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TODAY AND TOMORROW:
Johnson's Budget: No Tricks
JANUARY 26, 1964
NIGHT EDITOR: STEVEN HALLER
DERSCORES:
France Paves the Way
Toward Lessening Tensions
1EN. CHARLES DE GAULLE has come
in for much sharp criticism concern-
g his impending recognition of Red
iria. Many critics, notably David Law-
ice, have accused him of "embracing"
e very regime which was responsible
ir "the deaths of 125,000 of our boys
ring the Korean War." Others have
aimed that by diplomatic recognition,
Gaulle and France are giving left-
anded consent to the "tyrannical re-
me" of Mao Tse-Tung and his com-
des. Still another faction says that
rance is slapping the hand that fed and
eds it-the United States-in acknowl-
Iging the existence of the Communist
gime. None of these charges are true.
In recognizing Red China, de Gaulle is
moving what has become a major road-
ock to East-West negotiation, to lessen-
g of world tensions, to strengthening of
brld trade. He is paving the way for ad-
assion of Red China into the United
ations, a prerequisite to any softening
1.Chinese attitudes. He is paving the
ay for American recognition of the Pe-
ng regime. And he is removing what
uld become-a major danger to the West
. the future-an unrecognized and thus
)ubly belligerent nuclear power.
r USED TO BE that Western nations not
having diplomatic relations with Pe-
ng could carry on what relations were
cessary through the Soviet Union. But
is is no more. Since 1959, due to the
no-Soviet rift, it has become , almost
ipossible to deal with the Chinese
hrough the Russians. Something has to
done to re-open an avenue for rela-
ons, and de Gaulle's move could become
e first step toward recognition by the
maining Western nations, including the
ited States.
It also used to be that Western nations
iuld ignore the existence of the Red
Linese regime because it had no chance
being admitted to the United Nations.
ut in recent years, United Nations votes
Rat's Nest
tEPUBLICAN SENATORS joyfully dig-
ging out the Bobby Baker scandal of
fluence peddling, gifts, reneged deals
id paper profits, profess to see a new
ess in Washington. Yet, they and their
emocratic colleagues have assidiously
rolded the greatest potetial rat's nest
r corruption left-the unsupervised fi-
ances of congressmen.
Everyone, from the President on down,
t the executive branch is required to di-
st himself of all financial ties that can
ove even remotely close to a conflict of
terest. But not Congress. Senators and
presentatives are not even required to
port any potential conflicts of interest
ad often act for their private, but not
Le public, interest.
The continued double-standard leaves
a inviting temptation for corruption-
s Senate employe Baker amply demon-
rated. The true mess can be only clean-
I up once congressmen stop putting
aeir financial dealings piously above
ublic scrutiny. -P. SUTIN
Editorial Staff
RONALD WILTON, Editor
DAVID MARCUS GERALD STORCH
Editorial Director City Editor
LRBARA LAZARUS............Personnel Director
HILIP SUTIN............ National Concerns Editor
AIL EVANS................. Associate City Editor
ARJORIE BRAHMS .... Associate Editorial Director
LORIA BOWLES .................. Magazine Editor
ALINDA BERRY ............... Contributing Editor
VE GOOD..................SporEditor
:M BERGER ............... Associate Sports Editor
IKE BLOCK ... ........ Associate Sports Editor
)B ZWINCK ............. Contributing Sports Editor
[GHT EDITORS: H. Neil Berkson, Steven Haller,
Edward Herstein, Marilyn Koral, Louise Lind, An-
drew Orlin, Michael Sattinger, Kenneth Winter.
SSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Mary Lou Butcher,
John Bryant, Robert Grody, Laurence Kirshbaum,
Richard Mercer,
Business Staff
ANDREW CRAWFORD, Business Manager
TER ARONSON.............Advertising Manager
EE JATHROS........... ..... Accounts Manager
rejecting the admission of Mao's regime
have been growing closer and closer. Last
year, the margin in favor of rejection
shrunk to 57-41. It became increasingly
obvious that soon a nation would be ad-
mitted to the United Nations that did not
have the diplomatic recognition of a large
proportion of its members.
