Seventy-Second Year EDrTED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS There Opinions Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARkBOR, 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. ../ / ' f;; Y, MARCH 30, 1962 NIGHT EDITOR: CAROLINE DOW 4 ACLU's New 'Operation' Revives Propaganda Hassle IBERALS OFTEN leave showings of the House Un-American Activities Committee's n, "Operation Abolition," seething with self- hteous indignation. Iheir contempt is for the people-usually majority at such meetings-who attend be- use they know that a pro-HUAC speaker 1 give comforting reinforcement to their pro- JAC views. They come, not to weigh both es of the question, but to have a hyper- triotic orgy. Such gatherings degenerate into nzied emotion, where everyone screams and one thinks. TEDNESDAY NIGHT, the American Civil Liberties Union answered "Operation Ab- tioni" by showing its version of the San ancisco student demonstrations, "Operation rrection." Any liberal who thought precon- ved opinions an demotionality were confined the Right side of the political fense was illusioned by Wednesday's events. 'he anti-HUAC ACLU'S showing of an anti- LUC movie drew a predominantly anti-HUAC wd which demonstrated, by its enthusiastic actions to the speaker (Ernest Mazey) and film, that they too had come seeking sup- rt for its own pre-cast views.' The emotionality of the "Abolition" showings s evident in subdued form at the "Correc- n" meeting. Politeness prevailed because zey (unlike most speakers at the "Abolition" grams)stried tcontrol rather than incite se passions. But the. emotion 'was there, iting to be tapped. What incited this emotionality in people- erals and conservatives both-who are us- ly rational individuals? First, of course, the ue of Communism itself has become charged ;h fear and hate. But in the instances of otion mentioned, the chief culprits were the ns themselves: propaganda films, calculated drive home a particular viewpoint rather an to seek the truths of the matter. HE WHOLE propaganda-film business has grown into a Frankenstein which threatens destroy its assorted creators. The "Abolition" pute has degenerated into bickering over e points and technicalities which interest only those hopelessly buried in the emotion of the issue. The original, "Operation Abolition," was by far the worst offender. It was painstakingly conceived to exploint our national phobia, Communism, for the purpose of glorifying HUAC. "Operation Correction" goes a bit beyond correction, interlacing more editorializations /and distortions throughout its explanation of "Operation Abolition"I's editorializations and distortions. Though "Abolition" is by far the worse film of the two, it's too bad that the ACLU went overboard in denouncing it-a few holes in ACLU's argument can capsize it com- pletely in the eyes of someone who does not want to be'convinced. HUAC's baby, "Operation Abolition," is turn- ing out to be HUAC's headache. As Mazey pointed out Wednesday night, Chairman Fran- cis E. Walter (D-Pa) has been forced into offering stumbling, self-contradictory defenses of the film. But."Mazey-himself is in a similar position; his answers to critical questions con- cerning "Correction" were often vague and evasive, and he steadfastly refused to admit any faults in the ACLU movie. For instance, when _a members of the Young Americans for Freedom recited a list of al- leged distortions in "Correction," Mazey side- stepped, saying, "I won't go through the whole list of questions, but let me make two points.. ." The points, it turned out, bore little connection to the YAF questions. HUAC, which breezed unopposed through its first two decades of blacklisting and ques- tionable tactics, went too far in creating "Oper- ation Abolition." It tried to kill off its opposi- tion, but, by using its shady methods in public, may have killed itself. Since "Abolition" was released, opposition to HUAC has been growing and organizing. HUAC has left its methods open to exposure by its opponents, and when the facts are in, public opinion could well turn against the committee and abolish it. But the opposition cannot succeed if it fights with HUAC's own methods of distortion and emotionality; Wednesday's meeting showed that these fatal flaws are beginning to appear. -KENNETH WINTER o =. 606' 0 ' .. -' ' _ - %' ell") 5 ) q0 1 00t \ 'V. I tb'-S~tuc ,f iCs'c) ;.., : . "loNEYJ. l1i.'. 