Seventieth Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BLDG. * ANN ARBOR, MICH. * Phone NO 2-3241 "Somehow I Can't Concentrate with That Guy Around" -n Opinions Are Free 'uth Will Prevail" 'orials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. AY, NOVEMBER 6, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: THOMAS HAYDEN ' " _ , - *' -.-tt, *i', ,. . 1 4 -dt AWW I AT THE STATE: 'Hound Dog Man' Becomes Morass FABULOUS FABIAN and "that Blue Denim girl," Carol Linley. lead a cast of hundreds-hundreds of pigs, dogs, and raccoons-in "a motion picture aglow with first love and young adventure," to wit, "Hound Dog Man." Yes, friends, this is a back-woodsy type flick where men lead the simple life and go a-fishin' and a-huntin'. And with wholesome, healthy, back-woodsy Fabian leading the way, the film becomes a 90-minute morass of mush, cliches and i Apathetic Student "Attitude Causes Low Council Vote VER THE PAST two years the voting totals in Student Government Council elections re dropped almost 40 per cent after remain- relatively static for a period of almost three rs. Of course, the easy way to explain such rop is to merely comment "student apathy" d let it go at that. Unfortunately, such a m explains nothing. t is true that when only 3,500 out of almost 300 students vote, there must be some ele-! ,t of apathy involved. Whether the low vote ms from a.lack of interest in SGC and its grams or is merely indicative of the student ithy on campus cannot be known for sure. ?articipation in programs such as the bike ,tion, book exchange, Reading and Discus- a certainly show students are interested in areas in which SGC works. Unfortunately the promotion of SGC, most of these pro- Ims are administrated by either a single incil member or by committee men. Be- se of this, the relationship between SGC I the program is usually never known or n forgotten. .here is no reason for a student who is only erested in participating in discussions on rwinism to bdther to cast a vote for people o he feels serve no concrete purpose and y like to play "make-believe" campus leaders. [SO LEADING to the apathy in the recent election was the complete lack of any large ae to draw the students out to vote. Discus- n about parking, academic freedom, con- ng and so forth may be interesting but are d y the sort of issues that will have stu- its vote by the thousands. These are issues ,t make no lastiig impression. Only issues ectly against what students believe or of at magnitude 'will be lasting enough to mpt them to take the trouble to vote. No issues such as these were evident in the elec- tion. Even more than these factors, the biggest one for the small vote is the general student apathy, not only toward SGC but toward ev- erything non-academic in general. Even the various student political organizations on cam- pus have trouble keeping their membership high enough to have a full slate of candidates. And these organizations are not involved with things such as calendaring, and parking but with non-campus issues. IT SEEMS that after living under the threat of atmoic holocaust for over 15 years, we can be indifferent to Just about anything. Now, students seem to have lost interest in every- thing but going to classes, studying and going out on weekends. And in this existence they move day to day and month to month until graduation. Something such as SGC does not have a chance to break into this rigid pattern of day to day existence. As it appears today SGC should continue in offering its services to the campus and pos- sibly expanding in areas of criticism and rec- ommendation. The interest in the various pro- grams that are set up by SGC combined with the momentary interest caused by the elec- tions will probably be sufficient to keep th'e vote above 3,000. The chance of raising student interest sefms to be fairly slight. Just because students are interested in some of the programs of SGC is no reason to expect that they will vote,. SGC can do just as good a job with only three or four thousand voting as with 24,000. Until SGC realizes this, the emphasis on higher numbers of voters can only bring disappointment. --KENNETH MeELDOWNEY o o QI 'i'ce r~w ... . "w _° ' '" ;. ,y 4L / cOPIF~It, 1910 hePtrntevPubobtugCo. St, touis Post-Dlsatcb Herblock is away due to illness ANN ARBOR CIVIC THEATER: cNde' Offers Worldly Fun T00 Much Domestic Politics JCCESS IN our foreign policy and diplomacy in the next year will be of critical import- ce to every American, particularly now that re actually etists a possibility of relaxing st-West tension. President Eisenhower's trip Russia and the planned summit conference Kt spring may have a profound effect upon entire cold'war. Yet, chief Republican party leaders look at h events not as to their impact upon the ieral welfare of the nation, but merely as a ans of gaining further support for the GOP 1960. What was' the point of delaying the sident's visit to Russia until spring when campaign begins for the Republicans? It uld appear more logical for his visit to ectly follow Khrushchev's. Was the real son for Nixon's preliminary visit primarily itical? Although these considerations prove hing, there is a definite implication that the publicans are planning their campaign early. $EN, WHAT IS one left to think when the Republican National Party Chairman,, ruston Morton openly commented. recently. >ut the coming visit: "If it comes off well, nay