TWOv TiE MICHIAN DAILY ,-. - ITSO HAPPENS.. . Appointment In Five Minutes Where Ctaglrn Was King the Bible off the best seller lists last year. We WE'VE BEEN THINKING of saving this infor- guess the best thing that we can do is note w it without comment. mation for the next time we find ourselves in i * * * * a Southern Army camp, but it really shouldn't wait. ccidental Integence One of the fact-collecting, cause-pushing out- SOME unmarked information reached us re- fits that keep this column kicking discloses that cently. Maybe it will help you more than it the original Dixie Land may have been New did us. York State. According to the legend cited there "Milk will not cause puppies to have worms." was a kindly slave-owner in New York, named "Ruffed grouse will often plunge into a snow- Dixie, who sold his slaves to a Southern planter. bank' at twilight in order to escape the rigors These ex-slaves discussed the glories of Dixie's of a bitter night." Land so glowingly that it came to be regarded * * * * as a semi-paradise. And At His Ag We devoutly hope that Senator Claghorn does ae not hear about all this; it'd probably break his NEWPAPRMEN have a notable common b 1 faiing onethat we need not discuss in shut bourbon-pumping heart these chaste columns. But we're a bit disturb- ed at the early conversion of one of our Daily Sufficient Cause colleagues who just arranged for a daily de- E READ recently of a man in Detroit who livery of a qart of milk. While ulcers may hanged himself. have nothing to do with the situation, we're When police questioned his wife, she said keeping a weather eye on the lad. that her husband had been despondent ever (Itefs appearing in this column are written since the City Health Department had in- by members of the Daily editorial staff and edited formed him that he would have to clean the basement. Profundity In Hollywood Dept. Peron Jlts The AP's chatty Hollywood correspondent in- Labor Support forms us that Betty Hutton is about to embark on a4 educational binge. Dissatisfied with an INTREPID Argentine labor leaders who stepped 11th grade education at Detroit's Southeastern, on the band-wagon to make Peron officially she's contemplating conversational French les- head of the state, are now in the first stages of sons (we're a little smarter than AP, we're not a classic jilt. fooled into disclosing the name of her next Courted with the promise of national econom- pcture), attending art lectures, and being tu- ic reforms, the Partido Laborista succcumbed tored in a literature course. with a contributor of 40 per cent of Peron's 53 But the stiffest item on her schedule appears per cent majority vote. Now, when Laborista to be the New York Times.. Says the frenetic leaders, whose party holds almost half the seats Miss Hutton, "At flrst I didn't know what it in the Argentine Congress, call on Peron to ask at was all about, but now I'm beginning to under- least three ministries for their party, they are stand." told by Peron: If she's beginning to understand that daily "I need people with brains, and these people catalogue of man's failings, we can only put are not to be found in your party." aside Walter Pater and wait with awe until Could Peron mean to imply that those who Betty polishes off those art lectures, chose him for office are unintelligent? * * * * pERON, very much in the manner of Hitler, is Reflections In A Glass Eye using promises of an economic Golden Age SPEAKING of the New York Times reminds to entrench his power. Unlike Hitler's cohorts, us that they noted without comment the however, Peron's supporters are becoming an- other day that Forever Amber almost pushed tagonized at an early stage in his legal game. But, encouraging as this news may sound, if NIGHT EDITORS:' SHINNAND FRANZ the United States continues its paradoxical policy of condemning Peron's government in a State Department Blue Book, while offering to admit Editorials published in The Michigan Daily Argentina as a Chapultapec signatory, then in- are written by members of The Daily staff dignant labor leaders will be treated by Peron and represent the views of the writers only. simply as yesterday's flame, today's ashes. -Anita Franz No Marginof Safety AMERICAN RAILROADS, a key factor in the reconversion program, are faced with a crisis operating brotherhoods, all backed by threat of as a result of the coal strike. According to ODT a nationwide strike. DiretorCo. he Monre.Ansordevein theTGovernment ineptitude has made possible Director Col. J. Monroe Johnson, even if the the coal strike with its tremendous effects on miners return to work after only a short strike, millions of citizens. The same sort of