70,6 T I-AVE 'To SPEWD A LITTLE CAI: DETROIT SCHOOLS: Slums Corrode Education GREAT STAR SERIES: Judith Anderson 'Remains Great' DAME JUDITH ANDERSON swept into Hill Auditorium last night like a beautiful gull on the crest of the University Professional Theatre Program. She remains great. Offering her two most celebrated roles, those of Lady Macbeth and Medea in a double-feature called "Medea '62," Dame Judith demonstrated once more that a good trage- dienne doesn't pay mere lip-service to the classics, but acts with her entire body. On a bare stair-and-column set of artificial granite, she recreated both femmes fatales with the support of only three other actors and an imaginary Euripidean chorus. Lady Macbeth came to life (though only in her "important scenes"), then Medea in an abbreviation of the version written expressly for Dame Judith by the late Robinson Jeffers. Those who prefer their classics unexcerpted must have reservations. To pare down the plays to stress a single role is not only to distort them into show-cases, but may smack of a cultural Reader's Digest-ism comparable, perhaps, to those record-club albums featuring only the white meat of symphonies, or Heifitz playing only the tricky parts of Brahms. The tone of condescension was struck at the opening of the performance by actor William Roerick, who summarized the plot of "Macbeth." It is another instance of visiting actors and musicians playing Ann Arbor as if they were playing Emporia. AND YET IT WAS AN EXCITING, an overwhelming night. Admir- able is Dame Judith's sheer physical courage in offering two such tower- ing performances on one bill (in an era when, one hears, an off-Broad- way production of "Phaedra" languishes for want of a known actress who'll dare the role). Accepting from Macbeth two inivisble daggers, she grasps them with repugnance, like the gory weights we're sure they are. Her distraction as the Hecate-worshipping Medea, resolving to murder her children while at the same time soothing them, is totally credible. A curious shoulder-clutching mannerism is annoying, but on the whole her performance compels only gratitude. She came close to filling by pure energy the hollow spaces of Hill. One did not even mind when, in her entrance scene as Medea, she interrupted her grief to complaiIi (to the massed throngs of the audi- ence), "I did not know I had visitors." Her hearty reception augers well for a series that anyone who cares for the survival of decent professional drama in Ann Arbo _ would be only churlish not to support. --X. J. Kennedy PREVIEW: 'U' Orchestra, Chorus Offer Three Moderns TONIGHT, the University Symphony Orchestra and Choral Ensemble offer a rare opportunity to hear a symphony by Honegger, a choral work by Finney and a violin concerto by Schoenberg. The occasion is the first of five programs in the music school's second Festival of Contemporary Music. Prof. Josef Blatt will conduct the three works at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. Honegger's Symphony No. 5 (1950) is an attractive work with im- mediate appeal. The music moves constantly and is always lively. He combines different rhythms, meters, tonalities, and melodies simultan- eously to make textures, but the logical structure of the work as a whole is clear. The range and density of sound stretches from brassy, block chords at the beginning to quiet solo passages. The second movement contains elements of both a dance and a slow movement and, in effect, includes movements of different tempos combined in one. The last, most majestic movement outweighs the other two in orchestral effects. A rhythmic motive is repeated through changing instrumental combinations and works to an exciting cul- mination of sound before it diminishes in momentum. Edge of Shadow (1959) by the University's Composer-in-Residence, Ross Lee Finney, will be performed by members of the University Choir and a keyboard and percussion ensemble. Finney's music, first performed in 1960, is set to lines by Archibald MacLeish. The selection is tonal and incorporates many new sound combinations and types of choral writing, resulting in an expressive, compelling work. SCHOENBERG'S Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 36 (1936), will feature Louis Krasner as guest violinist. The rigorous 12-tone piece makes formidable demands upon the soloist and the orchestra. Krasner, who premiered the concerto in 1940, received Schoenberg's enthusiastic praise for his presentation. Tonight's performance of the work will be only the fourth in this country; all of them have been played by Krasner. Except for brief interludes and cadenzas, the soloist plays con- stantly with the orfchestra. The orchestra's ability will be severely tested by the intricate rhythmic difficulty and melodic angularity. The clear repetition of melodic and rhythmic fragments make the concerto easier for the audience than for the performers. Every note is signi- ficant and functions to give the music its direction. Tonight's concert should appeal to those who are anxious to hear three different twentieth-century styles, not only because it is rarely performed and should be heard more often, but also because they anticipate an exciting performance. -Alice Bunzl LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Reviewers MustGive PEirollment Deposit: Cool Move EARLY EVERYBODY will benefit from the continuing enrollment deposit. Last fall,, the usually accurate predictions the enrollment officials were upset by several ndred literary college students who returned campus in the fall instead of obeying the tistical laws. The extra students caused con- don and overcrowding in many upperclass irses and caught administrators totally un-. 