"What's So Funny?" Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BYS TUDENTS OF TM UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. *0ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-324 1 Vhen 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 12, 1960 NIGHT EDITOR: FAITH WEINSTEIN The University and the City: Two Disputing Worlds t . ~ 711A/f s .s , r^.,r w k r i' k . yl f ' ."++r... p 1 t ' ,. ...ywax. 9 a 'r' °,{ ... #. r,. t t BACH MASS: Choir Falls Short Of Baroque Ideal OHANN SEBASTIAN'S Mass represents a culmination of two long and distinguished lines of musical- tradition. It is a high point in the long history of polyphonic settings of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass, which included such indelible figures of the past as Machaut, Des Prez, Palestrina, and the Venetians and of the present, Igor Stravisky. This work also represents the fulfillment of that magnificent era, the Baroque. For proper effect in a work of this importance and com- plexity, scrupulous attention to detail and overall conception must be maintained. The particular musical effects that the Baroque composer i ti :4 MAYOR CREAL made it clear Monday night that his policy of "gradualism" in the area of human relations is a euphemism for in- activity. In doing so, he pointed up what seems to be a growing disagreement between the University and the city. In naming three new individuals to the Hu- mnan Relations Commission, Creal refused to re-appoint two qualified University representa- tives, Vice-President for Student Affairs Lewis and Mrs. Arthur Carr. Both were "charter members" of the Commission when it began operations three years ago. Both are active workers in human relations problems. Both are generally classified as "liberal" in their Commission activities. SINCE THE Mayor's extreme "gradualism" conflicts with the thinking of Lewis and Mrs. Carr, his decision regarding the appointments is understandable. But it is not praiseworthy. It gives further indication of the Mayor's unhurried attitude towards certain of Ann Arbor's weighty problems concerning human relations. Creal seems to be deliberately de- emphasizing two plans long-considered and seriously needed-urban rehabilitation and an ordinance on discrimination in housing. He has shown little positive interest in either. Both problems are ugly things, and both delicate political issues. But both demand greater and more immediate consideration than they are receiving. THIS KIND of conservatism practiced by Creal only serves to tarnish Ann Arbor's reputation as the Midwestern Athens, or less symbolically, as a progressive, modern com- munity. The tarnishing might become all the worse if the new Commission is less active, as Creal would have it be. When the Commission was established under another administration three years ago, it generated much excitement and promised some mitigation of the city's serious race rela- tions problem. It was assumed the Commission would be dynamic then, and it is preposterous to assume otherwise now, as the Mayor does. FURTHER, it does not' seem appropriate to bypass University personalities in selecting Commission members, particularly when those personalities have shown interest in receiving an appointment. It goes without saying that Ann Arbor is composed of two overlapping communities: the city and the University. It should also go without saying that each communtiy has a legitimate interest in the activities of the other, particularly regarding common problems such as discrimination. It is unfortunate that the Mayor did not see fit to renew the appointments of Lewis or Mrs. Carr. His action points up a broader conflict of interests between the city and the University which may reci'1t in 1,nreasing friction. ONE CAN safely make the generalization that the city and the University are working at cross purposes. Human relations problems are steadily improving on campus, due to consider- able attention from elements within the Uni- versity. But in the city they stand still, re- ceiving scant consideration. The one com- munity, represented by the Mayor, has slowed progress in discrimination problems. The other, represented by Lewis and many others, has energetically tried to progress in the area. A conservative city on one hand, a pro- gressive University on the other. Relations be- tween the two should hardly be amicable in the coming ytar. -THOMAS HAYDEN r M r s/ 4-r- p .~Pi - moo. sought to express are best com- emunicated by clarity and precis- ion of parts and harmonic rich- ness. This does not imply an in- tense decibel-level. LAST EVENING'S performance of the Mass by the University choir and orchestra under the dir- ection of Maynard Klein fell short of these stylistic ideals. Theentire ensemble was too large, thus blurring the overall lucidity of the music. A chorus of sixty expert singers and twenty- five comparable instrumentalists is more than adequate for this work, * * * MUCH CREDIT must be given to the ,chorus for maintaining as much clarity as they did. Attacks were precise, balance and diction was very good, and a certain vig- orous enthusiasm pervaded their contribution to the work. Never- theless, the very full sounds pro- duced by over 200 singers seemed to make the music sound turgid and somewhat insensitive. The orchestra showed a lack of thorough preparation. Imprecise attacks, faulty intonation were among the major difficulties. Plaudits are in order for the trumpets and soloists: Louise Scheldrup, Patricia Martin and Harry Dunscombe., Perhaps the best single per- formance of the whole affair was tympanish Harold Janes, who had an eminently fine sense of style. THE VOCAL soloists were gen- erally