"Population Control? I'll Give You Population Control" 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 : " .. ~1 'hen Opinions Are Free Truth Will Prevail" t j d d ,,, 4 Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staff writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. )AY, DECEMBER 18, 1959 NIGHT EDITOR: NAN MARKEL f .e l .,1: r1 A M$err-yChristmas to all aidllto some. ,. -i ONCE AGAIN it is the Season; The Daily takes up rime for reason, -Ceases protests, slams and bleatings, Sends out local Christmas greetings. . C Cs McINALLY and Matthaei, Our brand new Regents, we say "Hi!" Goodbye Doan and Bonisteel, We'll never tell how bad we feel. To the other Regents, greetings; Best wishes for concordant meetings. Harlan Henthorne Hatcher, bless you, Don't let Congress second-guess you; Keep your stand on NDEA, Stop'Reds from getting federal pay. Marvin Niehuss, teacher-dean, Wouldn't it be awful keen To think while eating Christmas turkey, Of 'U' professors gone to Berkeley? To Wilbur Pierpont, money, so The faculty won't hungry go. Best wishes, too, to Vncle Bill, And to all the other Stirtons, Your brand new Dearborn Center's growing, Now, grass; next year, curtains. James Arch Lewis, flying high, Like greased lightning in the sky-- Visit all those foreign nations, Study Stu-Fac-Ad relations. To Sawyer, lots of research cash So we can past the Russians smash. At Lyle Nelson we looked leery, He knew so much about Lake Erie; Now at Nelson we look leerier, He knows so much about Siberia. Erich Walter we admire, We're sorry he will soon retire. To Debby Bacon, stern of face, Who's shown us women have their place, And to Bud Rea, the Dean of Men, Lpts of student affaires we send. For Ostafin, some job relief, A showing of "Bicycle Thief." To Ruth Rouse, keep up Hatcher's fire,f Just six more months and you'll retire. 'pTHE MEMBERS of Stu G Some useful work we hope to see; To leader Feldkamp, all good senses, A gavel and some contact lenses. To Mary Wellman of Panhel A crystal ball so you can tell That spring rush is forever gone And Sigma Kappa won't be long. (In IFC, is that a ghost? No, just another, younger Trost.) To Martens, jovial endomorph, You're followed by a Sagendorph. To all the Kappas on this campus, Good luck for when you rush next year; It's good what happened at Toronto, Hasn't ever happened here. To classes, now, a welcome pause, To Sigma Chi, a bias clause. To Patterson, Goodrich and Newman, A "Student Special" from your Union. To Hyder Shah and ISA, A tourist map to find your way. 7f - "y s- .a;. - " '-U 11 Y ? .ft. * i. -.f- .--r" . A{ ' ...".w , - X . iy , y " t ; T' :Fu .. e. _ l't' Holiday Entertainment From Coast to Coast COMPILED BY MARC ALAN ZAGOREN The holiday entertainment listed below is in the following order: Date of Opening, Attraction, Type, Theatre, Critical Reception, Probable Ticket Avail- ability, Price Scale. New York City STAGE 12' 59ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL, D, MILLER E43, Unavailable, A.L., 6.90-2.30 4/59 DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, M. IMPERIAL W45, 2, S.L., 9.40-2.50 10/59 DROP OF A HAT. MR, GOLDEN W45, 1. S.L., 690-2.30 11/59 FIORELLO, M, BROADHURST W44, 1, SRO, 9.40-3.00 12/59 FIVE FINGER EXERCISE, D, MUSIC BOX W45, 1, M.L.. 7.50-2.30 12/58 FLOWER DRUM SONG, M, ST. JAMES W44, 1-2, SRO, 8.05-2.50 10/59 GANG'S ALL HERE, D, AMBASSADOR W49, 2, M.L., 7.50-2.30 12/59 GOODBYE CHARLIE, C, LYCEUM W45, Unavailable, S.L., 7.50-2.30 5/59 GYPSY, M, BROADWAY B'dwy-53, 1, SRO, 9.40-2.50 10/59 HEARTBREAK HOUSE, CD, ROSE E41, 2, S.L., 7.50-2.50. "11/58 LA PLUME DE MA TANTE, MR, ROYALE W45, 1. SRO, 8.05-2.00 11/59 LOSS OF ROSES. D, O'NTILL W49, 3, A.L., 6.90-2.30 1/59 MAJORITY OF ONE, C, BRRYMORE W47, 1-2, S.L., 6.90-2.30 10ff58 MARRIAGE GO ROUND, C, PLYMOUTH W45, 1-2, SRO, 6.90-2.30 10/59 MIRACLE WORKER, D, PLAYHOUSE, 1-2, SRO, 7.50-2.90 12/57 MUSIC MAN, M, MAJESTIC W44, 1, SRO, 8.05-2.50 3 56 MY FAIR LADY, M, HELLINGER W51, 1, SRO, 8.05-2.30 5/59 ONCE UPON AT MATTRESS, M. ALVIN W52, 1-2, M.L., 7.50-2.30 3/59 RAISIN IN THE SUN, D, BELASCO E44, 1, S.L., 6.90-2.30 2/59 REDHEAD, M, 46th ST. W46. 