THEMICHfiGAN flAJLV 1VEDSESDAV, APIRIL, 18, 1945 ... WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Cabinet ChangesPredicted By DREW PEARSON W ASHINGTON-President Truman is being advised by friends to make a few long-delay- ed changes in the Roosevelt cabinet which would strengthen his administration, electrify the country, and make the nation realize that his is definitely a firm hand at the helm. Here is how the cabinet line-up looks at the moment. Secretary of Commerce Wallace-The man most likely to remain. Truman will never budge him. The two became good friends during the presidential campaign, when Wal- lace rolled up his sleeves and fought hard for both Roosevelt and Truman, even though he had been ditched at Chicago. Secretary of War Stimson-Born two years after Lincoln was assassinated, Stimson has lived through three wars, fought in one of them, and served as Secretary of War twice. He also served as Secretary of State under Hoover. He also will never be removed, by Truman. But Stimson will want to retire himself, after victory over Japan is sewed up. Secretary of the Navy Forrestal-Franklin Roosevelt was his own Secretary of the Navy. Between him and the admirals, Forrestal was chiefly figurehead. Under the circumstances, he did a good job, particularly in his relations with Cpngress. He will be continued for the time being, but is by no means a fixture. Sen- ator Truman was critical of the admirals, and if he thinks Forrestal does too much kowtowing to gold braid, President Truman may lock for a new Naval secretary. Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau-Mor- genthau was the closest member of the cabinet to Roosevelt. The relationship was intimate and personal. He has done an A-1 job on war bonds and has been a good administrator, but his relations with Congress are zero. Democratic Chairman Hannegan, who once served under Morgenthau, is a strong rooter for him and if Truman follows Hannegan's ad- vice, Morgenthau will stay. However, Mrs. Mor- genthau has been seriously ill, and the Secretary of the Treasury may insist on retiring. Secretary of the Interior Ickes-The old curmudgeon is the only member of the cabi- net who has consistently submitted his resigna- tion every time Roosevelt was re-elected. It was never accepted. Ie is also submitting -his resignation to Truman, but again it will not be accepted. Truman wants to keep the strongest men of the Roosevelt cabinet, and Ickes, whether you like him or not, is strong. The possibility of Ickes remaining for the dura- tion depends pretty much on whether Truman stays liberal or goes conservative. Attorney General Biddle-Big interests have already started gunning for Biddle's scalp. They want to block further crack-downs under the AntiTrust Act. Also, the big city bosses would like to have more protection on their tax prob- lems. Biddle is too honest. He has also been America's staunchest defender of the civil liber- ties. Therefore, Truman will think twice before replacing him. His young friend, Hugh Fulton, counsel for the Truman committee, is too inex- perienced to jump into the job yet. Postmaster General Walker-Frank Walk- er was second to Morgenthau as personal friend of F. D. R. His appointment was largely a matter of friendship. However, Frank has done a good job as postmaster and likes to carry the mail. He will be the first to step aside though, if he thinks Truman wants to reward Bob Hannegan by making him Post- master General. Secretary of Labor Perkins-She has resign- ed twice before and will resign again. This time it will be accepted. Miss Perkins has definitely wanted to step out and Truman will take advan- tage of this opportunity to make his first cabi- net replacement. First on the list as Secretary of Labor is his old senatorial friend and col- league on the Truman committee, hard-hitting Harley Kilgore of West Virginia. Another possi- bility is Goveror Ellis Arnall of Georgia. Some of Truman's friends think he should appoint a liberal Southerner to the labor post and thus ceLdkri to 11e 65L1Q,4 "0 THE EDITOR: The topic for the Town Hall Meeting this Thursday will be "Fraternities and Sororities- Are they a benefit or detriment to the Michi- gan Campus?" This topic has always been a vital one on the campus and is particularly sig- nificant now in view of the controversy that was stirred up during the recent rushing season. Regarding this issue two separate contentions have been made. On one hand, it has beeir argued that fraternities and sororities can be improved, particularly by improving the rush-. ing system. On the other hand the contention is made that the fraternities and sororities are inherently bad and no specific improvements can make them a positive asset to the campus. This much is clear. Particular points which have been discussed during recent weeks are related to the over all question of fraternities and sororities. At the Town Hall specific is- sues will be discussed but this time in proper relationship to the broader question. -M. John Condylis Martin Mu. Shapero influence conservative Southern leaders. Friends of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black have even let it be known that he would be willing to leave the Supreme Court to help out in the emergency. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard-One of the kindest hearted men in the cabinet, Wick- ard was a political accident, due to the retire- ment of Henry Wallace. For a time he was in conflict with War Food Administrator Jones, and his Agricultural Department was partial- ly stripped in favor of the War Food Admini- stration. Now plans are under way to con- solidate the two again and bring in a new, strong face as Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary of State Stettinius-Whereas Roose- velt was his own Secretary of State, Truman frankly admits knowing little about foreign af- fairs. Stettinius was put in the State Depart- ment by Harry Hopkins, who argued that Roose- velt would run things anyway. Now the situa- tion is reversed. As a result, many of Truman's old Congressional friends are urging that ex- Justice Jimmy Byrnes take over the State De- partment. Truman will send him to San Fran- cisco as a starter, and probably ease him into the State Department later. You can write it down, therefore, that three cabinet mebers most likely to be changed are Stettinius, Miss Perkins, and Secretary of Agri- cultue Wickard. Note-If Byrnes becomes Secretary of State, Stettinius might become U. S. representative of the United Nations Council. (Copyright, 1945, Bell Syndicate, Inc.) I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Nazis Can't Stopl By SAMUEL GRAFTON WHY DON'T the Nazis stop fighting? Why don't they show some sense, and surrender? Don't they understand that the war is lost? The fact that we can ask these questions -of each other, so vehemently, and with so much honest bewilderment, shows, I think, how little we appreciate the nature and meaning of fas- cism. The Nazis don't stop fighting because they can't. They can't because what is going on in Europe is not a war. It is a social convulsion. Fascism cannot surrender any more than feu- dalism could surrender, after it had outlived its time. There was no one day on which feudal- ism "gave up," and there will be no one day on which fascism will give up. It will never really give up. It will be worn out, outlived, outfought, and destroyed, in a lengthy process which started long before this war, and will continue long after it; a process in which the war itself is but a chapter. There is something quaint about our ef- forts to select an official day, on which it will be an official fact that the war in Europe is over. We have about decided that we shall "have to pick a day, almost at random, and call that day the day of peace. That we have such difficulties in locating and defining the end of this war ought of itself to tell us that this is not the kind of war we are used to. The fact that fascism refuses to end this war is a sign and token that it doesn't intend to quit even after this war is over. It is offering a continuity of resistance; and it will still fight, with political means, the day after it fires its last bullet. There will be no break in this battle at all. It does little good to apostrophize the Nazi leaders as military madmen; the resistance they are offering is as the resistance of oil to water. It is a resistance dictated by difference in kind, and it can't end. We are surprised - that the Germans con- tinue to fight, after 'so many bizarre signs of disintegration have appeared in the Reich. But disintegration is the only means by which a social order ever comes to the end of its time. A social order never stops with a period. It crumbles, falls away in sections, splinters, pulverizes. The fact that the Nazi system is falling apart, rather than surrendering intact, is an even surer sign of our victory; it means we are crushing it, not merely 'beating it. It means we are not only administering a de feat to it; it means that our side is superseding it in history. In the light of these conceptions, what shall we say about such gestures as Senator Taft's recent amendment proposing that lend-lease shall stop the minute "'the war ends?" What war? The war against fascism? There will be no "minute" when that war ends. And if we stop our aid to the wounded countries too soon, the thing that has been disintegrating in Europe may begin toq rein- tegrate itself. The victory against fascism will not be complete until every country in Europe can stand on its own feet without fascism. That is what historical victory means; that is our war. Those who want us to end aid to Europe at "the end of the war" are mistaking the cam- paign against the remnants of the Reichswehr for the war against fascism; but it is only a chapter in it, the war is larger and longer than that. The fascists know it, and that is why they are retreating so desperately to the Bava- rian mountains, and it remains to be seen whether we can be as grimly dogged in the pursuit of our ends as they for theirs. (Copyright. 1945, New York Post Syndicate) Penduu 7/tt By BERNARD ROSENBERG MISS ROBIN and some of her friends seem greatly exercised over our recent observations concern- ing this campus. Perhaps if one paragraph had not been inadvertent- ly deleted, these people might have understood us a little better-thougl that is highly doubtful. It went as follows, "Crestfallen over the catas- trophe, that had stricken this nation but a few hours before, we decided to assess Ann Arbor's reaction. There was but one criteria in mind- thoughtfulness-on which basis ver little of a favorable nature can be said." Bob and I had no pre-concep- tions on this subject. Reportorial honesty demanded that article and both of us felt considerably relieved after it was written. Havelock Ellis once put forth a thesis whose validity I have until now questioned. It was to the ef- fet that of all arts, thehdance is most instinctive. Ellis held that the birds and the bees and num- erous other species danced almost before they breathed. Homo An- narborius does it before he thinks. Thursday night last there was a successful dance and much jubila- tion at Masonic Temple; Friday night'Louis Prima had the rug-cut- ters agog. True, the Pan-American Ball was postponed. This news could be read in a column opposite from the one about gay week-end parties where everyone presumably