PAGE FOUR~ TIlE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940 TIME TO RECONSIDER: The Innocent Swiss! o~eEterj to t4 &/itor DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN MUCH given to popular crazes, the American public has, on occasion, been caught fall- ing all over itself in its haste to idealize one coun- try or another. Sometimes we murmur, with gentle reverence, of "this England"; sometimes we work up a kind of fascination for the Moscow subway. Back at the beginning of the century we had conceived a certain patronizing fondness for the Japanese. All this is when it does not serve as innoculation against common sense; but too often it happens that we allow really dangerous situations to develop while a nation is "running on its reputation." For a long time now, Switzerland has been an ideal nation. Switzerland stands for world peace, the Red Cross, democracy exemplified. Switzerland has become a symbol of all the things we believe. Then last week, the Swiss government an- nounced its refusal of the American request that they turn over buried German assets in the coun- NIGHT EDITOR: FRANCES PAINE Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by wembers of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. try to the United Nations Reparations Commis- sion. The Society for the Prevention of World War III promptly protested, calling upon the Al- lied delegation to break off negotiations with the Swiss. THE SWISS have argued that by turning over the German assets they would "damage the concept of private property," and that they them- selves have claims to a portion of the funds which can pnly be settled by negotiations when a Ger- man government has been set up. The U.S. nego- tiating committee has tried to persuade the Swiss that they can accept the Allied Control Council as a de facto government in Germany. Neverthe- less, American public opinion, conditioned by years of pro-Swiss-ism, is probably inclined to accept Switzerland's position as well-intentioned, if bending slightly over backwards. In the light of the Nazi underground move- ment revealed Sunday, the danger that Ger- many's $500,000,000 assets in Switzerland might be used as a foundation for a new pol- icy of aggression begins to seem a little more ominous. Related to other dubious events in the past, which we shrugged off at the time, it looks as if a rather more' qualified opinion of Switzerland might be in order. 1AST NOVEMBER Senator Kilgore's commit- tee released documents from German official files which showed that the Swiss had been help- ing the Nazis by making available to them desperately needed foreign exchange. Letters written by Emil Puhl, vice president of the Reichsbank, to Walter Funk, German minister of economy, indicated that the Swiss had agreed to purchase about three tons of looted German gold. This was in the face of the Currie agree- ment, made between the Allies and Switzerland in March, 1945, by which the Swiss promised not to allow financial transactions with Germany that might assist the Nazis. The Swiss discounted these letters, explaining that Puhl was trying to pretend that he was ac- complishing something in Switzerland, so that he would be allowed to stay there and escape the coming disaster of the Reich. This may or may not have been the real ex- planation; the incident only adds to the num- ber of "coincidences," which begin to look more like a general policy than anything else. It is known that the Swiss continued to send munitions to the Nazis until after the Battle of the Bulge. Of course, little Switzerland had been hemed in by Axis powers: but with Mussolini defeated and the Allies winning on bothfronts, Switzerland was certainly playing it awfully safe. and making a comfortable profit for her muni- tions manufacturers into the bargain. IT IS COMMON PRACTICE in Switzerland for wealthy businessmen to rotate among the top governmental posts. Albert Norden, in an article in the "Protestant" claims that the country is "ruled by a small group of trust magnates, who own nine-tenths of the press." Maybe this is an explanation of the fact that Swiss members of the International Brigade Diplomacy Dead? IPLOMACY IS DEAD! A reliable dictionary gives us this meaning for diplomacy: " the art of securing advantages without arousing hostility.".Such an art no long- er exists. It 'is the fashion nowadays to try to arouse hostility when aiming for an objective. Countries are paid no attention unless they do something to make other nations mad. This is Russia's policy today-to arouse hos- tility and thus achieve objectives. She realizes that to make demands and fail to back those up with a show of power will be futile. It is a policy certain to achieve at least partial success. Such a policy will be successful because the world has sunk to a pitifully low state where each soverign state respects only force; each state claims it disrespects force and respects only peaceful means; and each state realizes that each other state respects force. THEWORLD, then, is at a low moral point. Riff lrih n who fought Franco in Spain were given consi- derable prison terms when they returned to their country. Though the Swiss have been justly praised for their humanity toward the