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SPEECH DEPARTMENT SERIES:
'Way of the World'
Fraught with Complexity


when Opinions Are Free
Truth Will Prevai"

Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the' individual opinions of staff writers
or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints.

DAY, APRIL 7, 1960

NIGHT EDITOR: NAN MARKEL


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The Population Explosion:
Action Needed Now

HE PROBLEM of an ever-increasing popu-
lation surviving upon a limited amount of
habitable land has been with Man ever since
he safeguarded his cave from the beasts of
prey and freed himself for the satisfactions
f the connubial couch.
This problem has long been the concern of
academic experts, but had failed to evoke large
cale controversial public discussion and con-
:ern until this century. Advances in trans-
portation and communication suddenly broad-
asted the alarming report that the world is in
;he midst of a population "explosion," an erup-
ion which will double the earth's numbers
>y 2000 and redouble them again before an-
Ather half-century has passed. In the United
States, for example, there will be 300 million
:itizens by the time our grandchildren reach
>ur already crowded college campuses.
Faced with the concept of this immense
md unwieldy population, a relatively slowly
ncreasing food supply, and the gradual drain-
ng of irreplaceable mineral products, every-
ne, from high church officials to the Presi-
lent, is arguing exictedly about the problem,
ts ramifications, and what to do about them.
T'he professional economic thinkers, however,
ire apparently the only ones who have under-
aken a careful scrutiny of the situation and
leveloped realistic and accurate views.
PROF. JOSEPH J. Spengler, a Duke.Univer-
sity economist who has made population
tudy one of his major interests, indicated
:ome of the probable results of the increasing
>irthrate when he spoke at the University
,ecently.
As Prof. Spengler pointed out, the most
ivident result of the population growth by the
ear 2000 will be a scarcity of raw materials
nd a lack of non-agricultural lands. Either
resent living customs which favor large open
reas of recreational and residential lands will
>e abandoned or the people will demand en-
orced governmental regulations of birth rates.
"We still have a great deal to learn about

the economic and social forces which influence
population," Prof. Spengler said. He went on
to suggest that sociologists and economists
devote more study to this area in the hopes of
discovering what causes sudden spurts or
declines in the number of births at a given
time in a given nation.
IN LIGHT of Spengler's comments, it might
be advanced that the population problem
become the object of serious thought by a great
many more people, especially those in the
strongly persuasive and effective fields of reli-
gion and government.
The church's position on population be-
comes open to discussion in the light of bio-
logical research which has yielded cheaper
and more effective means of artificial birth
control. This is apparently the fastest and
most economical way to prevent overpopula-
tion.
The Catholic church's position is' that an
individual human life is too sacred for any
mortal to prevent its birth. Unless they can
advocate positive means to maintain a high
living standard in the crowded world of the
21st Century, church leaders might reevaluate
the sanctity of the individual in comparison
to the comfort and continued prosperity of
the race.
POLICY makers in governments throughout
the world, who are now almost entirely con-
cerned with preventing the destruction of
mankind, would also benefit their people by
planning to insure a comfortable life for their
citizens who will soon have one-fourth as much
space, food, and raw materials as they have
now.
If this is not possible under conditions of
expanding populations, this ought to be real-
ized now and effective means of preventing
overpopulation should be instituted.
The time to stop the population explosion
or to prepare for its inevitable results is, un-
less we are already too late, right now.
--MICHAEL OLINICK

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CONCLUDING with an admonition to critics who "watch plays with
scurrilous intent," William Congreve's "Way of the World" sparkled
on the stage of Lydia Mendelssohn last night. The way of the world
pictured in the 18th Century comedy is one strewn with false loves,
false wit, and even false hypocrisy.
Perhaps the most complex satire written in a tradition of com-
plexity in comedy, the play should be read before being seen, prefer-
ably more than once. Although the program provides a lengthly expli-
cation of the intertwining plots and counterplots, a tremendous load
rests on the cast to interpret complex motives.
Fine timing is vital in the production. Although many cast menr-
hers displayed agility in this skill,~often the performers seemed un-

