"Don't Be Old Fashioned - Everybody Goes Abroad These Days" Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PPBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. 0 ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 heP Opinions Are Free 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. [RSDAY, MAY 5, 1960 NIGHT EDITOR: FAITH WEINSTEIN Organizations Neglect Student Participants WJHME CAMPUS organizations are screaming for members and the University students are constantly being accused of apathy and inactivity, there is a steady undercurrent of passive negativism in present student clubs which discourages further students participa- tion. Not infrequently, supposedly responsible and public-minded student groups have displayed a definite attitude of irresponsibility and lack of concern toward their obvious goals of stimu- lating student interest and action in campus and public affairs.' TI;E RECENT actions of one student organi- zation, the Democratic Socialists Club, ex- emplifies this common tendency toward irre- sponsibility and unconcern for the so-called "apathetic" students. The Democratic Socialists scheduled and publicly announced a lecture on a subject of popular interest to be held at 4:15 p.m. last Friday. Then, with no further announcement, the Club unofficially canceled the lecture- letting those individuals who wished to hear the guest speaker search in vain for a meeting which never would be. Such intentional violation of social courtesy -not uncommon in other organized campus groups-is certainly not indicative of an or- ganization which deserves the popular support that the Democratic Socialists seek in their fight against minority discrimination. It is ironic that an organization so directly con- cerned with human relations would be so apathetic and even negativistic toward private individuals interested in their Club. HOWEVER, not only did this unannounced cancellation inconvenience those who wished to attend the meeting, but it also caused unnecessary trouble for Student Gov- ernment Council and the University Lecture Committee-two facilities which necessarily must pass the scheduling of all campus lec- tures. If the Democratic Socialists, and other stu- dent interest groups, would do more long-range planning, perhaps they wouldn't cause the lecture approval committees the trouble of scheduling club lectures in conflict with other major campus activities, such as last week's big conference on Human Rights in the North. Such poor scheduling, unannounced can- cellations and the general prevailing attitude of unconcern for the study body demonstrate gross inadequacies in the functioning of or- ganizations that want to eliminate student apathy and arouse interest in student affairs. --MAME JACKSON .f r0 DREW PEARSON: Red Chinese Offer Aid to Algerian Rebels PART OF the carefully guarded conversations between General de Gaulle and General Eisenhower have now begun to leak out. Eisenhower, who had received CIA reports regarding Red Chinese offers to help Algerian rebels, had thought they were bluffing. NBut de Gaulle told him there was no bluff about it, that Chinese technicians were already on the way, supposedly as "volunteers," with men and arms to come later. De Gaulle appealed to the President to pressure the Algerian rebels . sr,. TODAY AND TOMORROW Need New Berlin Status AS OTHERS SEE IT: Student Finds Cubans Alert to agree to a cease-fire, and come they were in danger of losing con- trolof their own revolt. THE state department has been undergoing an inner hassle with itself as to whether it should crack down on the dictators it has been supporting with foreign aid dol- lars, or whether it should main- tain a strict policy of noninter- vention in the affairs of other governments. This is the issue in Turkey to- day. It has also been the issue for some time in Korea. It'could be the issue overnight in Spain. None of these countries could survive for more than a week or so with- out the help of United States dol- lars. Yet in the past the United States has followed a general policy of letting them run their domesticnaf airs with little advice and no interference from us. This means that when Premier Adnan Menderes jails a prominent Turkish editor, or the Rhee gov- ernment steals American aid to Korea, or Generalissimo Francisco Franco puts a Protestant priest on trial in Spain, the United States gets blamed. It was because of this hands-off policy that Eisenhower announced at his press conference that he had not interfered in any way in South Korea. * * * ACTUALLY HERE IS the inside story of what happened: United States Ambasador Wal- ter McConaughy first called on Syngman Rhee to urge him to drop his friend and protege, Vice- President Lee Ki-Poong (who later committed suicide). Lee him- self was kept cooling his heels outside while i the ambassador warned Rhee that Lee had built up such a wall around Rhee that he, though president, didn't know what was going on in his own country. The 85-year-old president was visibly shaken. In a tired voice he said Lee was his friend, that he had even adopted Lee's eldest son. But finally he agreed to drop Lee as vice-president. Shortly thereafter, Ambassador McConaughy