THE MICHIGIAN DIAILY wrrYr Churchill 'Memory Lapse' on Atlantic Charter Explained Prime Minister May Address World Today Secretary Explains Error as Confusioni .I Policy Documents By The Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 16-Britain's Prime Minister, who through a "lapse of memory" wrote a sensational change into the Atlantic Charter while speaking on the Polish question yes-. terday, may "quite possibly" broad- cast a full dress review of the war and political situations to the world Sunday night. From the hushed and scrupulously correct precincts of -10 Downing Street, where Winston Churchill was believed laboring on a report to the world, came a frank admission to- day that the Prime Minister had er- red Secretary Explains In a voice charged with all the solemn augustness of his position, one of the Prime Minister's private secretaries explained to the Asso- ciated Press that Churchill, while dealing with Polish territorial chan- ges in his address to the House of Commons, had confused the word- ing of the Atlantic Charter with the British Government's statement of Foreign Policy drafted in September, 1940. . While both sides of the Atlantic were considering the portent of Churchill's statement that an inser- tion had been made in the Atlantic Charter, and mutually agreed on by the three great Allied powers, that territorial changes could be settled before the peace conferences, the sec- retary explained: Speaking From Memory "Mr. Churchill was speaking from memory and just made a slip. What he attributed to the Atlantic Char- ter was actually in the British Gov- ernment's 'statement of Foreign Pol- icy laid down in 1940. Later during yesterday's debate, Mr. Eden (For- eign Secretary Anthony Eden) point- ed out that Mr. Churchill had er- red." He added that the Prime Minister had not prepared text for yester- day's speech. "He spoke from notes and memory and the Prime Minister made a slip." Fiallos To Open Lecture Series Designed for both a Spanish and English speaking audience, the new series of lectures by representatives of Latin-American countries now resident on the campus will be op- ened by Dr. Mariano Fiallos, minister of education in Nicaragua at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Kellogg Auditorium. Dr. Fiallos will speak in Spanish on "Raiz y Fruto de Nicaragua"-The Origin and Fruition of Nicaraguan Culture. Prof. Hayward Kenniston, chair- man of the Department of Romance Languages, and recently cultural at- tache at the Buenos Aires embassy, will introduce the speaker and will summarize in English the salient points of Dr. Fiallos' address. He will preside at the discussion follow- ing. The series is being sponsored joint- ly by the International Center and the Latin-American Society. 4 Church Groups Plan Christmas Events Today Christmas programs will highlight this week's activities at the student church groups with the Lutheran Student Association and Wesleyan Foundation planning appropriate mu- sic and readings. The Lutheran group will meet at 5:30 p. m. at the Zion Parish Hall with the program, arranged by Eve- lyn Olson, to follow the supper. The Methodist group will also meet at 5:30 p. m. Among the speakers who will be heard today will be Frank Huntley, lecturer on civil affairs at the Uni- versity, at the Canterbury Club at 6 p. m. at St. Andrew's Student Cen- ter. Rev. Edward H. Redman will lead the discussion on "Unitarian Faith Today" at the Unitarian Student group which will meet at 1:30 p. m. today. Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club, will not plan a supper meet- ing today because of the concert. Fellowship hour and supper will be sponsored by the Roger Williams Club at 5 p. m. at the Baptist Guild House. KARPINSKI COMMENTS: Polish People Now Assert Themselves "Poland's Lublin government rep-M resents the attempt of the people of Poland to assert themselves politi- cally as they have never been able to do before," Prof. Louis C. Kar- pinski of the mathematics depart- ment said yesterday, commenting on the Polish situation. Pointing out that in the years be- fore the war Poland had been semi- feudal he asserted, "The rulers of Poland never gave the least bit of democratic power to the peasants. Polish landlords to this day and dur- ing Poland's so-called freedom thought they had the right to whip recalcitrant peasants with a cat-of- nine-tails." Arguing that the Polish govern- nment-in-exile in London and their official representatives in the Unit- ed States are holdovers from this semi-feudalism, he explained, "Their vision