competent. Mary Ellen Henkel's "Laudamus te' shows a fine sensitivity to the essential lyric, devotional character of the music. Muriel Greenspon's "Agnus Dei" displayed her usual rich con- tralto voice to best advantage. She seemed to be personally involved with the music. The work is indestructible and its essential grandeur was con- veyed by those participating. It is to be hoped that a more scrup- ulous attention to stylistic detail will be maintained in future per- formances. Thanks. are due to Mr. Klein for allowing the campus to hear this magnificant piece. --Gerrard Roberts Irwin Gage INTERPRETING: Cm a ,'Gears Shift ' By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst WITH SEN. Hubert Humphrey out of the running and yice- President Richard Nixon about ready to shift into gear, the politi- cal situation has lost some of its preconvention aspects for this moment and begins to take on some of the flavor of an actual Presidential campaign. And this comes at a time when the nation is heavily preoccupied with international affairs, the Re- publican administration in a mud- dle over its handling of them, and with important international con- ferences beginning. BUT RIGHT NOW there is no real attention-getting campaign among the Democrats,, which leaves thedstage very largely to Nixon and. Kennedy and than chances of the two parties. Sen. Stuart Symington is still working hard, of course, but the campaign among the Democrats just isn't what it was before West Virginia. Johnson, who is making a powerful run behind the scenes, may change this soon. In the meantime, Nixon faces new problems just when his cam- paign is about to open. President Dwight D. Eisenhow- er's campaign for peace, which was expected to prove a strong plank for bridging some of the streams Nixon will have to cross, has taken a setback. Relations with the Soviet Union. are worse than they have ever been. The domestic political aspects of this are being soft-pedaled to give the nation a unified front at the summit conference. But the Administration is under criticism for ineptness, bad judg- ment and general bungling, and only a major recovery in this field can keep it from having its effect on Nixon. WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Herter-ICA Dualism Awkward I By DREW PEARSON MAX LERNER- Red Flag Forever TEHRAN-I fear that Communist leaders don't take diplomatic exchanges and prom- ises with great seriousness, but they do take seriously the twists and turns of Party doctrine. Hence it is strange that the Asian press has not paid more attention to the ideological broadside issued by the top Chinese Com- munists in late April, to mark the 90th anni- versary of Lenin's birth. It was in the form of an editorial statement by "Red Flag," which the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party uses to lay down the theo- retical line for the faithful. Here in Iran where Communism is banner, and where the urgent threat is from Russia, one would except to find little interest in this pronouncement from Peking. But the leaders and people of India, Southeast Asia, and Japan where the threat is from China, could scarcely exaggerate its importance. What gives it even more point for Asia is the fact that it was published exactly when Chou En-lai was in New Delhi assuring the Indian people of China's friendship for "thousands and tens of thousands of years." RED FLAG DOCTRINE'S bearing on Russia is perhaps its most obvious aspect, although in my judgment not the most im- portant. Clearly enough Russian Communist doctrine stands in the way of Chinese Com- munism's Big Leap--whether forward into the future or backward into the darkest part of human history is a question still to be settled. The Russians have faced latter-day Twen- tieth-century realities, including the suicidal- ness of nuclear warfare and the shadow of common doom that ties men of all ideologies today in a common humanity. The Chinese, by rejecting this "soft" doctrine, have taken a doctrinal position opposed to Russia's. They cannot build their commune system with Rus- sian doctrine, nor do they dare give their people even the minor leeway the Russians now give them sincetStalin's death. Most of all the Chinese do not dare give up the idea of a monstrous conspiratorial enemy -- the United States outside and the "Rightists" within-which is so malevolent and Editorial Staff THOMAS TURNER, Editor PHILIP POWER ROBERT JUNKER EdItorial Director City Editor JrM B"NAGH. ................Sports Edltcr PETER DAWSON ............ Associate City Editor CHARLES KOZOLL ........... rrsonnei Director JOAN KAATZ .,.... Magazine Editor BARTON HUTHWAITE . Associate Editorial Director PRED KATZ«..... ..... Associate Sports Editor DAVE LYON ................Associate Sports Editor JO HARDEE ................. Contributing Editor Su& dangerous that any means is justified'-in fight- ing them. The Russians, largely because of their achievements in science and technology, now feel strong enough to get along without the symbol of the Enemy-Who-Must-be-De- stroyed-at-Any-Cost. The Americans, having survived the McCarthy era, can also get along without it. The Chinese cannot. EST I BE misunderstood I must add that this declaration of doctrinal war against the Russian heresy, by Chinese orthodoxy, must not be taken as meaning that China and Russia can be played against each other in world power politics. When the cards are down the Russian cards w ould be with the Chinese. For all their doctrinal rivalry they are part of the same world camp. AS IF TO GIVE point to the fact that Chinese Communists expect their Russian brothers, as well as their Asian Communist brothers, to help them in the