PAGE- FOUR TyH E M I-C1-1,GA N "nd TIN TUESDAY. JANUARY 29. 1949 _____________________________________________a___________ - --.a V 11.:L :\Y -l.1. f 4. 1 % F£. AMLd 1 -AL-IL 44 fA.F A A J I0 TTT %A"V 9. 40 iJLuk A Fifty-Sixth. Year I . cLetierj to Ike &Lior I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: No Finalities in Democratic Society * ijz;. - A/ I .-- MN ' g 4PKL-^SM..2T R d Edited and managed by students of Michigan under the authority of the of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Ray Dixon . . . . . . . . $etty Roth..... .. .. .. .. RobertGoldman . . . . . . . Margaret Farmer . . . . . . . . Arthur J. Kraft. . . . . . . . . Bll Mullendore......... Mary Lu Heath.. ..... Assoc Ann Schutz . . . . . . Dona Guimaraes . . . . Associate Business Stafff Dorothy Flint . . . . . . ... Joy Altman . . . . . . . Associ the University of Board of Control Managing Editor Editorial Director City Edrtor' Associate Editor Associate Editor Sports Editor late Sports Editor Women's Editor e Women's Editor Business Manager ate buiness1Vr Telephone 23-24-1 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. All rights of re- publication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, an second-class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- rier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1915-4 6 NIGHT EDITORS: BRUSH & SHENKER Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Insight a Remedy THERE is discussion about the curriculum be- ing changed. It needs rejuvenation like a shot of adrenalin in the arm. It needs a few courses shoved in here and a few prerequisites taken out there and maybe a required course that no student can afford to miss. It needs a lot of things. But no change can do wonders, no mat- ter how miraculous, until the Aesthesia in students toward book learning and campus pro- grams wears away. Aesthesia is a very strange disease. It affects the glimmering eye glasses of the Latin schol- ar as well as the nervous laugh .of the social butterfly. It affects the harrassed look of the activities girl and the forward pass of the foot- ball player. It follows them about wherever they go, in class or out. During finals, however, Aesthesia mysteri- ously disappears. Minds are choked full of so many things, like the economic principle of the allocation of resources, or the thematic passage of an O'Neill play. The Federalist's conception of biological inequality is even remembered. All of these things seem to flow right off finger tips and down on paper. It is easy to record them. They just slip out. But when finals are over Aesthesia creeps back. It creeps back when the OPA is denounced for obstructing free flow of goods, or when a poor magazine story is pre- ferred to a good book. It steals into a dormitory when a girl is differentiated against because of color. It is present by the absence of voters at campus polls. - We are all subject to this malady. But a new preventive for Aesthesia is just now being perfected. It will be on the market by Feb. 3 and while it is not guaranteed it promises to help;. to -keep the disease from spreading. This cure is in the form of a new campus magazine called "Insight," edited by the Student Religious Association in Lane Hall, and full of articles and editorials dealing with these problems. Buy a copy. Read it. Innocu- late yourself with Insight and cure Aesthesia! -Norma Crawford Greater Representation THIS IS WHAT we've been waiting for, a real student government. And those who worked together to produce such a Constitution deserve much credit. However, if this is going to be a student government, why not let the students participate, that is, all students? Actually, the only contact, of most of us with such a government, would be on the annual elec- tion day. Of course, there is the public Forum, which seems a very vague body of listen-to-my- suggestion-if-you-like students, not to mention, its composition of student leaders, (the same stuff on the counsel). Their opinions and sug- gestions would have to resonate with the coun- sel's ear. Nothing binds either the counsel to-the forum or the government to its students. This seems like a fatal fault of the Constitution. We do want student government. But the very lack of inclusive representation and abso- lute student opinion, leaves the proposed one beyond our control or interests. The nine peo- ple that actually governed would be so remote to the majority, that it would seem to be the same governmentless situation here today. If, we are supposed to condition ourselves by this for self-government, let's not copy the sure- failure system of by-gone European "Republics." Why can not the Forum be representative of allthe students? What prevents apportion- ment of the total student body to an arbitrary number, and letting each contiguous group send a representative io the Forum? And why should not those student representatives have authority to nullify any act that paramountly concerns them? We, the undersigned, propose that those who have written the Constitution appearing in the Daily on January 23rd, reconsider these glaring faults. We feel that with these changes the Con- stitution will really live and endure for all stu- dents. Signed: J. Pierce, M. H. Swift, T. G. Morris, R. E. Grew, F. R. Malmfeldt, J. 