PAGE FOt7U THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1946 Cmbt'oeiepial Iepcpter I Deer John S. Knight: I git no pleasur frum writin this lettur. Me n You hez bin friends fur uh long time. I stuck by yuh thru yur nobil fights fur a good 5 cint see- gar and fur thuh puritee uv American muthur- hud. I >*uz yr konstunt alley doorin yur recint bluddy kempain tuh kaptur thuh Chicaggy Daly Noos, and I didn desurt yuh whin yuh chased away thuh best furrin staff in thuh kuntry n genrally wreckt thuh paper. But this hyar ede- toreal yuh hed in thuh Deetroyt Free Press on March 26 is uh noo crisus in ahr friendship. Thurs sum peeces uv writin thet uh man reads thet make him think thet he'd bettur ile up his wattur pistul and lay in uh bigg sup- pl uv keps fur hiz kep pistul bekuz hes gonnuh bee uzin em. Yur edetoreal hed thet resszult. It med us yung and helthy guys wake up in thuh nite sweatin and reachin fur ahr pistuls. Iz this Rooshia rally ez dangrus ez yuh say? Et seams tuhi mee thet yuh got purty fur off base und thet sumone iz sartin tuh put uh NIGHT EDITOR: ANNETTE SHENKER Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. TWELVE HUNDRED TICKETS have been sold for the lectures on marriage rela- tions-because twelve hundred people is all that Rackham Amphitheatre will hold. Even with admission to the course restrict- ed to seniors, veterans and veterans' wives, there are over 6000 students who want non- existent seats. They want them because they hope that the lecures will help to solve the increasingly dangerous marriage-fatality problem. They hope that the course will fill a recognized need for correct and complete in- formation. They want to go to the lectures, in other words, because they want to make their marriages more successful. But if existing ar- rangements are not changed, they just won't go. It would seem only reasonable that the series be transferred to hill Auditorium. In view of the apparent desire of so many stud- ents to learn more about a great social prob- lem, it is difficult to see what reason there could be for thwarting that desire. -Mary Ruth Levy Why The Stall ? With the UNO charter in one pocket and a rat- tle in the other, Russia has staged a seemingly peurile demonstration by stalking out of the Security Council meeting last Wednesday. "I attach great importance to the United Na- tions Organization as it is a serious instrument for the preservation of peace and international security," Stalin says. Pour days later the Rus- sian representative turns his back on the very or- ganization his boss has endorsed. Why? You may well ask of what Russia is afraid, what possible difference a fourteen day delay in bringing the issue before the UNO will produce. The explanation is probably this. In 1921 the Soviets renounced all oil conces- sions in Iran on the promise that they should never be given to another power. The presence of numerous missions over a period of years-both from the U.S. and Great Britain could have had no implications for the Russions but that these groups were seeking oil concessions. It is further to be remembered that the only foreign power boasting oil rights in Iran today is England- the owner of a majority interest in the Anglo- Iranian Company, largest single oil producer in the world. The second point of contention in Iran is the reported efforts of the Russians to have Azer- baijan declared an autonomous republic. Inten- sifying the problem is the ever-present threat of revolt on the part of suppressed peasants and nomads. Iranian economy is feudal, the land be- ing concentrated in the hands of about five per cent of the population. In the reign of Riza Shah many reforms were undertaken but under such stringent conditions that when he was ousted by the Allies in 1942 the country relaxed into chaos. During the war, Anglo-Russo-American oc- cupying forces did little to alleviate the situation. In order to operate efficiently the Allies found it expedient to retain reactionary leaders in power, suppresing the liberal intellectuals. In addition, the Allied system of preemptive buying to keep products from German hands served to divert necessary supplies from Iranian consumers. And to add to the scarcity, the commandeering of all conveyances for the transportation of military supplies kept the people in the outlying districts from obtaining sufficient food. Thus, today, with the great masses of the population in a state of poverty, it is natural that