PAGE TWO THE MICHiGAN DAILY ThURSD)AlY, MAYT3l;1 1 ' t.C t MYi tt l WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Truman Backs Hard Peace Fifty-Fifth Year Edited and managed by studeuta of the Untverslly of Michigan under the authority of the Board In Control of Student Publications. Evelyn Phillips Margaret Farmer Ray Dixon. . Paul Sislin Hank Mantho Dave Loewenberg Mavis Kennedy Anm Schutz Dick Strickland Martha Schmitt Kay McFee Editorsral Staff S . anaging Editor - . Editorial Director . . . . City Editor Associate Editor * .Sports Editor . Associate Sports Editor S . . Women's Editor . . Associate Women's Editor Business Staff . . . A Business Manager . . . Associate Business Mgr. * . Associate Business Mgr. Telephone 23-24-1 Tw . Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. 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News of the surrender is the third event in four days to indicate the collapse of dreams of world conquest entertained by the fascist nations. The execution of Mussolini and the reported death of Hitler, followed by the news of the complete Allied conquest of Italy, lead us to hope that, the last vestiges of Axis control in Europe will soon fall before the United Nations. -Paul Sislin Seventh War Loan WITH THE Seventh War Loan Drive almost at hand, University students again will be re- quested to dig deep in order that the nation's war effort continue to bring peace and the end of global suffering ever nearer. Since the outbreak of hostilities, reports from Europe have not been so optimistic as they are at present, but this does not mean that America can neglect its solemn duty to itself and to its brother nations. Few would maintain that University students are wealthy. It is nevertheless true that the University has filled its quota in each of the drives. The Seventh War Loan Drive is no different from the others. Premature optimism and recklessness now can lead to disaster in the future. There are millions of Allied soldiers, sailors and marines, serving in the Pacific who would corroborate any statement we might make concerning the ability and tenacity of' the Japanese enemy, yet to be defeated. -Bob Goldman Hitler's Germany (INE FEUHRER dies in Germany and another O takes his place.: If anyone expected any- thing different, if anyone thought that Nazism was embodied in the soul of just one man, a maniacal fiend named Adolf Schikelgruber, he must be doomed to disappointment. There are millions more like Hitler in Germany who wor- shipped him and the ideals he preached and who will continue to do so until they, too, are done away with or die off. The people of Nazi Germany have been in- doctrinated with the philosophy of herrenvolk. In their own eyes they are still supermen. Noth- ing the Allies can do by way of education will dissipate this belief. Certainly any acts of kindness will perpetuate it. To the German people, the death of Hitler will not symbolize the death of his ideals. The veterans of the Wehrmacht will hold him up as a marctyr to the fight against "bolshevism" and, in the future, as the greatest leader that had yet emerged in the endless battle to make Germany top dog among the nations of the earth. The death of Hitler should bring from us, ~n raiini_ vbut serater determinnatin t By DREW PEARSON SAN FRANCISCO-On April 25 and 26 this column revealed that one day after President Roosevelt was buried, a meeting was held in the State Department at which his previous policy of a hard peace for Germany was reversed. State Department appeasers proposed a new line favoring a soft peace. On April 27, one day following aforesaid pub- lication, President Truman called an important meeting in the White House. Attending it were Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, Under- Secretary of State Joe Grew, Undersecretary of the Navy Bard, Assistant Secretary of War John McCloy, and Leo Crowley, Federal Economic Administrator. At the meeting Truman laid down a flat rule that Roosevelt's previous hard peace policy was not to be changed. This hard peace policy is basically that laid down by Secretary 6f the Treasury Morgentha last autumn, following Roosevelt's discovery that the Army and State Department had been planning appeasement. The Morgenthau plan calls for the wiping out of all German industry which could contribute to war, the taking over of the Nazi educational system, the banishment of Nazi school books, and a long occupation. President Roosevelt himself contributed one pet idea