De Gaulle, in extending recognition, will
set a precedent for the United States and
assure that at least seven independent
African nations-former French colonies
-will recognize Red China and vote for
her admission to the United Nations next
year. These votes will probably be enough
to gain Red China's admission.
De Gaulle will in this way be forcing
the United'States' hand, but in doing so
will, in the words of a prominent French
diplomat, "break up a major impasse in
United States foreign policy in the Far
East."
IN MAKING his daring move, de Gaulle
will also help to clear up what has been
a major inconsistency in East-West rela-
tions. Great Britain, among others, has
recognized the Peking regime almost from
its inception, while the United States,
France and others have not. France is
thus leading the way toward unified, con-
sistent Western recognition of Red China.
There will be those who claim that de
Gaulle is acting with entirely selfish mo-
'tives in mind, such as the revival of
French power in the Far East, and, a
"third power" Europe unified around
France. This may 'be true, or it may be
true that some of de Gaulle's motives are
more subtle than we give him credit for.
We have no certain way of knowing,
and it doesn't matter anyway. The point
is that his actions, whatever their mo-
tives, will break up a roadblock and an
inconsistency in Western attitudes toward
China, and will probably facilitate the en-
trance of Red China into the United
Nations. Thus they will have good results.
The charges that this action by de
Gaulle is a slap in the face to the United
States or is disrespectful to the memory
of our boys who died in Korea are ridic-
ulous. France, in leading the way toward
solution of one of our major foreign policy
problems, is also acting to decrease the
tensions, the belligerence, the bitterness
on the part of the Peking regime which
were a major cause of the Korean War,
and thus of the deaths of our soldiers. To
continue to ignore the Red Chinese at
this point in history is to invite tensions
and war.
THE ACCUSATION that by recognition
France is "embracing" the Red Chi-
nese, as David Lawrence would have it,
is completely false. Diplomatic recognition
is not an act of friendship, or even of ad-
miration; it is an acknowledgement of
fact. The fact that we recognize the Com-
munist regime of Tito does not mean that
we approve of his foreign policy or his
form of government. All it means is that
we see that he is the ruler of millions of
people, has the backing of a strong gov-
ernment, and wishes to have diplomatic
relations with us. That is all. The use of
recognition by the West in recent years
as a political tool has been merely an ef-
fort at face-saving, and has in many cases
-notably that of Red China - run its
course and served its doubtful purpose.
The time has come for a unified and
consistent West to start to deal with a
country which composes over one-fourth
of the earth's population, threatens to be-
come a nuclear power in the near future,
and is at present hungry and bitter. Dip-
lomatic recognition and admission to the
United Nations are the first steps in this
necessary direction.
-ROBERT HIPPLER
Logic
IT IS UNFORTUNATE that the Senate
Finance Committee has rejected Sen.
Ribicoff's proposal to make a portion of
college tuition deductible. The idea in it-
self is not particularly radical; there have
been many moves-some successful, some
unsuccessful-to allow income tax de-
ductions for activities which government
By WALTER LIPPMANN
THE PRESIDENT has been able
to produce a budget which
must seem at first glance too good
to be true. But he has been able
to do this because business is ex-
pected to be very good during
1964, because the tax cut is count-
ed upon and because there is at
least an intermission in the arm-
aments race.
The President has been able,
therefore, to reduce expenditures
in t h e administrative budget
somewhat, by half a billion dol-
lars. He has made small increases
in expenditures for welfare pur-
poses, and he has made a decrease
of some three-quarters of a bil-
lion dollars in spending on de-
fense and space combined.
At the same time, because of
the expanding condition of the
economy and the coming stimulus
of the tax cuts, he is able to pre-
dict that budget receipts will in-
crease by $4.6 billion. These addi-
tional revenues, plus the small
decrease in expenditures, are ex-
pected to cut the deficit from $10
billion in the year ending ini June
to less than $5 billion in the year
beginning in July.
