Of 4r Ailitpatt lEalli Seventy-Third Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS "Where Oplnions 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. SUNDAY, NOVEl4BER 4, 1962 NIGHT EDITOR: PHILIP SUTIN UNDERSCORE: Tuesday Ballot Decides GOP Presidential Choice I Elect Romney: It's Time for a Change GEORGE ROMNEY, Republican gubernatorial candidate, should be elected because his philosophy and leadership ability will put this ailing state of Michigan back on its feet. Although the challenger in this race, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the job. In 1937, (when Gov. John B. Swain- son was gaining his eagle scout rating) Romney was president of the Washington Trade As- sociation. In 1944 he was director of the United States War Production Board. In 1954 he was elected chairman of the board and president of American motors (simultaneous with Swainson's election as state senator from the 18th district). In 1957 Romney was asked to chair the Detroit Citizens' Advisory Committee on School Needs which promised to be deadlocked by special interests. (In the same year Swainson was elected Democratic floor leader in the State Senate.) THE DETROIT Citizen's advisory committee came out with over 100 unanimous recom- mendations on the problems of Detroit schools. Romney began and led the Citizens for Michigan in their drive for tax and con- stitutional reform. On both these efforts he encouraged a non-partisan approach. He never lost sight of his goals in the partisan furor. He called for a tax reform that would put the burden equally on business and the individual. When asked by Swainson to ac- cept something less than what he considered a good reform, he refused. He refused to ask for the passage of Swain- son's proposal because it was not complete and because he did not wish. to usurp the place of the governor. He had not been elected by the people and therefore could not act as more than a private citizen. This display of ethics has been generally misunderstood by Michigan citizens who have become accustomed to union officials usurping the roles of elected officials. H E BRINGS more than his past record and ethics to this bid however. What is good for General Motors may not be good. for the country as a whole, but the dynamism and ability that took American Motors from a $69 million debt to solvency and cold the compact car to the nation, might be able to help Michigan. There have been charges that Romney is just a tool of "big business" and a vote for him will only take unions out of the saddle and put management in. These charges are unfounded. Romney has always opposed un- fair action by management. He was the first in the state to fight actively for the adoption of Michigan's original Fair Employment Prac- tices law. This June he said "I con- sider right-to-work laws a mistake. The controversy over such legislation unfortunately diverts public attention from the real prob- lem, which is excessive economic power held by both employers and unions." After completion of American Motors' pro- gress sharing contract with the UAW, Walter Reuther said, "The most significant thing is the fact that there is a new concept in this contract-a concept in which the worker and the employer agree through the collective bar- gaining process that they are going to make progress by sharing progress." IT IS IMPORTANT to realize that Romney has injected a new concept into jaded Mich- igan politics-that of general over partisan Contempt THREE CASES of contempt of Congress or federal court come to mind in a curious combination. Folk singer Pete Seeger was charged with contempt of Congress for his lack of "co- operation" before the House Committee on Unamerican Activities. Roger Blough and other big steel executives were threatened with contempt of Congress for their non-cooperation with the Senate Judiciary Committee. Gov. Ross Barnett was charged with con- tempt of court for failing to abide by the rulings of the fifth district federal court in New Orleans. PETE SEEGER, who sings songs, was con- victed. The case against the steel executives who twice flatly refused to acknowledge formal Senate subpoenas, to justify their price in- creases of last May, was never pressed. Bar- nett, who admittedly violated federal law with open contempt, is free and has acted with impunity. It is curious that these official contempt charges have been dealt with in inverse pro- portion to the contempt with which the na- tion holds these gentlemen. Perhaps there is justice in the minds of men after all. -MICHAEL ZWEIG welfare. This is probably the single most im- portant contribution that any man or any party could give to Michigan. No matter what the outcome of the election, this essential element in any government has been rein- troduced to Michigan consciousness. We may thank one man for this rebirth of state con- science; that man is George Romney. In arguing the elimination of special in- terest government, he has said, "Economic and social institutions derive their authority from individual choice. Certainly big societies, need