of his own, namely that military music be banned in Germany for the next decade or so. He believed the playing of military music aroused I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Ordinary etng By SAMUEL GRAFTON NOW THAT the San Francisco conference has actually opened, we must expect an initial small flutter of disappointment. The delegates are but men, and many of them are bald, and algost all of them are tired. Some are potty and some have the heaves, and for writers look- ing out over this sea of blue serge it appears difficult to believe that here is the hope of the brave new world. Quite a few of the first press pieces dwell disconsolately on the ordinary appearance of this meeting; I suppose we have built ourselves up to expect that these men would actually look like the future, that each would be seven feet tall and wrapped in a toga. When the only representative of Justice at the conference (by his own admission) turns out to be a round-faced middle-aged man named Vanden- berg, there is a bit of a let-down. Hollywood would have cast the whole thing differently. Men who failed at Geneva are here, such as Paul-Boncour for the French, and Halifax for the British; an array of depressingly familiar faces, and the feeling is that men who couldn't do it once are going to try to do it again. Where the faces are new, they belong to such men as Stettinius, with no particular back- ground for this kind of business; and it is hard to believe that Stet has it in his power to end the world's long cycles of agony; that mankind has been waiting through the centuries for this gay and casual representative of a certain section of American culture to lift his hand, and wipe out the torment. This is no reflection on the Secretary; nobody seems quite big enough for this purpose; we find it easier to believe of all of them, as they peer about, that they are looking for their hats rather than that they are looking for peace abounding. Yet there is something good in the very ordi- nariness of this meeting, in the sight of ordinary men, with bunions and bifocals, pursuing world peace up and down the corridors of common- place hotels. World peace is not possible until it has become the order of the day for quite undistinguished men. Our story is not that a number of ordinary men have come together to establish world peace, but that the events of the world have forced a number of ordinary men into this meeting. From this point of view, even the circus aspects of the San Francisco conference are reassuring; the milling about, the hoorah and confusion, the presence of innumerable citi- zens who have no earthly business at the con- ference, for each of them shows, in his own absurd or humble way, that world peace has at last become as real as apples; and each of them is but the hand on the dial, telling what time it is in humanity's affairs. One newspaper asks tartly whether the group of delegates now present in San Francisco could have stopped the current war. It is a fake and superficial question. This conference has been produced by the current war, it is as much a part of that war as is the Battle of Berlin; and to ask why these men didn't stop that war is to ask why this year's flood didn't stop last year's drought. It is an extraordinary war which has made it possible for ordinary men to hope to compose a peace. It will not, in fact, let them off without doing it. And suddenly their ordinariness does not matter. It does not matter at all. It tells us that what was visible before only to the greatest among us, is now plain before the startled eyes of any man in a blue serge suit; and that almost none can avoid today what so few could grasp last time.; (Copyright, 1945, New York Post Syndicate) people's warlike emotions. Instead he proposed giving the Germans an extra quota of Wagner. Beethoven, Strauss, etc. The White House has had indications that the Russians also will go for a hard peace. Big remaining question mark is the British. Many of their banks and business firms collaborated closely with the Nazis before the war, and after this war they will control the most highly industrial sections of Germany. What they will do with these areas remains to be seen. NOTE-Up until the middle of last week, Postmaster General Frank Walker was sched- uled to be the U. S. member of the Reparations Commission. But at the last minute he walked into the White House and asked to be excused. Frank has had several deaths in his family, was deeply moved by the death