PAGE FO TIHE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916 PAGE FOUR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Z 1946 46 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND: Demobilization Committee Splits Fifty-Sixth Year I- . !' I Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board of Cntrol of Student Publications Editorial Staff Ray Dixon . . . . . . . . . . Managing Editor Robert Goldman . . . . . . . . . . City Editor Betty Roth . . . . . . . . . Editorial Director Margaret Farmer . .... . . . . Associate Editor Arthur J. Kraft . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor Bill Mullendore . . . . . . Sports Editk Mry Lu Heath . . Associate Sports Editor Ann Schutz . . . . . . ....Women's Editor Dona Guimaraes . . . . Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Dorothy Flint . . . . . . . . Business Manager Joy Altman . . . . . . Associate Business Mgr. 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 otherwie 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, a second-class mail matter. Subscriptions during the regular school year by car- tier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. REPRESENTE. FOR NATIONAL ADVRT13NG BY National Advertising Service, Inc. Colleg Publishers Representative 420 M^DsorN AVE. NEW YOMK N. Y. CHICAGO"* BOSON * Los AqoELEs *"SAN FRCIsCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1945-46 NIGHT EDITOR: LIZ KNAPP Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Preparedness MILITARY preparedness was both condemned and extolled by the University this week. Opposition to compulsory, military training came from President Alexander G. Ruthven. Wednesday, President Ruthven told the Uni- versity Alumni Club of Ionia that compulsory military training is outmoded and will be of no benefit in a future war, when we will be bombarded by "horrible unseen missiles" against which we can never build an adequate defense. "Another global war might well bring the end of the age of man," President Ruthven said, and "if we get prepared for the next war, we will have another war." President Ruthven called for a peaceful "world revolution through education" to train citizens of the worfd. Wednesday, the University announced that it had signed a contract bringing the Uni- versity into the Navy Department's new multi- million dollar scientific research program. Some of the fields in which the Navy desires research are electronics, nuclear physics, chemistry, flight and guided missiles. That the Navy's research program is intended for other than peaceful ends is attested by the statement of Rear Admiral H. G. Bowen, chief of the Office of Research and Inventions: "The Navy and the nation's scientists are teaming up in a unique kind o agreement to keep our nation strong. The Navy wants to be sure that fundamental scientific research is done in the interest of our national security. "Unless we spend millions of dollars for funda- mental research now, we are opening ourselves to disaster. It is no longer possible to run a Navy without the closest contact with the scientific world." As reported by The New York Times, colleges will be permitted to publish the results of their work provided that no reference is made to pos- sible or proposed military applications of it." We can see no essential difference between compulsory military training and scientific re- search under the Navy's new program. It would be of little moment to the rest of the world if we were to announce abandonment of universal military training while still main- taining multi-million dollar research programs in nuclear physics, guided missiles, et al. Any contention that education is the answer to world peace is, of course, negated by the University's participation in the new research program. It is all well and good to condemn compulsory P uilitary training. But at the same time it is comforting to have more knowledge of nuclear physics, guided missiles, et al., to fall back on. Clayton L. Dickey By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-The battle of demobilization raged hot and heavy behind the closed doors of the Senate Military Affairs Committee this week. The issue was whether to appease the A4-my. The special sub-committee on demobiliz- ation headed by Senator Edwin Johnson of Col- orado had turned in a withering blast against Army policies, and the Army had mobilized friends inside the committee to battle it out. Chief battle revolved around the last of the sub-committee's nine recommendations. The first eight recommendations listed specific pol- icies which the Army should follow to bring men home, as follows: 1, continue the present rate of demobilization; 2, shorten the training period for new draftees; 3, discharge fathers as soon as possible, with all fathers out by July 1; 4, give more attention to hardship cases; 5, idle soldiers to be discharged at once; 6, enlist WACs to do paper work in separation centers; 7, Fili- pino scouts to replace U.S. soldiers; 8, civilian personnel to replace G.I.'s for Army housekeep- ing work. Point 9 proposed a Senate-Army conference, then added: ."If any of the foregoing recom- mendations is not to be