'are. So starting this spring, every undergraduate ident will have to pay a $50 deposit to the iversity to reserve his niche for the coming nester. The money will be refunded when he thdraws from the University, if proper noti-i ation is given. rhe new regulation .is basically an extension an earlier requirement that applicants pay leposit in May of their senior year in high pool to give the administration an accurate unt of how many freshmen will have to be ight come September. With the enrollment deposits, the University n have a really accurate way of predicting w many students will return each September. w would be willing to sacrifice $50 just to. 'prise the alma mater or because they're too y to tell the University they decided to something else for a semester or so. For the student, this should mean1 classes at are not overcrowded or closed completely fore his time 'slot lets him into Waterman mnasium. Classes with a proper number of dents ought to mean a better education d that may well be worth $50. The $50 sum is really not an excessive one. e student pays it while in high school and es not have to worry about scraping up the, sh in September when countless other bills ecrossing his quad desk. 'HE ONLY SUSPICIOUS thing in the whole operation is that the deposit is a grand new y for the University to raise money., With all, undergraduates paying their $50 s spring, the University will have a $750,000 Editorial Staff JOHN ROBERTS, Editor 'HILIP SHERMAN FAITH WEINSTEIN City Editor Editorial Director SAN FARRELL ..................rersonnel Director TER STUART...........Magazine Editor CHAEL BURNS.. . ........Sports Editor' .T GOLDEN................Assoiate City Editor CHARD OSTLING ...Associate Editorial Director VID ANDREWS ..........Associate Sports Editor ,TF MaAR Di --..Associate Snoltrlts dtor "slush" fund" to use as it sees fit. For each $50 paid out when a student graduates, another $50 will be coming in from a new freshman; this means that the $750,000 can be spent and, as long as the University enrolls\ hew students, everything works smoothly. You could look at the deposits as a four year no interest loan given to the University by each student. It won't be long before some energetic Senior Board comes'up with the thought that each graduating student contribute his $50 as his first alumni gift to the University. After all, he paid it four years before and won't really be basing his financial future on getting it back. Besides, it is a nice gesture for students to show their appreciation for a really fine edu- cation. This can be looked upon as an informal $6.25 tuition raise for each semester. WHEN THE DEPOSITS are required of grad- uate students as well as undergraduates, another $500,000 will be poured into the slush fund. If the University later doubles the de- posit to $100, adds a few more students and collects some of these senior gifts, it could 'possibly raise somewhere between $2 million and $3 million, enough money to build a new administration bldg., several big additions to, the SAB or making a good start on constructing a good music school building. Even if such major construction is not fi- nanced out of the slush fund, it can pay for all sorts of smaller projects. So FAR, we have no indications from the ad- ministration as to how it intends to spend the three quarters of a million dollars it has just raised for itself. Surely it won't just let it lie in some safe collecting dust. Invested wisely it could bring a nice dividend back. It would be wiser, however, to use it for some kind of capital outlay or academic expenditure. The loss each student incurs by giving his $50 for the University for four years is small; only a couple of dollars in bank interest for most of them. The gains for the University can be great and it should be congratulated for its ingenuity and resourcefullness. Too bad the state Legislature isn't so gifted., -MICHAEL OLINICK Eradieatin THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION re- cently approved a plan for determining the inability of the governor to serve in office. It would be decided by the state Supreme Court at the joint request of the President Pro- Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the By RICHARD KRAUT Daily Staff Writer POVERTY, not discrimination, is the greatest problem of most Negro school children in large Northern cities. And this was rec- ognized by the Citizens' Commit- tee on Equal Educational