** *
THERE IS no trickery about
this. To be sure, this is the ad-
ministrative budget, which does
not include Social Security, high-
ways and other trust funds. But
the administrative budget is the
one everybody talks about. This
budget, as, all budgets, rests on
estimates and guesses for a period
which is between six and 18'
months in the future.
The budget cannot, therefore,
take account of unforeseeable
emergencies which may occur.
Some of the figures, for example
a projected decrease in agricul-
tural payments of $1.2 billion, de-
pend on the weather and the pass-
age by Congress of certain legis-
lation. The predictions about gov-
ernment revenues rest on the as-
sumption that Congress will pass
the tax bill before the end of this
winter.
There is also some question
whether business expanlon can
be counted on to continue through
next year, ,and there are those
who think that some additional
stimulus may be needed before
the end of 1964.
* * *
WHILE THERE can be no abso-
lute certainty about what will
happen in the future, there is no
reason to doubt that the estimates
havebeen made in good faith and
that they have not been doctored.
Given the excellentnoutlook for
business and the military pause,
the President is in the happy po-
sition of being able to reduce
taxes, to have business booming
and to begin the attack on' pov-
erty.
What is more, President John-
son's political opponents should
takg a good look at one of the
basic and crucial choices reflected
in this budget. It is a wholly "con-
servative" choice. This is the de-
cision to stimulate economic
growth by an expansion of pri-
vate rather than of public spend-
ing.
The Johnson budget cuts about
$2 billion from the anticipated
Kennedy budget for 1965.
The question, then, was how to
offset the deflationary effect of
this cut. It could have been done
by an increase in domestic and
foreign spending programs. There
is no doubt that the public facili-
ties of civilan life need to be
strengthened. But, in fact, the
President chose instead to cut
taxes still more by reducing im-
mediately the withholding rate to
14 per cent.
The effect of this reduction in
taxes collected will be to add about
$200 million a month to the pur-
chasing power of private individ-
uals. If Congress approves it, the
effect will be highly stimulating to
the private economy.
** *
THE PRESIDENT has made the
right choice, not only because it
will be reassuring to many, but be-
cause the country is not prepared
for an increase in public spend-
ing. The needs of education,
health, urban renewal and con-
servation will have to wait upon
the solution of political issues--
as, for example, aid to church-re-
lated schools-that are still un-
settled or bitterly contested.
Nevertheless, we must not nurse
the illusion that there can be a
serious attack on the poverty of
the 10 million poor families of this
country without a substantial in-
crease in public spending. For the
time being, as this budget shows,
we are in the necessary phase of
probing with pilot projects in
order to learn how to attack the
problem of poverty.
But when we have learned what
we need to know, and we have
decided the issues on which we
shall have to agree, we shall need
not only an expanding private
economy, but also a considerable
expansion of federal. state and
local spending on the public facili-
ties and services.
(c), 1964, The Washington Post Co.
WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST:
Rushing Sororities
By DICK POLLINGER
WHEN I WORKED on the Gargoyle a couple of years ago we did a
sadistic little article about sorority rush, and I have felt faintly
guilty ever since. Especially since a wholesale condemnation of the
sorority system, while undoubtedly correct in its sentiments, doesn't
touch the benefits which the smart girl can reap simply by taking un-
fair advantage of that system.
One girl, who was a freshman then, sent our article to her older
brother and saved his reply. To celebrate the fact that rushing season
is here again, I think it is interesting to print her brothee's letter.
Along with the article there was a blank duplicate of the card which
a girl finds in her dormitory mailbox when she has been bid. There
was also a photograph of a young -lady, folded up into deepest bathos,
sobbing her heart out in a dimly lit corner; the picture was entitled
"A Thing Of The Past."
* * * *
TO The Edito
To the Editor:
IT WAS refreshing to read Ray-
mond Holton's criticism in
Wednesday's Daily of the big boys
downtown who so peremptorily
shelved the American Civil Liber-
ties Union protest against police
malpractice in Ann Arbor. I didn't
attend the City Council meeting at
which this latest instance of po-
litical hypocrisy took- place, but
from past observation of Mayor.
