~~~~~1 brg 0an va tsity Seventy-Second Year EDTED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNivERsrrY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS "Where opinions are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. " Phone NO 2-3241 Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1962 NIGHT EDITOR: DENISE WACKER ABSENCE OF RULE NINE: Local Discrimination Persists 4 'New Frontier' Needs Depth THE STUNNING defeat of President Kenne- dy's medical care for the aged program in- dicates that it is time to extend the "New Frontier." The victory of the "New Frontier" platform committed Kennedy to his program and on the whole he has tried to carry it out. Yet the spirit and commitment of the "New Frontier" has failed to, permeate Congress whose support Kennedy needs to effect his broad program. In the campaign of 1960 Kennedy presented a broad program of social action to take the United States off dead center and to start "America moving again." It included many welfare measures long neglected during the Eisenhower regime and others necessary to meet changing conditions of a modern urban, industrial society. However, Congress still resides in the past, thinking of the status quo, of special interests and of political power. It is essentially a paro- chial body, thinking about a myriad of local and special interests rather than of the nation- al welfare. Occasionally there are far-seeing leaders like Senators Paul Douglas, Estes Ke- fauver or Hubert Humphrey, but these men are few and far between. THUS THE demise- of medicare, is another event in a lengthening series of Kennedy administration legislative failures. The trend is especially noticeable this year. An urban affairs department to coordinate and aid the needs of cities was vetoed by the House. A farm bill with a proven program for cutting massive surpluses while aiding the farmer died in the same chamber. Key money-producing provisions of Kenne- dy's tax program get sliced off like a salami in the Senate Finance Committee so that only a give-away to financial and business interests remains. Only Kennedy's trade program re- mains unscathed as the Congressional tornado devastates the Kennedy legislative program. Kennedy must take several political steps to insure the success of his program. He must en- courage reapportionment- so that his urban supporters, a majority of the country's citizen- ry, can get their rightful representation in Con- gress. This will smoothen Kennedy's legisla- tive program, for reapportionment will replace conservatives from safe status quo districts with liberals from urban areas anxious to splve the problems that face them. MORE immediately, Kennedy must campaign for a Congress of his supporters. He should encourage his allies to run for Congress wher- ever possible, not discourage them as he is reportedly doing in Illinois. Only through this method can he gain the votes to enact his program now. The coming campaign will be a test of the "New Frontier." If it is to succeed, Kennedy must now recruit more New Frontiersmen. -PHILIP SUTIN By SARABETH RICHMAN Daily Staff Writer RULE NINE, the anti-discrimin- ation law pertaining to real es- tate transactions, is currently be- fore the Michigan Supreme Court, where a decision will soon be made concerning its legality. As long as it is inoperable segregation prac- tices cannot be prosecuted. And, discrimination is being practiced as a matter of form. A new real estate venture called Lake Columbia is currently being promoted. And Ann Arbor is be- ing flooded with advertisements for it. Not only are there many advantages to buying land there, the ads say, but, to protect your investment, the area is restricted. The exact definition of restrict- ed is not made clear over the ra- dio. It might refer to zoning re- strictions or to building require- ments. * * * ROBERT ANDREWS, a member of the Central Realty So. in Lans- ing, and the man in charge of the Lake Columbia Development Co., says the following: "The prime policy of the Lake Columbia De- velopment Co. is to keep from em- barrassing either Negroes or 'our people' by not offering our prop- erty to them," A case in point: a telephone salesman, selecting names from the phone book, called up Harry Mial, a Negro, chairman of the Ann Arbor Area Fair Housing As- sociation, and arranged to show him the property. When the com- pany's representative approached the Mial home and saw four chil- dren, two white and two Negro playing in front, he asked, "Which of you are the Mial boys?" He then hurried into the house and told Mr. and Mrs. Mial apologet- ically, "I don't think I can interest you in the property." When Mial pressed the point, the realtor said, "I might as well be frank, I can't show you the property." The telephone solicitors "try to tell by listening to them" whether their prospective customer is a Ne- gro. "We can't always tell," one of them said, but if we make a mis- take, after investigation, we can- cel the appointment. The restric- tion is for "business reasons." * * * THIS ACTION by the Lake Co- lumbia Development Co. is possi- ble only in light of the present in- junction against Michigan's con- troversial Rule Nine. This rule al- lows the revocation of licenses is- sued to real estate brokers and salesmen if they use a potential buyer's race, color, creed, or na- tional origin as a basis for dis- criminating in property transac- tions. Atty. General Frank J. Kelley Tuesday appealed the injunction to the State Supreme Court. He said that Rule Nine "was not con- ceived in a vacuum." Rather, he said, "the decision to issue such a rule