refugees of Europe, President Eduard Von Steiger publicly declared that it was the policy of the government to get rid of "undesirable refugees," and, this policy sometimes meant turning them over to Nazi con- centration camps. All this may be profitably jotted down as a memo on the dangers of emotional politics. It is high time for us to trade in our rose-colored glasses and take a good look at what Switzerland is really up to. -Mary Brush I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Our Dilemma By SAMUEL GRAFTON W E AMERICANS have picked Germany as the rostrum from which to tell the world that we don't know what we want. We couldn't be more eloquent. Mr. C. L. Sulzberger of the Times quotes an AMG officer as complaining that we allow no history to be taught in the first eight grades of the German schools; Nazi instructors and texts have been withdrawn, but nothing new has been moved in to fill the vacuum. So far as German youth is concerned, their country has had no history, a situation which must be quite confusing to the little stinkers. In the high schools only a few "dried up spinsters" remain as history instructors, to tell the great rolling story of the world's recent passion. Since most of these crea- tures are colorless enough to have been found un- objectionable both by the Nazis and ourselves, one doubts that they are qualified to grasp the overtones and fine points of the global narra- tive. Ours is the zone in which nothing happens. It is true we have weeded Nazis out rather effi- ciently, in spite of lapses in some areas; at least than has any other occupying force; but that was an operation which could be carried out almost mechanically, on the basis of routine tests and questionnaires; an operation not un- congenial to the Army heart, that of compar- ing a man with a rule book, and seeing which comes out ahead. SINCE THEN life in our zone seems to have taken on the unpolitical quality of life in a Hollywood movie; a boy walks down a street with a girl, somewhere a child cries, sometimes there are raids against political suspects, as over the last week-end; but it is plotty, and unreal, and there is no life in the sense in which life goes on in, say Camden, New Jersey, or in Rome. Our basic difficulty is that it is quite impos- sible to tell people about democracy; you have to let them do it; it is as hard to teach democ- racy from a platform as it is to teach swimming. But to "let them do it" means political parties, meetings, parades, newspapers, handbills, strikes, debates and other forms of hoorah. Here we pull back. We want to keep the script clean of these political elements, we would like it to be just a good, wholesome story of love, hate and adven- ture. Someday, we hope, German men and women will read our definitions of democracy in books (when we get around to agreeing on them, our- selves, and printing them) and yill accept what they read, and will grow up to be a credit to us, and a bulwark of our way of life, without the nervousness, agitation, sound-effects, mass- meetings, picket-lines, and good-and-bad feelings which are characteristic of the free inventiveness and variety of the democratic way of life. Fearful of the right, and fearful of the left, too, we have perhaps, unconsciously, exported our own dilemma to our zone of Ger- many, and tried to base a way of life on it. We have shipped all our political fears abroad, and we have institutionalized them in visible form. BUT it is of the essence of democracy that it takes chances on peoples. The Russians at least trust those who are on their side; we don't even do that; we are in the strange position of trusting nobody, even though we know that poli- tical liberty in Germany must for a long time be the very qualified democracy of the board- ing schools, or the jail. But we draw back, even so; we prefer having a year of postponement be- hind us, to a year of process; in our fear of what the right might do, and, perhaps even more, of what the left might do, we have made ourselves doctors of a strange philosophy of inertia. And in speaking for a greater degree of free political action in our zone, it is not the Germans I am concerned about, but ourselves. For we are making a kind of confession in Germany of the doubts which trouble us, and which assail our faith in ourselves. It is not a German issue, but an American issue, when we Yankees deal in doodles and delay, pull back, and refuse the plunge. The moral crisis, the crisis of faith, is ours, not the Germans' when a supreme moment in history catches us with our mouths open, ut- tering a pear-shaped nothing. (Copyright, 1946, N. Y. Post Syndicate) What So cial Life? I To the Editor: Just what is this "prewar social life" so often lauded in your letters-to-the-editor column? So far I have been inclined to think that it meant only a rah-rah, three-dance week-end sort of college life, If that were all, it would seem hard- ly worthy of all this commotion about it; we can really always have dances-anywhere. It is a dif- ferent sort of "social affair" that seems more typically collegiate-as your announcement that the students were cooperating to form a Econo- mics Club on campus. The growth of this sort of organization seems to me a sign of the