strong-even big-unions and corpora- tions. But they must not be permitted to grow bigger and stronger than the people from whom their authority is derived." Fourteen years ago the influence of big business in Michigan government had become so predominent that it sapped the state's vi- tality. Reform was needed. Now the dominence of the unions and the enervating prevalence of patronage over merit has stricken the state. Again, it's time for a change. ROMNEY'S OPPOSITION has been claiming that his religion conflicts with a strong pro-civil right stand. Let's look at the facts. Under Romney the Detroit Citizens Advisory Committee on School Needs took strong stands to end de facto segregation in Detroit. In a campaign speech Sept. 24 in Detroit he advo- cated "passage of legislation to declare any covenant null and void which contains racial or religious bias." In addition to this he has ad- vocated leadership on the community level to implement "good intentions." At the Con- stitutional Convention Romney came out strongly for civil rights and the constitution contains a strong civil rights statement. Romney spearheaded the drive for con-con. Swainson came out in favor of con-con only after the unions took a favorable position. Both men supported the Convention throughout attempted to hinder the work of the Conven- tion in an effort to discredit Romney. Now, during the campaign, Romney stands for the passage of 'the new constitution whereas his opponents refuses to support it. The reason Swainson refuses to do so is that he is governed by partisan fears. The credit for the proposed constitution lies largely with Romney and for this reason Swainson is at- tempting to keep it out of the campaign. In doing so he makes its passage less likely and hurts Michigan. He is not offering the leader- ship required of his position. In speaking before con-con last year, Swain- son called for a reorganization of the executive branch saying "If the governor in Michigan is to carry out this function, then his con- stitutional position will have to be improved so that he can actually provide that effective and responsible administration so essential to our progress and well-being as a state and a vital link in our federal system." Con-con gave him this reorganization and he now refuses to support it. Why? Because of partisanship. THE DETROIT NEWS, in its statement "Why we back Romney" pointed out Swain- son's "win at any price" philosophy. The De- troit News was correct. As both Romney and Swainson are devoted family men, civic leaders and patriotic American immigrants, our choice must be made on the basis of record, philosophy and campaign promises. Romney's record is more impressive than Swainson's. His philos- ophy is less selfish. His promises are equally encouraging. Romney's greatest stress is on the need for fiscal reform in the state. All other reforms and promises are premised on a sounder eco- nomic base and a growing confidence in the state. Michigan now has about 275,00 fewer people working or looking for work than in 1956. Since 1956, Michigan's unemployment rate has been higher than the national average. Romney rec- ognizes that the state is in an economic de- cline. Swainson, on the contrary, has been denying that any problems exist. One can hardly solve problems if one refuses to recog- nize them. ROMNEY'S FISCAL reform program covers three broad areas. He advocates: 1) adoption of the new constitution which strengthens the state's financial fiber; 2) a hard searching look at the efficiency and economy of state operations which will be led by nationally recognized CPA Bill Seidman as Auditor General, and 3) a complete tax revision coupled with careful and continuing management of costs. The taxes must be low and distributed as equitably as possible among all sections of the community. ROMNEY'S COMPLETE platform is a thor- ough and sincere analysis of, and answer to, Michigan's outstanding problems. The Democrats claim that most of this platform is their own. If this is so, then they are admitting that they have not been able to implement these °P'RM~'AISE HE MDANDS ?AS TH A1MMU1soN." ECONOMIC DILEMMA: Market's Threat to Canada By GLORIA BOWLES "1 WAS PROUD indeed," assert- ed former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, at a recent campaign dinner in Syracuse, "that it was a recommendation of the Republi- can leaders of the Congress that first inspired the joint Congres- sional resolution under which the President was able to act in this latest crisis, forcefully and with the certainty of Congressional ap- proval of his act." Eisenhower, in a brave effort was trying to retrieve a lost Re- publican campaign issue. Before the now infamous Administration announcement of almost two weeks ago, several Republicans had blasted the United States fail- ure to check the rise of Com- munism chezkFidel, and advocated a blockade. But deep, deep down, a few of them were probably a little disappointed that the Pres- ident was finally so forceful. The Cuban crisis, and its resolu- tion, will have little direct effect on