policy the nation's railroads will feel the effects for as will lead inevitably to a railroad tie-up, pos- sibly the fore-runner of a nation-wide eco- The railroads have been running so close to nomic collapse. The United States has lost its the margin, that the current coal strike seems wide margins of safety. It is no longer possible sure to be the proverbial last straw. Johnson to fumble, waste, mismanage, and still "get lists four factors complicating the rail situation, by." If American cities are to be lighted, if 1. Coal which should be moving now will American industries are to run on materials have to be distributed next fall and winter derived from far sections of the cntinent, when normal water transportation will not be the'vital mining and transportation networks available. must be kept under strict and continuous gov- 2. He expects reconversion progress by fall to ernmental control. Such emergencies as strikes, ineresse, transportation demands. transportation peak demands, and equipment 3. Less railroad equipment is available shortages do not appear from the blue skies. than before the war, although the need is They are both foreseeable and foreseen. Deci- greater now. sive government action backed by authority 4. Practically no new additional equipment six months ago would have prevented the pre- is becoming available because of the inability sent mess. Failure in providing decisive author- to get needed metals, lumber, and other itative government action now can only lead materials. to worse trouble six months from now. Mismanagement of the coal problem was AUTHORITIES have estimated that one mil- sufficient to plunge the railroads into an 18- lion cars a week will be needed when recon- month crisis. Mismanagement of railroad prob- v rsion reaches its peak, yet since V-J Day lems will have even more devastating effects. t railroads have never approached their war- The nation's standard of living goes down with time highpoint of 992,000 cars, every blunder; the penalties of inept adminis- On top of all their other problems, the rail- tration can be found in the lives of every roads face wage increase demands from five American. -Milt Freudenheim peTo As Symbol SP e MUSIC THE SUNDAY afternoon May Festival concert, an all-Brahms program with William Kapell as soloist maintained the same incredibly high standard of performance that prevailed through- out the whole series. It would seem that a more attractive group of Brahms selections might have been assembeled than the Academic Festival Overture and the first piano concerto although the Philadelphia orchestra under Alexander Hilsberg's remarkable conducting did an excellent job on both. William Kapell is unquestionably a brilliant young pianist and a superb technician, but his tone seemed to lack depth and richness- especially in the third movement which some- how appeared to elude him. The performance of the fourth symphony was excellent, however, and possibly one of the best of that work to date. It is, in addition, considerably later and bet- ter Brahms than the concerto, which made it even more interesting to listen to. The Sunday night program opened with the Overture and Venusberg Music from "Tann- hauser" by Wagner, which shot new life into the audience with all of its emotional tumult, wonderfully and stirringly communicated by the orchestra and a group of women's voices of the Choral Union. When that was finished and everybody had relaxed after the ecstatic Venusberg frenzy, Salvatore Baccaloni ap- peared, and in his inimitable basso buffo man- ner sang arias from Pergolesi, Cimarosa, and Mozart, to the delight and entertainment of the audience. His coupling of charm with a tremendous bass voice made for an excellent performance. Prokofieff's cantata, "Alexander Navsky," was presented after intermission, with Rosalind Na- dell, contralto, as soloist with the orchestra and Choral Union. In itself a tremendous piece of music, the cantat was given a powerful perform- ance, and Miss Nadell again displayed her rich, well-controlled contralto voice. Thus, on a note of stirring Russian nationalism, the Sixty-Seventh May Festival season closed after four days of fine music with remarkably little variation from an exceptionally high standard. -Paula Brower DRAMA Play Production presents a laboratory bill of one act plays. Something new in Play Production activities was presented last night at the Lydia Mendel- sohn Theatre with the presentation of three one- act plays directed by students. Due to a radical departure by the group, the curtain went up on the venture at eight o'clock. We, die-hard conservatives, that we are, con- fidently arrived at