carried out by the War Department, we urgently recommend legis- lation be enacted promptly by Congress requir- ing that it be done." It was this last recommendation which started the big scrap. Strangely enough, it was the Navy which came to the rescue of the Army. Adm. Tommy Hart, new Republican Senator from Connecticut, exclaimed: "Why this language is nothing less than a threat to the War Department! I move that the final sentence proposing Congressional action be stricken." Taking their cue from the Admiral, Senators Austin of Vermont, Gurney of South Dakota, and Smith of New Jersey, all Republicans, im- mediately registered stiff protests. They didn't want the Senate to embarrass the War Depart- ment regarding discharges. But Senators Johnson and Briggs of Missouri -both on the special sub-committee probing G.I. injustices-came right back at them. Duty To G. I's "THE sub-committee felt it was its duty to get the facts," said Johnson. "That is why we had our hearings. We also want to get the War Department's reaction to our proposals. But we have had thousands of letters and wires from servicemen, and our duty to them is not simply to make recommendations and then let them die on the vine. "Those men expect of us reassurance that if the War Department is unwilling to take the proper steps, then Congress will do soI through legislation." Briggs of Misouri is considered a great friend of Truman, but in this case he deserted him. He supported Johnson and the G.I.'s. Finally, a voice vote was taken and Briggs and Johnson were defeated. It was decided to send the re- port to the Army. Thereupon Briggs raised the question of legal- ity. "This is supposed to be the report of the sub- committee," he said -"a report filed by Sen- ators Johnson, Revercomb (of West Virginia), -v oeti~er to the efjctor J-Hop Uber Alies To the Editor: Mr. Moore is not the only veteran that is aroused by the tendency of students and vet- erans to place the J-Hop above the work of UNRRA and such organizations. I am surprised that the veterans who an- swered Mr. Moore in Tuesday's Daily did not do so before. Yes, Mr. Moore, you know their type very well. They complained about the easy life of a civilian, men classified as 4-F, instructors who had to remain in the states, and about everyone who didn't share their particular fox-hole with all of its mud. Always the grass on the other side of the fence looked greener to them. They are not concerned with the starving, homeless men, women and chii- dren of war-torn Europe. The children already are beginning to look like a five-year occupant of Dachau or Buchenwald - their "liberators" are now responsible for their care. The "liberators" leave Europe, come home and are discharged. They forget the rubble of Cologne, Hamburg, Rouen, LeHavre and Brest; they forget the small children wandering aim- lessly in search of food, shelter and clothing; they forget French homes and French restaur - ants where a can of C-ration stew or Spain would be considered a delicacy. All is forgotten; now they must make up for the fun that they missed. We have just got to have that $10,000 J-Hop to make up to those boys for everything that they did. Oh, yes, Mr. Moore, we're "off the beam" and "old and embittered" before our time. I, for one, am glad that I am. -Watson L. Grant P.S. I am not married and have no family. I don't like to see my neighbor's children hungry and without clothes. Do you? BARNABY and myself. If, however, deletions are made in that report, it is no longer our report. If the whole report does not go to the War Depart- ment, complete with all our recommendations, then I think it should not be sent as a sub- committee report and I ask that my signature be removed from it." Johnson agreed with Briggs and it was gen- erally accepted that West Virginia's Rever- comb, had he been present, would have done likewise. Accordingly, the signatures of the three Senators, all vigorous Army critics, were removed. The session ended in a victory for the Army. Musical Big Twor PRESIDENT Truman was entertained at din- ner the other night, chief entertainer being Sgt. Eugene List, the noted pianist who played for the Big Three at Potsdam. When Truman rose to speak, he complimented List by telling how pleased Marshal Stalin had been with List's concert. Next night, the Pres- ident said, Stalin reciprocated by introducing two Russian pianists and two Soviet violinists. The Big Three listened to their music for an hour. Finally, Winston Churchill got up, walked over to President Truman, and whispered: "This is just too much noise. I can't leave here until you do, so let's go home!" Truman, however, didn't go home. "I was enjoying myself," he explained, "so I kept Winston on the torture seat for another hour. Finally, I gave in and let him go home." (Copyright. 