2, S.L., 9.20-2.90 12/59 SARATOGA, M, WINTERGARDEN, 3, SRO, 9.40-3.00 12/59 SILENT NIGHT, LONELY NIGHT, D, MOROSCO W45, 2, SRO, 6.90-2.30 11/59 SOUND OF MUSIC, M, LUNT-FONTANNE W46, 1-2, SRO, 9.90-2.50 3/59 SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH, D, BECK W45, 1, M.L., 6.90-1.75 10/59 TAKE' ME ALONG, M, SHUBERT W44, 2, SRO, 9.40-2.50 11/59 TENTH MAN, D, BOOTH W45, 1, CRO, 7.50-2.50 10/59 WARM PENINSULA, C, HAYES W46, 3, A.L., 6.90-2.30 10/58 WORLD OF SUZIE WONG, D, 54th ST. E54, 3, A.L., 6.90-2.30 . . . . FILMS-Motion pictures noted are important holiday attractions and worthy holdovers. Listed alphabetically according to theatre. ON THE BEACH, D, ASTOR B'dwy & 45, 1, Peck, Gardner, Perkins, Astaire SOLOMON AND SHEBA, D, CAPITOL B'dwy & 51 2, Brynner, Lollabrigida SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, D, CRITERION B'dwy & 43 PLAZA, Unavail- able, Elizabeth Taylor JOURNEY TO CENTER OF EARTH, SF, PARAMOUNT B'dwy & 43, 2-3, Pat Boone OPERATION PETTICOAT & STAGE SHOW, C, RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL Rocke-Ctr., 1-2, 3 hour line average. Fewe R.. LI'L ABNER, M, ROXY 7th & 50th St., ,1-2, Peter Palmer, Leslie Stevens BEN HUR, D, STATE B'dwy & 45, 1, Reserved Seat Engagement. Reserve at least one week in advance (3.50-1.50) PORGY AND BESS, M, WARNER B'dwy & 48, 1-2, Reserved Seat Engage- ment. All locations available (3.75-1.50) ART HOUSE FILMS OF INTEREST THE COUSINS, D, BEEKMAN, 1, French entry THE 400 BLOWS, D, FINE ARTS, 1,, THE MAGICIAN, D, 5thAV. CINEMA, 1, Ingrid Bergman's new flm THE MOUSE THAT ROARED, C, GUILD, 1, English comedy success Chicago STAGE 12/59 LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL, D. BLACKSTONE, 1, A.L., Price unavail. 7/59 THE MUSIC MAN, M, SHUBERT. 1, S.L., 6.60-2.50 10/59 *WEST SIDE STORY, M, ERLANGER, 1, M.L., 7.00-2.50 *Coses January 9 FILMS-Listed alphabetically by theatre MOUSE THAT ROARED, C, ESQUIRE, 1, English comedy success WINDJAMMER, T, GARRICK, 1-2, Cinemracle opening late December BEN-HUR, D, McVICKERS, 1, Reserved seat engagement opens Christ- mnas Day. PORGY AND BESS, M, McVickers, 1-2, Reserved seat engagement-- Dec. 21 (1.25-3.50) JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, SF, ORIENTAL, 2-3, Pat Boone ON THE BEACH, D, STATE-LAKE, 1, Peck, * Gardner, Perkins, Astaire NEVER SO FEW (tentative), D, WOODS, Unavailable, Sinatra, Lollobrigida (Late December) .Boston PLAYS-Up to press time no professional productions have been scheduled FILMS-Reserved Seat Engagements Only* PORGY AND BESS, ASTOR, 1-2, Gershwin musical (3.50-1.75). SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE, BOSTON, 1, Wide screen travelogue (2.65- 1.25) BEHIND THE GREAT WALL, T, GARY, 2-3, First film in Aromarama (Late December) SOLOMON AND SHEBA, D, 2, Brynner, Lollobrigida (Late December) BEN-HUR, D. SAXON, 1, Acclaimed biblical drama (3.00-1.50) *NEVER SO FEW, D, ORPHEUM (continuous performances), Unavailable, Sinatra,' Lollobrigida (Late December) Detroit PLAYS 12/59 A MIGHTY MAN IS HE, D, CASS, 3, A.L., Price scale unavailable FILMS NEVER SO FEW, D, ADAMS, Unavailable, Sinatra, Lollobrigida (Late December) JOURNEY TO CENTER OF EARTH, SF, FOX, 2-3, Pat Boone PORGY AND BESS, .M, MERCURY, 1-2, Reserved seat engagement (3.00-1.25) SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE, MUSIC HALL, 1, Reserved seat engagement (2.65-1.50) SOLOMON AND SHEBA. D, 2, Brynner, Lollobrigida Ann Arbor LI'L ABNER, M, MICHIGAN, Unavailable, Dec. 25-Jan. 1 THE MIRACLE, D, STATE, 2-3, Dec. 25-Jan. 1 DOCTOR'S DILEMMA, C CAMPUS, 1, Dec. 23-2. FILMS-Reserved seat egagements Listed only* KEY TO CROSS-COUNTRY CHART Type: D-Drama, C-Comedy, M-Musical, SF-Science Fiction, T-Travelogue CriticalReception: 1-Favorable press notices, 2-Mixed press notices, 3-Bad press notices. Probable Ticket Availability: A.L.-Al locations, M.L-Most locations, S.L.- Some locations, SRO-Sold Out, standing room only. Berbiock is away due to illness COP1Ilsbt. 