eight-thirty to be greeted by the applause for the first playlet, "Girls Must Talk." We must therefore confess a total lack of interesting information on that item. Following this was a Zona Gala playlet, "The Neighbors," giving a lengthy workout in rustic repartee. It contained a number of good charac- ter performances, among which was one by Audrey Enelow. Miss Enelow's portrayal of a familiar type of matron revelling in a series of ills and afflictions was gratifyingly droll. Ad- mittedly, however, she garnered some interest from a weird job of padding which gave the curi- ous illusion that she was with child. The evening ended with " Rehearsal," Christo- per Morley's try at satirizing amateur theatri, cals, a familiar topic of one-act plays. In it a group of eager thespians rehearse a "serious drama" set in what the script cautiously calls a "house of shame." The niceties of the perform- ance, if not the brilliance of the plays, suggests that further experiments along this line would be extremly interesting. -Barrie Waters Current Movies at the State Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman in "The Bells of St. Mary's;" produced and directed by Leo McCarey. RING CROSBY and director Leo McCarey get together once again for another great big tug at the nation's heartstrings and the result is like nothing since "East Lynne." "The Bell's of St. Mary's" is a sequel to 1944's "Going My Way" a modest little weeper that grossed several mil- lions through astute publicity. "Bells" has the priest hero of the first opus moving on to greener pastures and shedding his particular brand of soap-opera sunshine over a parochial school and its inmates. *.. at the Michigan Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake and William Ben- ix in "The Blue Dahlia"; a Paramount pro- duction, directed by George Marshall. HOLLYWOOD is unsurpassed in turning out melodramas of the Dashiell Hammett school. "The Blue Dahlia," following on the heels of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Glass Key," is occasionally representative of this style at its tough, clear-cut best. At other times it is just routine cops-and-robbers stuff. -Barrie Waters Jo ceLllep DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Filipino Freedom To the Editor: MR. TOM WALSH, author of Sat- urday's editorial. "Don't Leave Philippines Now," deserves praise from Filipinos. for the initiative he has taken to offer what he calls the most practical American action" con- cerning the "unstable condition" of an independent Philippineson July 4, 1946. But as a Filipino, I consider his column as a whole, bemuddled and misleading. I should like to clarify him on three main points: 1. ". . . our colonial venture will sink back into obscurity . . . will again become insignificant to the American press and unimportant to the American. people." This is much to be doubted. America is going to become less childish and irresponsible in international re- lations. It is going to have to, if it is to hold its own with hard-boiled Russia. Russia's objection to Amer- ican military bases in the Philip- pines is going to keep the Philip- pines very much in the public eye. 2. His statements about Roxas, the newly elected President, as "one of the most prominent of Filipino col- laborators," hence a menace to the national unity of the Filipinos. If Mr. Walsh would take some pains to fol- low Philippine news and investigate facts, he would know that Roxas himself suffered as a prisoner in the Japanese concentration camp at Mindanao; that his acquittal as a collaborator by Gen. MacArthur and all the guerrilla leaders is beyond question; that the Democratic Al- liance, in a recent public demonstra- tion in Manila, has shown its willing- ness to" talk over land problems amicably; that Roxas lands in Cen- tral Plain (they belong to his wife rather than to Roxas himself) have been confiscated by the Huks ("ter- rorists") who are only a small part of the Democratic Alliance. I have con- fidence, as do all who know him, that Roxas will attempt a just reform of the land situation. It must be re- membered that the Huks are a violent, ignorant, criminalistic group somewhat like the still not extinct Ku Klux Klan of the United States. 