1946, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: U. S. Propaganda By SAMUEL GRAFTON THE STATE DEPARTMENT is having its troubles getting a world information service set up; and the troubles it is having tell us a great deal about ourselves, about our internal squabbles and the contradictions which plague us. The Associated Press and the United Press, for example, will not supply their news reports to the government for use in foreign short-wave broadcasts; they sell these reports willingly to agencies of the Russian, British, Italian and Canadian governments, but, afraid of the prop- aganda taint, they make it a point of high honor not to service their own government. All our old American feeling that there is something not quite nice about government, that gofernment, especially our own, is a lady of doubtful character, comes out in this shivery refusal to have anything to do with her. Mr. William Benton, Assistant Secretary of State in charge of culture and stuff, has pleaded with the news agencies to handle it any way they like, to write their own news scripts, to set up their own anti-propaganda police, but nothing doing; so long as govern- ment is in it, it is bad, and the answer says no. Thus the Voice of America, designed to broadcast the American story to the world, has to start with what is, in effect, the sensa- tional admission that it isn't quite trusted at home. THAT ISN'T ALL. One might suppose, from the extent of conservative opposition to and suspicion of government broadcasting activities that these are somehow leftist or liberalistic in character. Not a bit; Mr. Benton makes it quite clear that our chief short-wave targets are the "blacked-out" areas of the Balkans, Russia, Near East, etc.; he wants to tell what might be called the American private enterprise story in places where news is now dominated by dissem- inators of the Russian socialist story. This should please American private enter- prise; but no, the fact that government is in- volved in it takes the joy out of it; private enterprise fears government so much that it doesn't even welcome an extension of govern- ment power in its behalf. The same situation turns up in regard to the government's 22 short-wave transmitters; these may broadcast the private enterprise story, but they are themselves examples of government ownership, and so they are view- ed dubiously, and again we find ourselves hooked on a contradiction and stammering as we try to tell the world about ourselves. 1 UT THESE are not the only contradictions; there are others. Suppose the Voice of America were to broadcast to the world a warm account of our current strike wave, telling how almost two million people went out on the streets last week, with very little in the way of violence, and how they were all allowed freely to tell their story, etc.? It makes a tale which would excite envy and admiration in some parts of the world where these freedoms are not al- lowed. Just as we do not ouite trust ourselves, we also do not quite approve of ourselves; and in this shifting phantasmagoria of doubts and distrust we get a kind of limelighted glimpse of how far we are from that sense of commun- ity which might enable us to clear our throats with confidence, and talk to the world. That still lies somewhere ahead of us; so far we make only a kind of gurgling sound, choked with the passions of internal conflict; and the only story we are telling the waiting world is the story of how sad it is to be divided. (Copyright, 1946, N.Y. Post Syndicate) By WILLIAM S. GOLDSTEIN THE "Student Affairs Committee" has succeeded in confusing the J-Hop question by making an issue of the charitable purpose for which the dance is being held. They have managed thoroughly to incense and portion of the student body, and any mention of revising the plans for the J-Hop is met with a storm of protest and cries of indignation fromC a small, but noisy group on campus; it is, therefore, a "dead issue". Any- one who protests that the dance as now planned will be a failure, and that it will quite likely lose aboutt $3,000 is immediately held up to pub- lie ridicule as a villain of the first order. There will undoubtedly be re- percussions when the final count is; made and it is found that the dance which was to have provided finan- cial aid for the University of the Philippines and the Red Cross had itself to draw upon other resources to help meet its expenses. This leaves the student body in an awkward position from which it cannot retreat. It is certain to be held accountable and will probably be labeled irresponsible by its mild- est critics. There is, apparently, no other recourse open to us than to appeal to the "Student Affairs Committee" to alter its decision. Before it is too late, we suggest that the price of the tickets be lowered until the pro- fits will be sufficient to cover the costs. It can then be left to another plan to solve our problem of charity. Our plan is that steps be taken' immediately to arrange for the do- nation of the proceeds of the Ar- my-Michigan game, to be played next fall in the stadium, to a cen- tral fund. This fund will be ad- ministered by a managing board composed of students elected at large and a faculty group appoint- ed by the regents. TICKETS will cost six dollars, threeY going directly to . the charity fund, and three to the athletic ad-t ministration. A block of tickets, which would ordinarily have to be given to the students as part of theirf tuition fee, will be set aside and soldE on the same basis as those