14S. The PUMTI r Pubfthl" CW S1. LOvis POit-+Datcb' s s s CAMBON, Stevenson (C. L.), And Frankena, and O. Edel, Reichenbach and Ehrenkreutz, Hourani, Carduner and Boys, Hyma, Crump, and A. Kaufman,, God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. Best wishes now to Nevile Rogers, And also to the artful dodgers: Squires and Hall and Herbert Barrows -With you on leave, the choice sure narrows. To Lynda Justice, a boy we foresee; To Arthur Eastman's Legacy; To Martha Cook and chastity; To :Psi U and sobriety. To "Salmon Loaf," so orange and true, Pild he who built "Dearborn" build you? To slowly dying Willow Run, So long, old buddy, it's been fun. Here's to North Campus, cold and grey, We hope you come to life some day. THE IIRECTOR, Herbert Orin, And to the coaches he directs, Were Time, Inc., to have its way, You'd be in danger for your necks. Best wishes to the Youthful Bump, Let's hope his Big M' gridders jump To take the Big Ten Crown next fall (God knows what boy will throw the ball). Our sympathy to Newton Loken: Till that copyright is broken, Our "trampoline" program will crumble, For who would want to rebound-tumble? To Perigo, some wins this year, You'll need them, as we see it here. To Comano of Assembly Take a memo to be friendly; If you smile lots and sing You may become a Greek this spring. To Chertkov, Tex, of IHC . Our Christmas gift, fraternite.' To the League and Burocats, Off we take our bowler hats; And to prexy Katy J., We like the League run just your way. And if ever mean we speak, Hold another Women's week. To Wyvern with your slickers wet, Lots of dolls, break precedent. To All the men the Druids seize, Kwikly Kopying Koffee trees. To Michigamua, all that's well, So we can see you fight like hell. Hillelzapoppin, thank you all For helping Monte Carlo Ball. To David Kessel, long a student, Now a teacher, please be prudent: No firecrackers, no "Weeb" letters; You'll wind up in Harvard fetters. To Joel Levine and Joint Judic A big black bomb, our Christmas wish. MAYOR CREAL, it seems to us, Instead of making such a fuss About bar, service, you should do Some work the Urban to Renew. To Jerry Hoag and Butterfield, Just ten good flicks, to be unreeled., To Guthrie, Kaplan and O. Rea, Our best of wishes on this day. To GAP, good luck on that art show, And no matter where you go Recall how splendid was your start With all that ghastly, ghastly art. To the Greeks' and to the Bell, And also Red's, Joyeux Noel. O THE ENSIAN'S flagpole sitter Gee, we're sad you're such a.quitter; Just 'cause Rice took out his ax, And gave your flagpole forty whacks. Bless the Gargoil, firm and stout, Keeping want and trouble out. To Robert Jobe, and we're not funning, Let's hope there's not a Second Coming. To Chheng, a fireplace and roof; To South Quad diners, lots of woof. (Fork you, East Quaddies, frat men cried, And all but knives and spoons did hide). Hail, oh piglet on the field, Deke's true nature you revealed. To non-subscribers missing fun, Call NO 2-3241. -THE DAILY STAFF By AL YOUNG Generation Co-Editor IT'S TIME someone re-issued Kenneth Patchen's JOURNAL OF ALBION MOONLIGHT (313 p- Padell, NYC, 1946). This re- markable work of literature first appeared in America in 1941 -- without critical comment, without fanfare. It is one of the most im- pr. .ant works of the century. What is the book about? And who is Kenneth Patchen? The book primarily a compressed history of war, hatred and injus- tice on this earth. Secondarily, it is a diary of what passed through a man's mind in the year 1940, the yeaz before Pearl Harbor-a vic- tor"lis year for the Fascists. Al- bion Moonlight, our "hero" is one panorama of' a man. Like the Phoenix, he is forever attaining mountainous spiritual heights, then falling to die-but to rise again-fror, the fire of life. * * * HENRY MILLER calls the book, .. . a work of unmistakable gen- ius. Nothing like it has been writ- ten since the inception of our literature . .. In all English liter- ature it stands alone. I say ear- nestly that I know of no other American writer capable of giving us such a naked, truthful, fearless and 'harrowing account. Albion Moonlight is the most naked figure of a man I have encountered-in all literature." The book is anything you want to call it-a journal, a novel, a play, a poem . .. all in one. It is the story of how Albion Moonlight and his solemn pack of monsters, desperados and angels set upon