Oppor- tunity in Detroit schools in its recent report on the problems of slum schools. James B. Conant has stressed the gravity of the situation in which the Negro youth in the North finds himself. "Potentialities for trouble-indeed possibilities of disaster-are surely there," he states in his book, "Slums and Suburbs.", CONANT ALSO describes what you find in a Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago or St. Louis slum. The composition of a school grade, he says, is constantly changing. This results from the fact tiat "mothers move with their offspring from one rented room to another from month to month and in so doing often go from one elementary school district to an- other." There are neighborhoods, Con- ant says, where one third of the children come from "family units" that have no father, stepfather, or male guardian. In these same areas, 10 per cent of thesparents had graduated from high school and 33 per cent had completed elementary school. "The male Negro often earns less than the woman and would rather not work at all than to be in this situation." The unemploy- ed men hang around on the streets and "prey on girls." * * * * THE CENTER of the family is the woman; the men, however, are "floaters, and many children have no idea who their father is." And the number of male youths in the "floater" category is in- creasing daily. In one neighborhood, a ques- tionnaire was distributed which asked girls to describe their biggest problem. "The majority replied to the effect that their biggest prob- lem was getting from the street into their apartment without being molested in the hallway of the tenement." These are the bare outlines of problems that must be handled if one truly wants to help the North- ern Negro youth. Unfortunately, the facts about the slums are not widely known. They are ugly areas and are avoided as much as pos- sible. And although discrimina- tion comes before the court and is therefore widely publicized, mis- erable poverty is not. TO ALTER the situation, the Citizens' Committee made strong and valuable recommendations. If adopted, they will go a long way towards bettering the lot of the Negroes and other children grow- ing up in Detroit slums. And the city would have the most progres- sive public education system in the country. The Detroit Board of Education is urged to allocate special funds, services and facilities to low in- come school areas. Special classes, teachers and counseling are re- quested as necessary to such school districts. The Committee also asked the Board of Education to provide virtually free medical and dental care for Detroit school children. Professional doctors would be hired to give physical examina- tions, physical care, psychiatric treatment and dental services. The report asks that "after pro- fessional diagnosis and where the welfare of the child and or other pupils requires it, and where, after notification, the ;parents fail to do so," the administration should be given the authority to "ini- tiate the necessary steps for the commitment of disturbed or re- tarded children to institutions." THE 'COMMITTEE also recom- mends that schools expand adult education in Detroit. The program, which would provide special rooms for classes for parents "should be expanded and adequately pub- licized, especially in multiproblem areas." The stressing of "multi- problem areas" indicates the Com- mittee's desire that parents of underprivileged children be at- tracted to adult education classes in order to better their home and community atmosphere. Finally, free textbooks, supplies, lunches, gym suits and other equipment should be provided to children whose parents are un- able to pay for such items. To suit the special problems of Negro students, the committee asked that textbooks, "accurately reflect the contributions and needs of the Negro in America and the world. Material should be made available to all stuednts . . . so they will be aware of the con- tributions of minority groups to the progress of our nation and to the world." This suggestion shows that the committee is deeply aware of the psychological problems of the education of lower-class Ne- groes. Most textbooks in a school system are directed entirely to a middle class, white student. * * * THESE INDEED are radical pro- posals. And they are being attack- by three groups. The first group lets out cries of socialism and the totalitarian state. It is greatly offended by the committee's recommendations of free medical care and expresses horror over the suggestion to give the city the authority to commit certain children to institutions. Unfortunately, this group is not so concerned with democratic principles as it seems. Their tactic, however, is to select the principle that is most beneficial to them- selves and to reject the one which would benefit others. Their con- cern with rights is