attractive acces- sories lacks the needed subtlety to the point of being insulting to the sensitivity of the viewer. One "positive" accomplishment was the preservation of BB's feminity through such a variety of endeav- ors as bull fighting, swimming e cavern, and traveling across the Spanish countryside shoeless. -Thomas Scheffler CAPITAL COMMENTARY: Durable Political Monuments By WILLIAM S. WHI'rE Ann Arbor's Bus Troubles IN A MORE OR LESS desperate attempt to cut the losses the local bus company, Ann Arbor Transit Co., dropped two different runs in order to save $80 a week. The money saved will enable the bus line to keep its losses to a very slight amount or eliminate red ink en- tirely. It will not, however, enable them to make any profits - profits needed to counter depreciation costs. The bus system is basically in the same position today it was in two years ago when the private company headed by local attorney John Rae took over the franchise dropped by Great Lakes Greyhound. They left the fran- chise when they were unable to show a profit for operating in the city. At the moment the buses are running but their future is still dark. If no funds are set aside in the coming years to replace present equipment, the buses are doomed to failure, AT THE PRESENT TIME the buses in use in Ann Arbor are old -- their useful life cannot possibly be more than five to ten years. Money cannot be summarily given to the com- pany by the city without voters' approval and two years ago the citizens authorized the city administration to buy the company but over- whelmingly voted down an increase in taxa- tion that would have provided the necessary funds. With no indication of change of atti- tude it is evident that the city will be unable to INTERPRETING THE NEW do more than it already has -- namely sell the company tax-free gasoline and get them certain tax benefits. Thus any more help for the bus =system will have to come from sources outside official city circles. The responsibility has been placed by Rae on the parties most closely involved - the merchants of Ann Arbor. According to one survey taken in Detroit, the loss of the buses will mean that one out of ten shops will go out of business through lack of customers. Furth- ermore all of the business in the city will suf- fer from a drop in sales, the report says. R AE'S SUGGESTIONS are probably the simplest and most painless imaginable to all concerned. If each of 200 merchants were to contribute 50 cents a week to the bus line, he estimates, all of their expenses would be covered. Should the fantastic occur and some merchants volunteer one dollar every so often, who knows what added service and equipment could be provided. A more complicated system would involve more merchants advertising on the panels inside the buses. This is getting value received in return for keeping the buses running. Fantastic as they seem either of these schemes would work to at least some advantage and would avert the shame and discomfort of a city without bus service. --PHILIP MUNCK WASHINGTON - Four political monuments in the Anglo- American world seem happily to go on forever. They are change- less in a time of ceaseless change, rocklike and- immovable as the tides of elections rise and recede and all manner of crises come and pass away. There is the British crown. There is the American Constitu- tion. And there are Sam Rayburn of Texas and Joseph W. Martin Jr. of Massachusetts. Rayburn and Martin are institu- tions as well as men; together they embody the House of Representa- tives of the Congress of the United States. Indeed, between them, they are the House. Or, at any rate, be- tween them they have run it and its affairs longer than any other two men in all its history. * * * WHEN THE 86th Congress as- sembles in January they will go absentmindedly through a long- accustomed ritual. Rayburn, not to his immense surprise, will be re- elected Speaker of the House, the Democrats having retained control of Congress. He will then go on setting records for service in that high post. Already, he has held it for 15 years, whereas his closest rival, a gentleman named Henry Clay, had held it for 12 years. And Martin, not to his total astonishment, will again be chosen by his colleagues to be Republican leader of the House. (When the Republicans are in control he be- comes the Speaker and Rayburn steps down onto the floor to be the Democratic leader. When party control of the House changes they change places like in a game of musical chairs.) Not in all the world's parlia- mentary life is there another such durable-and inevitable-pair as this. Rayburn, who is short, blocky and massively bald, will be 77 years old on January 6, the day before the new Congress meets. For 46 years he has been a mem- ber of the House. And though in his laconic, grumpy, scowling way he loves the old place, he never turns up here from a Congres- sional recess until the last minute. He always swears that it is a tererible trial to tear himself away fromhis farm-ranch to come back. Thus he is still down in Texas, nerving himself to return to this dreadful capital. * * * MARTIN, A MERE 74 years old, is short, too, but still dark of hair. He is already on hand here. He has been in the House only 34 years. Consequently, Rayburn, when he is very put out, will