a perilous .nderground journey to give the message of peace to a war-raped universe. There is Jet- ter who seeks salvation in violence, Thomas Honey the boxer who can find no feat worti .j of his strength, sweet Billy Delian, Jackeen who represents "every woman that ev- ery man ever wanted and couldn't get," and Carol who is beautiful' in her naivete. * * * "WE WERE not running away," says Albion. "That must be un- derstood. It was essential that we bring our message to the people who had lost hope in the world. It was our duty to go into the vil- lages an" cities-can't you under- stand! Our message was this: we live, we love you. Our religion was life. Flowers, brooks, trees . Now we are held here and the world will perish because no one is ying we love you, we believe in you." The tone of THE JOURNAL OF ALBION MOONLIGHT is fantas- tic, u-eal, yet thoroughly pas- siona' : and down-to-earth. As al- ways, Patchen composes with a grand, biting lyricism that com- pels the' reader to sit up and take notice. He has been accused of bc'. Adamic-writing as if he were the first man, as if no one befor. him had ever experienced anything. If this is so-how mar- velous it would be if more poets 9.'- il..f siii'h S. hos! - writer must kill with what he says. They have ordered that we all become murderers. Very well, be witness to my kind of destruc- tion. How 'mple to kill a man's body! I choose to kill his soul the fact that I wish to put a purer soul in its place does not alter the fact of murder." -* * * NOW, I re-ask who is Kenneth Patch--1? ;He is a very talented. poet, doubtless'y one of the most talented men now writing in the, English language. He was born in 1911 in Niles, Ohio and worked in the steel mills there before throw- ing' ove- formal education (one year at the Alexander Meiklejohn Experimental College at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin) and taking up a vagrant existence. He has worked at countless jobs and writ- ter' prodigiously ever since. Lately, Patchen L_..is been con- fined tobed a good deal of the time. The trouble is an arthritic condition of the spine. He goes on writing poetry and prose, getting himself down onto paper as if nothing had ever happened. His first book of poems, BEFORE THE BRAVE, Avon him a Guggenheim Fellowship. The collection entitled FIRST WILL & TESTAMENT contains his finest poems He has published two dozen volumes in the past twenty-five years. His MEMOIRS OF A SHY PORNOG- RAPHER was reprinted last year. by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights Bookshop in San Francisco. It is a very funny book, certainly worth examining. His SELECTED POEMS are available in the New Classics series issued by New Di- rections. Louis Untermeyer has called him "the finest American poet since Hart Crane." * * * IT MAY ALSO be said that when he is bad, he 'is terribly bad. At tim, he can outdo Oscar Wilde in being pretentious. It was money, me-e than anything else, that sparked him to reading his poems to jazz at the World's Fair in Brussels and on TV programs and grammaphone recordings. As a friend of mine remarked on hear- ing one such performance, "The musicians are nice but Patchen should've stayed home." But at his best, and he is at his best in ALBION MOONLIGHT, he is unbelievably gifted-a virtuoso of :.e pen, singing, celebrating, cursing, prodding the world, and himself. The academi Fans haven't begun hounding him yet. No one studies ratchen formally. He may either have to die or wither away before that mn happen. But he can be read now while he is still a living man, writing about you and me and the inseperableness of beauty and rgliness. SEVEN ARTS: Patchen A G*ifted Poet I AFL-CIO PRESIDENT CHARGES: Michigan Constituents Being Cheated By ROBERT HOWE Daily Staff Writer AUGUST SCHOLLE, president of Michigan's AFL-CIO, filed an unusual civil rights suit Dec. 8 to have the state senatorial elections since 1952 banned by the Michi- gan Supreme Court. Scholle argues that the constitutional amend- ment ratified by the voters in 1952 violates the voters rights as stated in the fourteenth amendment to the United; States Constitution. He also adds that the voters of