the elections this Tuesday when 39 Senate seats, and 35 governor- ships are at stake. Republicans and Democrats made up their minds long ago and independents a shorter time ago. Since the Ken- nedy stand, the cries of "Let's not change leaders in the middle of a crisis," or "Darn it, we need a change before we get ourselves in- to another crisis" are not likely to affect many votes. * * * IT MAY NOW be difficult to appraise with total accuracy the effects of the Cuban crisis on national politics and elections, but another assertion can safely be made: everybody is getting into the election act. Eisenhower has been roused out of retirement and temporarily roused out of disdain for politicing, even to the point of giving the Republicans credit for a Kennedy decision. Unfortunately for the Demo- crats, pressing problems in Wash- ington have kept Kennedy vir- tually glued to his rocking chair, and prevented him from making appearances on behalf of party candidates. This inability to leave the Cap- itol and sprinkle a little of the Kennedy magic in states like New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Cali- fornia and Michigan may very well hurt the gubernatorial can- didates in these states, who have been counting on the President's appearances to give their cam- paigns a needed boost. The President's decision to cut- down campaigning, necessitated by the crisis, is the most important relation between the elections and recent events. IN MICHIGAN, Democratic gov- ernor John B. Swainson, fighting an uphill battle against a "citizen" candidate, counted on the Presi- dent's appearances to give his election drive a shot in the arm. Kennedy toured late in September before the crisis, but didn't re- turn as he might have. So Michigan summoned former President Harry S Truman, who at the last moment, didn't show up at a Detroit dinner in his honor (also because of the Cuban crisis). Therefore, Senator Hubert Hum- phrey of Minnesota, who wouldn't turn down an invitation to speak anywhere, hurried to Detroit and talked and talked, excellently, as a matter of fact. But as West Virginia 'and Wisconsin will tell us, Humphrey is not Kennedy. * * * BUT WHY should former Presi- dent Eisenhower and President Kennedy, both national leaders, be so concerned about these gub- ernatorial contests? Of course, the races are im- portant in themselves, for party control of several states is at stake and the course of state govern- ment for several years to come will be decided. But, in a broader view, Tuesday's elections are important to the total national picture. The mathematical facts speak for themselves. Five states to- gether hold a total electoral vote of 159: New York, 43; California, 40; Pennsylvania, 29; Ohio, 26; Michigan, 21. There is danger, for example, for the Democrats in Pennsylvania and in Ohio. The Republican can- didate, William W. Scranton is favored to defeat Richard Dil- worth in electorally important Pennsylvania, and Governor Mich- ael V. DiSalle may be headed for defeat by Republican James A. Rhodes in Ohio. BECAUSE of uncertainty as to who will be the GOP nominee in 1964, however, the greater degree of national attention focuses on certain Republican fortunes. One of the country's bitterest campaigns is being waged in Cal- ifornia, where Richard M. Nixon is fighting for his political life, the governorship and a retention of his title as national Republican leader. Governor Pat Brown wants to remain in the statehouse and in addition to campaigning, his supporters are busy filing court orders against literature being cir- culated in Nixon's campaign. The latest of three orders names as defendent Murray Chotiner, a lawyer and influential Nixon aid since 1946. But a Nixon win in California would put him back in the race for the Republican nomination; one analyst's guess is as good as another's on this crucial state race. There are few doubts about a Rockefeller victory in New York, but the margin of the victory is all-important. A landslide win over Robert Morgenthau could help make people forget the divorce which, in the final analysis, has probablyndoomed any Rockefeller aspirations for the Presidency. IN MICHIGAN, the pundits, pollsters and news analysts had George Romney running for Pres- ident long before he had even de- clared for governor. Romney, even before he has been elected governor, is thus a serious contender for the 64 nom- ination. He has many qualities that America looks for in its Presidents (and in its husbands, fathers and grandfathers): a great show of sincerity, good looks and glamour, an ability to, speak elo- quentlyand ambiguously and, most most important, an air of being above politics. Romney is good on television, a medium which is proving increas- ing important to American politics and should not be overlooked in this campaign, if only for the mile- age and press attention devoted to "the grand debate whether to have a debate." Rockefeller is also unbeatable on television.'Nixon has known his ups and downs on that me- dium. Unfortunately for him, he has been the failure instead