called again to say that unless Rhee himself also re- signed there would be such serious bloodshed in South Korea that the country would be weakened and North Korean Communists might take over. It was then that the long-time president of South Korea agreed to step down. AMERICAN DIPLOMATS had seen this crisis coming for a long time. They also have seen trouble brewing in Turkey. Yet after Tur- key retained ex-gov. Tom Dewey of New York as its attorney-fee $150,000-it got a big new credit from the United States, plus in- creased foreign aid. The aid was necessary to bolster Turkish econ- omy, yet at the very same time Turkey was Jailing political op- ponents and critical newspaper editors. Some state department officials felt that along with the aid we should have required Turkey to guarantee political freedoms. (Copyright 1960, by the Bell Syndicate) to Paris to talk peace. Otherwise LETTERS: Unconcern Over Bias To the Editor: EN YEARS ago Senator Spark- man;,a Southern Democrat with a supposedly liberal voting record, declared: "I am against the civil rights proposals - always have been and always will be . . . We know what our most important weapon is. It is the ability to work as Democrats. Some seem to think that the Republicans are our friends in defeating civil rights proposals. Such is simply not the case." Eight years ago, the Demo- cratic Party nominated Sparkman for vice-president. Twelve years ago a numbe of Southerners bolted their party and supported the so-called Dixiecvat ticket. After the election, they were all welcomed back into the Democratic Party and resumed control of the committee system of Congress. * * * IMMEDIATELY after he cAme into office, President Eisenhower appointed the Vice-President to serve as chairman of a committee to enforce fair employment and promotion practices on the part of firms receiving 'Government contracts. This committee has taken a real interest in this prob- lem, and now, goes so far as to seek out complaints of discrimi- natory practices. It seems clear that only the Republican Party is sincerely con- cerned with the rights of this nation's minorities. -J. B. Reid, Grad,. Gargoyle * To the Editor: , AS WELL as several thousand other students, was greatly di- turbed when I read that the publication of Gargoyle would be suspended for at least a year. It seems to me that the reason for suspension was extremely inade- quate. It appeared to be more of an excuse than anything else. I believe that Gargoyle was a valuable outlet for creative stu- dents and its disappearance from campus will be a detriment to the University. -Aaron Grossman, '63 Pulizers To the Editor: THE STORY of the Pulitzer awards in Wednesday's Daily failed to mention that the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for poetry went to W. D. Snodgrass, recent guest lecturer of the English Journal Club and a charter member of the John Barton Wolgamot Society, for his first collection, "Heart's Needle." -dBernard Waldrop, Grad. -X. J. Kennedy, Grad. ry°; ' '. AS WE APPROACH the summit meeting in Paris two weeks hence, it is interesting and no doubt significant that the European conti- nent is quiet, that it appears to be stable, and that it is undoubtedly prosperous. By contrast there is much turbulence outside of Europe- in Korea, in some degree in Japan, in South- east Asia, in Turkey, in Africa, in Cuba, Pana- ma, and elsewhere in the Caribbean basin. What, if anything, are we to make of this contrast, especially as it bears on the summit which is concerned primarily with Europe and with the tensions caused by the divisiqn of Europe? IF I MAY venture a theory, it is this. In Eu- rope there is now visible the shape of a settlement which may last for the indefinite future. In Asia, Africa, and at least in a part of the Americas, the shape of the future is as yet entirely unsettled and it is not even visible. We are witnessing rebellion in many forms against not only the old imperial order of things but against the post-war improvisations of the past fifteen years. One of the great consequences of the contrast is that the vital interests of Russia and of the West are less in violent collision than they were ten years ago; they are becoming more and more parallel. There is a basic agreementhabout the shape of Europe which underlies the con- flict of prestige and propaganda over Berlin and the status of the satellites. And there is a growing parallelism of interest with respect to Asia and Africa, which has its center in but is not confined to the common need to control the spread of nuclear weapons. FIRST, the basic agreement about the shape of Europe. It is a fact that France and Britain are agreed that the two Germanys are not to be reunited, and that West Germany is to remain attached to the Western community by means of its alliance with a strong France. Britain and France know, though they must for the time being refrain from saying so too bluntly, that the integration of West Germany in the Western community is incompatible with the reunification of the two Germanys. The Germans who believe in integration know this quite well though they dare not ad- mit it. We too know it quite well, and Secretary Dillon's open