came from recognition of the need to regulate certain real es- tate brokers and salesmen's prac- tices which are contrary to the law of the land and the public policy of the State of Michigan." The Ingham County Circuit Court declared the injunction void on the grounds that the Corpora- tion and Securities Commission lacks the power to impose such restrictions. This decision by Cir- cuit Court Judge Sam Street Hughes permitted real estate agents to discriminate as they wished. Hughes said that the real question "is not the right or wrong of prejudice or bias. Sometimes, 'closed occupancy' is 'for' a good cause and not 'against' anybody, just for the sake of b e i n g 'against'." * * * ANDREWS justified the restric- tions on the Lake Columbia lots by pointing out that many people rebel when property is sold to Ne- groes. We do not condone this, he added, but it is a fact in Michigan. Prof. Nicholas D. Kazarinoff of the mathematics department and secretary of the American Civil Liberties Union in this area, spe- cifically asked the Lake Colum- bia representative about restric- tions against Negroes. He was told that there were no written restric- tions but the spokesman indicated that the area was not integrated. A clause in the property con- tract, Prof. Kazarinoff said, pro- vides a thirty-day option for the company to match the price, if a property owner wishes to sell. This means that they could, if they wished, buy the land back from any owner planning to sell his lot to a Negro. The attorney general's briefs up- holding Rule Nine demand imme- diate attention or the practices of the Lake Columbia Co. and others like it will go unchecked and the integration efforts of the Federal Government will be hampered by the State of Michigan. i , I FAREWELL ADDRESS: 'Queen and the Rebels' Reigns Supreme Middle East Must Seek Rapport A RECENT announcement from Jerusalem has broad implications for Middle Eastern peace. The governments of Israel and Jordan have established a joint border committee to seek ways of preventing further frontier in- cidents. Important, is the fact that spokesmen from these governments sat together at the same table and agreed upon a plan. Previously, no Arab government would discuss any problem with the government of Israel. They did not approve of the establishment of the state and have, in the past fourteen years, refused to recognize its existence. There have been indications in the past that Honorable Men GOOD NEWS from Washingtonl Our Con- gressmen have agreed to process a few appropriations bills! Previously, all money measures had been tied up in a debacle of the highest complexity, most serious overtones, and most far-reaching implications. In other words, Clarence Cannon wanted to stick his little fingers into Senate business. He's the chairman of the House Appropria- tions Committee, and had' gotten his dander up when the parallel group in the Senate wouldn't let him be co-chairman of the con- ference committee, as had always been the case. WELL SIR, the two committees squabbled and argued and got nowhere. Each side refused to budge, and for a while it looked like appropriations bills, which were supposed to have been reported out July 1, would never see the light of day. But now it appears at last that the feud has finally simmered down, and our leaders can get back to business. The Representatives will get to co-chair some of the conference sessions. "We were willing to make some concessions to solve this important matter," Sen. Richard Russel con- fided to the Associated Press. THEY HAVE ALSO set up a special commit- tee to look further into how the two com- mittees can get along better. All the meetings will be held in the old Supreme Court chamber -which just happens to be halfway between the Senate and the House. And so the noble art of compromise con- tinues to grease the skids for our democratic way of life. All is now sweetness and light. "If you ever decide to send back our shirt, please have it laundered first,"'Russel cryp- tically chortled to several members from the House. That's a fine suggestion. Maybe they'll put some starch in their thinking, now, too. -GERALD STORCH some of the Arab states would be willing to break the Israel boycott. But pressure from Egypt through the Arab League has blocked moves in that direction. BORDER incidents between Israel and her neighbors have been increasingly frequent in the last few years and the United Nations' Mixed Armistice Commission has been ineffec- tive in coping with the problem. Now, at least Jordan has become aware that another major border incident in the area could bring in the big powers. Jordan's recognition of Israel in the present manner has opened the door to future cooper- ation between the two countries. Created in 1924 by Winston Churchill, Jordan is an arti- ficial state with one seaport on the Gulf of Aqaba, a terrain which is mostly unarable des- ert, a dirth of natural resources, and a monarch who is being kept on the throne by the sup- port of Great Britain. Before the Arab-Israel conflict, Jordan had access to the port of Haifa. THE CLOSED frontier also poses problems for the Israelis. In the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem the Hebrew University and the Ha- dagsah Medical Center are perched on Mount Scopus. According to the terms of the Armis- tice, Mount Scopus is Israeli property and there should be free access to it. This, however, is not the case. And Israel has had to construct a new University and hospital in her sector of Jerusalem. Meanwhile, millions of dollars of medical equipment and a vast library are