of the star when facing the camera at crucial moments in the past. * * * BUT THE REALLY crucial mo- ment will come Tuesday as slightly more than half of America's eli- gible voters are expected to go to the polls. By Tuesday night the analysts, who really ought to run for office themselves since they seem to know so much about the needs of the country, will condescendingly and reluctantly-but with the un- mistakeable ring 'of authority, re- veal the name of the Republican who will take on John F. Kennedy in 1964. I I By PHILIP SUTIN CANADIAN NATIONALISM, al- ready strained by divergent sectional cultural interests and outside influences, is being severely challenged by the Common Mar- ket. If Britain enters the market, the end of British preferential tariffs on Canadian goods will plunge Canada into a depression or force it to merge with the United States, many Canadians fear. CANADIANS have long resent- ed American influence and the latter alternative is almost as unpalatable as the former. The United States and Canada have not fought since the War of 1812 and since 1848 the two countries have maintained the longest un- guarded frontier in the world. However, Canada has had a difficult time withstanding the in- fluence of the populous, economic colossus of the south. The ques- tion of joining with the United States has long been a major Ca- nadian political issue. In recent years,this controversy has been transmuted to a debate about the means and extent of maintaining a distinctive Canadian culture. Prime Minister John Diefen- baker took a highly nationalistic line in his 1958 election campaign which swept the opposition Liber- als out of power after 20 years in office. Since his victory, Diefen- baker has taken a diffident and independent view of United States- Canadian relations. He has im- posed taxes on American maga- zines circulating in Canada and taken other economic measures in an attempt to boost Canadian cul- ture. He has also looked econom- ically away from the United States-Canada's biggest supplier and customer-and sought to build trade with Britain and the Com- monwealth. * * S UNFORTUNATELY, the Cana- dians have little to build on. Can- ada's population is small and con- centrated along a strip near the United States, leaving much of the country sparsely inhabited. Canada's industrial base is shallow, and her economy dependent on a raw materials trade subject to extreme fluctuations. Further, Canadians themselves have a limited common culture. A Canadian observed recently that his country contained many di- verse groups, but unlike the United States, these groups do not fuse into a melting pot, but live separ- ate existences. He added that Ca- nadians are proud of this heritage. This attitude has created fric- tions which hinder nationalistic development. The French Cana- dians, in particular, strive to maintain their cultural identity, often at the expense of national interest and rationality. * * * IN THE LAST two years, there has been a marked resurgence of French-Canadian separatism in Quebec. The separatists, although a weak nolitical force. have man- with them when French students demanded that all conversations with them be held in French even when they were at English-speak- ing McGill. Another example issthe desire of. Montreal advertisers to put a quarter of their ads published in English language newspapers in French although few could read them. This extreme and useless action was designed to show Frenchcustomers that their firms recognized their cultural heritage. THE EXTREME right-wing So- cial Credit Party is cashing in on this separatist feeling. Its leader Real Caouette has harranged Que- bec citizens in separatist-tinged terms on French language radio and television. This demagogic pol- iticing netted the "socreds" 30 seats in Parliament from Quebec. The "socreds" now hold the bal- ance of power among the minority Progressive Conservatives, the minority Liberals and the minute New Democratic Party. Other smaller groups, like the Ukranians in Alberta, reside throughout Canada in a similar semi-separatist fashion. Meanwhile, the United States heavily influences Canadian eco- nomics and culture. Canadian trade follows north-south lines al- though the Canadian government spends millions of dollars to sub- sidize east-west trade within Can- ada. Raw materials, such as pulp and aluminum go south while manufactured goods go north. * * * - UNITED STATES economic dominance is increased by the large number, of U.S.