of his old friend F. l). R., and would like to retire to private life. Ed Pauley, who will take his place, says lie will let the State Department handle his transportation but otherwise will not listen to their soft peace ideas on reparations. News Leaked Out ... FRIENDS of handsome Senator "Long Tom" Connally attribute publicity rivalry between him and Senator Vandenberg of Michigan as the reason for the leak about armistice talks with Himmler. For years the genial Texan has helped battle Roosevelt's foreign policies through the Senate. But last fall Roosevelt began playing up to Vandenberg as one of the leading ex-isola- tionist Republicans with considerable influence in the Senate, and at one meeting of Senate lead- ers it was especially noticeable that Roosevelt went out of his way to defer to the Michigan senator. It was: what do you think of this, Van'? And what do you think of that?" until the neglected Senator from Texas was obviously piqued. At San Prancisco, Vandenberg, also has been grabbing the ball and running with it. By all odds he has been the dominating member of the American delegation. Stettinius has sat somewhat in his shadow. Vandenberg is the man most sought out by newsmen. He is also the delegate who had advised other Ameri- can delegates that their strategy should be put out one good story to the newsmen every day. Meanwhile Senator Connally has said little, sawed wood. But the other day when news reached the delegation from Washington that Himmler had approached Churchill regarding a surrender, it was too much for Long Tom. He got even for all the news tips Vandenberg had been feeding out by handing newsmen the story. lDiferences Revealed ... ONE LITTLE-NOTICED difference between the U. S. and Great Britain on one hand, and Russia on the other hand, at San Francisco is the Western Allies attitude toward punishing war criminals. It may get squeezed out in the discussions between Stettinius, Eden and Molotov, but the Russians took an alarmist view of the way in which the State Department squeezed out Pell as head of the American delegation to the War Crimes Commission in London. This Commission is charged with working up dos- siers against Axis war criminals and seeing that they are brought to trial instead of organ- izing World War I. During the past year, sincere, graying Herber Pell maneuvered him- self into a position where he was scheduled to be head of the whole Allied War Crimes Commission. Instead he was thrown out. The real inside story of Pell's ouster has never before been told. What actually happened was that at one of his last commission meetings in London, Pell proposed that every German hold- ing Nazi party membership cards from number 1 to 100,000 (the men who originally founded the Nazi movement) be put to death without trial. This proposal so infuriated appeasement- minded British members of the commission that they tipped off State Department pals in Wash- ington, who went to work on Pell and caused his early removal. Although several months have passed since Pll's ouster, nothing has been done to give America real representation on the War Crimes Commission, despite the recent hideous Nazi atrocities. (Copyright, 1945, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) T1N i E "That War Bond may be a ticket to freedom, Mate, but it's not a liberty pass!" NEWSMEN INDISCREET: Self-Censorship Sg gested DRAMA "CES DAMES aux Chapeaux Verts' by Albert Acremant is a fair comedy, with a generous overlay of French corn, thoroughly aged in the wood, and husked prior to World War I. Last night, Prof. Charles Koella and the Cercle Francais players did a brilliant job of collaboration with an author in need of help: a large audience gave this opinion its elo- quent support. Incidentally, it should be remembered that the long weeks of organ.zaticn and rehearsal were directai ty M. Koella without bene- fit of the usual fellow-committeemen. The eldest and grimmest of the four green-hatted spinster sisters was admirably played by Shirley Schwar- tz, who had to cope, among other things, with a preposterousmcharacter transformation in the third act. Evangeline Shempp fully justified her promotion from last year's med- iaeval slapstick to a role in which she competently rearranged the emo- tional horizons of the other princi- pals in the story. Pamela Wrinch gave the shrinking violet enough skillful competition to shake one's faith in shrinking vieiet,. Martha Sanders, complete wlih snow-boots and sneeze powders, was an