Creal's machinations and from
first-hand reports on how the bulls
ride rough-shod over legality, I
have no doubt as to your reporter's
accurate interpretation.
The last Council meeting I did
have stomach enough to watch
was, the one that gave such mon-
strous birth to that false-hearted,
housing ordinance which the may-
or and his Keystone Kops deliver-
ed with their usual surgical nice-
ties. And perhaps it is fitting at
this time to look back for a
moment at that session, where
beefed-up by extra police, under
the shameless glare of fluorescent
lights, and sitting in a ring on
their Walt Disney bar-stools, the
Authority of Mediocrity put the
Negro in his place again.
In the course of the proceed-
ings, one Council member sug-
gested an ordinance which for-
bade discrimination of any sort;
in other words, turn down an ugly
girl for a pretty one, an uncom-
fortable chair for a sofa, and it's
jail me boy. Another Council
member, shocked at this intrusion
on privacy, opposed any ordinance
for the city. After all, we're all
CHRONICLES OF KINGSHIP:
The Hollow Crown
Worn Professionally
white, Jack. Between these polar
absurdities, with the church com- '
ing in for a whipping over their
tardiness and their willingness to
leave a few per cent of Ann
Arbor's 4000 Negroes unprotected
by a housing'law, the Council's
own plan was "discussed" and
passed. Weeks of picketing, one
sit-in and the fates of thousands
of Negroes were drowned out by
the rapping of the mayor's toy
hammer; he coughed a few times
into his personal microphone, and
that was that. The Negroes in at-
tendance muttered and left; a
couple of unmistakable landladies
I had seen at the beginning of
the circus had long gone. Creal
must have winked.
* *
NONE OF this was untypical, 1
think. Neither is the violence,
browbeating and negligence in in-
forming Negroes who have been
arrested of their legal rights, on
the part of the police. For this is
Ann Arbor, friend; and if you
happen to be the wrong color, if
your pockets are empty, if your
politics are left and if in this
condition you are busted: bye bye
blackbird.
I wou!!d like to tack one sug-
gestion on here;and that is, if
those of us who wish to see these
wrongs righted and who have the
right to vote in Ann Arbor exer-
cise that rightby voting for a
City Council and a mayor who do
not own most of the city, then we
will have the makings of decent
ciy government. That is not the
end of it, since political freedom
without social justice is meaning-
less; but it is a beginning.
,-Lewis Meyers, Grad
Optimism .
To the Editor:
AFTER RECEIVING much pub-
licity-both good and bad-
we were delighted to read your
excellent article about the Co-
operative Bookstore. However, we
fear that the reader may not be
aware that the main reason for
the optimism of those concerned
with the bookstore concerns our
future plans. The Friends of the
Ann Arbor Cooperative Bookstore
have now made definite plans to
purchase the bookstore from the
Chicago concern which now con-
trols it. If locally owned, the book-
store would be more responsive to
the needs and desires of the Uni-
versity student than is possible
under the present set-up.
The generous support of stu-
dents and faculty in the past leads
us to be optimistic that we will be
able to gain sufficient membership
for successful operations.
-Peter Rossen-Runge, Pres.
Friends of the Ann Arbor
Cooperative Bookstore
-Soloman Jacobson, Grad,
Secy.-Treas.
Service...
To the Editor:
IN ADDITION to attractive pro-
grams like the Creative Arts
Festival, the Michigan Union of-
fers many efficient services like
cashing checks. In my five years
on campus, I have come to esteem
the entire organization highly, yet
with one reservation-no estab-
lishment in Ann Arbor has been
responsible for insulting me more.
Students are arrogant at times;
and unfortunately, because of the
Union's public financial base,
many of us are even more imper-
ious to its employes than to pri-
vate merchants.
"Hey, Charlie, cash this," hard-
ly deserves "Surely, Sir, right
away." But neither does it war-
rant a sneering refusal and a
muttered excuse about an empty
cash-drawer. I don't doubt that
there are times when the desk is
temporarily out of funds, and cer-
THE LETTER arrived a few days later.
Dearest B...... .