0. Lang, M. S. Wesbrook, D. A. Robertson, E. J. Ludlum, P. Bauchez, G. Wyman, P. Swanson, H. Maravich, R. Deacon, L. Gautheir, M L. Clark, J. Martin, B. Kraft, R. Bricker, L. Bremer, D. J. Eash, G. Melbourne, C. Matthews, E. Stewart, P. McCall, B. Yeomans, S. Wyman, W. Penn, M. Perrone, M. Williams, E. Vigneron. * * * ' EDITOR'S NOTE: The writers of this letter show a healthy interest in student government, but perhaps they misunderstand the role which is to be played by the Student Council and the Forum. It was thought by the Constitution mak- ers that a small Council was necessary to ac- complish the purposes of a Student Government. A large body would be too unwieldy. The Uni- versity is made up of 13 schools and colleges and thousands of students - all with different in- terests and affiliations. There seemed to be no one method of organization that could be ade- quately representative of all students and at the same time provide for a small Council except the method which was chosen-having nine students elected at-large. Contrary to the opinion expressed in the let- ter, Council members will not be "remote to the majority." There is provision for open meet- ings held at regularly scheduled times. They will be open to the public. The Daily will give full coverage to every Council meeting. It is assumed that the by-laws which will be drawn up by the first Council will provide that any student may appear or bring a suggestion before the Council providing that the Council is noti- fied beforehand. Provision is also made in the Constitution for publishing the agenda of every meeting in The Daily. The Forum (which admittedly must be or- ganized more fully than is provided for in the Constitution) is not supposed to be representa- tive of the individual students - it is intended to be representative of organized group opinion. Only with the full cooperation and understand- ing of campus groups can the Council accomplish its objectives. The Forum is the means by which the Council will be able to coordinate group activity and obtain group support. On the other hand, organized groups on campus have a vital interest in the activity of the Council and the Forum will be the means by which they can make their opinions known. Veto power was not given the Forum because it is the Council which is representative of the whole student body and with which the final decision should rest. -Ray Dixon Constructive J-Uop To the Editors: SUALLY I enjoy reading the editorial page of the Daily very much. Most of the writers and contributors show a genuine concern for people of other countries and for their political and economic troubles. They 'seem to realize that what affects one person anywhere can af- fect them, including anything from polio to loss of freedom of the press. But in the last few days this 'same editorial page has been marred by bitter articles trying to prove that what this campus needs most is a $10,000 J-Hop. One of the most vehement BARNABY letters was that of Mary Horan who seemed about to froth at the mouth because a veteran named Edward Moore had dared to suggest that the money could be better spent on starv- ing and freezing European children or in help- ing our own American crippled children. I think Mr. Moore has something there. I can understand why, after giving almost five years of his own life and liberty to fight a war, the direct cause of which was extreme nationalism and selfishness, he should be discouraged to find the same philosophy mouthed by those for whom he fought. I also submit that such statements as "Why should we deprive ourselves of the things we want and need. Why should we be elected to 'take care' of the world in general and in par- ticular?" can only be the result of infantile thinking. We expect babies to be concerned only about their immediate surroundings. When they grow older we expect them to notice that there is a larger world around them and we ex- pect them to adjust themselves to it. If I believed that a majority of the students on this campus were no more mature in their views than Miss Horan, I would suggest that we have a big party and play "patty-cake, patty-cake, baker's man." Because I am an op- timist I suggest that we have a big one-night dance and turn the proceeds over to the March of Dimes, the University of the Philippines, or to European relief. -Mary Jane Buckley EDITOR'S NOTE: Miss Buckley's solution is ap- proximately that which the Student Affairs Commit- tee reached last week. Time for a Real Dance To the Editor: AS I will again become a student at the Uni- versity of Michigan in the spring term, I want to get a word in edgewise. It seems to me that this is not too soon for a real peace-time dance. Just because strikes, riots, inflation, uprisings and civil war around the world prove that it will take most people a year to forget that there is not a war on; that doesn't mean that students of the University of Michigan cannot act like there is peace in less than a year. There is no real reason why we can't spend $10,000 - $10 apiece to have this dance. We can get the money. War bond pres- sure is off and income taxes are less. We can get the programs. We can get the decorations. The paper shortage is disappearing. We can get the orchestras now - in 1946. And Michigan men can