could indulge in the terpsichorean art to his heart's content. If Nero had attended a civic-spirited uni- versity like this one, he would prob- ably have danced while Rome burn- ed. Harry Truman is being called a Puritan in Babylon. Despite ques- tionable affiliations, no one doubt his personal honesty. He has re- mained an upright man through the thick and thin of political turpitude But, so was Ulysses S. Grant an hon- est man. Yet his administration was about as corrupt as any in U. S. histo- ry. Or consider Warren G. Harding- he was not dishonest himself. But corruption flourished under him an Tea Pot Dome was his baby. Franklin Roosevelt used the ma- chines; Harry Truman has been an instrument of them. The person who does not see the vastness of this difference is blind. We must be ever vigilant from now on that our president is not used. James Wechsler reports from Washing- ton that President Truman, in ad- dition to his big Three of Bob Han- negan, Jimmy Byrnes, and Hugh Fulton, will continue to maintain close ties with Jim Pendergast. Jim Pendergast is, a nephew of the late Tom Pendergast and has inherited his uncle's notorious machine. I do not know just how much politi- cal pitch a man can touch without having it blacken him. IT REMAINS to be seen whether , the new president can become an initiator of things. What will be his stand on the Negro question, for in- stance? Does he favor a permanent FEPC? Byrnes is well known for his Jim Crowism, and Missouri is hardly the seat of racial equality. Hannegan is a politician and noth- ing more. He engineered Senator Truman's nomination at Chicago last July-not alone, but 'in large part. Hannegan fought against Wallace. Politics, in the most unwholesome sense, and expediency are all such men know. One can only hope of Fulton that he does not resemble those other U. of M. graduates now in the public eye: Sewell Avery and Burton K. Wheeler. Another Michigan man figures in current speculation. He is our dashing senator, Homer Ferguson who may be slated for the Attorney- General's spot. I would not call such an occurrence fortunate, espe- cially in view of the anti-Semitic campaign Mr. Ferguson conducted when he ran against Senator Brown. But, coalition appears to be the password of this new gov- ernment. They even call Mr. Tru- man in some quarters, "The Walk- ing Missouri Compromise." Thisf appellation comtes immediately from the column of Jay G. Hayden who, it is rumored, sometimes "helps" Senator Vandenberg write his speeches. Liberalism was rapidly disintegrating even under President Roosevelt. But we always felt hej was there for the show down. Any such confidence in Mr. Truman isf premature and must be tempered with watchful waiting.j S MISS HAWLEY stated in her presentation of arguments for the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals, they are far from perfect. There are many people who feel the proposals deviate so far from "the ideal arrangement" (which has a variety of interpreta- tions) that in accepting them. we have signed a blank check for a Third World War. Others are a bit more moderate in their considera- tion of the proposals, merely point- ing out "holes" which should be fill- ed to strengthen them. Let us con- sider reactions to acceptance of the proposals ranging from a vehement "no" to "yes-with modifications." The isolationists say no. "How is it possible for peoples of the several nations to tackle and solve international problems when many domestic problems still remain un- solved?" they question. Interna- tional cooperation snould be limited to cultural and humanitarian bases. Treaties should be limited to single alliances according to "past, pres- ent, and potential relations to the United States," to quote Gerald L. K. Smith, and should be enforc- ed by our force. The perfectionists say no. TheJ Dumbarton Oaks Proposals provide only for a confederation of nations. Each nation would retain its full sovereignty so that the, proposals would only be a League resting on the goodwill of all member nations. The perfectionists say that we should not stop short of a world federation in which each nation would cede its sovereignty to this higher supreme power. Only then could the coop- eration of all the member nations be more nearly assurred. By far the majority of the people however, feel that the proposals set up at Dumbarton Oaks are a step in the right direction. But, there . are weaknesses admitted by even its strongest advocates that should be pointed out. They include: 1. The goal of such a world or- ganization would be to maintain in ternational peace and security. There- fore, when aggression is threatened, there must be' enough power within the organization to provide for imme- diate, certain action. For the "sup- ression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace," the Security- Council is "empowered" to take "dip- lomatic, economic, or other measures not involving the use of armed force,"' and if these are inaaequate, such ac- DUMBARTON OAKS FORUM: 'Weak Spots' Pointed Out tion by air, naval. or land force as may be necessary to maintain or re- store international peace and secur- ity." Even the League of Nations Covenant called more specifically on its members to take action against an aggressor nation. Under present plans, it would seem that even at the outset prospective member nations are unwilling to commit themselves on how far they wish to participate in peace enforcement. 2. The proposals contain NO PRECISE DEFINITION of "threat to the peace, breach of peace, or act of aggression" which, if obscure, is a situation in which the Security Council is empowered to act. These words are capable of many irer- .pretations. 