be a political asset to the Republicans. b if it comes off poorly, it might go the other Y." Morton expressed little interest in the ults of Khrushchev's trip here because, it n't become a partisan issue." Besides demonstrating a basically narrow. minded attitude, Morton's statement seems contradictory to any philosophy of bi-partisan foreign policy, so necessary for any real advance in the conduct of international relations. When domestic political parties become so wrapped up in themselves that they think only of how a diplomatic move may effect their own political fortunes, rather than how it will promote the general welfare of the nation, they have lost sight of their real purpose. PARTIES HAVE BECOME huge organizations bent mainly upon enhancing their own power. In this, they often forget their national ideals and goals by constantly concentrating their efforts on building up a man who can win elections for them, without much greater pur- pose in mind. Republicans are pleased that Mr. Nixon's trip "came off well." Are they pleased because of the progress, if any, he made in Soviet-Ameri- can relations, or primarily because he has now become' a bigger threat at the polls? Is this also why many Democrats ;doubt the merit of the trip? Will this inane and potentially damaging domestic party rivalry in foreign affairs ever cease? Let's hope it does before the summit conference. --SHERMAN SILBER NOEL COWARD'S spoof of the art world, "Nude With Violin," takes on special interest because it deals with a man who has de- ceived the entire world of modern art for years, by having other people pain the pictures that made him famous. Paul Sorodin had three periods of creative activity during which he opened up whole new vistas for the painting avante-guarde. He was currently embarking on a new period, "neo-infantialism" when he died. His family, consisting of his wife, whom he left in 1928, his daughter and son and daughter- in-law, both clods, make the jour-, ney from England to Paris to at- tend the funeral, at which they shed the required number of tears. Actually, they have come to find out if there was a will. Instead of that, Sorodin left a letter in which he admitted the hoax he had been pulling. The problem is then to find the artist who really painted the 'Masterpieces in order to pre- vent a scandal. IT FINALLY develops that there was an artist for each period - a tempestuous Russian princess given to biting thighs', a tart who wants to set up her latest gigolo as a chicken farmer, and a re- ligious fanatic from Jamaica: Each artist is given the proper amount of money, and Sorodin's reputa- tion remains unsullied. Coward undoubtedly wrote the principle role, the late artist's faithful valet, for himself. Sebas- tien is a one man United Nations, has been absolutely every)where, and has done everything worth doing. Following such a master as Coward in this role is an extreme- ly difficult assignment which Rob- ert Green carries off remarkably well. Without actually imitating the marvelous Coward presence and d e l i v e r y, Mr. Green expertly handles the engagingly weary so- phistication that is Coward's trademark. AS THE RUSSIAN princess, Adelaide Suits is a comic delight. She just exudes the worldliness that her costume -- a little black dress with scarlet gloves and shoes, denote. His 1934-39 companion, Cherry- May Waterton, who was respon- sible for his second artistic period, is vividly portrayed by Eve Haynes. Cherry-May's ability to be delight- fully vulgar and to murder the French language seems', child's play in the hands of Miss Haynes.' Tom Lillard as Cherry-May's protege and Murray Barasch as the press photographer are minia- ture masterpieces of comedy at its highest level. * * * SORODIN'S dull family is un- fortunately dull. The artist's wife and children seem to lack the con- viction that makes the other per- formances so enjoyable.- Director William Taylor's pro- duction builds slowly into a riot- ously funny final scene. Mr. Tay- lor's direction keeps his chairacters moving fast, but not quite fast enough to make the show, a tri- umph. --Patrick Chester downright woof. Fabian, for those of you who are not music lovers, is a teen-age Elvis sans palsy. He needless to say, can't sing either. The, film has no plot-merely episodes like The Big Raccoon Hunt, and The Fight and Boy Meets Dog. You all will be happy to know that Miss Linley has learned from experience and now has adopted the motto."Marriage or Nothing." While she is warding off friend Blacky (Stuart Whit- man) Fabian's little heart pitter- pats for Dodie "Pink Shoe Laces" Stevens. Love finds a way and everyone runs off to a taffy pull or something. * * S IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to judge acting in such a moronic motion picture but it is safe to say no Oscars are in store, unless they initiate an award for unintentional comedy. Like Carol Linley's daddy who goes out in his long Johns every morning to play the violin as the sun rises because he sees "the hand of God!" Or the pig keeper's wife, Suzabelle, who comes from the city ("Oh, she's a brazen one") and ' runs around vamping people. Luring them to destruction so-to-speak. If you feel like going to a show to boo, hiss, scream, holler and stamp,this is for you. If you've just flunked a blue book and need to feel superior, this is for you. If you want to laugh until you drop, look no further; this is