3. "To delay for two or three years the decree of complete independence" is not the most practical solution to the complex problem of national unity. The people need food, cloth- ing, shelter, hospitals. and schools. It is the delay in providing these basic needs that obstructs the return of the islands to normality. It is the DELAY of such congressional measures as granting to the Filipino veterans who fought under the flag of the United States, in the Philippines, that makes attainment of national unity a slow and heart-breaking process.iTh United States should observe its ob- ligations to the letter. Nothing is to be gained (except the World's dis- trust) by a change of policy. Paz P. Salgado Cheating Protested To the Editor: THIS LETTER is written in protes of a practice which appears to be fast becoming a commonplace affair on the University of Michigan cam- pus-and, in my opinion, it must stop! The matter in question is that of cheating during examinations-a complaint which has' come up befoe and will, no doubt, come up again. Perhaps the present reason for the prevalence of cheating is that grade standards are becoming in- creasingly strict; and many stu- dents are afraid they won't be back next year if a C average is necesary. The question, of course, is: what can be done about the situation? I might say that more cheating is done on exams of the short-answer objective, type than on those answers in essay form-or at least dishonesty is more obvious. Secondly, the large lecture courses present a great temp- tation. People cheating on a proctored exam seem to rationalize along the line that, after all, there were proc- tors-so it wasn't as though they were on their honor. But is the answer to the prob- lem the elimination of proctors, ob- jective exams, or large lecture courses? That would hardly be practical--and in the long-run an honor system would probably fail. Perhaps more and stricter proctors would be the answer. I am appealing to the sense of hon- or of those students who are in need of just such an appeal. To them I would say: Surely there must be something in you which rebels at the dishonest! Please, consider and re- consider before you do irreparable damage to your morals-and to yourself! -Janet Cork Publication in the Daily official Bul- c letin is constructive notice to all mem- bers of the University. Notices for the 9 Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Assistant to the President, 1021 AngelI Hall, by 3:30 p.m. on the day " preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat- f urdays). TUESDAY, APRIL G, 194 VOL. LVI, No. 133 Notices Students: Colleges of Literature,a Science and the Arts; Architecture I and Design; Schools of Education; Forestry and Conservation; Music; and Public Health. Blueprints will be mailed in June to the address on each student's permanent record. If there has been a change in the home address since your first registration, please notify the Registrar's Office,1 Room 4, University Hall. Seniors in Mechanical and Aero- nautical Engineering: A represent- ative of Ranger Aircraft Engines1 will interview Mechanical and Aero- nautical June and August 1946 grad- uates today in Room 218 West En-1 gineering Building. If interested, sign interview schedule on bulletin board at Room 221 West Engineering Build-7 ing. 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 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 5,000 words in length, (3) the man- 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 y Room 1220 Angell Hall by May 31. Students, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: The Deans of the various professional schools will ad- dress students of our College con- cerning the opportunities offered for professional study and the requisites for admission and graduation. These lectures will be presented according to the following schedule: Dean Furstenberg, School of Medi- cine. Wednesday, May 8, 4:30 p.m. Dean Bunting, School of Dentistry. Thursday, M'ay 9, 4:30 p.m. Dean Stevenson, School of Busi- t ness Administration. Tuesday, gWay t 14, 4:30 p.m. Dean Stason, Law School. Wednes- e day, May 15, 4:30 p.m. 1025MAngell Hall Mr. E. T. Powers of the Celanese Corporation of America will be in our office Wednesday, May 8, to interview men who are chemists, physicists, chemical engineers (production and development), or mechanical engin- eers. Any seniors or gradates who [ wish to talk to him should call the s Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, ext. 371, and make an appoint- s ment. Court Softball teams are being organized at Willow Village. Anyone interested see Mr. Brose, Recreational Director, Simmonds School, Phone 423, Ypsilanti. Willow Village Program for veter- ans and their wives: Tuesday, May 7: Lecture Series: "Who Make up the Pressure Groups in the United States?" Professor Wesley Maurer, Department of Journalism, will lead a discussion of urrent and potential pressure ;roups. 2 p.m. Conference Room, West Lodge. Tuesday, May 7: Safety Series, Fire." Special movies and speaker ronm Detroit. Capt. Frank J. Dipner sill present demonstrations and ex- hibits. Sponsored by Federal Public Housing Authority and Washtenaw County Chapter, American Red Cross. 