sometimes treat his'Colleague with the trace of a suggestion that he is dealing patiently with a Johnny- come-lately. Rayburn likes books, particularly old ones. Martin is not hostile to them, but might be said to be neutral on the subject. Rayburn, though the top of these two bosses, maintains by choice the smaller of the two personal offices provided by the House for its party patriarchs. Markin, perforce, hangs his hat in the larger one. Rayburn, though a Southerner, isbasically a liberal Democrat, a close and unforgetting friend of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. His descriptions of Democratic bolters from the party -any Democratic bolter, any time - are arrestingly terse and un- printable. Martin, though a Yan- kee by geography, is a million hu- man miles from the aristocratic wing of the New England Republi- can party. His view of the Boston Brahmins is ont of infinite pain. He does not hate them, exactly, but one could say fairly that he does not regard theirs as the country's finest political minds. HE IS JUST an unhypenated, unhesitatingly loyal, indestructible Republican, who would have been faithfully Republican equally un- der William McKinley or Theodore Roosevelt. Liberal . . . conserva- tive . . . left-wing . . . right-wing . . .all such terms are simply curious words to him. But these are merely superficial differences between Rayburn of Texas and Martin of Massachu- setts. What is real, what is en- during, in common between them is a complex of these things: both are old bachelors, lonely men whose true lives are lived and ab- solutely centered in the stone and marble of the Capitol. Both are men whose personal word it would be unthinkable to question. They are of a rare breed, they are lawmakers of . a very old school; they are Men of Congress. (Copyright 1958, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) The Daily Officiai Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no edi- torial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.ni. Friday. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1958 VOL .LXIX, NO. 60 General Notices All students who expect education. and training allowance under Public Law 550 (Korea G. I. Bill) or Public Law 634 (Orphans Bill) must get instruc- tors' signatures Nov. 24, 25, or 26 *on Dean's Monthly Certification form and turn the completed form in to -Dean's office by 5:00 p.m. Wed., Dec. 3. School of Music Honors Scholar Pro- gram: Deadline date for receipt of ap- plications for the Honors Scholar pro- gram, together with supporting recom- mendations, is Dec. 1. Explanatory leaf- lets and appropriate forms are available in the School of Music office. Library Hlours During Thanksgiving Vacation: The General Library and all divisional libraries will be closed on Nov. 27, Thanksgiving Day. The General DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Library and divisional libraries, with the exception of the Medical Library, will be closed Sat., Nov. 29. There will be no Sunday service on Nov. 30. The General Library and the Undergrad. Li. brary will close at 6 p.m. Wed., Nov. 26. Both libraries will be open Pri. Nov. 28 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. All uniti within the General Library building will be open on their regular schedules Fri., with the exception of the Map Room which will be closed. Divisional libraries will also be closed Wed. even- ing. Most of tl1a divisional libraries will be open on short schedules Fri., Nov. 28. Schedules will be posted on the doors of each library. Phone extension 3184 for information. Lectures University Lecture, auspices of the Dept. of Anthropology. "Early Man and Environment in Trans-Saharan Africa." (with movie) Dr. J. Desmond Clark, Rhodes-Livingstone Museum, Living. stone , N. Rhodesia. 4:00 p.m., Tues., Nov. 25, And. B. Angell Hall, Lecture, auspices of the Depts. of Fine Arts and Classical Studies and the AnnrArbor Society, Archaeological Institute of America. "Excavations at Sardis, Capital of Ancient Lydia, 1958." In color, George M. A. Hanfmann, Prof. of Fine Arts and Curator of Classical (Continued on Page 5) LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Former SGC Member Expresses Dismay Democracy's Future By J. M, ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst T HE FATE of Democracy is occupying a large part of the attention of the world's political philosophers as well as of western diplomats these days. There has been a rise of military govern- ments recently in a number of newly independ- ent countries. Despite the moderate actions of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, there is still much wor- ry about the future of France. British and American publications are full of explanations as to the reasons - economic pressures, lack of administrative experience, political immaturity and the like. Pakistan, Burma, Sudan, Egypt, Iraq and Thailand are among those falling under mili- tary dictatorship in the last few years, man., in the last few months. The military is on the ascendant in Indonesia. The pendulum is al- ways swinging back and forth in Latin Amer- ica. YET MUCH of the moaning fails to take sev- eral factors into consideration. Many of these countries still are in trial periods follow- ing feudal or colonial rule. None of the pat- terns