return of the real college social-life. Why doesn't the Daily sponsor this sort of thing, rather than all of the adolescent wails about the number of orchestras at a dance? -Alice Doumaman Majority Report To the Editor: For two and a half years I have read the re- views of the music critics of The Daily, and I can take it no longer. The criticism of the Alec Templeton concert was the last straw. Sure, Templeton is an entertainer, but aren't the Bos- ton Symphony, Paul Robeson and Jascha Heifetz entertainers also? The audience seemed to like Templeton, and to me that is the main thing. Must criticism be malicious, as it was, in my opinion? Mr. Templeon is a fine musician he knows theory better than anyone I have seen. And the fact that he is blind is further reason that he should be commended. How can Miss Brower say that the Detroit Symphony was good when (1) many people could- n't wait to walk out at the intermission; (2) the intonation in the woodwinds was so bad that I don't see how she missed it; (3) it was obvious to many that the orchestra was just playing notes? And now she says Templeton just exploits harmony. I wish I could exploit harmony like he does. I'm sure the audience enjoyed themselves more listening to Templeton than to the Detroit Symphony or Heifetz (although he is technically perfect.) I'm sure Mr. Templeton enjoyed him- self, too. -Allyce Wishnevsky Dichotomy of Choice To the Editor: The Executive Board of MYDA wishes to ex- press its appreciation for yesterday's "Daily" let- ter by Robert Kieber on the Spanish situation. The recent MYDA petition stirred up an amaz- ing variety of responses, but unfortunately very few people have had enough energy and con- viction to make their positions public. While we are delighted that Mr. Kieber has demonstrated an awareness of the seriousness of the Spanish situation, we feel, however, that a few points of correction are in order. The statement that "free governments and fascist governments cannot exist together in the world" is not meant to imply a dichotomy of choice regarding the question of what govern- ments shall replace Fascism in Spain. The state- ment means just what it says. Free governments, including that of our United States, cannot re- main in peaceful coexistence with fascist govern- ments because fascist governments have as an in- trinsic and motivating characteristic the desire for forceful conquest and domination of all peace- loving nations. It is this characteristic which eventually forced us to fight the last war against Nazism in Germany, a war of survival. It is be- cause of this characteristic that the Franco gov- ernment is daily expanding its war industries and forces and importing from us and others large quantities of surplus war properties and deploying its evergrowing army against the French border, and expanding militaristic devel- opments in South America through direct con- trol. (State Department White Paper on Argen- tina). MYDA is not advocating direct interven- tion in Spain. But if we were, we would not jus- tify such action on "idealistic" grounds. Such actions as we are advocating, viz. the breaking of diplomatic relations and the establishment of an international economic embargo against Spanish fascism are fully justified on the grounds of self-defense, even if we entirely neglect ideo- logical considerations, (something we are not at all willing to do.) As for fears of Communism replacing Fascism in Spain, Mr. Kieber seems to have a rather con- fused picture of the forces at play. First, Juan Negrin, who was president of the Spanish Gov- ernment, is not an avowed Communist; in fact, he has frequently been in extreme conflict with the Communist Party. Secondly, the president of the Spanish Government in Exile is not Negrin but Jose Giral, also not a Communist. While Communists are represented in this government, they are in the minority in proportion to 'the -re- sults of the free elections of 1937. We congratulate the Spanish Socialist Party for its refusal to submit to "Russian domination," but we wouldn't vote for Norman Thomas simply because he denounced the "Bolshevik" New Deal. If the only answer that can be given in'defense of Fascism in Spain is that it is a bulwark against the rise of world Communism, we are highly un- impressed. It seems we've "heard that song be- fore," and it sounds no better in Castillian Span- ish than it did in the original guttural German. -Cornelius J. Loeser, Vice-president, MYDA (Continued from Page 3) H. Graham, of Washingaon, D.C., Chief of the Biological Division, U. S.! Soil Conservation Service, will speak. All students in the School of Forestry and Conservation who do not have conflicts in nonforestry subjects are required to attend, and all others in- terested are invited. School of Music Assembly: 11 a.m. Thursday, April 4, Lydia Mendels- sohn Theater. Speaker will be Blanche Witherspoon of Metropolitan Opera Guild, New York. Attendance required. Classes and lessons dis- missed 11-12. Notice to Veterans. All veterans who have not as yet received subsistence and who turned in evidence of eligi- bility to the Certification Office of the University prior to March 3rd and who were registered in the Univer- sity by that date are to report