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 ARI3oR, MIcH. * Phone No 2-3241 hen Opinions Are Free Truth Will Prevail" Editorials printed in The Michigan Daily express the individual opinions of staf writers or the editors. This must be noted in all reprints. )AY, JANUARY 13, 1960 NIGHT EDITOR: JEAN HARTWIG Did Nixon Play Important Role in Steel Settlement? O s THE MUCH-MALIGNED Richard Nixon has accomplished something in the national in- terest in aiding the recent steel strike settle- ment. $ut critics, notably Democrats, will not give him any credit for this. The nature of Paul Butler's accusations typify the attitude built up about Nixon among his detractors. It is an attitude charged with emotion and lean on facts, that does not be- come the supposedly rational men who :lead, the Democratic party in and out of Congress. SPECIFICA LIY, Butler charged Nixon made a deal with the steel industry whereby, in exchanger for an early strike settlement, he wouli permit them to raise prices when and if elected. Butler offered no evidence, only the accusations. * Support for the accusation lies presumably in the image of Nixon as a political double-dealer built up by the Democratic party. Admittedly, no man is without sin. Bnt it hardly seems necessary for the Democrats to spread tales that can never be proven. This absurdity is compounded Eby the facts that neither the steel industry nor the Eisenhower administration, whose policies Nixon has pro- fessed to support, favor inflationary moves. Both groups have everything to lose and nothing to gain from a price increase. The Democrats must be sympathized with: Eater all, they have been sniping at the Vice- 'President for seven years, only to see him rise in the public eye at every turn. They should be frustrated, but they sliould not turn to emo- tion. AND THEY TURN to emotion when they ac- cuse Nixon of, for instance, settling the steel strike for partisan advantage. And if he were to come out against sin, that would be the same. There would be the same reaction: cheap partisan tripe., Admittedly, this argument for Nixon is it- self emotional; but how else can it be said.. The facts are always quoted with little result. No one has any right to ask Nixon's op- ponents to stop attacking him, for this is a part of the American political process, since the opposition must furnish opposition. But at least, it can be expected that they will appeal to man's minds every once and a while. The way they are cond ting ,the anti-Nixon cam- paign right now is national disgrace. After all, all the man did was play a big role in settling the steel strike. --PHILIP SHERMAN A SELF-DUBBED "sloganeer without peer" makes it his business to make campaign buttons. His latest creation is the "NIXON, MAN OF STEEL" button. Soon to flood the Gountry, and etch on the' public's subconscious a direct association be- tween the steel strike settlement and Nixon, the button is a frightening example of the; modern catchword conjured pp to create at- tention-regardless of authenticity. Nixon is no more man of steel than the heads of the steel industry or the steelworkers or the heads of the USW; no more man of steel than the several steel strike mediators, in fact. He is, if anything, certainly less a steel man than they. HE DID A GREAT DEAL less to settle the steel strike than did the bargainers who struggled during the seven-month interim after intention of a strike was first announced. No settlement could have been accomplished had not the issues been thoroughly and completely hashed over and resolved by those directly con- cerned- The industry and union representatives drew up the terms of the issue and the terms of the settlement. One is tempted to note that a set- tlement was in the air when in December Nixon decided to see what he could do. While Nixon played a part in settling the strike, he is only one of the many who did so--- and does not deserve lion's share of the credit. ONE MAY EVEN doubt the figurative truth of the "MAN OF STEEL" label. Nixon has "put up with" a lot in his political career, in- cluding stonethrowing in Venezuela and dirty politics in the United States. His experience may very .well have made him iron-armored. But senisitivity is also an attribute. If the label is to imply strength in the sense of stature rather than endurance, its authen- ticity is also open to question. To many, Nixon appears mostly an opportunist. His Khrushchev argument was a lucky opportunity. Nixon stepped into the steel strike negotia- tions at an opportune moment. Whether the settlement will benefit workers and industry remains to be seen. We are already seeing the benefit the settlement bestows on Nixon. Why not a button reading: "I'd walk a mile for settlement?"t " --NAN MARKEL FEES: Interests Ra+nkin By RALPH KAPLAN Daily Staff Writer THE WAY in which tuition fees are parceled out to units of the University, although deter- mined by administrators, is per- haps an accurate representation of how the student would rank his interests on