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ELECTION AFTERMATH:

City Republicans Gain Control

TODAY AND TOMORROW
Mr. Nixon's Problem

MR. NIXON, who does not try to deceive
himself, has admitted publicly that "we
are in for the fight of our lives." To be elected
he needs to be, as was Eisenhower in 1952 and
1956, much stronger than the Republican par-
ty. He cannot hope to win if all he gets are the
regular Republican votes. Yet it is not at all
clear how he is going to get enough Demo-
cratic and independent votes to put him ahead
of what his party can poll for Congress and
for the governorships.
These hard facts have led to all the talk
about his taking a stand beyond Eisenhower's
on such vote-getitng measures as federal aid
to education and medical care for the aged.
As the President himself put it the other day,
he is "so fortunate" that he doesn't "have to
go any further with this thing" (i.e., being
President of the United States). If, said the
President, he himself were running again, he
too "would be looking for new ways and direc-
tions." Since it is Mr. Nixon who is doing the
running, Mr. Nixon would be "very foolish"
if he did not look for new ways and directions.
WHERE is Mr. Nixon to look for new ways
and directions? There is only one place
that he can look. That is in the field already
occupied and pre-empted among Republicans
by Gov. Rockefeller. In matters of defense. of
social welfare, and of public finance, this field
is also occupied by the Democrats. While the
issue is sharp and fundamental as between
Eisenhower and the leading Democrats, there
Is no real issue in this matter between Rocke-
feller and the Democrats.
Mr. Nixon's problem is to decide how far he
can move into the Rockefeller-Democratic
field in order to make up for the fact that the
Republicans are a minority party.
THIS is not an easy problem for Mr. Nixon
to solve. To begin with, professional poli-
ticians who control the leading Republican
organizations in the states were powerful
enough to force Rockefeller to withdraw. They
are not going to allow Nixon to adopt many of
Rockefeller's ideas. For these professional poli-
ticians, we must remember, would rather lose
the election than lose their own power in the
party hierarchy. They would rather lose with
the Nixon they know than win with a quasi-
Democrat like Rockefeller.
They do not put it this way. They rational-
ize their extreme conservatism and their un-
popularity by arguing, as they did when they
tried to prevent the nomination of Eisenhower
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,LTER LIPPMANN
in 1952, that there is a great hidden majority
in the country. This hidden majority consists
of a large number of people who do not vote.
They stay at home because they are waiting
for a Republican candidate who belongs to the
extreme right. Men like Sen. Bridges and Sen.
Goldwater really believe that the more the
Republican party follows their leadership, the
more stay-at-home Republican voters will
come to the polls.
THIS IS an extraordinary fantasy, rather
like that of thirsty men in a desert who see
mirages of green oases with plenty of water.
Mr. Nixon, we may be sure, does not believe in
this political mirage. He knows that to win the
election he must win a large part of the Eisen-
hower Democrats and Eisenhower independ-
ents. But in trying to win them, he must be
careful not to drive the Bridges and the Gold-
waters into open rebellion.
One theoretical device for solving his prob-
lem is to persuade Gov. Rockefeller to run for
Vice-President. The notion here is that while
Nixon holds on to the votes of the extreme
right, Rockefeller will rally the voters towards
the center and to the left of center. This de-
vice will not work, or at least it ought not to
work and if it is tried, it will be exposedi. For
it is a transparent trick and American voters
do not take kindly to tricks that are transpar-
ent.
T IS HARD to see how Mr. Nixon can do
anything else but run, not only on the
Eisenhower record but also on the Eisenhower
philosophy. Whatever may be said of the rec-
ord, he will find the Eisenhower philosophy a
heavy liability. For Gen. Eisenhower's con-
ception of Federal responsibility and the pub-
lic need is in growing conflict with the realities
of our time. His philosophy does not fit, indeed,
it stands in the way of, an adequate American
response to the challenge of the Soviet Union.
His philosophy, moreover, is in collision with
the imperative needs of our highly industrial
ized, highly urbanized, mass society.
Yet Mr. Nixon must defend and profess to
believe in the Eisenhower philosophy, or he
may arouse the sharp displeasure of the
President himself, At the same time, it is im-
possible that Mr. Nixon fully believes in the
President's philosophy-if for no other reason
than that he is a young man who lives in the
present and not in the very distant past,
It is here in the defense of the Eisenhower
philosophy that Mr. Nixon's problem be-
comes most acute. For he cannot be too clever