-owned Ca- nadian subsidiaries. These firms make many of Canada's manu- factured products, and conduct much of its commerce. The Cana- dian automobile industry, for ex- ample, is virtually owned by Gen- eral Motors, Ford and Chrysler. Thus much of the profits derived from Canadian sales go to the United States. Diefenbaker tried to clamp down on indirect ownership of Canadian firms. However, com- bined with a slump in raw ma- terial sales, this action discourag- ed investment and created a severe recession and balance of payments problems. This summer Canada was forced to devaluate her dollar and obtain a loan from the World Bank to maintain her currency. * * * CULTURALLY, United States influence is keenly felt and often resented. Widespread U.S. owner- ship of Canadian subsidiariesre- sults in few distinct Canadian goods. Most are identical with the American versions and give Cana- dian life a distinct United States flavor. Canadian arts follow U.S. cultural trends. The Common Market will in- tensify the diversive elements in Canadian culture. Canada cannot remain economically isolated and must make a choice of allying her- self with the United States, the market, or going it alone. bers of the market and tough com- petition. * * * ALIGNING CLOSELY with the Common Market is the least likely or desirable of the solutions to Canada's dilemma. Canada is across the Atlantic from the mar- ket and full membership is im- possible with such a close-knit group as the EEC. Associate nem- bership will put it in competition with other rawrmaterial produc- ing states of Europe and. Africa. A more possible, but not palat- able solution is closer economic cooperation with the United States. Ideas in this area range from joint economic bargaining with the U.S. in seeking Common Market concessions, to eventual union with the United States. The idea of union with the United States, while abhorrent to Canadian nationalists, is less hate- ful to Canadians when they com- pare their standard of living with the United States. "Why should a Canadian have a 20 to 30 per cent lower standard of living sim- ply because he lives in Canada? It is a high price to pay," a Ca- nadian student at the.McGill Con- ference on World Affairs told me last week. * * * GETTING MORE consideration is the possibility of a hemispheric economic union. This would avoid the pitfall of United States- Canada economic union where Canada would be swallowed up by the giant United States. Further, the building of an inter-American trading system could expand Can- ada's market. The most likely proposal in- volves joint bargaining of the United States and Canada with the market. President John F. Kennedy opened the way for such action in his proposal to Diefen- baker for a special conference to be held next year by the states participating in the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade. At that time the President, under the powers of the Trade Expan- sion Act, would negotiate world- wide trade agreements for the United States. Hopefully, Canada could gainrbenefits in a North American trade package. THERE IS strong sentiment for Canada to go it alone. This would, however, require a cataclysmic readjustment of the Canadian economy. Industry would have to be modernized and specialized to concentrate on products-such as farm implements-that will gain a special market. Much of the inefficient, small manufacturing industry would be sacrificed in such a tightening. This will depress Canada's econ- omy beyond its current sad level and add to its unemployment. However, it is necessary to elim- inate the ego-building but high- cost products if Canada is to survive economically. Already, American large-scale, mass-pro- duced products substantially un- dersell Canadian equivalents de- spite tariff and distance barriers. Tm Canara faces amai. .a_ COLOR, VARIETY: Glee Club Rewarding LAST NIGHT'S combined con- cert by the men's glee clubs of the Universities of Michigan and Wisconsin proved to be one of the finest in recent years. The Wisconsin Glee Club, under the direction of Prof. Arthur Becknell, opened the program in a rather restrained manner, which lacked warmth and depth of son- ority, but the group soon rallied, gaining spirit and momentum. The highlights of the first sec- tion of the program were the spiritual "Brother Will, Brother John," and Kubik's folk song "Tee Roo." In these two selections the club achieved a mature choral quality was seemed to be lacking in the rest of the program. The medley from "South Pacific," very enjoyable though rather bland, was unfortunately followed by an anticlimactic medley of Wisconsin songs which sorely lacked good intonation. THE AUDIENCE warmly wel- comed the Michigan Glee Club to the stage and was rewarded with the best performance in the past four years. Under the im- peccable direction of Dr. Philip Tiiev 1-h e a-me t .ih r.endereda. Norman Brody, who has a com- parable rich, baritone voice. The treat of the evening was an extremely sensitive perform- ance of the Irish folk song, "Eileen," which featured former Glee Club soloist Robert McGrath. Mr. McGrath followed this selec- tion with "Danny Boy." * * * THE PROGRAM was concluded with a medley of the favorite Michigan songs and the alma maters of the two universities, sung by the combined clubs. Best wishes to the Michigan Men's Glee Club of 1962-63 for their proposed European tour next summer and in their endeavor to capture the first place in the "Welsh International Eistenfodd" for the second time. -Nancy Kerr Overpid "ON THE ONE HAND, the Amer- ican taxpayer is being called upon to subsidize an army of ban- dits and mutineers whose GI's get