for gen- eral admission. This will be the one; game of the season for which there will be no passes. The plan is en-1 tirely equitable. Whereas in the present J-Hop plans, the men stu- dents are made to bear the brunt of1 the charity, with the coeds beingE given little or no opportunity to con- tribute, our plan not to be so ex- clusive. Not only will the spectators, at large have contributed to our fund, but the students as a whole will have made a sacrifice at the same time. A conservative estimate of the plans, success would be as follows: 60,000 tickets, general admission, at $6 ...... $360,000 10,000 tickets, student block, at $6 ...........60,000 Total $420,000 Half of the general admission receipts, or $180,000, will go to the athletic administration; the rest of the general admission, or $180,- 000, plus the $60,000 received from the sale of tickets to the students, will go to the charity fund. This means that a total of $240,000 will be placed at the disposal of the fund's managing board.! + CINEMA + The Art Cinema League presents "Dona Barbara"; based on the novel by Gallegos. The spectre of Spanish 32 cast its shadow over the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre last night, as Art Cinema League presented a film version ofI the Gallegos novel, "Dona Barbara."I Senor Gallegos' opus about Vene- zuelan life is required reading forI Spanish students, and emotions were] doubtless varied among the members of the audience. For those unfamiliar with the story, Dona Barbara" concerns a woman who is described byethe English sub- titles a total of five times as a "de- vourer of men." This formidable creature is studied in action at some length on her Venezuelan ranch, and it all adds up to a character study of a wilful woman. The film is an offering of the still- infant Mexican cinema. Judging from this film, which we suspect had some Hollywood help, their cinema would seem to have made admirable technical strides. The photography is often better than we have seen in French or Russian importations. The performances suffer a bit in that they are gauged more for the Latin temperament rather than the American. Some of the more sophis- ticated members of La Sociedad His- panica found great amusement in the series of seductions and witch-craft scenes. Maria Felix, as the malevolent Dona Barbara, plays with sufficient restraint to avoid caricature and, despite the hazards of Mexican cos- metics, is very pleasing to look at. Julian Soler as the gentleman in the case isn't exactly Clark Gable, but, except for one ill-advised mo- ment when he beats his chest in the manner of Tarzan, he is ade- quately romantic in the accepted Latin manner. -Barrie Waters i L DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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 Angell Hall, by 3:30 p. m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a. mn. Sat- urdays). SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1946 VOL. LVI, No.67 Notices Attention All' Students: Registra- tion for the Spring Term By action of the Conference of Deans, all students are required to register for the Spring Term at, and no later than, the time announced in the Registration Schedule. Late regr istrations will not be permitted by the administrative authorities of the sev- eral units, except in the case of vet- erans who have not been in residence for the Fall Term. Students must pre- sent their identification cards at the time of registration and must file their registration material them- selves, not by proxy. The reason for this requirement is the unprecedented demand which the enrollment for the Spring Term will make upon the educational resources and the housing facilities of the Uni- versity. Because of these conditions, it is absolutely essential that regis- tration and classification be com- pleted according to schedule. Dr. Frank E. Robbins Assistant to the President Attention Faculty Members : Faculty Bibliography. The blanks that were distributed for the Faculty Bibliography are overdue. Those who have not returned the blanks must do so at once if their names and publi- cations are to appear in the next is- sue. REGISTRATIONLMATERIAL COLLEGE OF L. S. AND A. SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION AND MUSIC. Students should call for Spring Term registration material at Rcom 4, University Hall beginning 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. Studentsmay secure forms for this purpose in Room 2, University Hall. Directed Teaching, Qualifying Ex- amination: All students expecting to do directed teaching next term are required to pass a qualifying exami- nation in the subject in which they expect to teach. This examination will be held on Saturday, Mar. 2, at 8:30 a.m. Students will meet in the auditorium of the University High School. The examination will con- sume about four hours' time; promptness is therefore essential. Detroit Armenian Women's Club Award: The Detroit Armenian Wom- en's Club is making available, for 1946-47, two $100 scholarships for young men and women of Armenian parentage from the metropolitan dis- trict of Detroit. For further details consult Dr. Frank