By ANDREW HAWLEY
and THOMAS HAYDEN
HE POLLS closed in Ann Arbor
at eight Monday night. Forty
minutes later, Gil Bursley, Repub-
lican Party city chairman, lit a
cigar. His party was running far
ahead of the opposition, on its
way to winning five City Council
seats and raising its Council mar-
gin to 11-0.
to the
EDITOR
Ignorant . .
To the Editor:
DEAR Blue Bird and Buddies:
We are writing in reply to your
ignorant letter which appeared in
the April 5, 1060 issue of The
Michigan Daily.
You say that the Negroes in your
state "have school facilities above
the whites." This is indeed en-
couraging in view of your letter
(assuming you were "educated" in
Alabama). Under separate cover
we are mailing you a dictionary.
Perhaps one of the "Coons" in
your state, as you so academically
call them, could be employed to
teach you the alphabet so that you
will be able to look up the words
which you spelled so originally
(e.g. caos, facualty, recentely, out
siders, critisizing) further evidenc-
ing the caliber of your education.
We were impressed by your
courage and forthrightness in not
affixing your name to your analyt-
ical missal, or should we say missle.
We were also deeply impressed by
your sensitive and well constructed
arguments and the striking anal-
ogy you drew between yourself and
a bird.
WE WERE most impressed with
your biological scholarship so
worthily illustrated in your state-
ment: RED BIRDS DO NOT
BUILD THEIR NESTS WITH
BLUE BIRDS. Occasionally there
does, however, appear, to be some
mixed feather bedding in your
great state.
We are proud to know that we
have such a fine individual as
you in our country, backed by
such a worthy institution as the
KKK and that your governor is
one of the few able to wallow in
proud merpories of the Nurenburg
trials.
We are glad to know that you
will be converting your war
crosses in to burning ones during
our Lenten season. It is a fine
Christian gesture.
IN REPLY to your suggestion
that we the Students and Faculty
of the University of Michigan
clean up Detroit, we feel that you
should know that Detroit has re-
cently received awards for being
one of the cleanest big cities in
our "United" States. However, it
woul hp ar mn, fiffnc .ivn o

And once again the striking
imbalance between Ann Arbor's
political parties had been illus-
trated.
City Democrats haven't held the
upper hand in the Council in a
quarter-century. A 6-5 Republican
edge three years ago was the
closest the Democrats have come
to control in recent times.
* * .
REASONS for Monday's Repub-
lican victory are several and in-
terconnected.
Most obvious is the fact that
many more Republicans than
Democrats are registered voters.
Precise Republican organization,
thanks largely to Bursley, brought
their voters to the- polls in re-
markable numbers.
The GOP carried on a strenu-
ous campaign, trying to contact
literally every registered voter-
23,000 persons. Every registered
Republican was phoned twice
prior to election day.
During the campaign it became
clear the GOP emphasis was not
on issues. Rather, it was on get-
ting Republicans registered, then
making sure they voted.
* * *
BUT BY A curious turn of
events, issues helped bring many
Republicans to the polls. As one
disappointed Democrat said Mon-
day, "On the basis of our issues,
we got out some Republican vot-
ers."
He referred specifically to the
Democrats' treatment of the city's
controversial discrimination prob-
lem. Because of relatively strong
stands on the question of dis-
crimination in housing, favorable
attitudes toward the Human Re-
lations Commission's report on
The Cousins Shop, and some close
relationships with the NAACP,
during the campaign the Demo-
cratic Party became fatally asso-
ciated with "radical ideas" and
"super-progressivism.h
Such a taint is anathema to the
majority of city property own-
ers, who fear an influx of Negroes
if liberal housing regulations are
adopted. Conceivably, they were
spurred to vote Republican to pre-
serve present social conditions.
A FINAL reason for the Demo-
cratic loss was the party's failure
to maintains its particularly po-
tent image of three years ago.
At that time, it gained unusual
power under the leadership of
Prof. Samuel J. Eldersveld of the
political science department, who
became Ann Arbor's first Demo-
cratic mayor in 26 years.
In this campaign that leader-
ship and influence was absent and
the party became stigmatized by
"radicalism" rather than charac-
terized by dynamism.
WHAT NOW can be expected,
given the lopsided nature of the
Council?
First of all, it is to be expected
that Mayor Cecil 0. Creal's au-,
thority in the Republican Party
and control over the Council will