they should seek to change conditions-with or without the influ- ence of Soviet Russia. And only intensifying the conflagration is the disparity between Russian and Iranian re- ports. Though Iranian ambasador virtually called Stalin a liar, the statement is to be tempered by the Iranian Premier's prediction that accord will soon be reached. This in turn is followed by the Moscow announcement that Soviet troops are withdrawing in accord with 'a Russo-Iranian agreement. Reason for these inconsistencies perhaps lies. in the fact that Iranian ambassador to the U.S. Hussein Ala is bitterly anti-Russian, but takes his orders from pro-Russian Premier Quavam. Thus, with the possibility of a.revolt ousting the ball on yuh. Fur instunts, yun say thet thuh Coomunistz in Rooshia ar uh wun party diktat- urship, and thet they niver hev no free n on- fettured elekshuns. Then yuh say thet in thuh lest free and onfettured elekshun in Frence thuh Communistz got more votz then ennyboddy else. Do yuh mean by this thet in Frence thuh Com- munistz kin win in free n onfettured elekshuns bekuz they got thuh support of thuh peepul, but in Rooshia they kudnt win un elekshun bekuz thar they aint got thuh support uv thuh peepul. I dint think this wuz kwite clear. Yur peece uv writin also sez thet Rooshia is wavin thuh Bluddy Shurt uv furrin conspeeracy aginst hur in order tuh keep itz peepul setisfied; but thet nobody aint niver bin interustid in in- vadin Rooshia. Et seemz tuh mee thet enny kuntry whut wuz invadid twict en twintyfive yars hez uh rite tuh think thet SUMBODDY iz interustid in invadin it. I dont reckin thet speech- uz like thuh wun thet Winston Churchill just giv out in Mizzoury an edetoreal like thet wun in yur papuh make Rooshia sleep much bettur at nite. Whin yuh tawk about thez Communists all turnip tuh Moscow fur gidunts, et seemz ez if yuh dint know thet thuh furst Marxist wuz uh man named Marx thet wuz born in Ger- many and writ all hiz bookz while he wuz liv- ing in England. Ef yuh dint know aboot this, the fekts iz mostly in thuh Incyclopedia Brtin- nikka. Und whin yuh tawk about thuh Mos- lems turnin tuh Mekka fur gidunce et sounds tuh nice like yuh wuz beein anti-reeligus yur- self. I niver hurd uv these Communistz criti- cizin ennyboody jest bekuz he wuz a Moslem ur uh mimbur uv enny uther reeligion. Aint yuh got enny respek fur thuh rights uv those groops thet aint big advertisurs in yur paper? Yuh got sum refrunts to Rooshia ez "thuh self-appinted champeen uv thuh colonyun pee- puls." Maybe yuh ahr furgittin thet wun uv thuh proudest days in ahr histry wuz whin we wur thuh self-appinted champeens uv thuh Negro pee- pul. Rite now we're kinda self-appinted cham- peens agin, atho I kunfess thet I kint tell if we are champeenin democracee er Standurd Ile. Ez un old frend uv yrs, I wisht thet yuh wud reed sum histry und sum ekkonomikz und then write yr story agin. Befour yuh print it, I wisht thet yuh wud counsel with sum more expery- enced nosspaper man, who kud doutluss giv yuh sum vurry valyublil tips. Thurz plinty uv ithers whut think thet sum- thin iz rong in uh world -whar thuh moths kin eat up uh guy's tuxedo, but whar they niver git at hiz army yuneefrom bekuz hez alwaze wearin it. Yrs. trulee, -Ray Ginger CINEMA At the Lydia Mendelssohn ... "LES PERLES DA LA COURONNE," or Pearls of the Crown if you prefer, is a vehicle for brilliant Sascha Guitry. The talented French star, who is somewhat of a continental Orson Welles, wrote, co-edited and played four different roles in this cinematic saga. Guitry's wife, Ja-. queline Delubac, also shared in the production, participating in three parts herself. Generally witty, occasionally very dramatic, the picture remains fascinating throughout. Its time span is four centuries, and during the course of action the camera covers most of the terri- tory between England and China. "The Pearls of the Crown" is the story of seven pearls given to Catherine De Medici by her uncle, Pope Clem- ent VII. The history of these pearls is traced through time and space and many of the more important and colorful events of the past are portrayed on the Mendelssohn screen. Slightly reminiscent of the Cecil B. DeMille epics of the 1920's, the scope of the picture is greater than has been seen in many years. Henry VIII, Car- dinal Woolsey, Anne Bollyne, Francis I, Mary Stuart, Queen Elizabeth. Madame DuBarry, Na- poleon I and III are only a few of the major charactert The narration