a hypocritical exercise of self-interest. The second group is up in arms as it contemplates the cost of the program. Although the committee said nothing about money in its report, it is obvious that the im- plementation of its recommenda- ions would be extremely expen- sive. Although they would never say it directly, these protectors of the taxpayer think that the solution of the problems outlined above are simply not worth the expense. They are guilty of the same in- humanity as the first group. The last group rises above the objections of the others and ex- presses a genuine concern with the slum situation. It says, how- ever, that the only real solutions are solutions that come gradually, since human nature, is opposed to change. Although it has a firm theoreti- cal basis, this theory does not work. Gradual change has been tried and has been ineffective. It is time to give human nature the push it needs. Honest Reactions 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 3364 Administration Building before 2 p.m., two days preceding publication. FRIDAY, MARCH 30 General Notices Applications for German University exchange study are available at the Scholarship Office, 2011 SAB. Applica- tions are due by 5:00 p.m. Fri., April 6. Five study grants are available-one is at the University of Hamburg, two at the Free University of Berlin, and two at any Western German univer- sity. Interested students may obtain more information at the Scholarship Office. The Graduate student Council will hold their annual election of officers at their next meeting, April 19, 1962 as declared by the Executive Board and approved by the Council. The slate is for president-Edwin Sasaki, William Drake, Jasper Reid; vice-president - Linda Kats, Richard Haken; treasurer -Halden 'Totten; recording secretary- Dance; Lambda Chi Alpha, Pre-Florida; Phi Mu Sorority, Record Dance; Scott House, Sox Hop; Sigma Chi, T.G.I.F.; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Mixer; Theta Chi, Casual Party. MARCH 31-- Acacia, Party; Allen Rumsey, Little- Club; Alpha Delta Phi, Band Dance; ;Alpha Epsilon Pi, Square Dance; Al- pha Kappa Lambda, House Party; Alpha Sigma Phi, Pledge Formal; Alpha Tau Omega, Party; Beta Theta Pi, Puddle 'Party-Open-Open; Chi Phi, Party; Chi Psi, Party; Delta Kappa Epsilon, Band Party; Delta Sigma Phi, Pirate Party; Delta Tau Delta, Party; Delta Theta Phi, South Sea Party; Delta Upsilon, Dance. Frederick House, Open-Open-Dance; Gomberg House, S.Q., Treasure Hunt and Dance; Greene House, Open-Open; Kappa Sigma, Open-Open; Michigan Christian Fellowship, Musicale; Phi Delta Theta, Dance; Phi Epsilon Pi, Party; Phi Gamma Delta, Party; Phi Kappa Psi, House ,Party; Pi Lambda Phi, Movie-Dance; Psi Upsilon, Dance; Reeves House, Open-Open-Dance; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Party. Sigma Alpha Mu, House Party; Sigma Chi, Party; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Dance; Strauss House, Open-Open; Tau Epsilon Phi, Party; Theta Chi, Toga Party; Theta Delta Chi, Dance; Theta Xi, Par- ty; Triangle, Roaring '20's; Trigon, To the Editor: HAVING OBSERVED the busi- ness of reviewing from both sides of the fence now, I can cer- tainly agree with a good :part of Miss Deitch's criticisms in a re- cent letter to the editor. I would inform her, however, that; s1) The New York Times got Bosley Crowther before The Daily could; 2) The Daily does not set itself up as the arbiter of artistic taste, but just tries to give what is hope- fully a student's reaction to the performance; 3) There is not such thing as purely objective criticism in the arts, nor can there be; 4) If he has any semblance of integrity in him, the reviewer will not be stopped from giving his honest reaction to it by consider- .tions of how hard the cast worked and so forth, as Miss Deitch seems to think he should.' If the reviewer thought "The Living Room" was a bad play, and not worth it to anyone who didn't have a season ticket in any case, Lone Wolf . To the Editor: IT IS FAR from gratifying for me to note that The Daily's one Republican spokesman is sadly misinformed. In his editorial "Romney's Political Suicide," Mr. Harrah characterizes the most dynamic and progressive state GOP leaders as symbolizing de- feat. Yet . 8. . "The Republican's winning margin. . . comes from the rural counties outstate.'" It may interest Mr. Harrah to know that Paul Bagwell lost the 1960 election by 40,000 votes, roughly eight votes per precinct. In the combined Wayne, Oakland and Macomb County areas, 40,000 additional votes would not be con- sidered difficult to deliver for a candidate of Mr. Romney's sta- ture. But- try to get 40,000 votes from the rural electorate who .. "don't vote for statewide can- didates." If rural Republicans would rather see one of their own num- ber be the gubinatorial candidate, wlyy don't they support someone?