promising plans-urban rehabili-
tation and legislation regarding
housing discrimination.
The first program has been dor-
mant for some time. Republicans
say that if the present "volun-
tary" rehabilitation plan does not
achieve "a major amount of suc-
cess," then the case for outside,
i.e., Federal, help will grow that
much stronger.
The GOP's idea of a "major
amount of success" differs from
that of the Democrats; by just
how much remains to be seen. At
any rate, it is safe to say the
Council willbe in no hurry to
consider accepting outside help,
especially now that the Democrats
have little opportunity to press
debate on the subject.
* * 4'
THE SECOND venture, that of
the housing legislation, has been
studied by a subcommittee headed
by the now-unseated A. Nelson
Dingle. His group had reportedly
prepared legislation concerning
discrimination in public housing,
which was to be submitted to the
Council after elections.
The proposed statute would
have encountered stiff Republican'
opposition before the elections; its
future now looks grim, in view of
the new Council's composition.
The statute may now never
come up at a public Council meet-
ing.
* * *
ANY FURTHER dissipation ,in
either the urban renewal or the
housing legislation drives would
be injurious to Ann Arbor's repu-
tation as a modern, progressive
city.
Unfortunately, Republicans have'
shown considerable hesitation re-
garding decisive action in either
area.
As an encouraging sign, both
Democrats and Republicans are
apparently hopeful that Ann Ar-
bor will not suffer the problems
pf one-party politics.
Bursley pointed out the several
channels, including the press,
open Council meetings and per-
sonal contact with Councilmen,
that afford possible means of in-
fluence for the Democrats.
Along with Mayor Creal, Burs-
ley also acknowledged that Re-
publicans have the important
duty to assure effective Demo-
cratic response.
* * *
DEMOCRATIC chairman Wes-
ton Vivian's remarks concerning
future plans for his party also
permit some ground for hope.
Democrats do not intend to politi-
cally fade away.
Vivian mentioned plans for a
city committee "to be concerned
exclusively with the operations of
city government" and a Demo-
cratic newspaper dedicated to
constructive criticism and public
discussion of city affairs.
There is no getting around the
fact that the GOP can, and will,
control Ann Arbor's City Coun-
cil any time it wants to campaign
to get out the votes.
* A 4.