it. In all, this film is 'so bad its funny-literally. -Thomas Kabaker CUBA: Situat ion Worsens By WILLIAM L. RYAN Assoelated Press News Analyst C UBA'S Fidel Castro is in deep, deep trouble. There is even reason to wonder whether he will last out his first full year of triumph, power and , travail. The violence of the young revo- lutionary leader's attacks on the United States bespeaks despera- tion, the need for a scapegoat to share his troubles and shulder the burden of his blame. MUCH OF Castro's trouble is economic, but plenty of it is poli- tical, too. If he does weather the storm and survive, he will likely be at the mercy of the extreme left in Cuba. An ideal situation can develop for the island's Commun- ists. Castro has so deeply embittered and isolated Cuba's sturdy middle class that he has nowhere to turn for support except to excesses by unthinking masses and the dubious favors of the left extremists. They will be his only rutch, and in effect they, the Communists among them, will be running the island's affairs behind the scenes. The Communists themselves have no real' intention of trying to strike for outward power in Cuba. WHEN THIS correspondent was in Cuba this summer there was frequent talk among middle class elements that somehow a way must be found to get rid of Castro and his United States - hating younger brother Raul, who now has full control of the armed forces. They would whisper that if one brother went, the other would have to go, too, since Castro last Janu- ary, at the height of his popularity as the vanquisher of the Batista. dictatorship, announced Raul "is capable of substituting for me if I should have to die." To Castro opponents, Raul is far more fright- ening than Fidel. Castro's enemies now include farmers, cattlement,- big and little businessmen and not a few in the ranks of labor who have been abused and shunted aside in favor of known Communists. Also among his enemies are the relatives and friends of the hundreds he sent to the firing squads, and possibly the hundreds more who will suffer the' same fate. Among them, too, are the disillusioned ones who be- lieved in the revolution and now see nothing but chaos and confu- sion. * * * ECONOM CALLY Castro is in deep difficulties. Cuba's earnings from sugar, her main crop and main pillar of the economy, are off probably a good deal more than 100 million dollars. She even has been selling sugar below the world market price to the Russians. Tf i t. ird'notfrThiele Sam. DAKLY OFFICIL BULLETIN 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. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 68, 1959 VOL. LXX, NO. 40 General Notices Students who expect to receive edu- cation and training allowance under Public Law 550 '(Korea G. Bill) or Public Law 634 (Orphans' Bill) must sign ;Monthly Certification, VA Form VB7-6553; in the Office of Veterans Af- fairs, 142 Admin. Bldg. before 3:30 p.m,. Fri., Nov. . Office hours during the monthly certification period are: 8:30- 11:15 am., 1:15-3:30 p.m. New University of Miclgan Graduate Screening Examinations in French and 'iGerman. All graduate students desir- ing to fulfill their foreign language re- quirement by passing the written exam- ination given by Prof. Lewis (formerly given by Prof. Hootkins) must first pass an objective screening examination. The objective examinations will be giv- en four times each semester (i.e., Sept., Oct., Nov., December, Feb., March, Ap- ril, and May) andi once during the Summer lession, in July. Students who fail the objective 'examination may re- peat it but not at consecutive admin- istrations of the test (e.g., Sept. and Oct.) except when the rtwo adminis- trations are separated by more than 35 days (e.g., Dec. and Feb.), The next administration of the ob- jective examinations in French' and German will be on wed., Nov. 18 in Aud. C, Angell Hall at 7:00 to :00 p.m. Within 24.hours after the examinations 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, Rm. 3028 Rackhamn Bldg. Students desiring to fulfill the Grad- uate School's requirement in French and German are alerted to an alternate path. A grade of B or better in French 12 and German 12 wil satisfy the tor- eign language requirement. A grade of B or better in French 11 and German 11 Is the equivalent of having passed the objective screening examination, Astronomy Dept. Visitors' Night. Fn. Nov. 6, 8:00 p.m., Em. 2003kAngell Hall. Dr. Alan Barrett will speak on "Radio Astronomy." After the lecture the Stu- dent Observatory on the fifth floor 'of Angell Hall will be open for'inspection and for telescopic observations of the Moon and Double Star. Children ,wel- comed, but must be accompanied by adults, The Stearns Collection of Musical In- struments will be open on Tuesdays and Fridays from 3 to 4 p.m. Enter at East Circle Drive (across from the League). Choral Union Members are reminded that courtesy passes to the Richard Tucker concert tonight are to be piof0 up today at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Tower, dur- ing the hours 9:00 to 11:30, and 1:00 to 4:30. After 4:30 no tickets will be issued The following student-sponsoed so- cfal events have been approved for the coming weekend. Social chairmen are reminded that requests for approval for social events are due in the Office of Student Affairs not later than 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday prior to the event. Nov. 6: Angell Hae., Delta