of the broad )lot is candled by three speakers using three different lan- guages - English, Italian, and French. The dialogue is also linguistically differentiated with the addition of a scene spoken in Abys- sinian. M. Guitry undoubtedly figured that no matter where the picture played someone would understand some of it. While there is a certain amounti' Ofconfusion at times (lue to the complexity o the picture, the audience is nevertheless entertained more than satisfactorily. It is true of French pro- ductions and foreign pictures in general that the techluncal aspects of movie-making, the sound recording and photography, do not always mea- sure up to the Hollywood standards, but their sophistication and honesty make for good theatre that our own products have a hard time dupli- cating. Racily dramatic, rather risque, building to an exciting climax, in "The Pearls of the Crown", the Guitrys have joined to produce a good evening's entertainment. -hap Eaton I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: An Open Secret By SAMUEL GRAFTON IT seems to me that somewhere in the backs of our minds we still reserve the hope that the secret of the atomic bomb can be kept forever, and that this private, unarticulated hope drives us into attitudes and postures we would not otherwise assume. For if our Congressmen really believed, as our scientists do, that other nations are going to have the bomb in a matter of years, three, four, five, or six, a great calm would de- scend over the debate on control of atomic ener- gy. We would then want a civilian control com- mission, hoping to translate our military head- way into an advantage of another kind, develop- ment of peacetime use of the great new principle. Thus when other powers did catch up with us on the military applications, they would find us still out in front on another front, so to speak. But, without admitting it (for it is a possibility so slight that no one cares to avow it, or to be its public sponsor) we are still letting ourselves be entranced by the perky little hope that maybe we can keep the thing forever; led into swapping five years of potential industrial progress for five years of sterile military control. Nothing else will explain the unanimity with which Senator Brien McMahon's entire com- mittee on atomic energy voted against him, and in favor of setting un a military commit- tee to breathe down the necks of the proposed civilian commission, and jog its elbow, and question its decisions, and to exercise the im- memorial military privilege of delaying action. The clamor with which this idea is beig de- fended, with attendant sound effects and up- roar from the isolationist press and other friends of military control, shows that we still hope we can keep the thing our own for good; for men do not perspire so, and make such noises, over a matter of a four or five year franchise. AND BIKINI ATOLL-would 120 Congressman plan to leave their desks, and all domestic business for 42 days, to see the bomb tested, un- less they were concentrating with a terrible fierce intentness on this weapon, and believed that by some miracle it would remain ours? The junket had actually been scheduled (until the President set the date back) to leave Washing- ton during the price control debate; and this choice between objects of attention is in itself revelatory; one learns much about what men think by seeing what they put first when they set out to put first things first. Yet the evidence is all against the sly and slender hope. Two good scientists, Seitz of Car- negie Institute of Technology, and Bethe of Cornell, have just calculated, in a detailed study which forms part of the remarkable new book on atomic energy, "One World or None" (Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill, $1, and a bargain) that other nations may be expected to have the bomb within six years, a calculation which even throws in an extra year just to al- low for the presumed lesser efficiency of for- eign industry as compared with ours. SEITZ AND BETHE say that even small coun- tries like Sweden, as well as large ones like Russia, can reasonably hope to produce the bomb; that you don't need geniuses, any more, for the genius stage has been passed; that good, com- petent effort can turn the trick on the basis of information now available; and that much of our own time-eating initial work, designed only to find out whether the project was practical before investing in