get the girls any year. Really, the only argument of the Student Af- fairs Committee that makes sense is the prob- lem of housing the two hundred girls in Ann Arbor. That makes terribly good sense. But where will these girls be coming from? I dare say a lot will befrom Detroit, Lansing, Albion and even Ypsilanti. That is, most of them will not come from a very great distance. Now if the Regents would, for this one week-end, relax their automobile regulation, these girls could be shut- tled back and forth between their homes and Ann Arbor each day. The rooms available could be used for the small number of girls coming from greater distances. -Frank D. Amon *x*:* Business e&ePleasure To the Editor: IT SEEMS to me that the "Student" Affairs Committee is talking out of both sides of its .. mouth. Last week, it informed the student body that a regular peace-time J-Hop wouldn't look good "out-state" . . . Such an outlandish price as ten dollars for a two-night, three-band dahce was entirely too extravagant at this crucial time. . . . Now, it is divulged, the "Stu- dent" Affairs Committee approves heartily of a one-night, one-band dance to be held during the next school term (Let's be nasty and make the girls come in early and make it so students can't use cars. Hee-hee!") for which an ad- mission price of ten (10) dollars will be charged, profits going to worthy causes. I am all for worthy causes, but I like to do some things just for the hell of it now and then. Let's have drives for W.S.S.F., drives for the Infantile Par- alysis Fund, drives for undernourished children, drives for the Greeks, Poles, Chinese, Jews, and Estonians! But let's strive for a J-Hop that is worthy of the name. The Chinese are undernourished and starving and not too well off in general. Yet, I see by Life magazine that the Chinese Embassy in1 Washington had no qualms about throwing a terrific party replete with hundreds of cases of champagne and other assorted liquors, music, and an expensive dinner for thousands of guests. Of course, that was just a one night affair cost- ing $10,000. A two night affair costing $10,000 would be unthinkable . It is time the University stop mixing its business with the students' pleasure. I do not know of a single person on this campus who would pay ten dollars for four hours of danc- ing -not even for a worthy cause. The dance as proposed might as well be held in the lounge of the League. The chaperones will be the only people there. By SAMUEL GRAFTON THE STRIKE WAVE (night be called a kind of broken situation, and in a broken situation anything can happen. This has been described as a showdown for free enterprise, yet a situation has been produced in which we hear one of the meekest Presidents the country has ever had muttering that the government is considering operating the war-built steel plant at Provo, Utah. Government operation of war plants was a hot social issue about two years ago; then it died down, and was virtually forgotten. The strike situation has revived it, which was certainly not expected by some ofhthose who, perhaps stubbornly, helped to precipitate the current crisis. The point is that a convulsion of the sort we are now going through lets many trends and forces loose, and there is a kind of historical responsibil- ity on everybody involved to be sure always to remember that one thing leads to another. ANOTHER TREND which has been set loose is one toward heightened political activity by labor unions. There are all sorts of small straws in' the wind; for the first time we have the spectacle of mayors of towns, chiefs of police, etc., openly support- ing strikers, reckoning with labor as an accepted political force in a some- what new manner. Perhaps there were some who thought these strikes would follow the familiar old-fashioned pattern, management inside, labor outside on the line, see who can take it longer, etc., but these strikes have shown a trend toward breaking away from the picket line, and &~- ploding into national political is- sues; the picket line has been com- paratively unimportant in these battles, and the strikes have be- come debates. The unions have succeeded in es- tablishing corporate excess profits tax refunds as a national issue; the ac- tual refunds, when made, will be news, and will certainly be followed with the closest attention; and that is one of the by-products of the dis- location. There is a kind of national involve- ment in the situation, which was riot true in the more primitive days of labor organization; Congress itself is entangled, in a way in which it never used to be; after having started out in its usual brash pose as the agency which was going to whip the strikers, Congress finds itself vaguely on the defensive. A kind of gap shows up between Congressional thinking and business thinking; some of the more frolicsome spirits in both Houses, who had light-hearedly de- clared that this was the time to get the unions, find that the big corpora- tions, closer to the realities, do not follow their lead, and that corpora tion heads are heatedly denying that they are against unions, per se. One wonders what must be the feelings of -some of the more bitter anti-labor members when they pick up the Scripps-Howard papers, or the New York Daily News, and find in them worried editorials