So you are rushing the sororities. Well, there are worse things
to do with your time, but it may take a 'while for you to realize
that there aren't very many. You must always remember that in
joining a sorority at the University of Michigan you are feasting
on a white elephant. A sorority's major virtue is to cloak you in
prestige, and that is quite difficult to do in any absolute way at an
essentially middle class school. The most "desireable" of Michigan's
sororities epitomize the thoughtless imitation of elegance which has
always characterized provincial life. The university itself, you will
come to learn, is quite a different matter, but its high social stu-
dent element is quite embarrassing.
You asked for my advice since I "have been able to get to know
the various sorority girls better" in my four years there than you
have yet. I will give you my "advice" in a moment, but I must
first qualify it.
In the first place, every sorority changes from year to year.
and the girls I knew would be absolutely no guide for you; they
would probably join different sororities today than they did five
years ago. In the second place, sororities are rapidly going out of
style in Ann Arbor, much to everyon'e relief, I am sure.
In many ways, the most vital elements of the student body are
the anti-social ones, who, if they do bizzaire things, at least think
for themselves. However, I recognize that it is more comfortable
to have a group to fall back on in between the first times when you
try thinking for yourself, and so here is how I think that you
should go about choosing one.
* * * *
FIRST, YOU WILL be sick of any sorority in the world after
two years, and you will probably de-activate (which won't really
break anybody's heart, but you don't have to mention your inten-
tions during rush, obviously. Jealous girls can pretend to be hurt).
Since you will only be there two years, your sorority's food and
room provisions are not all-important, especially since most sorori-
ties are pretty much alike in those respects, and worth leaving the
dorm for.
What you will want to look for is prestige, plain and simple.
It is a curious symbiosis but the glamour that you steal from the
house name you will more than repay by your individuality. But
during rush, of course, you will want to find the common denomin-
ator of dress, values, and behavior at the most prestigeous sorority
and become that personality. One exception: don't do anything un-
natural. Quiet, natural, self-confidence is more important than giv-
ing Betty Co-ed a chance to look at herself in you, but that is the
only thing which it is more important than, during rush.
Later on, she would only compete with you and hate'you for
it, but right now Betty is choosing up sides for a bigger game and
will count you in if she feels at ease in your presence. She's look-
ing for sisterhood-give her sisterhood.
ONE OTHER tactic which is tried is to awe them. If it works,
it is dazzling in its brilliance, but it very seldom works (you don't
have the equipment yet) and is a perilous uphill route.
At any rate, remember that you almost cannot make a mistake
if you remain natural and smile. You were not brought up in a
women's prison and your instinctive social reactions fit perfectly;
don't block them. Add to them, if you wish, but keep calm.
Two years from now you will realize, what an absurd ordeal
it is to have to try to impress girls who are trying to impress you.
But all that impressing generates a lot of heat and heat is well
known to attract freshman and sophomore boys.
I'm afraid I can't guarantee that anyone past the age of
twenty will ever be impressed that you belong to any sorority, but
if you think that it will make you more desireable for a couple of
years, go ahead.** *
IF YOU DO not get bid by an exceptionally prestigeous sorority,
and you may not, because there are siply too many people in-
volved for there to be anything more than a slightly random sele-
tion (especially without prior connections), you are best off not
joining at all. I think you can take a couple of years of the stress
that comes with being on your own, and in a couple of years you
will realize that you never were an outcast at all.
My only regret is that grass does look greener on the other
side, but that is something which is best to know as sodn as you
can learn it. Like all optical illusions which can be explained, it
won't go away, but you're one up on it.
It is very late now, and I must go to bed, but remember that
-I love you and no course of' action which you would ever take could
possibly disappoint me.
Love,
P..
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IN A HISTORY of the English
crown from William to Victoria,
actors from the Royal Shakespeare
Company last night provided a
generally exciting theatrical ex-
perience.
The group consisting of four
players and four musicians offered
a variety of charming episodes and
musicalinterludes which were fit-
ted into the overall - historical
survey.