it, can now be by-passed. It is not a question of giving the secret away, but of acting as if we believed, in our hearts, that others are going to have it. That belief would necessarily produce changes of attitude, deep, subtle and far-reaching; perhaps leading to a search for a foreign policy to make the bomb safe, rather than projects for bigger and better bombs to make any kind of foreign policy safe. I cannot rid myself of the feeling that if Con- gress really believed that other nations would ultimately have the bomb, it would send a dele- gation of 120 men to watch the experiment at the Security Council in the Bronx, rather than the one at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. (Copyright, 1946, N. Y. Post Syndicatc) Me---------------J By i)REW PEARtSON WASIITNGTON.---Not long before he died, Franklin Roosevelt was talking to his friend Morris Ernst, author of "The First Freedom," about the problem of penetrating the iron cur- tain around Russia. Ernst had told Roosevelt how an OWT illus- trated magazine, "America," finally had been permitted to enter Russia in limited quantities. Although given away by the U.S. Government, the magazines were in such demand that the Russians later resold them for large sums of mo- ney. One article in the magazine described the life of George Washington Carver, famous Negro scientist, and the high recognition he was given in the United States. Ernst told FIR that this article was the first evidence the Russians had to disprove t.he communist propaganda. that all Negroes were beaten or lynched in the United States. Ernst also urged the importance of get- ting more books and radio broadcasts inside Russia in order to ensure permanent American- Soviet friendship. Roosevelt agreed and added: "When the right time comes, there is just one book which will win over the Russian people." "What is that?" asked Ernst. "The Sears Roebuck catalogue." (Copyright, 1946, by the Bell Synd'cAte, inc.) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Pubiucatlon 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 Hal, by 3:30 p. m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a. m. Sat- urdays). FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1946 VOL. LVI, No. 100 Notices To the Members of the Faculty- College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: The April meeting of the Faculty of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts for the academic year 1945-46 will be held Monday. April 1, at 4:10 p.m. in Room 1025 Angell Hall. The reports of the various com- mittees have been prepared in ad- vance and are included with this call to the meeting. They should be retained in your files as part of the minutes of the April meeting. Hayward Keniston AGENDA: 1. Consideration of the minutes of the meeting of March 4, 1946 (pp. 1252-1253). 2. New staff members. 3. Consideration of reports sub- mitted with the call to this meeting. a. Executive Committec-Profes- sor Clark Hopkins. b. University Council--Professor' S. B. Myers. No report. c. Executive Board of the Grad- Off AA News Edit To The Editor: I'm writing this letter to you in hopes that it will receive more at- tention than did a similar one sent to the Ann Arbor News. Anyone who read their editorial "Unionism Needs Purge of Radical Elements" of March 23, 1946, probably ignored it but this loose journalism should not go un- answered. The Editorial could easily have been written in 1830 and was written, I'm sure, with an 1830 know- ledge of economics. It says "that the present strike fer- vor in this country is inimical to na- tional progress." What is the New's definition of the word progress? The word itself precludes the possibility of things remaining static. If we de- sire progress we cannot also maintain the status quo. If conditions could be changed without a strike there would be none, but every social ad- vancement we have ever achieved has been achieved only by a fight-a fight against those who are prosper- ing under the present system of in- equalities. This editorial says the strikes "cor- rode the foundation of private enter- prise." The News' theory of private enterprise has been corroding ever since the first protective tariff, the first manufacturers'iassociation, the first merchants' price-fixing organ- ization and the first workman's con- bination. The News' editorial says that this "fervor of strikes . . . forces govern- ment intervention." Government In- tervention