E. Robbins at 1021 Angell Hall. State of Michigan Civil Service An- nouncement for Fisheries Biologist I has been received in this office. Sal- ary is from $180 to $220 per month. Also for Fisheries Biologist III, sal- ary from $280 to $340 per month. For further information, call at the Bu- reau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. State of Michigan Civil Service An- nouncement for Laboratory Products Packer C has been received in this of- fice. Entrance salary is $110 per month. For further information, call at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, New York Civil Service announce- ment for Bookbinder has been re- ceived in this office. The salary is $2,392 to $2,575 per annum. For fur- ther information, call at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. Girl Scout camp on Lake Huron nerds counselors-nature workers, unit leaders, etc. for summer of 1946. Also needs dietitian. Camp accom- modates about sixty girls-age ten and over. A good chance to earn some :Honey and have a pleasant vacation tt the same time. Full information at Bureau of Appointments and Occu- pa tional Information. Exhibitions Exhibition, College of Architecture -nd Design: Motion Picture Set Dc- signs for Army Pictorial Seryice films, y Roger Hollenbeck, Design instruc- .or. First floor corridor, Architec- tural Building. Open daily 9:00 to 5:00 except Sunday, through Feb. 22. T'he public is invited. Michigan Historical Collections: "Early Ann Arbor." 160 Rackham. Open daily 8-12, 1-30-4:30, Saturdays 3-12. Lunchoon-Discussion: Get your reservations for Lane Hall's Saturday Luncheon-Discussion in before 10 a.m., today. The luncheon begins at 12:15 and the discussion topic will be on a prominent book. Pi Lambda Theta tea will be held this afternoon from 3:00 o'clock to 3:00 o'clock in the West Conference of the Rackham Building. A short business meeting for active members will follow the tea. Coning Events SFeb. 1. Please see your adviser and ORGANIZATIONS or individuals I secure all necessary signatures be- seeking aid will present their fore examinations begin. cases before the board which will Edward C. Groesbeck consider each application individu- Assistant Registrar ally. The board will also allot part of the fund to the March of Dimes, College of Architecture and Design. the Tuberculosis Fund, the Com- Students should call for Spring Term munity Chest, etc.-! material at Room 4, University Hall The adventures and possibilities of beginning Feb. 1. The College of such a central fund are unlimited. Architecture and Design will post an We will have eliminated the bother- announcement in the near future some and unsuccessful little drives giving time of conference with your that are held almost every week by adviser. Please wait for this notice one organization or another. We will before seeing your adviser. have removed a heavy burden from ,Edward G. Groesbeck the shoulders of the already over- Assistant Registrar taxed "Student Affairs Committee." We will have obtained, at one fell Caps and gowns for women gradu- swoop, more money for charitable ating in February should be pur- I purposes than all the soliciting of chased at Moe's Sport Shop Monday, the last ten years put together. We Tuesday, and Wednesday so that they will have placed the wholenstudent can be worn for the Senior Banquet body on an equal footing instead of to be held Wednesday night. Caps seeking the support of the men stu- and gowns for men of the February dents only. We will have an organ- adugc s sho e Puraed ized and responsible group admini-- grada ling class sh ould be purched en eon e m by February 9 so that they will arrive steriug the mnoney. We will be the in time for graduation Feb. 23. A first university to Nave become en- charge of $5.00 will be made, both for lightened to the point where we ive men and women, for the rental of the made the welcare of our fellow beings caps and gowns. Three dollars of this an important consideration in our amount will be refunded if the caps plans for the future. and gowns are returned to Moe's by We can find no reason why aF committee should not be appointed Feb. 27. to arrange for the formal presen- tation of this plan to the approp- Students, College of Literature, riate authorities. The time may Science, and the Arts: Students are yet come when we can look for- requested to conserve the supply of ward to the resumption of our re- College Announcements by using for sponsibilities toward the less for- the spring term the copies issued tc tunate of our people. them last fall. The large supplemen- r V r e s e f r Q Reiistatemeni t BY ORDER OF Director General Herbert H. Lehman, Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Mor- gan has been restored to his post as chief of operations for UNRRA in Germany. It is still difficult for us to see how General Morgan could have used the words he spoke, in describing any portion of the pitifl rein- naniof Polish .ews who wish to escane from By Crockett Johnson 4 r a tar y edition which was printed is al-' most exhausted. Any remaining new collies must be issued oly to students who have not been in residence for i i I r -- - . _ r e r. r.