THE FIRST half of the program
opened somewhat slowly with ma-
terials from the English chronicles
dealing with the early kings. With
the singing of a "Ballade" by'
Richard I, the account from Frois-
sart of the deposition of Richard
If, and Jane Austen's "partial,
prejudiced and ignorant" history,
the pr duction achieved its first
real, success.
Readings of letters and poems
rounded out the first half of the
bill.
** *
THE SECOND half of the pro-
gram, we found to be more pro-
vocative. The actors seemed, gen-
erally, more at home with the rel-
atively modern material. The in-
terludes were more lively because
the human and historical elements
were more perfectly combined dra-
matically. Even the songs and the
singers entered with spirit into
the drama.
In general, the use of materials
from such non-royal sources as
Lord Hervey, Horace Walpole and
Fanny Burney added a great deal
of spalkle and delight. to this paqt
of the program. Our respects to
Mr. John Barton who devised the
revue from a vast amount of ma-
terial tie has selected with intel-
]igenre, and with a successful et'-
fort at humorous touches.
Both in terms of staging and of
the atppeal of the material the
example of a very successful gim-
rica.r
Although the sketches and the
actors entertained a large aud-
ience, the total effect never the
less is, as the program indicates,
that of a review in which char-
acterization and amusing anecdo-
tal material takes the place of
any penetrating analysis of king-
ship.
* * *
THE ACTING was polished, en-
joyable; and especially to an
American audience the British ac-
cents and manners were a delight.
Especially satisfying was the ver-
satility of Ann Firbank, who was
convincing both as the youthful
Jane Austen and Victoria; and as
the more mature Fanny Burney
and Mary I.
Among the otherparts we liked
wfere those taken from the mem-
oirs of Lord Hervey, Horace Wal-
pole and the Grevilles.
The three gentlemen-Michael
Gough, John Warner, John Net-
tieton - were uniformly profes-
sional.
We must conclude with appre-
ciation for the efforts of the ac-
tors and singers whose diction and
projection in the huge space of
Hill Aud was a notable success.
-Marvin Felhcim
Richard Mercer
Variety
THE RANGE and variety of the
United Nations' work is, of
course, a reflection of the real
world of the second half of the
Twentieth Century - a world of
multible revolutions, of fast fer-
ment, of pervasive change, of po-
litical turmoil. It is a reflection of
the fact that with the discovery
of the secret of the atom, the
whole purpose of the armed strug-
gile is becoming meaningless, and
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LAST NIGHT the audience at Rackham. Aud. was treated to an eve-
LJning ofIBaroque and Classical music by the Zurich Chamber Orches-
tra under the direction of Edmond de Stoutz. The group, consisting of
strings, cymbals and solo flutist,.was highly polished and disciplined.
Conductor de Stoutz, though stern and rigid, exacted a consistently
precise sound from the orchestra.
The program began with a performance of Geminlani's Concerto
grosso.in G minor. Much credit for the piece's success is due to Concert-
master Elemer Glanz whose delicate solos and fine leading put finish-
ing touches on the composition. The strings had excellent articulation
in the fast movements and the celli and basses in particular, often called
upon to do tricky embellishments, showed their skill.'These lower range
strings were never overbearing but were always felt in their support of
the other instruments..*
ALTHOUGH THE Sinfonia in E by Muller-Zurich was written in
1953, the composition is clearly classical in form and feeling. One can-
not help being reminded of the music of Paul Hindemith while listen-
ing to this work. The soloists were good on the whole, especially flutist
Andre Jaunet, but the polyphonic nature of the piece made entrances
occasionally inexact. A very suave composition, filled with lush harmon-
ies, the Sinfonia often seemed too drawn-out, especially in the slow
movement. Though the fast movements were driving in tempo and
rhythm, the overall feeling was one of closely-knit construction, and
Muller-Zurich never seemed able to break out of his structure at crucial
points.
If the Sinfonia suffered from a compositional stand-point, the
opening work of the second half of the program-Haydn's Divertimento
in F-compensated fully in this respect. This delicate and beautiful
piece was a joy to hear, and its performance was perfect. The melody of