has been too long malign- ed by distribution of goods and ser- vices government intervention would surely bring. Opponents of Govern- ment Intervention do not base their opposition on any consistent theoriz- ing but only on a short range policy of protecting the Haves from the Have-nots. The News plaintively complains that this "fervor of strikes" causes "all sorts of trouble, economically b- cause it advocates democracy. It causes trouble socially because it causes trouble to those people who give only lip service to the Demo- cratic Idea and have tried to substi- tute a more convenient term, Ameri- canism. A word of vague meaning whose chief value lies in that a per- son's vision is blinded by the tears that well up into his eyes at its men- tioning, Webster's definition of demo- cracy, unfortunately, includes "a be- lief in or practice of social equality." It is all too easy to attach labels. Name calling as News admitted means little. However, if the News and what it represents hopes to quell the ris- ing of a powerful social conscil('e by tirelessly applying the worn out. epithets of "Red," "Communiost," "Reuther-type Socialist," "Subver- sive elements', "un-American', "Chronic trouble makers", "Extreme Leftists", they may succeed and pro- fit. I would like to remind their edi- torial writers who "Urges the Purge of Radical Elements", that Webster has a word for people opposed to Radicalism--its Fascist. -Max Dean uate School--Professor N. E.t Nelson. - d. Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs - Prof essor R. V. Churchill. No report. e. Deans' Conference-Dean Hay- ward Keniston. 4. Report on budget procedure. 5. Committee on Curriculum. 6. New business and announce- ments Certificates of Eligibility for the Spring Term should be secured from the Office of the Dean of Students before April 1. All women students attending the Feather Merchants Ball at the In- tramural Building tonight will be granted late permission until 1:30 a.m. Office of the Dean of Women llopwond Contests: No petition will be received by the Hopwood com- mittee after April 1. See page 9, para- graph 18, of the Hopwood bulletin. Choral Union Ushers: Please re- port at Hill Auditorium for the Alex Templeton Concert. Use regular Usher Card. Each sorority, dormitory, and league house must turn into the Ju- diciary Box in the Undergraduate Office of the League by today the name of their house president for the spring semester. The Museum of Art and Archaeol- ogy on South State Street will re- open Sunday, March 31. Visiting hours are Sunday, 3-5; Tuesday through Friday, 9-12; 2-5; Satur day, 9-12. Girl Scouts: Miss Mouna Heath, representative of the Girl Scouts from Chicago, will be in our office Tuesday and Wednesday, April 2 and 3, to interview senior girls who are interested in permanent positions in Scout work all over the United States. All those who wish to talk with her' should call the Bureau of Appoint - ments, 201 Mason Hall, ext. 371, and make an appointment. Lectures University Lectures: Mr. Michael Lindsay, formerly professor of Eco- nomics, Yenching University, will lec- ture on the subject, "The Chinese Communist Areas," at 4:15 p.m., Monday, April 1, in the Rackham Amphitheater. Mr. Lindsay will also lecture on the subject, "The Problemsi of Chinese Unity," at 4:15 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, in the Rackham Amphitheater. The public is invited. Unitarian Billings Fund Lecture, Rackham Amphitheatre, Friday, March 29, Professor Ernest J. Chave, The Divinity School, The University of Chicago, will speak on the sub- ject, "Basic Elements of the Religious Experience," the subject of his forth- coming book. The public is invited. Academic Notices Seminar in Applied Mathematics and Special Functions: Tuesday, April 2, at 3:00 p.m., in 312 West Engineering. Professor R. C. F. Bartels will pre- sent some results on "Modes of Vi- brations of Flat Helical Springs." All interested are welcome. Riological Chemistry Seminar will meet in Room 319 West Medical Building today at 4:00 p.m. "Some New Factors Associated with Protein--Avidin (Antibiotin) and Strepogenin." Language Examination for candi- date for the degree of Master of Arts in History will e given today at 4:00 p.m., in Room B, Haven Hall. Stu- dents desiring to take this examina- tion must sign up for it at the His- tory Department office, 119 Haven Hall. history Make-up Examinations: Any student who missed his final ex- aminlation in any history course will be g>iveil an opportunity to take thme examination today at 4:00 p.m., in Room C, Haven Hall. When the stu- dent appeals to make up the exami- nation, he must have a note from his instructor which gives him permis- sion to take this make-up examina- tion. Students who have such ex- amint tions to wake-up must contact ~.. their instructors sufficiently early so that the instructor may have time to draw up the examination. Concerts Alec Templeton, distinguished pianist, will be heard in a special concert under the auspices of the University Musical Society, this eve- ning at 8:30, in Hill Auditorium. The program will consist of classical and satirical numbers. A very limited number of tickets are available at the offices of the Society in Burton Memorial Tower. Exhibitions Michigan IHistorical Collections: "Early Ann Arbor." 160 Rackham. Open daily 8-12, 1:30-4:30, Saturdays 8-12. "Ancient Man in the Great Lakes Region." Rotunda, University Muse- um Building, through April 30. Paintings by Eduardo Salgado of current, American Life. Daily from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. in the mezza- nine galleries of Rackham until April 10. Events Today Graduate Students in Speech: The March meeting of the Graduate Study Club will be held at 4:00 p.m. today in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. The pro- gi'am will be devoted to a discussion of research problems in radio. The Geological Journal Club will meet in Rmn. 4065 at 12:15 p.m. today. Dr. V. E. Monnett, Dean of the Grad- uate School of the University of Ok- lahoma, will speak. All interested are invited. Lane hfall's weekly Coffee h-our will be held today from 4:30-6:00 p.m. Dean Alice Lloyd and Dean Josept Bursley will be guests of hon- or. Everyone is invited to come and meet faculty members and fellow stu- dents, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation will hold Sabbath Eve Services tonight at 7:15. The early hour has been ar- ranged for the convenience of those who are planning to attend the Tem- pleton concert. Westminster Guild: Dr. Lemon will conduct the Lenten Bible Class in the Russel Parlor for Guild students on "The Life and Teachings of Jesus" tonight at 7:30. Coming Events Association of University of Michi- gan Scientists will meet on Monday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rackham Amphitheatre. There will be short business meeting followed by a talk by Professor Preston Slosson at 8:00 p.m. on "A Report on the Rollins Col- lege Conference on Atomic Energy," to which the public is invited. The Graduate Education Club will meet on Tuesday, April 2, at 7:30 p. m. in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. A panel dis- cussion will be held with Drs. Clif- ford Woody and Max Wingo as par- ticipants. All graduate students in Education and faculty members are invited, The Graduate Outing Club is planning a bicycle hike on Sunday, Mar. 31. Those interested should pay the supper fee at the checkroom desk in the Rackham Building before noon Saturday and should meet (with bicycles) at the north-west en- trance of Rackham at 2:30 p.m. Sun- day. The Antn Arbor library club will ?neet in the Clements library Friday, April 5, at 7:45 p.m. Robert B. Brown wilJ speak on 'Collecting under arms." Refresh- ments. A.I.E.E.: A joint meeting of the Michigan Section Electronics Group and the Student local Chapter of the AIEE will be held at Kellogg Audi- torium on Tuesday, April 2. The discussion leader will be Mr. Myron Zucker, Mackworth G. Rees Inc., Detroit. Topic: "Methods of Teaching Elec- toronies in Industry." Wesleya.i Guild will go roller skat- ;g Saturday night. March 30, eav- (Co.miinued on Page 6) ('TtIr t473at1y autihority of th' Mvirgaret 1Wr ' li le Clhampion Robert ,oldua Emily E. Knapp Pat Cameron Clark Baker Des Howarth Ann Schutz Dona Gmimaro'a rI otf BARNABY Fifty-Sixth Year by students of the Uiversity of Michigan under the in Control of Student Puiblicatlions, Editorial Staff Doesn't Atlas, the Mental Giant, want to come to He's interested, of course, in my proposed lectures on sylphs, nymphs and the rest- By Crockett Johnson His services are at a premium in Washington. Hmm. I'm afraid aaer..... . . . . . Managing Editor Editorial Director 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . City Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Editor . . . . . . . . . . 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