ac- tually attacking the head of the United States Steel Corporation. WHAT HAS HAPPENED is that a kind of fantasy has gone bust, a sort of daydream, enjoyed by a few legislators, who felt that this could be a final showdown, briefly fought and quickly won. There are no finali- ties in a democratic society, to begin with; and a sense of the human val- ues involved has come clear, and the realities of eating and sleeping, -of winning or losing, of what it means to be a community, or a divided land. The glib answers become faint on many lips, and some whowere loud are now silent as they find that a catchphrase does not halt a social convulsion, any more than it stops a storm at sea. Much has been set in motion; and, while we address ourselves to the problem, with sober hearts, we are justified in taking a moment to place historical responsibility on some of those who so lightly pushed the buttons and gave the signals. The impulse is irresistible to say that the most important news story of this week is a little item from London to the effect that the new labor government now proposes to wipe from the books a whole set of anti-labor laws, casually adopted nineteen years ago by triumphant Conservatives, who felt, in 1927, that they had won a final battle; these, too, being men who, in their prior turn, forgot that one thing. leads to another. (Copyright, 1946, N.Y. Post Syndicate) II CURRENT MOVIES BARRIE WATERS DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN . . . at Lydia Mendelssohn The Art Cinema League presents "The Merry Wives of Vienna." One of the moie thoroughly en- joyable of the foreign language films revived by the Art Cinema League is "The Merry Wives of Vienna," which will be presented this evening. Wit- nessed in preview by this column, it is an operetta in the accustomed Vi- ennese manner with a light, sparkling score by Robert Stolz, now of Holly- wood fame. In addition to the enjoyable music, the film has an excellent 'light comedy plot revolving around a dancing master and some of his more trying young lady students. The dialogue is especially outstand- ing and for once it has been ren- dered adequately in the English subtitles. .. . at the 3ichigan Gene Tierney in "Leave Her to Heaven"; a Darryl Zanuck produc- tion. Ben Ames Williams' "Leave Her to Heaven" has been given a highly sat- isfactory production by the movies, featuring excellent performances and a literate, if occasionally trite, script. The film is a character-study of Ellen Berent, an insanely jealous woman who is driven to murder and mali- cious self-determination in her desire to shut everyone else out of her hus- band's life. The character, vividly played by Gene Tierney, is fully real- ized, with no last minute reformation in the usual Hollywood manner. There are some typical movieland intrusions, to be sure: it is filmed in technicolor, than which there is nothing less life-like; for each of her villainies, Miss Tierney is sup- iplied with a chic new gown that would probably startle even Iattie Carnegie. But for once, this ex- trancous matter doesn't mar the over-all effect, and "Leave Her to Heaven" is an encouraging triumph of mind over Hlollywood matter. . . . at the State1 Yvonne de Carlo in "Frontier Girl"; a Universal production. We have an idea that "Frontier Girl" started outto take itself seri- ously, but whatever its original pur- pose was, it has ended up as an ex- tremely amusing satire on Westerns and Hollywood in general, Its string of weary cliches, fur- nished with dialogue approaching in- anity, are told with such straight- faced seriousiess that they consti- tute quite the drollest cinema in a long while. The climax with a fist- fight, a posse riding to the rescue, and cliff-hanging heroics occuring simultaneously, is incredibly funny. Miss de Carlo, who possesses the most obvious stage name since Jennifer Jones, is the perfect ex- ample of how little it takes to get by in the movies, and as such she fits nicely into the satirical scheme of things. ly Crockett Johnson Publication in the Daily Official Bul- tetin 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 Angell Hall, by 3:30 p. m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a. m. Sat- urdays). TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1946 VOL. LVI, No. 63 Notices The University War Historian would like to have photographs of war-time activities on the Campus tc preserve with the University War Collection. Will those who are willing to contribute please note on the back of the pictures as much pertinent in- formation as possible and send them to the Michigan Historical Collec- tions, 160 Rackham Building. Directed Teaching, Qualifying Ex- amination: All students expecting te do directed teaching next term are re- quired to pass a qualifying examina- tion in the subject in which they ex- pect to teach. This examination will be held on Saturday, Mar. 2, at 8:30 a.m. Students will meet in the audi- torium of the University High School The examination will consume about four hours' time; promptness i< therefore essential. An announcement from the Detroil Police Headquarters, for Policewom- an, $2,657; 2nd year, $2,885; 3rd year. $3,113, and 4th year, $3,340, has been received in our office. For further information regarding qualifications call