support of the Common Market carried with it an acceptance of the continuing partition of Germany. As the Soviet policy is also based on the con- tinuation of the two Germanys, reunification is not today an issue between Russia and the West. Moreover, acceptance by the West of the existence of the two Germanys carries with it inevitably acceptance of the Oder-Neisse line as the eastern frontier of East Germany. Gen. de Gaulle has said this publicly. There is no doubt that Mr. Macmillan agrees with him. The Editorial Staff THOMAS TURNER, Editor PHILIP POWER ROBERT JUNKER Editorial Director City Editor JIM BENAGH .................... ..Sports Editor PETER DAWSON ........... Associate City Editor CHARLES KOZOLL..........,....karsonnel Director JOAN KAATZ ...... .. Magazine Editor BARTON HUTHWAITE .. Associate Editorial Director FRED KATZ.................Associate Sports Editor DAVE LYON .............. Associate Sports Editor &TER LIPPMANN Polish-East German frontier is not really any longer in dispute. 17HE WIDE scope of this underlying agree- ment on the German question leaves only West Berlin as a serious point of contention. There is good reason to think that in West Ber- lin the real issue on both sides is one of pres- tige. It is probable that for Mr. K. the objective is not to absorb West Berlin into the East German state. That would not only precipitate a world crisis but, if it succeeded, would leave East Germany and its protector, the Soviet Un- ion, with a new Hungary multiplied many times over. There is every reason to think that Mr. K.'s objective is to liquidate the Allied military pres- ence deep inside the Communist orbit, and to build up the international prestige of East Germany by winning for it recognition. What he wants, it would appear, is West Ber- lin, insulated both from East Germany and from the Western alliance, a West Berlin which under a UN force is guaranteed "freedom"- that is to say, Its present economy-but is de- prived of all hope of becoming again the capi- tal of a united Germany. Probably Mr. K. as- sumes, and quite rightly, that under such con- ditions the West Berliners would lose hope and that the free city would wither away. FOR THE ALLIES the controlling fact about West Berlin is that they are deeply and ir- revocably committed not only to protect its physical freedom but to maintain the dignity of the people and their hope for the future. This is a heavy commitment but it is a solemn commitment. How is it to be made good? Can it be done by refusing to discuss the status of West Berlin, as Dr. Adenauer insists and as Mr. Dean Acheson argues? I do not think so. They do not take adequate- ly into account, it seems to me, the conse- quences of the underlying French and British decision to oppose the reunification of the two Germanys, and our tacit assent to this Franco- British decision. For if the two Germanys are not to be reunited, then West Berlin will not become the capital of Germany, its position deep in East Germany will remain always pe- culiar, precarious and abnormal. In my view, if West Berlin is to remain per- manently peculiar and abnormal, then it re- requires a new status. For such a prospect was never contemplated when Berlin was occupied in 1945. As long as one could assume that the position of West Berlin was temporary and transient, the Adenauer - Acheson policy of standidng pat on the status quo was rational. If the position of Berlin is to be permanent, then its juridical and political foundations will have to be strengthened. This will require a new statute negotiated with Mr. Khrushchev. FOR WE MUST have no illusions about the strength of the legal position in West Berlin. It is true that the Allied forces are there by right of conquest, and that Mr. Khrushchev cannot unilaterally abolish the rights of the other allies. But just what are the legal rights of the German civilians to cross the Soviet zone of East Germany? On what juridical basis does the civilian commerce between West Germany and West Berlin rest? If there are legal docu- ments supporting these rights, where are they to be found? For all these reasons, because West Berlin must live on without the nronsent of henmingr (EDITOR'S NOTE: Mrs. Breitman wrote her impressions of Cuba as a "sympathetic onlooker" for the Wayne State University Collegian where she is a student.) By DOROTHEA BREITMAN THE SINGLE most striking thing I observed was the dedication to education, even a reverence for it, expressed by everyone I spoke to in Cuba. Literally everywhere I saw schools being built or completed in the last year. In a little town just outside of Havana I saw 12 new houses and a school. I was told that as soon as 12 wooden shacks had been replaced by the new houses, the school was built. In the city of Matanzas the school was just being completed. It was the largest, most modern building in the town. The govern- ment has converted all the mili- tary fortresses into schools. * * * THE UNIVERSITY of Havana, closed by Batista during the hial year of his reign, is now a bustling institution. The university is run by the students themselves, through the democratically-elected Federation of University Students. I was told that the present (stu- dent) administration is strongly in favor of the July 26 movement, although there are small pro- Communist and anti - Communist minorities. Whatever one may think of this system, it does not seem to breed apathy. The students seemed pro- foundly interested in the political life of their country and had many questions to ask concerning the politics of the United States. I did not encounter any signs of anti-Americanism throughout my entire trip. Everyone I met, pri- vate citizens and government em- ployees, seemed delighted to meet and talk with visitors from the United States. There were things they did not understand or like about United States government policy toward Cuba, but this in no way lessened their friendliness and courtesy toward individual North Ameri- cans. AT FIRST I could not nder- stand the gaiety of Cubans walk- -ing the streets of Havana in the evening. "Previously," I was in- formed, "no one dared to walk on the streets at night. It was unsafe under Batista, and everyone stayed home." I did not see a single picture of Castro or any other living Cu- ban leader in any public place in Havana or the rural areas I visited. I was told that such displays are forbidden or discouraged by the government. But street ped- dlers sell pictures of "Fidel" and other leaders for use in homes. One home I visited had Castro's picture in a place of honor on the bedroom dresser. It seems to be conceded by everyone, foe or friend of the ..__ _ .. ,.+ 44 n- n .. .4... 1 .. _, 4v, support of the overwhelming majority of the population, es- pecially the poor. * * * PEOPLE SPEAK of him with pride and affection. "He is won- derful; he speaks to us from the heart," said one Cuban, "but don't just take my word for it: I'.n nis friend. Just ask anyone else, and they will tell you the same thing." Over and over again I was asked if I had not met him: it seems that they all had. This doesn't mean that Pvery( ne in Cuba supports him. While in the limousine which took m 11from the airport into Havana I heard five Cubans arguing vocifercusly pro and con some recent state- ments of Castro. At least three of the Havana papers are critical of the govern- ment. That's more than the nui- ber of opposition papers in Wash- ington. Not even the opposition ques- tions the honr Ity and morality of the Castro government, which is said to be in marked contrast to its predecessors. When the cabinet took office last year, its members cut their own salaries 50 per' ce:t. "* * THE PEOPLE of Havaa tell you that they have gotten rid of the crooks and gamblers; that their city is now clean, and free of beggars. They say the new police are their friends. This morality seeps down to the taxi drivers, guides and restau- rant owners who scrupuloujy avoid overcharging the tourist. I asked why elections had not taken place. The most common reply was that the Cubans were not ready yet-first they must rebuild and reorganize the coun- try after the long dictatorship of Batista, and only then would elec- tions be meaningful. Others said that the only re- sult of an election now would be an overwhelming victory for the July 26 movement, so that noth- ing would bt changed. EVERYWHERE I went I saw Negroes freely mixing with the rest of the population. There are no segregated sections of the city. A Negro serves as the head of the army. Agrarian land reform is the big promise and the big problem of the country now. On my visits out- side Havana I was impressed by the pride of the people in their cooperatives, sugar mills and new buildings. I saw farm workers building new houses. They were replacing their old thatched huts and outside privies with cement houses which have modern plumbing (including a shower) and electric lights. At first I did not understand the exuberance with which F~ople pointed out some onion anti cab- bage plots. But it seems like a big accomplishment for them, for it represents the beginning of crop diversification and an es- cape from the domination of the sugar cane economy whic't they feel has stunted their economic deveiolment. resent is the attacks on Cuban cane fields by planes they believe come from Florida. They bay that people whom they consider war criminals (Batistists) are being harbored in Miami and use its airfield as base for attacks ag;'inst Cuba. * * * WHILE I was there, the New York Times stated in an editorial (March 24): "Raids are far more common than Americans realize. "According to Cubans, there is rarely a day without planes com- ing over from Florida to d-op in- cendaries on Cuban sugar cane fields, fly in arms, fly out wanted personages or even to drop bombs . . . One cannot exaggerate the resentment this is causing among the people of Cuba." While proft-ssing friendship for the American people, the Castro govcernment is encouraging the CubL~ans, cspecially young people anrd even school children, to join militaries to defend the country. The reopk are hopeful that the problems of American-Cu an re- lations wijl be solved peacefully. but are determined and prepared to defend themselves against any interference in their international affairs. The Cubans I met urged tme to tell Americans how eager they are to have them visit Cuba and see for themselves how they and their government are working to build their exciting, beautiful country. I a 'I I Al DAIY OFICALBULLETIN h DAILY ~mW~m@!MO FFeMERICALE. ,,"' ;.. qyv "'s. .,{ .: r aeli life" w illbeshownand4an art A The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no edi- torial responsibility. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 3519 Administration Build- ing, before 2 p.m. the day preceding publication. Notices for Sunday Daily due at 2:00 p.m. Friday. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1960 VOL. LXX, No. 159 To All Users of the D.O.B.: Because of the increasing length of the Daily Of- ficial Bulletin, we are compelled to in- stitute a policy of printing notices of lectures, colloquia, concerts, doctoral examinations, etc., one time only. These notices will be printed each day under the heading "Events Today." -Editor, D.O.B. 3519 Admin. Bldg. General Notices Change in date of May Regents' Meet- ing: The date of the May meeting of the Regents has been changed from May 26, 27 and 28 to May 20. Com- munications for conideration at this meeting must be in the President's hands not later than May 10. There has been a change of date for the Sociology Department's Faculty- Ph.D., M.A. student meeting, originally set for May 6. The new date'is now Fri., May 20, in the West Conference Room, Rackham Building, 3:30-5:00 p.m. Persons who are interested in usher- ing for the e e cummings Lecture in, Hill Aud. Mon., May 9 will find a list for you to sign, at the Undergraduate office at the League and at the main office of the Union. Please sign the list if you can help, and report at the east door of Hill Auditorium not later than amination given by Prof. Lewis (for- merly given by Prof. Hootkins) must first pass an objective screening exan)- ination. The objective examinations will be given four times each semester (i.e., September, October, November, December, February, March, April, and May) and once during the Summer Session, in July. Students who fail the objective examination may repeat it, but not at consecutive administrations of the test (e.g., September and Octob- er) except when the two administra- tions are separated by more than 35 days (e.g., December and February). "There will be one more administra- tion of the objective examination in French -and German during this sem- ester. It will be on Fri., May 6, in Aud. C, at 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Within 48 hours after the examination the names of students who have passed will be posted on the Bulletin Board outside the office of Prof. Lewis, the Examiner in Foreign Languages, Room 3028 Rackham Building. Students de- siring to fulfill the Graduate School's requirement in French and German are alerted to an alternate path. A grade of B or better in French 12 and Ger- man 12 will satisfy the foreign language requirement. A grade of B or better in French 11 and German 11 is the equiv- alent of having passed the objective screening examination." Astronomy Department Visitors' Night Fri.,,May 6, 8:00 p.m., Room 2003 Angell Hall. Stephen Maran will speak on "The Exploration of Space." After the lec- ture the Student Observatory will be open for inspection and for observa- tions of the Moon, and a double star. Children welcomed, but must be ac- companied by adults. May Festival Program Books with notes on all, six programs by Prof. Glenn McGeoch, are now on sale at 75 cents. They may be purchased dur- Israeli life will be shown and an' art exhibit will be on display. The Haneger Dance Group from Israel will perform songs and dances. The following student-sponsored soc- ial events have been approved for the coming weekend. Social chairmen are reminded that requests for approval for social events5 are due in the Office, of Student Affairs not later than 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday prior to the event. May 6 Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Phi Epsilon, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Sigma Delta, Tau Epsi- lon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Zeta Tau Al- pha.k May 7 (one o'clock closingthomr) Acacia, Alpha Chi Sigma, Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Epsilon Pi. Alpha Kappa Lambda, Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Tau Omega, Chi Phi, Chi Psi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Sigma Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Delta. Upsilon, Gomberg tHse., Jordan, Kappa Sigma, Mary Markley Hall, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Sigma. Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Delta Tau, Theta Chi, Theta Delta Chi, Theta Xi, Zeta Psi. May 8 Couzens Hall. Geddes Hse, Helen Newberry, Henderson Hse. Lectures Lecture: Dr. Lester M. Field, Manager, Microwave Tube Div., Hughes Aircraft Company, will speak,on "Gaseous and Solid State Masers, Tunnel Diodes and Other'Possibilities" on Thurs., Maya at 3:30 p.m. in Aud. B. Lecture: On Thurs., May 5, Prof.,1H. A. Simon, Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology, will speak on "Theory of the Decision-Making Process" at 8 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheater. On May 6, -A A