certain of their timing and not
so sensitive to audience reaction
as they must be to achieve full
comic effect.
TOO OFTEN an actor would
misinterpret audience r e a c t i o n
and have to repeat a line, some-
times twice, fighting the audience
for supremacy. This will probably
decrease as the cast adjusts better
to its audiences.
The first fifteen minutes of the
comedy were sintillating and the
cast was rewarded by lively laugh-
ter. However, the remainder of
Acts I-III (grouped together in
this production) suffered both
from somewhat tedious dialogue
and a lack of nuance in perform-
ance.
After intermission, the comedy
sparkled once more with the fam-
ous "proviso" scene in which Mir-
abell and Millamant present one
another with conditions which
must be met before they will
marry. This section of the comedy,
also contains the portrait of
"superanuated" Lady W is h f o r t
preparing to meet her supposed
suitor-Shall she sit? shall she
stand? shall she frown? No, her
makeup will crack.
* *' *
BEST of the cast in phrasing
and sence of pacing was Richard
Burgwin, although he tended to
the melodramatic at inappropriate
moments and in- inappropriate de-
CAST
Underpromptor ... Allan Schreiber
Fainfalli............. Robert Waldo
Mirabel..........Richard Burgwin
Betty...........Cecile Weinstein
Servant to Mirabeil Daniel Marcus
Servant to Lady Wishfort .. .....
.. Robert Gerould
Witwvod ...... Michael Dick
Coachman .......... Paul Bortman
Petulant.......... Hal Randelman
Mrs. Fainfall........ Janet Roberts
Mrs. Marwood ... Suzanne Osborne
Mrs. Milanant .... Nancy Enggass
Mincing............ Sheila Stamell
Waitwell ............Robert Davis
Foible ..............Anne Gee
Lady Wishfort .. Raeburn Hirsch
Peg .............. Inta Mednis
Sir Wilfull Witwood .. Bruno Koch
grees. Nancy ERgggass was also
very good at the nuance which
makes comedy subtle and deft.
Her movements were, perhaps, too
fluttery, tending to draw atten-
tion away from dialogue.
Iaeburn Hirsch captured the
spirit of the aging and foolish
Lady Wishfoit, but tended to be
too shrill in voice while attempt-
ing the affected tone necessary to
the role.
"Let husbands doubt" while
lovers trust is one statement in
Congreve's comedy of morals and
manners. Unfortunately, the com-
plexities of the play may well
make the audience doubt much of
the time, despite an energetic and
capable performance.
-Jo Hardee

AT THE MICHIGAN:
Ballett
Brilliant
LAST EVENING, Ruth Page's
Chicago Opera Ballet presented
three ballets-"Camille," "Idylle,
and "The Merry Widow." The
first of these works was tragic and
moving; the second funny and
fresh; the third, sheer schmaltz.
Miss Page's dancers brilliantly
performed each one.
"Camille" is a ballet drama
based upon "La Dame aux Camel-
lias" by Alexandre Dumas fils, and
was danced to music arranged
from Verdi's "La Traviata."
In the title role, Melissa Hayden
was the Renata Tebaldi of the
dance. She captured the worldly
fragility of the doomed heroine to
perfection. Especially moving -was
her dance as she was dying, alone
and friendless.
AS HER lover, Armand, Ken-
neth Johnson was masterful. His
and Miss Hayden's pas des deux
were especially outstanding.
"Idylle" is a show biz ballet
about a white horse in love with
a black horse (Perish the thought
this will ever be taken to a certain
sector of our land-it would be the
bunnies all over again).
A circus horse appears and the
white horse leaves her old fiame.
But, alas, she discovers that minus
his bright plumage, the circus
horse is just like any other horse
and not so exciting as her former
horse-frienid.
The horses -- Barbara Steele,.
Ralph Robinson, Orrin Kayan -
all strutted, minced and pranced
in a most authentic manner.
THE BALLET'S music, by Fran-
cois Serrette was an aural joy
and lively expression of the gay
dancing.
Lehar's deathless warhorse,
"The Merry Widow" had new vigor
instilled into the familiar story
and music.
Sultry,passionate Veronika Mla-
kar was the very essence of that
merriest of widows. Each one of
her numbers was more outstand-
ing than the, previous, especially
her Marsovian peasant dance.
* * *
JOHN KRIZA was dashingly
heroic as Prince Danilo. His two
dances with the Maxim's can-can
girls were Gallically delightful.
Special mention must be made
of this troupe's wonderful cos-
tumes for each ballet. They were
a never ending visual compliment
to the fine dancing,
If you ever get a chance to see
this fine company, do so. You won't
regret it.
-Patrick Chester

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Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Music by
Thomas Arne and Henry Purcell.
Hal Holbrook tickets now on sale.
Tickets fo' the Hal Holbrook program,
"Mark Twain Tonight!" are now on sale
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