campus. By far the largest segment - about $100 of the Michigan stu- dent's $125 fees and $275 of the out-of-state .student's $300 - is applied to the general expenses of running the University. Appro- priately enough, a student's princi- pal interest of necessity lies in using the University's educational facilities. He is first of all a Uni- versity student, and his campus life centers around classrooms, laboratories and libraries, around administrators and faculty mem- bers. The list of appropriations for the $25 or so remaining from each tuition fee is headed by a $7.50 allocation for women to the Mich- igan League and a six dollar allo- cation for men to the Michigan Union. Throughout the school year University students partici- pate en masse in all - campus events sponsored by the Union and League: Homecoming,1Michi- gras, Spring Weekend, plus spe- cial programs. The two organiza- tions are the heart of much of the campus social activity. Who hasn't snacked at the MUG, enjoyed a performance at Lydia Mendels- son? * * . . SIGNIFICANTLY relegated to a midway position on the scale is the five dollar provision for the athletic department. University students give modestly to the sup- port of a Michigan tradition, but. have reached the point where a championship athletic program is no longer imperative fora mean- ingful college experience. They ap- pear to be devoting more time to exploiting the University's aca- demic possibilities and its broad- er range of activities. Another five dollars of each tui- tion fee helps pay for the new Student Activities Building. The fact that this, the most recent ad- dition to the apportionments, is on a par with the athletic depart- ment's allocation, indicates a growing movement of maturity by students toward truly functional interests: organizations, clubs and projects coinciding with and de- veloping individual abilities. STUDENTS GIVE $1.25 to the alumni association. Each knows his connection with the University will be far longer than four years, for throughout his life he will be* known as a Michigan alumnus. He looks ahead and realizes he must do his part to maintain the Uni- versity's lofty standards. A token 25 cents is Student Government Council's share of each tuition fee. Here is evidenced a distinct lack of interest in the current student government at the University. Perhaps students feel SGC has done little in their behalf to deserve more of their support. The basis for apportioning tuition fees thus provides an in- teresting indication of the com- paritive ranking of student in- terests and one that compliments the University's attitude. 'Don't Worry, We're Keeping A Firm Rand On The Till' LEIRS to the EDITOR SEVEN ARTS: Jazz from the Outside IV (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth in a series of articles by Mr. Young, dealing with the socio- psycholOgical aspects of jazz.) By AL YOUNG O UR FRIEND had "come over" to the new music so completely that he slept and ate jazz, picked up on the habit that many of us had of getting up earlier than necessary in the morning to "dig sounds" before going to class. He really thought he was ac- cepted when he reduced his work- ing vocabulary to the forty or fifty expressions, mostly terms from musical nomenclature, that were in vogue at that time. He'd say, "Well, guess I'll go blow some basketball," or "Man; I just can't see myself workin outta the home- work bag." To come to the point--our friend became so involved with the music that he took to seeking out stim- ulants to fill the emptiness that made ,up the rest of his life. He had never done well in school; his parents were not what you' would call "understanding" people, and the only thing he r'eally knew intimately in his little age was the streets. He had taken to music for an intensive life. He wanted to be certain of nothing interfer- 'rI PhD's at Dearborn Questioned TH E UNIVERSITY'S latest appendage, the Dearborn Center, plans to add a varied liberal arts program to its current engineering- business administration curriculum in October. Although the ideas contained iri the present formulation of the plan are basically sound and a definite asset to the Center, they contain the seeds of future problems.. Dearborn Center's enrollment can hardly be called phenomenal, and no one would say that the estimated 200 students who will enroll in the new division will be threatened with mass instruction. !THE STUDENT BODY will be drawn, to a large extent, from junior and community colleges. Henry Ford Community College, soon to be built on a mound of clay opposite the center, will undoubtedly send many of its graduates across the way. The limited liberal arts program planned will probably fill the equally limited objectives of these students nicely. Basic instruction on. the junior level is offered in humanities, social, physical and biological sciences. Dearborn seems to be educating for industry, not for scholarship. Further prospective plans for this industry- oriented student body include the addition of a