at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. Notice to Men Students and House- holders of Approved Houses for Men: The closing date for the Spring Term will be February 23 and rent shall be computed to include this date. Householders may charge for a room between Feb. 23 and Feb. 28 providing the student keeps his pos- sessions in the room or occupies it himself. As per the terms of the con- tracts, students are expected to pay the full amount of the contract three weeks before the end of the term. Registration for the Spring Term begins Feb. 28 and classes begin Mar. 4 If either the householder or student wish to terminate their present agree- ment, notice must be given to the of- fice of the Dean of Students on or before Feb. 2, at noon. Students may secure forms for this purpose in Room 2, University Hall. League house residents who have not already signed new housing con- tracts for the spring semester are in- formed that they must either sign spring contracts immediately or give notice of departure to present house- mothers on or before Feb. 1. Lectures - French Lcture. The lecture that Professor Warner Patterson was to give today has been postponed. The date for this lecture will be an- nounced later. Departmental Lecture: Mr. Steph- en A. Royce, Mining Geologist for the ing" at 8 o'clock tonight in the Rack- ham Amphitheater. The lecture is sponsored by the All Nations Club. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture. Professor Ran- dall Stewart, of Brown University, will speak on the subject, "The Liter- ature of Early New England," at 4:15 p.m., Wed., Jan. 30, in the Rackham Amphitheater; auspices of the De- partment of English Language and Literature. The public is cordially in- vited. University Lecture: Professor Jean Gottman, of Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, will speak on the subject, "The Great Powers of the Mediterranean," at 4:15 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, in the Rackham Amphitheater; auspices of the Department of Geography.. The public is cordially invited. Academic Notices Seminar in Applied Mathematics and Special Functions today at 3 p.m. in 312 West Engine. Mr. D. L. Falkoff talks on Function Theory and Elec- trical Network Synthesis. Visitors are welcome. Bacteriology Seminar: Today at 4:00 p.m., Room 1564 East Medical Building. Subject: Bacterial Cytol- ogy. All interested are invited. The Botanical Seminar will meet Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 1139, Natural Science Build- ing. Claudo V. Pavetti-Morin will dis- cuss Botany in Paraguay, and Al- fredo Llana will discuss Botany in Chile. All interested are invited. History of Mathematics Seminar: Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7-8 p.m., 3001 Angell Hall. P. S. Jones will conclude the discussion of "Some Early Theor- emsin Functions of a Complex Varia- ble." Concerts The Chicago Symphony Orches- tra, Desire Defauw, Conductor, will give the eigthth concert in the Choral Union Series, Thursday evening, at 8:30, in Hill Auditorium. The pro- gram will consist of compositions by Handel, Faure, Strauss and Franck. The concert will begin on time, and doors will be closed during numbers. Faculty Recital Benjamin Owen, pianist, will present a recital at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. His program will open with Partita No. 6 in E minor by Bach, to be followed by Sonata in A major, Op. 101 by Beeth- oven, Valses nobles et sentimentals, and Toccata, by Ravel, and will close with Sonata by Griffes. The public is cordially invited. Exhibitions A joint exhibition of paintings by John Pappas and Sarkis Sarkisian of Detroit, in the Rackham Mezzanine Galleries, under the auspices of the College of Architecture and Design. Through Jan. 31, daily except Sun- day, afternoons 2-5, evenings 7-10. The public is cordially invited. GM Control "We hope the President can convince OKM, that even the most powerful corporation can't be a law unto itself." Ethel B. du Pont,. who has .large stockholdings in GM, at Union for Democratic Action rally. N STATEMENTS during the course of the cur- rent strike, General Motors management spokesmen have more than once decried union demands and the participation of the govern- ment fact-finding committee in the dispute as encroachment on their sacred right of free enter- prise. The inference is that, as owners and rep- resentatives of the capital of the General Motors Corporation, management is entitled to a rela- tively free hand in determining corporation policy. , But the General Motors management does not represent in any but a nominal sense the ownership of the corporation. The capital be- hind GM amounts to millions of dollars, in voting stock done. The controlling interest, held by the DuPont interests are estimated at between 20 and 30 percent of the total votes. Furthermore, control of DuPont Corporation itself, is held on the basis of a minority owner- ship there. The mnanagement is acting for thousands of' small stockholders, whiom it represents through proxies. But it takes from $20,000 up to organize -William B. Everson [Mr. O'Malley, my Fairy Godfather, DID go fh oui z show- P. CIfBut Prr hPfI,.,r,,,IA,,' I k---T-A Te thought occurred to me, m'boy. The magic t .. .J vm{i.Sin en i - r-- ~~- 1 I . - - - -- , I II I