going to waste. There is no reason why these facilities cannot be used to benefit the popu- lations of both the countries. There are, unfortunately, the interrelations of the Arab States to deal with before any close cooperation can be accomplished. The competition between Cairo and Baghdad is an ancient and ever-present fact. Both Kassim and Nasser are vying for the top position in the Arab world and they con- centrate on wooing the various uncommitted Arab states into their camps. At the present time, Iraq appears to be under Communist in- fluence, while Egypt is walking the narrow tight-rope between East and West. HOWEVER, regardless of their position in the Cold War and their alignment in the Arab world, the unifying 'factor for the Arab League has been a professed hatred for Israel. The only time the League could act as a unit was in the 1948 fight against Israel. Recently, the League has been riddled with intrigue and factionation has been its only accomplishment. Now that they are not really bound to live up to the stand of the Arab League, individual Arab countries may go about making their peace with Israel. Jordan has cast the first stitch on what could become a well-knit agree- ment for Israeli-Jordanian mutual aid. Both sides have a lot to gain. -SARABETH RICHMAN "THE QUEEN and the Rebels" reigned on the Trueblood stage last night and will continue to do so through Saturday. There were several unfortunate aspects of this production but by far the most unfortunate is that this show and this review form a farewell address for the director, Andrew Doe. During his two-year stay here, Mr. Doe has directed an entirely different kind of show, usually in an entirely different manner than anyone else in the speech department. And this, lest anyone misunderstand, is to the good. The shows have been mainly "avante-garde" and large, usual- ly ensemble rather than virtuoso casts. For me they have been the most enjoyable shows of the two seasons. For those who have seen most of the productions during this time, they have included "The 'Visit," "The Trial," "Faces of Malta," and this. * * * NOW BACK to this production of Ugo Betti's "The Queen and the Rebels." This show is also an ensemble show with major responsibilities resting on Thomas Manning, Nan- cy Enggass, Janet Watson, Her- bert Propper and David Hirvela. All of them did an excellent job of carrying off this responsibility and this show. A large portion of the other un- fortunate aspects of the produc- tion also rest on their shoulders though. Fortunately for the audi- ences yet to see the production, most of these aspects will un- doubtedly be cured by tonight's performance. * * * THE TWO which stood out most were a constant stumbling over lines, particularly on the part of Thomas Manning, who played Amos, and the inaudibility for most people of one of Herbert Propper's (Riam) longer speeches. Both these things can most likely be attributed to the fact that this was opening night. Another difficulty which rests on both these people and isn't likely to be cured is an unfortun- ate consciousness of the hands. For Manning this is manifested in practically immobile hands and in the case of Propper by gestures much too tense, staged and osten- tatious.- However, even if sometimes talky, this--is. an extremely pow- erful play, with exceptional act- ing and one of the most important elements of any play, solid, con- tinuous, visual unity. This is the ' result of superb direction accented by complete control of all the visual aspects of the stage. This control has been one of the identifying characteristics of all of Mr. Doe's productions and is particularly noticeable in the crowd scenes. The moment a crowd intervenes is usually a high point and with Mr. Doe it always forms a stage picture worthy of the point it's trying to make. * * 4' THIS control and visual quality results in some of the most beauti- ful bits in the production. Inter- acting with and changing the well done set it completes the meaning and the power of the stage. A simple chair sitting inconspic- uously in the center of the stage is turned into a throne with all its glory and pride. A cluttered and dirty room is turned into a simple and lonely throne room and then a bare and foreboding courtroom. A whore moves upstage and becomes a Queen. It goes on and on with power. It is a worthy, dramatic, and perceptive farewell address. Listen well. -John Herrick yp / l' .;r 40- O4M SCe} . I uL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Presents Alumnae P ostion DETROIT SUMMER THEATRE: 'Molly Doesn't Float 'THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN," now at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, is not as ship-worthy of the entertainment seas as the title would indicate-but it is an enjoyable, fast-moving vehicle for the talented newcomers, Karen Morrow and Harve Presnell. Attractive Karen Morrow gives an ingenious quality to the loud, unfinished Molly Brown which makes it believable that a back-woods girl from Hannibal, Missouri, could conquer international high society. She has a flair for musical comedy-plus the talent which is often missing since many non-singers have taken to musicals. HARVE PRESNELL, similarly, is a welcome addition to the inade- quate list of accomplished musical stars. He is extraordinarily good- looking, sings with a voice obviously trained on the world's opera stages, and has enough energy so that after a vigorous dance with many high leaps he can still sing a tedious but difficult soliloquy. Unfortunately, the play is not as 'No Doub good as the players. The book is