graduate school. This seems to have been planned with not too much foresight. IT APPEARS improbable that outstanding students in humanities or "social sciences will really want to take their doctorates at Dearborn. There, they will be almost com- pletely dependent upon inter-library loans for research, deprived of more than a few good professors in their related fields. . - _ Students of the ability necessary for a doc- toral degree will, in all probability, prefer to study on the Ann Arbor campus. Furthermore, the type of student that the Center will probably attract - the one who comes from a community college, or who never bothered to stay in school long enough to graduate is not apt to be motivated to take advanced degrees. Such a graduate program would be exp'en- sive to finance, considering the small number of students it would comprise. M OREOVER, the quality of work performed under such restricted arrangements could hardly be comparable to that done under more favorable circumstances. One undeniable asset of the liberal arts pro- gram: it will not operate under the work- study arrangement, a possibility considered in the past. It is interesting to speculate as Ito what sort of work assignment would be given to students enrolled in philosophy or French literature, and what possible value such a method would have. If the Center is to operate a liberal arts pro- gram at all it should do just that and not try to convert the subject matter into work-ori- ented studies. IT IS DIFFICULT to determine what is needed to insure the immediate success of the new program. The academic climate, now absent from the Center, may possibly be encouraged through the influence of the liberal arts ap- proach, but this will ultimately depend on the contributions of the students themselves. What is most essential is a solid academic approach to the new curriculum. If environment determines character-and more character at Dearborn is what is desired-then its policy must be directed toward forming an academi- cally responsible and responsive student body. -CAROL LEVENTEN INDIA EXCHANGE: Chincese I ncursions Cause New Policies (EDITOR'S NOTE: Liza Purmalis is a University student-being sponsored by SGC for a year at University of Delhi, India. In this letter she discusses the Indo-Chinese border dispute. In a following letter, she interprets Nehru's leadership in India.) DELHI - The big international news story of the year has been the Indo-Chinese border dispute. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's stand in the matter has been criticized not only abroad but in India, yet no one has offered construe-. itve alternatives to his program. In Delhi, the reactions to the Chinese activities varied. For a while there was much emotional tension. Relating to the latter, much speculation was going on concerning the possible roles of the United States and the Soviet Union in the event of a war .between China and India. Whatever the official attitudes, there was a pronounced popular feeling that the United States would definitely come to the aid of India, and on the same level, there seemed to be much confidence in the strength of the United States. * * * THROUGHOUT the tenser time, many young men were ready to rush to the frontier; some of my student friends seriously expressed the idea that war, after all, might be the only effective solution for the overpopulation problem that both China and India are facing. Students actively denounced the Chinese incursions: there were student demonstrations in front of the Chinese embassy with shouts of "Chou En-lai, bhai, bhai!", assemblies in front of the Prime Min- ister's house to declare their willingness to fight and to call for a more assertive policy. Then Nehru came forth, calling for discipline, calmness and unity of purpose and action of the nation in the face of the crisis. As a result, everything has calmed down after affirmations of support of his lead- ership. In many areas students have signed pledges for their readiness to give their lives to India when Nehru would call for it; just lately the Prime Minister received one such pledge signed by three hundred young men in blood. All in all, the popular emotional reaction has subsided even though the issue is just now being debated in the present session of Parlia- ment. These debates are, of course, recorded in the papers, but many other items are taking over the headlines. ing with the new world he had cii.,covered. * * * IN HIS EARLY days of "blotting out the squares," he would show up for classes with liquor on his breath, humming his "sides" as he made the hall scene between classes, a crisp new copy of Down Beat tucked between the pages of the notebook he carried. He would read the-magazine in class, even cut some of the photos out with a pocketknife and deposit them in his wallet. What baffled me is that he'd often cut classes to dig band practice or orchestra rehearsals, but never did he consider taking up an instrument himself. It didn't take him long to un- cover the "hippies" out there at his "playground" - the streets. Tley turned him on to new stimu- lants. He drifted further and fur- ther away from reality, listening to nothing but bop records by now; learning every note, every twist by heart and scat-singing them when he had nothing better to do: * * 4. YOU COULD mention New York and he would say, "Yeah, I'd sure like to make it to The Apple some day and walk around the same places Bird did, and do some of the same things, meet some of the same people. Man, that'd knock me out!" The height of his mysti- cal euphoria was reached when one day he followed a certain alto saxophone player around school, and announced almost desperately, "Listen, Jack, could you let me see your axe a minute?" "What for?" "Man, I can blow. I can feel it. I can feel it in my fingers. I can blow." "Have you gone crazy?" "Naw, I ain't gone crazy. I can blow that axe. I had a dream, I just know I can do it." The scene took place in the corridor between classes.'I and two other fellows were standing by. One of us said, "Go ahead and give him a chance, Jack. Maybe he's been practicing in private and wants to surprise us or some- thing." So after school we all went over to Jack's. Jack uncased the instru- ment and handed it to our friend. He held it in his hands for a long time, studying it, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses. "Yeah, a horn," he said finally and closed his eyes. And tried to blow it. Out came squeaks, reed squeaks. Jack tried to show him where to place his fingers, and the proper way to hold the instrument. "Get away, man, I know I can blow this--" But he never did. .' * * DISGUSTED, he advised Jack to get a new horn, that "this one ain't no good." And shortly after that, he quit school and graduated from pot (marijuana) to horse (heroin) in one big leap. Occa- sionally I run into him. "How's it going, man?" he'll say. :ti11 Irin it n +-h.. vnl , II DAILY OFFICI The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of The 'Univer- sity of Michigan for which The Michigan Daily assumes no edi- torial responsibility.sNotices 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. F'riday. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1960 VOL. LXX, NO 80 General Notices Fellowships and Scholarships Appli- cations for Graduate School will be ac- cepted through 4:00 p.m., Mon., Feb. 1. All supporting credentials including transcripts and letters of recommnen- dation must be received by this time. Late applications cannot be considered, and the deadline will not be extended. Gilbert and Sullivan T r y o u t s: Iplanthe to be held in the Frieze Bldg. today from four to five-thirty. (TV Studio.), Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Initia- tion and Reception: Wed., Jan. 13, 8:30 p.m. Rackha Bldg., 3rd floor amphi- theater. Dean W. N. Hubbard, will speak on "The Obligation of Excel- lence." Informal reception. Members, initiates and friends cordially invited. Application blanks for Phoenix Pre- doctoral Fellowships for 1960-61 are. available in the Graduate School Office. Applicants should be well advanced in their graduate studies and should pre- sent plans for research. or graduate study leading to research in some field dealing with the applications or im- plications of atomic energy. Competi- tion will close Feb. 1. University Choir: The last University Choirrehearsal for the semester will be held Wed., Jan. 13, at 7:00 p.m. in Aud. A. Room Assignments for final examin- ations: English 23 and 24, Mon., Jan, 18, 1960, 2:00-5:00 p.m. English 23: Aivaz, 3227 AH; Archi- bald, 2443 MH; Bender, 25 AH; Bent- man, 2508 FB; Bittrich, 103 Econ.; Black. 417 MH; Blake. 3017 AR; Bloom, 231 AH; Brown, 25 AH; Brownlow, 35 AR; Buck, 3209 AR;' Caskie, 2215 AH;, Creeth, 3231 AH; Cronan, 2413 M Cur- tis, 203 Econ.; ode Bonneval, 1007 AR; Drake, &6-Aud, A, AH; 21-35 AR; Dunn, 35 AH; Engelberg, 2235 AH; Edwards, 1020 AR; Falke, 2037 A1; Fanger, 451 M Fra ek, 447 MH; Gaylord, 2412 MH; Grenholm, 2235 AH; Grollman, 2528 FB; Hagopian, 2439 MH; Havens, 429 MH: Rillegas, 235 MH; Hotrop, 2223 AR; Houppert, 1025 AR; Howes, 439 MU; Hunt, Aud. C, AH; Huntley, 443 MH; Hutton, 1025 AH; Hussman, 411 MH; .Jacobusse. 1025 AH: Jeismann. 202 was high all the time, knew what music meant. Opium, dig? Few of the boys been explainin' it to me. I don't know if you understand it but that's what I get "outta listen- ing to jazz-that soul, that deep soul, baby." All I can usually think of to say is, "Well, that's nice you're happy. Take care yourself." I walk away feeling sorry for him and a bit guilty for introducing him to jazz. How is he going to escape the web he's slowly spinning around him- self ? (TOMORROW: Something of a Summing Up). To the Editor: ALTHOUGH homosexual solici- tation is defined by the laws of Michigan as a criminal offense, citizens of the "Athens of the West," enlightened as they are In the ways of psychology, are quick to point out the pathology rather than" the criminlality involved Ii this behavior. These are sick pe- ple