8 p.m. Willow Village Community Building, Wednesday, May 8: Bridge. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Conference Room, West Lodge. Thursday, May 9: Home Planning: "Cooking for the Fun of It" Miss Margaret W. Andersen, Home Service Director, Michigan Consolidated Gas Company. 2 p.m. Conference Room, West Lodge. Friday, May 10: Leadership: Dr. Fred G. Stevenson, Extension Staff "How to get democratic group action, and Parliamentary Procedures." 8 p.m. Conference Room, West Lodge. Friday, May 10: May Dance, 8:30- 11:30 Auditorium, West Lodge. Saturday, May 11: Dancing Clas- ses: Beginners, couples, 7 p.m.; Ad- vanced, couples, 8 p.m., Auditorium, West Lodge. Sunday, May 12: Classical Music, records, 3 p.m. Office, Lectures 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 Civil Engineering 40: The assign- ment of Room 348 W. Engineering Bldg. for the written quiz, Tuesday, May 7, was a mistake, and the quiz will be held in the regular'class room. R. L. Morrison Seminar in Applied Mathematics and Special Functions. The meeting today will be held in Room 318 West Engineering at 3:00 p.m. Dr. I. Opa- towski, University of Chicago, will give a lecture on the Laplace Trans- form in Probability. Visitors are wel- come. Directed Teaching, Qualifying Ex- amination: All students expecting to do directed teaching next term are required to pass a qualifying exam- ination in the subject in which they expect to teach. This examination will be held on Saturday, May 11, 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; prompt- ness is therefore essential. Concerts Student Recital: Loren Cady, a stu- dent of violin under Wassily Bese- kirsky, will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music in Music Education, at 8:30 Wednesday evening, May 8, in the Assembly Hall of the Rackham. Building. His program will include compo- sitions by Franck, Tchaikovsky, Sibe- lius, Dinicu, and Mendelssohn, and will be open to the general public. Exhibitions Michigan Historical Collections. "Public Schools in Michigan," special exhibit for the Michigan Schoolmas- ters Club. Hours: 8:00 to 12:00, 1:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday; 8:00 to 12:00 Saturday. The 23rd Annual Exhibition for Artists of Ann Arbor and Vicinity, presented by the Ann Arbor Art As- sociation. The Rackham Galleries, daily except Sundays, through May 23; afternoons 2-5, evenings 7-10. The public is cordially invited. EventsToday The Graduate Education Club will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the West Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Officers of various teach- ers' associations will present a dis- cussion of the purposes of such or- ganizations as the N. E. A. and the {Continued on Page 3) AN EX-MARINE SERGEANT, who was under enemy fire for 102 days at Guadalcanal, asked President Truman last week to spare the life of Premier Tojo. In a 1,100 word telegram to the President, this ex-marine, George Mercer Abbott, recipient of a disability pension because of illness incurred during nine months in the Pacific, said that Tojo's only crime seems to be that of losing the war. Abbott also pointed out in his telegram that he had "cursed Tojo as the figure that embodied the entire war to the fighting man in the Pacific." "I vowed to see Tojo crucified, but the two incidents of the atomic bomb together with the actions on the home front have put something into my conscience that no longer wants to see Tojo nailed to a cross." Though he spoke only for himself, Abbott declared that he did not believe that his friends who died, "will be somewhere cheering the prosecutions at the trial." (EORGE ABBOTT, as he admitted, is only one Nagasaki." This is a time for consideration and not selfishness, unfortunately. This is a time for some of that international brotherhood we talk about so much. This is a time to plan for tomor- row and not fume about yesterday. And that planning for tomorrow must include Japan as a nation which has not only self-respect, but world- wide respect. We cannot erase the islands of Japan from the map with a quick flip of an atomic bomb. And, we too, face dangers unless we are willing to include Japan in our plan for tomorrow. We would do well to remember the closing sentence of Abbott's plea for Tojo. "The hour that Tojo dies, my campaign ribbons become meaningless." -Bettyann Larsen 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 The procedure is exceedingly simple,f m'boy. 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