Michi- gan aren't getting equal repre- sentation in the state elections. If the legislature does not re- apportion the districts, Scholle wants the 1960 elections held on an at-large basis. Before 1952 the constitution re- quired that, beginning in 1913, and every tenth year after, the legisla- ture should reapportion Senate and House districts. Since the legislature failed to do this with the necessary integrity, the situa- tion became very disagreeable to Michigan voters. . The House was reapportioned in 1943, but the Senate representa- tion had not been changed since 1925, In 1952, a plan for a "bal- anced legislature" was sponsored by Sen. Coleman (Rep., Marshall). It was put on the ballot along with a CIO-backed plan which called for using population as a basis of representation in both houses. Sen. Coleman's amend- ment received 56% of the votes., The amendment, reapportioning seats in the Michigan legislature, provided for an increase in Senate seats from 32 to 34, and added ten seats in the House to bring it to its present total of 110. This was the first change in representation since 1943. BECAUSE of the large popula- tion growth of certain areas in the state, this unfair apportion- ment has grown since 1952 and is grossly unequal. Scholle, though he exaggerates his figures somewhat, has a valid argument in. stating that at present there is very un- equal representation in the Senate districts. Oakland County, with a population of over 500,000 has the same vote as Newago-Lake-Ocea- na-Mason-Manistee district which has a population of about 90,000. This is a ratio of more than five to one and is an example of the inequality of representation in Michigan. IF THE SENATE representation were given to each county strictly according to population, Wayne County would have twelve seats, and toe counties of Oakland, Ma- comb and Genessee would have five. This would give these four coun- ties half the votes in the Senate. Outstate areas would have the, other half. Presently the four big counties have a total of ten votes. If Scholle had the Senate districts appor- tioned equally by population, the. Senate would be apportioned the same as in the House, and the pur- pose of bicameral legislation would be defeated. The two houses should be di- vided by different standards so that the minority groups will be represented. This same principle is evident in the United States Congress. ** * THE POSSIBILITY of United States Supreme Court action in this case is very slight. In 1946 a similar case in Illinois came be- fore the court. No federal ruling resulted. This type of case has been tried before, and shows that the relief must come by voter ac- tion. The remedy is the ballot box. It is the state's duty; not the fed- eral government's, to reapportion; districts if the people so desire. Because of the other failures in such suits in the Supreme Court, it is clear that Scholle wants to alert the public to the problem at hand. University Prof. William S. Pierce, Director of the Legislative Research Center, says, "This may serve to accentuate the problem in the eyes of the public, there- fore making the electorate more cognizant of the problem of the failure to apportion. It could also make it possible for a favorable constitutional amendment to be adopted." SINCE THE problem of appor- tionment exists, Scholle wants to attract the voters' attention. Al- though his court suit is very un- likely to have direct legal results, he may achieve his underlying purpose of arousing the public in- terest to the representation insuf- ficiencies of the Michigan Senate. The voters, when and if they wake up to the seriousness of this- situation, are the only ones who can effectively alleviate this grave injustice in our state government. ltIt New Books at the Library Editorial Staff THOMAS TURNER. Editor LP POWER ROBERT JUNKER rial Director City Editor ZLES KOZOLL . ,....,........ Personnel Director Porter, Fairfield -- Thomas Eakins; N.Y., George Braziller, 1959. Strode, Hudson-Jefferson Davis: Confeder- ate President; N.Y., Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1959. Toland.. John -- Battle: The story of the . _ ;. govt .. Michael Kelly m