to Room 100, Rackham Building on Wednesday, April 3, between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. in order that the Veterans Administration may inves- tigate the delay in the payment of their subsistence. The Museum of Art and Acheol- ogy on South State Street reopened Sunday, March 31. Visiting hours are Sunday, 3-5; Tuesday through Fri- day, 9-12; 2-5; Saturday, 9-12. Con tfloeP4 ia'I A& AN " don't know anybody here," the lady said to me as I bent over the water cooler in the Daily Building. I thought that was a lousy shame, so I asked her what we could do for her. She told me the following story, which we reproduce here after hav- ing been assured that the early his-. tory of Ann Arbor is so vague that we can't possibly be sued for libel. It developed that the lady was Miss Olive Parshall, and that she was the great-granddaughter of Col. Orin and Ann Thayer White. Col. White was a member of the state legislature In 1837, and it was he who did the major lobbying in the enactment of the statute which established the uni- versity in Ann Arbor as a state uni- versity. It had previously existed in Detroit, but had become exclusively a paper organization about 1825. In accordance with the bill which was passed through the efforts of Col. White, the Ann Arbor Land Company bought forty acres from Mrs. Ann Rumsey, and these forty acres were the original site of the University of Michigan. M. Gomberg Scholarship and Paul' F. Bagley Scholarship in Chemistry: These scholarships are open to jun- iors and seniors majoring in chemis- try. Preference will be given to those' needing financial assistance: Ap- plication blanks may be obtained in Room 212 Chemistry Building and' must be returned not later than April] 20. Elizabeth Sargent Lee Medical His-a tory Prize1 Established in 1939 by bequest of1 Professor Alfred O. Lee, a member of the faculty of the University from 1908 until his death in 1938. The in- come from the bequest is to be awarded annually to a junior or sen-1 for premedical student in the CollegeI of Literature, Science, and the Arts1 for writing the best essay on some topic concerning the history of medi- cine. Freshmen in the Medical School who are on the Combined Curriculum in Letters and Medicine are eligible to compete in the contest. The following committee has been appointed to judge the contest: As- sistant Professor John Arthos, Chair- man, Professor Adam A. Christman, and Assistant Professor Frederick H. Test. The Committee has anonunced the following topics for the contest: 1. History of a Medical Unit 2. Medical-Aid Man 3. Medicine in Industry 4. Tropical Medicine Prospective contestants may con- sult committee members, by appoint- ment. 1) A first prize of $50 and a second prize of $25 are being offered, (2) manuscripts should be 3,000 to 5,OOC words in length, (3) the manuscript should be typed, double spaced, or' one side of the paper only, (4) con- testants must submit two copies o their manuscripts, and (5) all manu- scripts should be handed in at Roon 1220 Angell Hall by May 31, 1946. The Superintendents from Mount Morris, Michigan, and Oscoda, Mich- igan, will be in our office today, in- terviewing candidates for Septembe vacancies. Openings exist in the fol- lowing fields; English and Latin, In. dustrial Arts, English and Librar3 Science, Mathematics and Science, Elementary, Social Science, Commer- cial, Latin and French. Anyone in- terested in talking with these me. please call ext. 489 for an appoint- ment. Lectures La Sociedad Hispanica. The last lecture of the Spanish Club serie will be tonight at 8:00 in Kellogg Au- ditorium. Dr. Jose Saralegui wil speak on "Uruguay-pais del Turis- mo." Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Harry George Drickamer, Chemical Engi- neering; thesis: "Vapor-Liquid Equi- libria in Phenol-Hydrocarbon Sys- tems and Their Application to a Com- mercial Toluene Unit," Thursday, April 4, 3201 East Engineering, at 2:00 p.m. Chairman, G. G. Brown. Preliminary examinations for the Ph.D. in English will be given on the following schedule in Room 3223 An- gell Hall at 9:00-12:00 m. Wednesday, May 8, American Lit- erature. Saturday, May 11, English Litera- ture, 1700-1900. Wednesday, May 15, English Liter- ature 1500-1700. Saturday, May 18, English Litera- ture Beginnings to 1500. Will those intending to take the examinations please notify Professor Nelson by April 22. MA. Students in English. Make-up for tho qualifying examination will be offered on' Friday, April 5, at 4:00- 6:00 p.m. in 3223 Angell Hall. No work taken before the qualifying ex- amination is counted toward an M.A. in English. Biological Chemistry Seminar will meet in Room 319 West Medical Building on Friday, April 5, at 4 p.m. Veterans' Tutorial Program The following changes have been made in the schedule: English Composition - Tuesday, Thursday 4:00-5:00 p.m. 2235 Angell Hall. (Beginning) English Composition - Tuesday, Thursday 4:00-5:00 p.m. 3216 Angell Hall: Friday 5:00-6:00 p.m. 3216 An- gell Hall. (Advanced) Spanish (31) (32) -Monday, Tues- day 4:00-5:00 p.m. 408 Romance Lang.; Thursday, Friday 4:00-5:00 p.m. 408 Romance Lang. Concerts Andrew B. White, baritone, will present a program of Italian, Ger- man, French and American songs at 8:30 tonight in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Prior to joining the staff of 'he School of Music, Mr. White ap- neared on numerous radio programs and was a member of the faculty of :he American University at Shriven- 'am, England. The recital is open to ;he general public without charge. Exhibitions Paintings by Eduardo Salgado of ,urrent American Life. Daily from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. in the mezza- aine galleries of Rackham until April 10. Michigan Historical Collections: 'Early Ann Arbor." 160 Rackham. 'pen daily 8-12, 1:30-4:30, Saturdays 3-12. Events Today Radio Program: The University 3roadcasting service and the School >f Music present today over Station )VKAR (870) another of its weekly >rograms entitled "EPOCHS IN MUSIC" under the direction and su- ervision o Prof. Hanns Pick. Pianist ?rof. Mabel Rhead and Mr. Theodore eger, Instructor in the History of viusic will give the first of two lec- ure-recitals on MUZIO CLEMENTI, lemonstrating the importance of this ?ianist-Composer as a link in the lifferent styles between Mozart and 3eethoven. Mr. George Cox will act as announcer. Varsity Glee Club: Important re- zearsal for concerts and serenades, 1:15 sharp. Quartet rehearsal for Saturday, April 6, appearance. Flying Club: There will be a ground chool meeting tonight in Room 1042 'ast Engineering Building at 7:00. in important business meeting will ollow at 8:00 p.m. All members are sked to attend. Alpha Phi Omega will hold its reg- Plar meeting tonight at 7:30 at the M'ichigan Union. All members are irged to attend and anyone who is nterested in the organizhtion is also Invited. Camp Counselors Club cook out i:30 Wednesday, April 3. Meet at the W.A.B. and bring your own food. Coming Events The Ann Arbor Library Club will ;neet in the Clements Library Friday, April 5, at 7:45 p.m. Robert B. Brown will speak on "Collecting under arms." Rrefresh- mlents. A Russian musical film, "Volga Volga," presented by Russky Kru- ?hok, Russian Circle, will be shown April 4th and 5th in Rackham Lec- ture Hall. Forestry CluL-There will be a meeting Thursday evening at which Professor Karl Lager of the Zoology Department will speak on Fish and Conservation. Prior to the talk, there will be an important business meeting at 7:30 in Room 2039, Natural Sci- ence building. Armenian Students Association: There will be an important meeting on Friday, April 5, at 616 Church, at 7:30 p.m. The main business will be the discussion of a drafted constitu- tion. Following the business meeting a social period will follow. All stu- dents of Armenian descent are urged to come and participate in this meet- ing. The Inter-Faith Committee of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation will meet on Thursday, April 4 at 4:15 at the Foundation. Plans will be made for future suppernar discussions. MRS. ANN RUMSEY was one of the four women for whom Ann Arbor was named.. . the others be- ing Ann Allen, Mary Ann Smith, and Miss Parshall's antecedent Ann Thayer. Miss Parshall mentioned that Ann Allen's husband John had received a great deal of credit for establishing the University, but that he was something of a family black sheep. He had written to Col. White from his home in Virginia, asking Col. White to write him about any choice piece of land which might turn up. One day John Allen took a fat load of stock to market, and chose to come to Michigan rather than go home to his wife. His wife and chil- dren later joined him in Ann Arbor, but were deserted again when Allen left for the gold strikes in California. Col. White was the builder of a large stone house on the North Ri- 'ver which is now occupied by Prof. Carl. LaRue. It is directly across the road from the house where President Ruthven now keeps his horses. Miss Parshall was inclined to think that it was a shame that a lady whose grand-father had built this house should not now be able to find a house to live in. She and her 86 year old mother were dis- possessed recently when the house in which they were living was sold, and they are now living at the County Infirmary until somebody finds them a house. Won't some body find them a house? Somebody like the Michigan Daily . . .the cru- sading newspaper? Miss Parsall ex- plained that "Even a garage would be good." She observed before she left that the March winds were still with us, and that she had to take her hat off and carry it because she didn't "want to be chasing it all over Hell's Half- Acre." Anybody as wonderful as Miss Parshall should get a house by the courtesy of the University. -Ray Ginger , ; . I "Some Recent Chemical Studies of Amino Acids and Special Proteins." All interested are invited. Analytic Functions Seminar today at 3, 3201 Angell Hall. Professor Kaplan will speak on "Conformal Mapping and the Linde- lof Plan." 1 I I Fifty-Sixth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff BARNABY Thus ends the first lecture ... Next week .wewill discuss the idiosyncrasies of the , . , . By Crockett Johnson Nonsense! We all have skeletons in our closet, Gus. Mmm ...Cold rhAo dcnir Y: iir .... nrl Margaret Farmer Hale Champion Robert Goldman Emily E. Knapp Pat Cameron . . . . . 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