who must be hospitalized,:not institutionalized. How very easy these thoughts of Freud come to mind; how re- assuring they are. At once, one is allowed to have compassion for the homosexual and to hae him removed. Pe'haps the very tran- quility induced by conceiving of the homosexual as sick should arouse one's skepticism. Is it he who is sick, or is it the society which, not able to tolerate his de- viation from its norms, chooses to arrest him? WILL HIS lack of ,procreaton endanger the survival of the species? Hardly. Birth control is the problem. Is deviation from standards ipso facto patholoical? Of course not. Deviation is merely a normative statement, riot one pertaining to value judgements. But can ths particular deviation be indicted as pathological by psychoanalysis? Again no, Norma- tive statements can be made de-i tailing wherein development re- sulting in homosexuality differs from that resulting in hetero- sexuality, but it should not pass value judgements on the' phe- ' nomena which it studies. And is the homosexual dangerous to the members of society? To say that attempts to form homosexualirela- tionships are intrinsically wrong or dangerous as contrasted to at- tempts to form heterosexual rela- tionships is .to beg the question of" whether or not the relationship itself is wrong or pathological. Finally, were one to attempt a somewhat simplified definition of pathology such as prevalence of psychotherapy, it might possibly be true that homosexuals would appear to be sicker. But is this so startling in light of society's scorn, repudiation, and persecution of them. Treat any person harshly enough for an appreciable dura- tion and the same effects will be witnessed. Perhaps it is indeed the society which, fearful of the dis- ruption of its irrational standards and overly ready to mete out punishment, is the source of pa- thology, -Barton Meyers, Grad. [AL BULLETIN j warsinski, 101 Econ.; Whelan, Aud. A,' AH; Wiebe,. 2235 AH: Wild, 3010 A; Williams, 3011 AH; Wolf, Ad. A, =A; Zietlow, 101 Econ.,. Zettell, Sec. 28, 91- 2003 AH, See. 175 - Aud. , AH. English 24: Camp, 2231 AH; Flora, 203 Tap.; Kenney, 2003 AH; London, 2225 AH; Mathes, 2203 AH; Vance, 33 AH. Manuscripts to be entered in the lopwood Contest for freshmen must be in the .Hpwod Room, 108 An-:'- gell Hall, by 4 p.m. Wed., Jan. 13. Tomorrow at 4:10 p.m. the Dept. Of Speech will present ite final Laboratory Bill of the semester. "No Count Boy" by Paul Green and- "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry" by Tennessee Williams will be presented. The bil will be played 1n the Arena Theatre on the first floor' of the Frieze Bldg. No .admision'will be Charged. All Teacher's Certifcate Candidates Everyone receiving a teacher'sertif-..: cate must secure a health statement in the junior and senior years. This service will be free during the Feb. or- ientation and registration, period only. There will be a charge ft all 'other times. Plan to attend Health Servie between Feb. 1 and 6. Further informa- tion can be obtained in 1439 U.ES. Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity will close its office for the, semester _at 5:00 p~m. Fri.,- Jan. 15. The last delivery of posters to main cam- pus will be Thurs. afternoon and the last delivery to the residence halls will be Fri. The office will be re-opened on the first day of class, Mon., Feb. $ with poster delivery beginning later in the week. Martha Cook Bldg. is receiving appli- cations for September 1960. res.hmen and .sophomore women may apply. Please telephone NO 2-3225 weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. for appointment. Coneerts Student Recital: James. Lakinx, who studies oboe with. Florian Mueller,. will present a recital in Aud. A, on Wed., Jan. 13, at 8:30 p.m. in partial fulfill- ment of the requirements for the de- gree Master of Music (Wind Instru- ments). Mr. Lakin, who will be assist- ed by Karen Taylor, pianist, will play compositions by Telemann, Lapis, Kra mar, Couperin. Barlow and Cohen, and his recital will be open. to the general public. without charge. Editorial Sta THOMAS TURNER, Editor PHILIP POWER ROBERT JUNKER Editorial Director City Editor CHARLES KOZOLL ..... ....... Personnel Director JOAN KAATZ ...................... Magazine Editor BARTON HUTU WAITE , ...... ... Features Editor JIM BENAGH ....................FSports Editor JAMES BOW . ................ Associate City Editor PETER DAWSON .............. Contributing Editor FRED KATZ................. Associate Sports Editor New B ooks at the ,ibrar y Berle, Adolf A.-Power without property: A new development in American political econ- omy; NY, Harcourt Brace & Co., 1959. Dermout, Maria-Yesterday; NY, Simon & Schuster, 1959. Dupree, Hunter A.-Asa Gray, 1810-1888; Cam- bridge. Harvard Univ. Press. 1959. Lectures A lecture on "A Fresh Look at the Cold War"' by Marshall D. Shulman, Assoc. Director Russian Research Cen- ter, Harvard University, will be gives on Jan. 13, 8:00 p.m. Aud. 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