Gamma, Gomberg Hse., Hinsdale Hse., Lloyd Hse~. Phi Delta Phi, Prescott Hse., Sigma Kappa, Martha Cook. Nov. 7: Cooley Hse., Delta Sigma Phi, Delta Tau Delta, Greene Hse., Kelsey Hse. LambdaChi Alpha, Michigan RHe., Phi Chii, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Psi, Reeves Hse., Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Chi, Zeta Beta Tau, Theta Delta Chi, Chi Phi. Nov. 8: Adelia Cheever Hse., Martha Cook, Phi Delta Phi, Victor Vaughan. Concerts Concert. Richard Tucker, leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany will be heard in the fourth con- cert in the Choral Union Series Fri., Nov.. 6, at 8:30 in Hill And. Accom- panied by Alexander Alexay, Mr. Tucker will present a program of operatic arias from Mehul's "Joseph;" Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana;" Bizet's "Pearl Fishers;" and songs by Schubert, rahms, Carpenter, Weaver, Lippe, Fal- vo, and Nutile. A limited number of tickets are stil available at the offices of the Univer- sity Musical Society in Burton Tower during office hours; -and will be on sale at the Hill Aud. Box office on the night of the concert after 7 o'clock. Lectures' Samuel Marti, guest lecturer, will speak on the subject "Art and the Mu- sic of the Mayas" on Fri., Nov. 6 at 4:15 p.m., in Aud. A, Angell Hall. His lec- ture will be illustrated with slides aid recordings and will be open to'the gen- eral public. Bachmann Memorial Lecture: Prof, 'R. B. Woodward of Harvard University will speak on "lRecent Advances in the Chemistry of Natural. Products," on Mon., Nov. 9, at 4:10 p.m. in Natural Science Aud. Academic Notices Symposium with audience participa- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Writer Attacks Gen. Marshall'' INTERPRETING THE NEWS: Eisenhower's By J. M. ROBERTS Associated Press News Analyst )RESIDENT Eisenhower's forthcoming good- will trip to nine foreign countries will tran- end anything of this nature ever attempted y a President. It also emphasizes the changing face of big- ower small-power relation which has occurred i recent years. For many years the big powers used to send aval contingents around the world, "showing le flag" to remind less powerful countries, and metimes each other, how they were expected act. Now, instead of showing'the face of power, Editorial Staff THOMAS TURNER, Editor IILIP POWER ROBERT JUNKER litorial Director City Editor HARLES KOZOLL...............Personnel Director )AN KAATZ. .............. Magazine Editor ARTON HUTHWAITE ............. Feature§ Editor M BENAGH.....................Sports Editor ELMA SAWATA ......Associate Personnel Director kMES BOW ...,..... ... Associate City Editor JSAN HOLTZEit.......Associate Editorial Director ETER DAWSON ............ Contributing Editor AVE LYON.,...........Associate Sports Editor, 5 Trip Unique the,, United States emphasizes the face of friendship and cooperation in the development of countries which once were little more than pawns in big power diplomacy. THE PICTURE of the President of the United States packing his bags and striking out for places like Ankara, Karachi, Kabul, New Delhi, Athens, Teheran and Rabat, trying to sell them on American policy, is an amazing one. For many months, now, American efforts have been directed toward maintaining the status quo in Germany and Europe. Since the war, a great deal more mutual aid money has gone to Europe and to Asia. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, has sent numerous goodwill missions into Asia, ranging from Khrushchev 'on down, and has nmade progress in her program of economic infiltration. Kabul, in Afganistan, is especially a place where American postwar economic efforts have. been largely supplanted by Soviet activity. There has been worry about it in the Western camp. BUT WHOEVER thought that the President of the United States himself would attempt to show the flag of friendship there and get things back into balance? The President has chosen a time which not nn1v~ fits his dA erminratin n, k P-a ~h fra he To The Editor: A SHORT time ago this nation mourned the loss of a soldier. This is only natural; for when a man devotes his life in the ser- vice of his country, it is fitting for that nation to pay its tribute. However, there are certain indi- viduals who are'not worthy of the praise heaped upon them, and one of these is the late George C. Mar- shall. Ex-President Truman has declared, "To him, as much as to any individual, the U.S. owes its future." After a careful examination of Marshall's career, I am forced to agree With Mr. Truman. The di- rection of Marshall's contribution is a different story entirely. His- tory reveals that man: of the blunders committed during the War, and in the post-war period, can be attributed to George Mar- shall. * * * MARSHALL has often been hailed as a great military figure, but the facts tell a different story. His service in World War I con- sisted of staff duties, and later he became aide to General Per- shing. During the years of peace that followed, Pershing attempted to get his protege promoted. Gen- eral MacArthur, who was then Chief of Staff, noted that Mar- shall had never commanded troops, and proceeded to correct this situation. In 1932, MacArthur gave Colo- nel Marshall the command of the 8th Infantry, which was one of the finest regiments in the Army. This assignment also carried the secondary duty of overseeing sev- CCC camps in the area, and Mar- .