a wT hat the O A 1Ne curious mixture of out-dated musi- cal comedy cliches and new musi- cal devices which writer Richard Morris could not handle. For ex- ample, the attempt to strengthen Molly's character, when she real- izes her frivolity, comes off at best as sentimentality, at worst as a reminder of just how superficial the play is. MEREDITH 'WILLSON's music varies from "Li'l Abner" corn to "The Music Man" marches-which is fine if tempered with excellent love songs. However, an insipid melodywith adolescent lyrics I knew/What /he n a in her song./If I knew/Why the mea ow is sweet ay long./ Then I'd know/How the mountain- t .._ ._, ,,, i 1 , . . To the Editor: I WISH TO DISCUSS Kenneth Winter's recent editorial about the Alumnae Council resolution on the Office of Student Affairs re- port. He takes exception to the fol- lowing statement in our resolu- tion: "We believe that the Uni- versity has a responsibility to for- mulate clearly and make known widely rules based, on such con- duct as is acceptable in adult so- ciety." I agree with him that this might have been expressed better. By adult we were thinking of this word as a synonym for mature which can surely be challenged as some adults never grow up and some adult society is so far from admirable that they would supply no adequate criteria. THEN, what principles should guide students in order to make the formative undergraduate years as effective as possible? In at- tempting to answer this I am bound to express some platitudes that everyone has heard over and t About It, peds Is New Blood' over. I make no apology for this as fundamentals are apt to seem so commonplace that they are oft- en forgotten. My first platitude is that life has meaning and stand- ards that are far too fundamental to be cast aside safely by those who would allow each generation to make its ground rules govern- ing conduct to suit itself. But, saying that life has mean- ing and standards is still too vague to make a satisfactory guide to conduct. Somewhere during my undergraduate days I encountered a statement of Immanuel Kant's that has always seemed to me the wisest rule of conduct that I have ever found. He tells us to do nothing that we would not be willing to have everybody else do under the same circumstances. This would imme- diately rule out such things as cheating on examinations, food riots, panty raids, excessive drink- ing, licentious conduct and a lot of other things. To universalize any of these would be unbearable. IT IS ASTONISHING how ef- fectively Kant's maxim rules out anti-social behavior. Some young people have become the victims of the philosophies of the last few decades that emphasize the "right" of the individual to do as he pleases. I find it difficult to believe that this has ever been practical for anyone except, possibly, Robinson Crusoe on his desert island before he encountered his man, Friday. And, even then, the realm of na- ture would have promptly termin- ated his experiments if he had in- sisted upon attempting to stand on the ocean floor where the wa- ter was over his head. I am sure that most Alumnae would consider the following ex- cerpt from the OSA Report a rath- er reckless over-statement: "Stu- dents should be actively encour- aged to question, to accept nothing uncritically or submissively." Does this mean that they should start having quite a battle today and I should be very sorry to see the lat- ter lose it. Doesn't it seem reason- able that self-expression gains enormously in validity if it is pre- ceded by an apprenticeship of dis- ciplined learning? Now, about the Dean of Women. The Alumnae Council voted 602 to reaffirm their position urging the Regents to continue the office, They did so because they believe that the prestige of this high of- fice will make it possible for the Regents to secure someone of the highest calibre to act as "guide, mentor, and friend" to the women students. It is interesting to note that the office of Dean of Women was dis- continued in 1926 and three "ad- visers" of equal rank were ap- pointed. Evidently this did not work well for the office of dean was re-established in 1930. -Katherine Chamberlain AlumnaeCouncil, Chairman DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which The. Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3564 Administration Building before 2 p.m., two days preceding publication. THURSDAY, JULY 19 Events Tonight, with performance through Sat.: Ugo Betti's "Queen and the Reb- els," 8:00 p.m. Trueblood Aud., Frieze Bldg., presented by the U-M Players, Dept. of Speech. Tonight: $1.50. 1.00; Fri., Sat.: $1.75, 1.25. Box office open 10-8 daily. Doctoral Examination for George Richard Marzolf; Zoology; thesis: "Sub- strate Relations of the Burrowing Am- phipod Pontoporeia affinis Lindstrom," Fri., July 20, 1139 Natural Science Bldg., a 9=a a - m hr.D. Cn . mnder NAACP Modifies HUAC Stand THE NEW position of the National Associa- tion for the Advancement of Colored People on the House Un-American Activities Commit- tee is better than last year's stand. At last year's convention the NAACP de- manded the abolition of HUAC. At this year's convention, which has just ended, the NAACP passed a resolution calling on the nation to A--A. -1 44 +1- r~n 11e, t ivi- fs i. o judgement to the people rather than gives the impression (as last year's resolution might have) that the NAACP shall make the judge- ment and the people shall follow along or else. THIS COUNTRY'S health and vigor depend on an informed electorate that shall make judgements for itself on the questions of the dav The NA ACP has asked a pertinent ques- t