3. The personnel of the Security Council itself, as it now stands, would be a constantly changing one which would lack the stability of a judiciary body. Instead, it would tend to re- flect current politics. This would re- sult in the represented gove'mrnmts concerning themselves primarily with the protection and promotion of sel- fish interests. Such a body would not act impartially to enforce peace. 4. A more striking weakness is found in the required unanimity vote of the Big Five in the Secur- ity Council, to recommend action against an aggressor nation. Obvi- ously, no nation will vote against itself. Therefore, real action to stop, such a nation would have to be taken outside the organization. 5. At present, there is no way of making certain that the military for- ces at the disposal of the interna- tional organization would be strong enough to have the desired effect of discouraging any nation considering aggression. To remedy this, a quota system should be devised designating the proportion of each nation's coh.- tribution to the maintenance of in- ter'national force. There is a vital need for an in- terna-tional organization to pre- vent future hostilities. The Dum- barton Oaks Proposals are most. likely to find acceptance among the nations concerned. However in order to insure its success the weak points discussed-should undergo a revision. It is up to The San Francisco Conference to take it from here. -Mary Ellen Wood Post-War Council i %i i- ,r A '-4 . ,( I DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I I WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1945 VOL. .LV, No. 124 Publication in the Daily Oficial Bul- letin is constructive notice to all mem- bers of the University. Nbtices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Assistant to the President, if2l An-gell Hall, by 2:30 p.in. of. the day. preceding publication (10:30 a. m. Sat- urdays). CENTRAL WAR TIME USER IN THE DAILY EOFFICIAL BULLETIN. Notices Faculty College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: Midsemester reports are due not later than Saturday, April 28. Report cards are being distributed to all departmental offices. Green cards are being provided for freshmen reports and white cards for reporting sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Re- ports of freshmen and sophomores should be sent to 108 Mason Hall; those of juniors and seniors to 1220 Angell Hall. Midsemester reports should name those students, freshmen and upper- classmen, whose standing at mid- semester is D or E, not merely those who receive D or E in so-called mid- semester examinations. Students electing our courses, but registered in other schools or colleges of the University should be reported to the school or college in which they are registered. Additional cards may be had at 108 Mason Hall or at 1220 Angell Hall. E. A. Walter. ' onors Convocation: The 22nd an- nual Honors Convocation will be held on Friday morning, April 20. at 10 o'clock, CWT, at Rackham Lecture Hall. Provost James P. Adams will deliver the address, "Standards of Thinking." The only seats reserved will be those for honor students and their parents. There will be no aca- demic procession, and academic cos- tume will not be worn. To permit attendance at the Convocation, classes, with the exception of clinics, will be dismissed at 9:45. Doors of the Lecture Hall will open at 9:30. The public is invited. Applicants for Combined Curric- ula: Application for admission to a combined curriculum must be mnade before April 20 of the final pre- professional year. Application forms inations which will be given this term in Professor John F. Shepard's course, Psychology 83, may be grant- ed to women students taking the course by their house directors. Attention, Assembly Speakers' Bur- eau: There is an assigninent with in- structions *in the Assembly-Panhel- lenic Office. Please pick this up by Thursday. Lectures, University Lecture: Miss Helen M. Martin of the Department of Conser- vation will speak on the life of "Doug- lass Houghton," on Thursday, April 19 at 3:15, in the Rackham Amphi- theater, under the auspices of the Department of Geology. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Dr. John Gaus, Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, will speak on the subject, "Social Science Divi- sions as General Staffs" at 3:15 p.m., Tuesday, April 25, in the Rackham Amphitheater, under the auspices of the Division of Social Sciences. The public is cordially invited. Exhibitionls Exhibit of items relating to the career of Douglass Houghton, first State Geologist of Michigan and pio- neer in the development of Michigan copper, in Rm. 160, Rackham Build- ing by the Michigan Historical Col- lections, from April 16-April 20. Events Today Seminar: The Inter-Guild seminar in Student Christian Movements will meet in Lane Hall at 4 this after- noon. Varsity Glee Club: Sing tonight for the University Faculty Club at the Presbyterian Church. Meet at the side entrance at 7 p.m. sharp! The A.S.M.E. has been invited to attend an I.Ae.S. meeting, at 6:30 in the Michigan Union. A talk and a motion picture will be presented on helicopters. Arrangements have been made (for the A.S.M.E.) to make an inspection trip to the Willow Run Bomber Plant on Sunday, April 22. All members who wish to sign up for this trip ai'e urged to attend this meeting, since only a imited number can be accommodated. -__-. - -1 The rate and extent of our expansion almost confuses me at times . . . Let's see. O'Malley Amalgamated controls And "Consolidated" is an offshoot1HrkL C of O'Malley Industries. I think 3y Crockett Jolison Suppose we find out just what stands between us and those books, Gus-., Let's visit O'Malley's office. Tonight.