coming show- down with India, suppose, says the "Red Flag" doctrine, that a Communist nation "is com- pelled to launch counter-attacks in a defensive war." And suppose it "goes beyond its own border to pursue and eliminate its enemies from abroad." In that case it would be the duty of every Communist anywhere to give up the Russian doctrine of "bourgeois pacifism," and come to the help of his Chinese brothers. And why? Because such a war would be "a just war to end the unjust war when and if the Imperialists should unleash it." To under- score the point the Red Flag Doctrine insists that such a counter-imperialist war-perhaps even a preventive one-would be "completely justified, absolutely necessary, and entirely just." This is an interesting preview of things to come, and one worth noting by those who be-' lieve that Indian-Chinese border differences are merely the outcome of differing versions of historical maps and documents. WHAT RTMAINS is the bearing of the Red Flag Doctrine for the world as a whole. If anyone thinks that peace is assured through the "balance of terror," and that no one will dare to plunge the world into a war which would mean suicide for civilization as a whole, let him ponder the words of the Chinese Com- munist elite: "Until the imperialist system and the exploiting classes come to an end, wars of one kind or another will always appear Communists must make two preparations: one for the development of the revolution and the other for non-peaceful revolution . . . They must master wherever possible more and more of such new techniques as atomic weapons and rocketry." And the risk? Not the "annihilation of man- kind," the Red Flag Doctrine assures us, there- I - THE DISPATCH of the Ameri- can "observation" plane over the heart of the Soviet Union shortly before the summit confer- ence highlights a situation which has plagued United States foreign policy ever since the war. It is the fact that we have two Secretaries of State. One is the official Secretary of State, Christian Herter. The other is Allen Dulles, head of the Cen- tral Intelligence Agency. In many cases, Secretary of State Herter has little idea what the super- secret arm of the United States government, Central Intelligence, is doing. More than once Central Intelligence has severely disrupted United States foreign relations. * S S LAST WEEK, state department and Pentagon officials were telling the truth-as far as they knew it- when they put out that phony alibi about pilot Powers having oxygen trouble over Lake Van. This is what they were told by the CIA, and they seemed so convinced the story was true that a good many newsmen, including this writer, -believed them. This was how the United States, on the verge of one of the most important international confer- ences in recent years, got caught, first spying, and then lying. No country could have been put in a more humiliating position. And no country could have had its bargaining power at the Paris r a talks more neatly pulled out from under it. Note - all Premier Khrushchev has to do, to make his propaganda sockeroo devastatingly complete, is to take pilot Francis Powers to Paris and personally hand him back to President Eisenhower with the gesture: "We don't want him. We won't punish him because he was merely carrying out capital- istic orders. You can have him. But don't let him come our way again." And since Khrushchev is one of the most skilled propaganda art- ists in five continents, he may well do this, WHAT CENTRAL Intelligence was up to was to spy on what secret stunt the Russians were go- ing to pull just before the summit conference. It will be recalled that Russian scientists hit the moon just before Khrushchev came to the United States, and it has long been rumored that they would launch a man into space just be- fore the summit. The chief Russian missile cen- ter is northeast of the Caspian directly on the course taken by pilot Powers on his ill-timed flight. His telescopic cameras were sup- posed to pick up any sign of Soviet scientific activity which might sur- prise the world just before the summit, IN WASHINGTON, Central In- telligence is known as the hush- hush agency. It is also sacrosanct. Congress does not Investigate it. Congress does not even try to get a breakdown on the use of its funds. Congressional appropria- tions committees are eagle-eyed with every penny spent for propa- ganda by the United States infor- mation agency, and Rep. John Rooney of Brooklyn. has even cut back that agency because it hasn't employed certain Voice of Ameri- ca personnel from Brooklyn. Not so with Central Intelligence. It can afford to pay pilot Powers $2,500 a month and not be an- swerable to Congress. It can also afford to invest in the two gold wristwatches, seven ladies rings, 500 rubles plus the gold French francs, which gave Khrushchev the opportunity of getting off that wisecrack about being wrapped in cellophane in the "cultured Ameri- can way." "Why," asked Khrushchev, "was all this necessary in the upper layers of the atmosphere? Maybe he was to have flown on to Mars (with those seven ladies rings) to lead astray Martian ladies." * * * ONCE BEFORE, Central Intelli- gence caused a serious rift in American foreign affairs when Col- onel Nasser was building up a stockpile of Russian arms and si- multaneously spreading all sorts of propaganda charges against the United States. At that time, Secretary Dulles sent his assistant secretary in charge of Near Eastern affairs, George Allen, to Cairo with a personal note to Nasser. It was couched in strong language. But before Allen arrived, the Central Intelligence agent for that area, Kim Roosevelt, called on Nasser and told him