can yet be considered definite. If Latin Also, to strike a balance, it can be argued that democracy has earned an overwhelming victory since World War II. Its success in India, with the attempt to wipe out the caste system, is admittedly limited yet still very great. The same is true of West Germany and Japan, where democrataic advances are still to be tested by time, but where progress shows signs of being more important than all of the temporary failures. There is just beginning in Africa a new ex- periment led by Guinea and Ghana, the one newly independent of France and the other of Britain. They have proclaimed themselves as the nucleus of a United States of Africa modeled directly on the experience of the early American colonies. There is a vast difference and vast diffi- culty in this concept. THE AMERICAN colonies were led by men with centuries of sound political evolution behind them. Their federation represented, in a way, a climax rather than a beginning of democracy. The colonies also had before them for de- To the Editor: AS A PAST Student Government Council member, I was sad when I resigned my seat on the Council last June due to other pressing plans. I regretted having to leave a group for which I had such high regards. But this fall, and principally the last few weeks, I have realized how lucky I was to have made that decision. I am glad that I cannot be considered as a Council member and that my only connection with them is that they are supposedly repre- senting me and my fellow stu- dents. I left the Council thinking of them as fine representatives of the student body. And now it as- tonishes me to see how basically the same group could change so radically. But then in my mind I can rationalize and say that it is not the whole Council but merely a few of the so-called "leaders" who are to blame. Never in my life, and I hope never again, have I viewed such gross disrespect and complete selfishness towards our elders in this case the adminis- tration). In childhood it is per- inissable to scream if we don't get our own way, but as we mature, we should realize that we cannot always have our way and perhaps, sometimes, our convictions are sa Straits issue or the past govern- mental elections to warrant such biased publicity? I believe that only so much news can be printed on a single issue before all that follows is repetition. Or is it repe- tition that the "senior editors" want in an effort to inflict on their readers their point of view? Perhaps the name of The Daily could be more appropriately changed to "The Sigma Kappa Bulletin" so then at least the' readers will not be under the false assumption that they are reading the newspaper. -Bert Getz, '59BAd. UGLI .. . To the Editor: THE OTHER day in Livonia, the public school system, as anoth- er step towards the New Look in education, outlawed the wearing of leather jackets, jeans, and Presley hairdos. A lesson can be found here for those who wish to raise the intellectual level of the University. Since football, gambling, ex- poses, and effigies are here to stay, we might examine some facet of undergraduate life that remains undesecrated but still leaves room for improvement. The casual eye roving over the campus ca~vnnt that the seam-straining, pelvic protuberances waddling among the shelves and undulating up and down stairways are taking men's eyes from material of far greater potential. More strange would he find that UGLI's hours were re- cently extended so that students might have a greater opportunity to use the facilities. Oh? Use them for what? Does UGLI have to be- come another Disneyland, com- plete with a Texasinine rodeo pant-theism, in order to attract students? Coeds seem to be under the im- biression that the rectilinear achi- tectonics of Saarinen and Van der Rohe are enhanced by pouring themselves into slim-,Jims and similar Twentieth Century Garbo- garments. On Sunset Strip, pent- house pile rugs, and in other mar- ket areas, the slim-Jim is accepted bait. In UGLI on the Sabbath, however, the profusion of bait does not mean that results can be ex- pected. Rather, the sepulchritude of thwarted or imagined endow- ments, swathed in expensive fibers and peripatetically seeking hungry stares, brands UGLI as an intel- lectual hip-pocrisy. What is to be done? Two sug- gestions may be made to alleviate this UGLI situation, both of which would satisfy everyone except those desirous of exhiibiting their best side. The recent upheavals in the Middle East have no doubt flooded the eunuch market. The University might do well to bring a few here and give them scholar- ships to work as inspectors at UGLI's entrance. The Athletic Department has successfully em- ployed the scholarship idea in the past to get proficient help. An equally practicable solution would be to provide a special place in UGLI for those who maintain that studying is more comfortable in slim-Jims. These die-hards would enter UGLI with skirts over their advertising, dropping them off upon entering a designated rump- us room, similar to the nonsmok- ing rooms. With either method, an unslack- ened flow of skirted Sabbatarians replacing the present coed liber. tines would put UGLI in its Sun- day best. -Wells Gray Similary ... To the Editor: I SEE A great similarity between Sigma Kappa national and the --j~<>~ -~