excellent "malade imaginaire", while Helen Dickinson provided the right note of constantly tortured perplexity. A detail like World War 1I tiid not prevent M. Koeila from assem- bling an outstanding masc ulin division in his cast. Richard Xup- pitch, French play veteran of three years, excavated masterly results from the none too inviting part of the inhibited schoolmaster. Geirge Petrossian did special honor to the special clerical type that he was assigned tc represent. Lesser parts were successfully handled by David Brodman and Rostislav Goluzevski, not to mention Barbara Swain and Victor Shukur. The Bozo Cough Drops, utilized by Miss Sanders in the first act, were made availabie througn the courtesy of Harriett Wilson and Alma Buck- ner. -Edward B. Ham 11 r 4 - THE PRESUMABLY mature men coverng the San Francisco con- feence wouild appear to have com- itted errors of judgmentso serious in reporting the United Nationsl meeting that public opinion is brand- ing them irresponsible. - I The conference, as painted in the' newspapers, becomes a glorified three ring circus with each correspondent! vying for the honor of the loudest calliope. The delegates do not de- bate; they quibble. When a decision is made, specific countries win or icse 'another round'. The Russians do not walk from the conference; they 'stalk' from the conference room. Foreign Minister Molotov announces that he is forced to return to Moscow to face the problems of imminent Allied victory; he is leaving in a pet, pouting over Poland. No mention is made of the fact that Anthony Eden' is also anxious to return to England for similar reasons. What is it in the make-up of news- papermen that brings forth the most eptimistic reports on the progress of the war even in the face of reverses ard yet that same newspaperman is cast down when the 46 nations meet- ing to form a world organization fail to reach complete unanimity? Why the cynicism toward a positive ap- proach to world peace? This nation is justly proud of its free pess. That free press has never, however, granted license. The San Francisco conference de- serves to be treated with the dig- nity of its purpose. No guidance frain above, but simply judicious self-censorship on the part of cor- respondents is recommended. -Betty Roth ti DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1945 VOL. LV, No. 137 Publication in the Daily Official Bul- letin is constructive notice to all mem- bers of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Assistant to the President, 1021 Angeli Hal, by 2:30 p. m. of the day preceding publication (10:30 a. m. Sat- urdays). CENTRAL WAR TIME USED IN THE DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN. NVotcoes To the Members of the Faculty, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The May meeting of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts for the aca- demic year 1944-45 will be held Mon- day, May 7, 1945, at 3:10 p.m. in Rm. 1025 Angell Hall. The reports of the various commit- tees have been prepared in advance and are included with this call to the meeting. They should be re- tained in your files as part of the minutes of the May meeting. Hayward Keniston Agenda 1. Consideration of the minutes of the meeting of April 2, 1945, ,pp. 1163 to 1167) which were distributed by campus mail. 2. Consideration of reports submit- ted with the call to this meeting. a. Executive Commitee- Professor F. E'. Bartell. b. University Council- Professor D. L. Rich. c. Executive Board of the Graduate School-Pro- fessor I. A. Leonard. d. Senate Advis- ory Committee on University Affairs ---Professor A. H. Marckwardt. e. Deans' Conference- Dean Haywardl Keniston. 3. New Business. Hall, and the date of interviews will4 be announced as soon as' received. State of New York Civil Service Announcements for Senior Stenogra- pher, $1,386 a year, and Public Health Nurse, $1,800 a year, have been re- ceived in our office. For further in- formation stop in at 201 Mason Hall, Bureau of Appointments. announcement of the War Ship- ping Administration, Training Or- ganization, for appointment as Ca- det-Midshipman (Engine) and Ca- det-Midshipman (Deck) in the U.S. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps, has been received in our office. For fur- ther information, stop in at 201 Ma- scn Hall, Bureau of Appointments. U.S. Civil Service Announcement for Student Dietician, $1,752 a year, has been received in our office. For further information stop in at 201 Mason Hall, Bureau of Appoint- ments. Junior Girls Play: All juniors who ordered pictures from the Junior Girls Play, please bring $1 for each picture ordered to Miss McCormick's office in the League from 12:30 to 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, May 3 and 4. Anyone wishing to order a.dditional pictures may do so then. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Chiang Monlin, President of the Provisional National University of China, will speak on "Educational Problems of China", on Monday, May 7, at 3:15 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheater, under the auspices of the Depart- ment of Oriental Languages and Lit- eratures. The public is cordially in- vited. Curriculum are due May 12. Report blanks will be furnished by campus mail and are to be returned to Dean Crawford's Office, Rm. 255, W. Eng. Bldg. Attention Engineering Faculty: Ten-week reports below C of all Navy and Marine students who are not in the Prescribed Curriculum; also for those in Terms 5 and 6 in the Pre- scribed Curriculum are to be turned in to Dean Emmons' Office, Rm. 259, W. Eng. Bldg., not later than May 12. Report cards may be obtained from your departmental office. Concerts May Festival Concerts. To avoid confusion and embarrassment, the sympathetic co-operation of Festival concert-goers is respectfully request- ed, as follows: The public will please come suf- ficiently early as to be seated on time, since doors will be closed and latecomers will not be admitted dur- ing numbers. Holders of season tickets will please detach the coupons for the respective concerts before leaving home, and present for admission, instead of pre- senting the entire season ticket. Those leaving the auditorium dur- ing intermission are required to pre- sent door checks for re-admission. Parking regulations will be en- forced by the Ann Arbor Police De- partment. The several concerts will take place as follows: Thursday, May 3, 8:30 E.W.T. (7:30 C.W.T.)-Ezio Pinza, bass; Philadel- phia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. Friday, May 3, 8:30 E.W.T. (7:30 C.W.T.) - Oscar Levant, pianist; Philadelphia Orchestra; Choral Union; Eugene Ormandy and Hardin Van Deursen, conductors. Saturday, May 5, 2:30 E.W.T. (1:30 C.W.T.)--Zino Francescatti, violinist; Festival Youth Chorus; Paul Leyssac; narrator; Philadelphia Orchestra; Saul Caston and Marguerite Hood, conductors. Saturday, May 5, 8:30 E.W.T. (7:30 C.W.T.-Bidu Sayao, soprano; Rosa- lind Nadell, contralto; Women's Chorus of the Choral Union; Saul Caston and Hardin Van Deursen, conductors. Sunday, May 6, 2:30 E.W.T. (1:30 C.W.T.) - Rudolf Serkin, pianist; Philadelphia Orchestra; Eugene Or- mandy, conductor. Sunday, May 6, 8:30 E.W.T. (7:30 C.W.T.) - Eleanor Steber, soprano; Hertha Glaz, contralto: Frederick O N SECOND VY THOUGHT...* By Ray Dixon ITLER'S birthplace is captured on the same day that he is reported dead. This should have happened 56 years earlier. Don't know whether the report is true or not, but we have observed that the Fuehrer's face always did have a dead pan expression on it. Let's hope that the Allies are good coffee drinkers so they can start dunking Doenitz. Most of Germany has become like a baseball game-no Huns, no Hitlers, no carers. Adolf was probably mad about the capture of Munich and now he too is putsch out of the way. {t t Academic Notices 4. Announcements. Graduate Students: A list of stu- dents expecting master's degrees in Fellowships for Women: Pratt & June has been posted in the Gradu-' Whitney Aircraft, Hartford, Conn., ate School office. Each student is are again offering scholarships to requested to check whether his name prepare young women for positions is listed properly with the correct de- in their Engineering Department. gree and department indicated. Only scholastic requirement is high school algebra and geometry. This Extension class in Appreciation of plan was begun in 1943, and is to be Art will meet Thursday, May 10, continued as a part of their perma- !rather than Thursday, May 3, on nent program. Further information account of the May Festival. is available at the Bureau, 201 Mason --- Doctoral Examination for LeRoy Henry Klemm, Chemistry; thesis:, SCrocke 2Johnson "The Synthesis and Derivatives of1 1-Cyclopentylnaphthalene and Re- ac CYE-l' lated Compounds", 309 Chemistry, 1 Cushlamochree! The JUIINSO / p.m. (CWT). Chairman, W. E. Bach- - BARNABY Lef's go up to the haunted house and see Y Ln M.." C'.r .,.-4 ,, ( 777 ,t..+.., I'll glance through the ads of II