that though the note was tough, it didn't mean what it said. The incident caused a furor in the Middle East and a grave ques- tion as to who was really running American foreign policy. -- * * * NO CIA personnel can ever ad- mit they work for the CIA. Even in Washington they are anonymous .. . for some time Air Force planes used to make reconnaissance flights over Russia. But since the flight of military personnel over another country could be an act of war, this job was transferred to the CIA. When a plane flies over 50,000 feet, it's hard to spot. Pow- ers' plane was flying at 65,000. But specially built cameras can take excellent photographs at this altitude. Experts who know how to read them can tell exactly what is going on 65,000 feet below .,. modern spying long ago abandoned Mata Hari techniques. It now con- sists of long-range lenses, elec- tronic listening devices, plus the poison needle-if' you're caught. Powers had the needle but did not use it . . . Soviet planes have never been caught over the continental U.S.A., but vapor trails have been picked up over Alaska, Iran and Canada. One reason Soviet planes don't try to spy on the U.S.A. is' because every one of our bases is known, while very accurate aerial maps can be purchased from the United States government. All the Soviet embassy has to do is go down and buy them. (copyright 1960, by the Bell Syndicate) TO THE EDITOR: Arab Students Protest Aid Cut DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN To the Editor: RECENTLY, the United States Senate passed a bill to cut foreign aid to the UAR with the intention of applying pressure so that Israeli ships be allowed to pass through the Suez Canal. We hope that the President will cor- rect this breach of instituting power politics by vetoing the bill. Indeed, it is very regrettable for those of us Arabs who were grati- fied by the improving relations and mended breaks between the two countries, to see this regres-, sion. The President of the U.S. has supported the American ideals of freedom and self-determination when he divorced the U.S. from the Tri-partite aggression against Egypt in 1956. * * * WE ARE most anxious to main- tain our friendly relations with; the U.S. when we receive proper encouragement. It is this same principle that guides us to de- plore the recent action of the Senate. Is it too much to ask of the United States to be neutral in the persistent conflict between Israel and the Arabs? The Arabs would be more than happy to comply with the UN resolutions concerning free pass- age of Israeli ships through the ii (Continued from Page 2) Spectators: Stadium: Enter by Main St. gates only. All should be seated by 5:00 p.m., when procession enters field. Yost Field louse: Only those holding tickets can be admitted owing to lack of space.aEnter on State St., opposite McKinley Ave. Graduation Announcements, Invita- tions, etc.: Inquire at Office of Student Affairs. Commencement Programs: To beFdis- tributed at Stadium or Yost, Field House. Distribution of Diplomas: If the ex- ercises are held in the Stadium, diplo- mas for all graduates except the School of Dentistry, the Medical School, and Flint College, will be distributed from designated stations under the east stand of the Stadium, immediately after the exercises. The diploma distri- bution stations are on the level above the tunnel entrance. If the exercises are held in the Yost Field House. all diplomas except those of the School of Dentistry, the Medical School, and Flint College. will be dis- tributed from the windows of the Cashier's Office and the Registrar's Of- flee, lobby, Ad. Building. Following the ceremony, diplomas may be called for until 9:00 p.m. Doctoral degree candidates who qual- ify for the Ph.D. degree or a similar degree from the Graduate School and who attend the commencement exer- cises will he given a hood by the Uni- versity. Hoo given during the cere- mony are all Doctor of Philosophy hoods, Those receiving a doctor's de- gree other than the Ph.D. may ex- change the Ph.D. hood given them dur- ing the ceremony for the appropriate Suez Canal when Israel is ready to carry out the other 72 resolu- tions which were passed against her. Among the most important of these is the problem of one mil- lion Arab refugees who were given the choice of going back to their homes or being compensated for the loss of their properties. -Bourhan Tayara --Jehad Manna Real Story . . . To the Editor: ON PAGE five of The Michigan Daily of May 5, 1960, there ap- peared an article by Miss Maine Jackson entitled "Organizations Neglect Student Participants." In this article Miss Jackson said . . . "The Democratic Social? ists scheduled and publicly an- nounced 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 cancled the lec- ture - letting those individuals who wished to hear the guest speaker search in vain for a meeting which never would be... It seems ironic that an organi- zation so directly concerned with human relations would be so apa- thetic and even 'negativistic to- ward private individuals interested in their Club." * * * LET ME give a resume of what actually happened. The Demo- cratic Socialist Club planned a lecture. They applied for per- mission from the lecture com- mittee and the permission was granted. Then, being "an organization directly concerned with human re- lations, the D.S.C. postponed (not canceled) their lecture so that it would not conflict with the Con- ference on Human Rights in the North. At the time this lecture ws postponed, the D.S.C. had put up no posters, sent out no mail- ing, and had not put any adver- tisement in The Michigan Daily. * * * HOWEVER, Miss Jackson had !I Soviet Press Illustrates Incident :.: