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St. Lawrence
potentia Vast
flETROIT, Chicago, Duluth, and Milwaukee
will become world sea-ports comparable to
Boston, New York, San Francisco and New Or-
leans, if and when Congress approves the vast
St. Lawrence Seaway project. At a cost to the
nation of 269 million dollars (about one day's
cost of war), the project would create a fourth
United States coastline with direct access to the
highly industrialized and agriculturally prolific
Middle West. At the same time, the project would
include a dam which would be second only to
Grand Coulee in power produced. The St. Law-
rence dam would supply cheap power to upper
New York State (saving consumers there alone
25 million dollars annually), to parts of New
England, and to the Canadian Province of On-
tarlo.
America's great merchant fleet, paid for by
war taxes, would be turned into a tremend-
ous asset by the St. Lawrence project. With
the construction of dams, locks and canals,
some 10,000 merchant ships (2,000 of them
under the United States flag) could sail
into the Great Lakes.
ETIMONY of the undeniable national bene-
fit from the project can be found in the en-
dorsements of every president from Woodrow
Wilson to Truman. In urging Congress to pass
the measure, President Truman said it will lead
to the "development of international economic
co-operation", will "enlarge world commerce"
arid through the "increase in the consumption
of electricity . . . will mean more jobs, more in-
come,.and a higher standard of living". Tru-
man also predicted "new and increasing oppor-
tunities for production and employment by pri-
vate enterprise" as a result of the cheap water
transportation. Decreased transportation costs
would mean more profits on American exports
and cheaper imports.
From the more-or-less incidental point of view
of national defense, the Army is all for the pro-
ject. Army engineers have studied the proposed
construction and given it their ok. From the
short-range view point of employment during
the war-to-peace conversion, the project would
employ thousands of workers for from four to
six years. From the point of view of New York
State, Republican Governor Thomas E. Dewey is
on record as favoring state development of the
project if the United States does not take over.
The St. Lawrence project has been turned
down by Congress twice. In 1934, a Canada-
U.S. treaty won a majority of Congress, but
fell short of the required two-thirds. In
1944, an amendment to the omnibus Rivers
and Harbors Bill was rejected on grounds
that the project should be considered on its
own merits. It is now before Congress in the
form of a separate bill.
OPPOSITION to the project crosses party lines
to represent regional and special private in-
torests. Major groups opposing it are the Eastern
Seaboard cities, utilities groups, railroad brother-
h-frds, both John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers
and the mine owners.
The project can be shown to be to the interests
of all these groups. Eastern cities which fear
the loss of foreign trade would be compensated
by increased trade with our Middle West at lower
transportation costs. TVA records show that
after the government power plants forced rates
down, private companies made more profits
than ever before. Increased sales of power at
the low prices led to sales of 250% more coal
in the Tennessee Valley, 59% more in the nation
a~z aw .nl" th s CCia~m ccvar +heminers'
IT SO HAPPENS...
What Hollytrood Thinks We Like
Strictly From Hunger X-Word Puzzle mat, more stories, a coupla
pictures, or you name it.
THE FOLLOWING IS, so help us the world's Thanks and a votre sante,
various deities, exactly as we received it in George L. Randall
the morning mail. We are fully aware that we College Projects
serve the writer's nefarious purposes by print- Duel Motive Division
ing same in toto, but as carefully plotted a cam- To you so-called public relations men of the
paign as that for "Duel In The Sun" is bound Class of 1903 at Pasadena Junior High School,
to penetrate eventually; we might as well give in a rousing 23-skidoo.
now* * * *
April 25, 1946 Tarzan Gored By Dilemma
Hello, Journalist: FRIEND of ours who does more reading than
We're 27 over-worked tub thumpers here in talking gleaned this item from his recent re-
the Selznick flackery - and all for one picture, search, but he won't tell us what it means. In a
"Duel in the Sun," that is. Saturday Review of Literature of unknown date
Picture cost 5 and a half million tomatoes there is an article called: Tarzan's Realism: How
to make. Add another million for pre-release To Swing From A Limb And Beat Around The
promotion and still another for promotion Bush At The Same Time.
thereafter and you come up with a very fat We suspect it deals with the dilemma of teach-
cabbage. at state institutions.
But even a big rival here in Hollywood has rs n
estimated publicly that with solid promotion,
DUEL will gross an easy 30 million potatoes. The Long View
And for one motion picture, that, son, is a large W[E APPRECIATE the new and desirable place
bucket of clams. of 'Insight' as a campus magazine, but we
Now, as drummer boys and girls, how solid suggest that in the future it be printed so as to
are we? Well, the Gallup Pollsters advise us that be legible without making its readers squint
as of last week 23 out of every 100 individuals through an inverted pair of binoculars.
in the U.S. 12 years of age or older have now * * *
heard of "Duel in the Sun." Coast To Coast Glow
But you might check this for accuracy and
let' us know. Ask the next 4 guys if they've WE ARE INFORMED by our usual reliable
beard of "Duel in the Sun." According to Gall- source that Yankee ingenuity has removed
up, one guy will answer 'yes'. one of the major hazards of night driving-the
Our goal, of course, is 4 guys in 4. And as a stalled vehicle that nobody sees.
subtle starter, the story attached has tips Our inventors went straight to the heart of
on how to become a successful screen writer. the problem and the result is a bus which glows
And by the way, did you see in the papers where in the dark as a result of 'thousands of micro-
a young writer just sold his second novel to a scopic glass lenses imbedded in every square
studio here for 200,000 Brussel sprouts? inch.'
(Enough, that is, to artichoke ahore.)Now all we have to do is to work out a system
Hmn. Leave us gain a few yds. togethe. to differentiate roadhouses
(Items appearing in this column are written
Share the screen writer story with your readers. by members of the Daily editorial staff and edited
Shoot the enclosed questionnaire back for the by the Editorial Director.)
I'D RATHER BE RIGHT:
Danger of Our UN Majority
By SAMUEL GRAFTON
THE ATTITUDE of the American people toward
the United Nations has, it seems to me, und-
ergone a number of neat little changes since the
San Franciso Conference of a year ago. Some of
us were then afraid that America might stay out,
as it stayed out of the old League. We felt that
our major task was the hard one of reassurance,
of bucking Senators up to vote for the U.N. char-
ter, etc. But during'the past y/ear a kind of whole-
sale acceptance of the U.N. has crept over us.
In a most peculiar manner, the U.N. has ceased
to be an issue. No one is afraid of it, the nation
wears its membership jauntily, and with an air.
We are at ease with the U.N.; but when one in-
quires into the reasons for this conspicuous de-
velopment in our opinion a faint flicker of un-
easiness is felt. For there is a possibility that
a chief reason for our new American attitude
toward world organization may lie, somehow,
in our comfortable sense of majority. There is
a disturbing sense that we are not afraid of world
organization any longer because we know what
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Current Movies
'I
., . at the Michigan
Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles and Geo-
rge Brent in "Tomorrow Is Forever"; an
International production.
IT WOULD BE a nice gesture on the part of
International pictures to turn the profits from
"Tomorrow Is Forever" over to Claudette Colbert
and Orson Welles, for this newest refurbishing
of the Enoch Arden theme owes its substantial
success'almost entirely to them.
For the current time around Miss Colbert
is the classic lady who, believing her hus-
band dead (for this occasion in the First
World War), marries again only to have the
first husband reappear after twenty years.
Little original has been added to the telling
of the old tale. A topical slant is introduced
in that the missing husband is a victim of
Nazi persecution, and there is also some talk
about the impending Second World War be-
ing fought for great ideals.
However, Miss Colbert and Welles perform
their scenes with great skill and frequently make
"Tomorrow Is Forever" an excellent exercise in
emotional acting that should appeal to a wide
audience. They render the trite dialogue pain-
less and consistently make the characters' fami-
liar plight affecting and touching. At least,
there was a considerable surreptitious blossom-
ing of handkerchiefs at Sunday's showing.
... at the State
Randolph Scott and Ann Dvorak in "Abi-
lene Town"; an RKO production.
this particular world organization will do. We are
sure the Dutch will always carry Holland.
There is much idealism in the approach of
the American people toward the U.N. which
no one who really knows American opinion
could dream of denying; and yet, along with
this there can be little question but that the
monotonous succession of 8-to-3 and 9-to-2
votes in the Security Council has been duly
noted by the American consciousness, and that
this has played its part in the reassurance pro-
cess. If this be so, a great, paradoxical danger
emerges, the possibility that at least a part of
our support for world organization is based
on anti-world-organization reasons, that we
feel cozy with the U.N. not only because of the
way in which it unites the world, but also be-
cause of the way in which it divides the world.
WE FRET about the dangers of power politics,
but if the U.N. splits permanently into a ma-
jority bloc and a minority bloc, it will inevitably
become a power instrument of the majority; and
we must deal frankly with the danger that the
majority may come to favor it because it is a
power instrument, not because it is an instrument
against power.
It may help us toward clarification if we try
to think, in analogous terms of the Supreme
Court of the United States, which has, almost
since the beginning, been the center of a struggle
very similar to that which embroils the Security
Council. When state governments are liberal,
and the federal government, including the Court,
conservative (a situation which existed for a
number of years earlier in this century) then
conservative American opinion begins sensitively
to idealize the Court; it pictures it as the guard-
ian of liberty, the only true fount of justice, etc.
When a change occurs, as it did with the coming
of Roosevelt, and the Court takes a leftward
step or two, conservative opinion begins to find
new virtues in States' rights, and state govern-
ment, and the Court loses friends.
At the present momenet, we, with our huge
majority on the Security Council, find it not
hard to endorse it, to champion it, to ask for
more power for it, even to oppose the veto, once
so dear to our own hearts. Russia, contrari-
wise, takes what might be called a kind of
States' rights position; she says she will not
talk about Iran any more, a sort of nullifica-
tion stand which has its echoes in our own his-
tory, and, strangely enough, in precisely those
regions of our country in which Russia is the
least popular.
The issue is not moral, but constitutional. Come
into our legal parlor, where the one must yield to
the many, says individualistic America. Think
we'll stand by the doctrine of minority rights,
says collectivist Russia. A paradox, which takes
even more solid shape when we hear the end of
the veto power being urged by some American
who, in his domestic capacity, hates and fears
central government, and urges with passion a re-
turn to States' rights.
(Copyright, 1946, N.Y. Post Syndicate)
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Student O(pin ion
MANY STUDENTS have asked
whether student government can
be strong. The answer is an unqual-
ified yes'.
During the campaign for the con-
stitutions and now during the cam-
paign for Congress. no one has taken
the opportunity to present the prac-
tical means by which the students
can instill their government with con-
crte and effectie power There are
principally two chief methods by
which this can be done.
First, student opinion, when ex-
pressed cohesively by a large bloc,
will and does have an influence on
the administration. But the opinion
of an individual here and an in-
dividual there is not going to affect
University policy unless all these
opinions are brought together in a
compact mamer and presented as
the unified opinions of 3,000 or even
14,000 students. There is always
power in numbers. This was illus-
trated when the administration ex-
tended the Christmas vacation
upon the concerted demand of the
student body. The student govern-
ment will act as the receiving center
of student opinion and then will
present these opinions in a unified
form to the administration. This
xwill bring action.
Second, each student should re-
member that the administration, and
especially the Board of Regents, who
are elected by the citizens of Michi-
gan, are and must be responsive to
public opinion. And so, another ef-
fective way of implementing student
government power is by appealing
to the students' parents and friends
who have votes and influence.
These proposals will be successful
if the students will have real faith in
their government's ability to work
effectively instead of adopting the
stand-pat or you show me' attitude
which is always detrimental to true
progress.
-Sidney Zilber
Sorority Attitude ,
To The Editor:
1HE ATTITUDES of most of the
fraternity and sorority chapters
with regard to the Malone Incident
as exposed in Anita Franz's article
last Friday, was not very surprising
or shocking to me.
We cannot, if we have any decency
or sense of fair play at all, accept the
argument of some that what these
Greek letter societies do is their own
business. This type of attitude is a
retreat from the actual issues. If the
national office fosters and promotes
a policy of exclusiveness which in
effect is nothing more nor less than
downright bigotry, I belive that the
University community has the right
to demand an explanation of the
local chapter and ascertain what if
anything it is doing to combat this
type of activity.
If the local chapter deems itself
a part of this campus, a recognized
part, then it should and must open
its doors at rushing time to mem-
bers of all creeds and all races who
desire to pledge. Many will argue
that their chapter has no written
rule concerning this policy of ex-
clusion. Let us not be naive. We
know of the unwritten rules and we
know of the dearth, if not the com-
plete lack, of Negro membership
in the fraternities and sororities
on this campus and most of the
campuses of the country.
Right here we have a campus elec-
tion issue. Many who are running for
office are members of frats and sor-
orities. Let's find out who they are,
what their viewpoint is on this whole
question, what they have done about
it and expect to do about it in the
future.
Here is an opportunity to register
a vote against those who would con-
tinue to perpetrate other Malone
incidents. Here is a chance to make
them stand up and be counted.
-Jack Weiss
Residents Only
To The Editor:
FIRST THEY RAISE the tuition for
out-of-state students entirely out
of proportion to that for Michigan
residents. Now we read that Michigan
students will be given preference for
the to-be-constructed married stu-
dents apartments. Having spent much
money, time and effort in previous
years at this institution apparently
means nothing. Granted that this is-a
state institution and partly supported
by state appropriations. But why not
give alumni and former students
some sort of break? Or put on the
back, of your catalog "University of
Michigan-for Michigan Residents
Only?"
-N. M. McClung
Publication in the Daily Official Bul-
letin is constructive notice to allnmem-
hers 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 dayg
preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat-c
urdays).-
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tv Notices r
Rutvenwill be at home to studentse
Wednesday, May 1, from 4 to 6
o'clock.
Men's Residence Halls: Michigan
residents, not now living in the resi-
dence halls, who wish to live there
during the Summer Session shouldT
apply at once at the Office of the
Dean of Students, Room 2, Univer-t
sity Hall.r
Senior Engineers: Orders for grad-1
uation announcements will be takent
in Rm. 218 W. Eng. Bldg. at the fol-
lowing times:
Tuesday, 11-12.
Wednesday, 11-12, 1-2.
Thursday, 11-12, 4-5.
These are the only times that it
will be possible to order June an-
nouncements. Payment must be made
in full at the time the order is placed.
La Sociedad Hispanica offers three
summer school scholarships, both to
the University of Mexico and the Uni-
versity of H'avana this year.
Those interested should apply to
302 Romance Language Building as
soon as possible, and no later than
May 10.
Elizabeth Sargent Lee Medical His-
tory Prize: Established in 1939 by
bequest of Professor Alfred O. Lee, a
member of the faculty of the Univer-
sity from 1908 until his death in
1938. The income from the bequest]
is to be awarded annually to a junior
or senior premedical student in the
College of Literature, Science, and the
Arts for writing the best essay on
some topic concerning the history of
medicine. 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 announced the,
following topics for the contest:
1. History ofa 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
5,000 words in length, (3) the ma-
'uscripts should be typed, double spac-
ed, on one side of the paper only,
(4) contestants must submit two cop-
ies of their manuscripts, and (5) all
manuscripts should be handed in at
Room 1220 Angell Hall by May 31..
Willow Village Program:
Tuesday, April 30: Lecture Series.
Professor Wesley Maurer, School of
Journalism, will lead a discussion of
Democracy Under Pressure. 2-4 p.m.,
Conference Room, West Lodge. ,
Tuesday, April 30: Child Safety
Course, sponsored by Washtenaw
County Chapter, American Red Cross
and Federal Public Housing Author-
ity will hold its first meeting in the
Willow Village Community Building.
8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 1: Bridge. 2-4
DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN
ten, and Parliamentary Procedures."
8-10 p.m., Conference Room, West
Lodge.
Friday, May 3: Dancing Class. Be-
ginners, couples, 7 p.m.; advanced
couples, 8 p.m.; Dancing for all, 9
p.m., Auditorium, West Lodge.
Saturday, May 4: Record 'Dance.
8 p.m., Club Room, West Lodge.
Sunday, May 5: Classical Music
(records). 3-5 p.m., Office, West
Lodge.
Sunday, May 5: Movies and Lec-
tun'e. "Life in the Antarctic", present-
ed by Professor Allen F. Sherzer, 7:30
p.m., Auditorium, West Lodge.
Lectures
University Lecture. Dr. Alice Ham-
ilton, Assistant Professor Emeritus of
Industrial Medicine in the Harvard
Medical School, will lecture on the
subject, "The History of Control of
the Dangerous Trades in the United
States," at 4:15 p.m., Tuesday, April
30, in the Rackham Amphitheater,
under the auspices of the Office of
the Dean of Women. The public is
invited.
The Henry Russel Lecture. Dr.
Elizabeth C. Crosby, Professor of
Anatomy, will deliver the Henry Rus-
sel Lecture for 1945-46. "The Neuro-
anatomical Patterns Involved in Cer-
tain Eye Movements," at 4:15 p.m.,
Thursday, May 9, in the Rackham
Amphitheatre. Announcement of the
Henry Russel Award for this year
will also be made at this time.
Academic Notices
English 2, Sec. 11, Mon., Wed., and
Fri. at 9:00, will meet hereafter in
104 Economics Bldg. instead of in
Lane Hall Basement.
J. MClennen
The Botanical Seminar will meet
Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. in Room
1139, Natural Science Bldg. C. D. La
Rue will give a paper entitled "New
Additions to the Ancient Technique
of Grafting." All interested are in-
vited.
Seminar in physical chemistry will
meet Thursday at 4:15 p.m. in Room
410 Chemistry Bldg. Professor L. O.
Brockway will speak on "Electron
Diffraction Study of Films on Metal
Surfaces". All interested are invited.
Events Today
Ensian tryouts: There will be a
meeting today at 4:15 in the Stu-
dent Publications Building for all
persons who have worked as 'Ensian
tryouts on the editorial staff this year.
Please be prompt. Plans for next year
will be announced. Art and photo-
graphy tryouts are also expected to
attend.
The Christian Science Organiza-
tion will hold its regular Tuesday
evening meeting tonight at ,8:15 in
the Chapel of the Michigan League.
Coming Events
Phi Beta Kappa: The Annual Ini-
tiation Banquet of the Alpha Chap-
ter' of Michigan will be held in the
Michigan League Ballroom, Thurs-
day, May 16, at 6:30 p.m. Professor
William T. Hastings, Chairman of the
Department cf English, Brown Uni-
versity, will be the speaker. All mem-
bers of Phi Beta Kappa, whether.
members of this Chapter or not, are
cordially invited. Reservations should
be made at the office of the Secre-
tary, Hazel M. Losh, Observatory, by
Monday, May 6.
Hiawatha Club: A reorganization
meeting of the Hiawatha Club will be
held in the Union Wednesday, May 8,
at 8:00 p.m. All male students from
HO-HUM.
--Barrie Waters
BARNABY
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secret agent to help him crack the
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