is limited; they want to go backwards. "It must be remembered that they are in no sense an elected repre- sentative body-they are rather self- appointed spokesmen for Poland. When these men disappear Poland will have lost nothing of value," he went on. "It is a matter of record that (under the old rule) Poland never gave the least bit of democratic pow- er to her peasants, that they abused their minorities." Scoring the illiteracy rate of the Poles and urging cooperation with the Soviet Union, he stated, "When Poland is restored by Russia, only then will there be a chance for Poles to send their sons to colleges. The role of the Catholic Church has been a limitation on progress in dem- ocracy, he maintained, stating that "It is well-known that the Church has not always been on the side of justice and education of the poor. Poland and the Polish people have nothing to fear from the friendship of Russia, he affirmed, but added that "If the London group continues to oppose the will of the people, there will be imposed on them by their own peasants the political and economic system of the U.S.S.R." "This will not be the work of the Soviet Union," he emphasized, "but rather the people's way of dealing with a government opposed to their interests." BUY WAR BONDS - INVEST IN VICTORY ELAS IRREGULARS DEMONSTRATE IN ATHENS-Armed with knives, shovels, and rifles, ELAS irregulars demonstrate in Piraeus, port of Athens, Dec. 3. The preceeding day EAM demonstrators were killed in a clash with Greek police in Athens. UNION NOTE'_7S (Editor's Note: The following article was written for the Daily by Ken Bis- sel, a member of the Union staff. The organization with the most brief and yet most colorful history on campus was the Ann Arbor Surf Riding and Mountain Climbing So- ciety, affectionately known as the "Psurfs." You may not have heard of this unusual club but during 1941 and '42 it as well known and quite active. You see, the members of this club had ideals, the like of which few college clubs ever devise. Their notion was that good songs and good beer mix well, not a bad idea at that, The type of songs they sang was definitely not glee club material. Barbershop quartette style was used, and the tunes they warbled bordered on the unusual, some- times approaching the delightfully improper. The driving force of the club was Tom Tilley, son of Professor Tilley of the English department, now a Navy lieutenant. Second in command was NRO Jim Skinner, now presi- dent of Galens. Their's was an informal organiza- tion. Although they were officially registered with Dean Rhea's office, they ran the club pretty much as they pleased, and they pleased ev- eryone in the process. Tuesday night was their night at the Allenel, where supper, song, and super delicious beer -was the menu and the bill was usually sent to some organization for whom they had sung. The Psurfs were the counterpart of such clubs as the "Small Sheep" at Williams and the "Whiffen- poofs" of Yale which are quite famous and of long standing. High- lights of the clubs history were when Metropolitan tenor Charles Coleman attended one of their brawls and sang with them his Al- ma Mater's sings. "Charlie" as the Psurfs prefer to call him had once belonged to a similar club at one of the Eastern universities. After this episode Mr. Coleman be- came one of the only two honorary Psurfs. They also entertained the Mills Brothers, while that group was on the Michigan stage. This mem- orable party was carried on between the acts, presumably backstage at the Michigan Theatre. Much beer was present, and no doubt, every drop was accounted for. Thus it can be readily imagined that the Mills Brothers Act was much improved after each intermission. Even after the most cursory exam- ination, it would appear that such an organization definitely has a place on the Michigan campus. The Chor- al Union' furnishes us our long hair music, and the Glee Clubs provide the more formal renditions of the lighter melodies, but no one at pres- ent produces that brand of music that goes with beer like ham goes with eggs. Therefore, it seems fit- ting that such a club should be or- ganized and accordingly the Union has expressed a willingness to spon- sor and help organize a society of this type. I The ANN ARBOR BANK 101 South Main. . and. . 330 South State Extends To You The Season's Greetings 4$ Jjf?{ CHRISTMAS CARDS Largest Selection in the City ULUICHUS fOOKST~roRE III9 . +Z « 3.50 3.0 li 3.95 2.00 3.50 enter Theirs zer fan 5.00 c 7.5.. r Linen. 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