FOUR LE MIC H I G A1N DAILY WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1946 I . , - .. 1 1 1. . 1. ... I - - - - . , . TO MM MMU Fifty-Sixth Year £etteri to the 6citiEor 1.11 ti _ \ Edited and managed by students of the University of 'Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Stafff Margaret Farmer . . . . . . . Managing Editor Hale Champion . . . . . . . Editorial Director Robert Goldman . . . . . . . . . . City Editor Emily E. Knapp . . . . . . . . Associate Editor Pat Cameron . . . . . . . . . Associate Editor Clark Baker . . . . . . . . . Sports Editor Des Howarth . . -. . . . . Associate Sports Editor Ann Schutz . . . . . . . Women's Editor Dona Guimaraes . . . . Associate Women's Editor Business Stafff Dorothy Flint . . . . . . . . Business Manager Joy Altman . . . . . . Associate Business Manager Evelyn Mills . . . . . Associate Business Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Critic of Hopkins To The Editor: PROF. CLARK HOPKINS' ANALYSIS of the Anglo-American commission's report on Pal- estine is marked by some significant omissions of facts. The admission of 100,000 European Jews against Arab protest is, he asserts, a viola- tion of the provisions of the Palestine mandate guaranteeing the civil rights of all inhabitants. But he neglects to mention that the mandate in Article 4 also provides for the "establishment of the Jewish National Home" in Palestine. What kind of Home is it if homeless Jews cannot go there? Recognition of the Hebrew language has had a "disruptive effect" according to Prof. Hop- kins. If Palestine is a Jewish National Home, the Jews living there certainly cannot be denied the right to speak their own language. Furthermore, bilingualism is not the real ob- stacle to Arab-Jewish cooperation-stable Switzerland has three official languages. Outside support for the Jews of Palestine would bring continued disunity to that country, he declares. Are we to assume that support for the Arabs would bring unity? Since V-E Day the Jews have shown by underground aid to visa-less immigrants and armed clashes with the British Army that they will fight for the right of free entry. Prof. Hopkins recommends that the United Nations find other places of refuge for Eur- ope's Jews. Two international conferences on the refugee problem failed to find a solution outside Palestine. The indisputable fact is that no people outside the Jewish community of Palestine will accept mass Jewish immigration. A study of Jewish history reveals the problems of a people without a country. "The Wandering Jew" is not only a literary term but an historical fact. The recent extermination of 6,000,000 Eur- opean Jews is a modern manifestation of an an- cient disease. All reports from Europe, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, confirm the fact that "home" to stateless Jews means Palestine. -Sam Rosen ... _ Member of The Associated Press - m!= The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication of all news dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights of re- publication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as Becond-class mail matter. Subscription during the regular school year bar car- rier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. REPRESENTUO .OR NATIONAL AOVERTI3NG 9Y National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 420 MADiSON AVE. ' NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO * BOSTON . LoS ANGELES . SAN FRANCISCO lember, Associated Collegiate Press, 1945-46 NIGHT EDITORS: GOLDMAN & CHAMPION Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. Truman Should Seize Mines THE CURRENT SOFT COAL STRIKE is an- other case of "The Public Be Damned"-but the problem does not end there. According to President Truman's report on the effects of the five-week-old strike, the nation is approaching industrial paralysis and Europe is not getting desperately-needed food and fuel. The end results: serious delay in reconver- sion at home and increasing unrest, which may well have disastrous consequences, abroad. GOVERNMENT SEIZURE of the mines is the only immediate solution to the problem be- cause of the nature of a coal strike. When 400,000 miners quit work, the ramifications are far greater than a strike of similar scope in, for ex- ample, the automobile industry. During the re- cent General Motors strike, reconversion was stalled, but no widespread suffering resulted. The security and well-being of the world, how- ever, demand that the coal mines keep delivering. President Truman is clothed with the broad powers which Congress granted his predecessor. The problems of war's aftermath, we now rea- lize, are as crucial as those of war itself. Presi- dent Truman should use his powers and take over the mines immediately. P RESIDENT TRUMAN, however, has tempor- ized because he does not consider the coal strike a strike against the "Government" as yet. The President, apparently, does not understand one of the fundamental concepts of American democracy. There are no separate entities of "People" and "Government" in the United States. The People are the Government. The question remains whether the miners would refuse to work for the Government. La- bor's reaction to Government seizure has been favorable in recent months. Workers in the meat packing and oil refining industries re- turned to their jobs when the Government took over strike-bound plants during the winter. YET, SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT seize the coal fields and the miners return to work, the problem would be only partially solved. John L. Lewis, in demanding that a royalty of 10 cents per ton of coal be paid by the owners for a health and welfare fund which the miners would ad- minister, is voicing an acute need of the miners he represents.-, Coal mining is a hazardous occupation, and miners are frequently victims of serious acci- dents. Miners cannot pay for medical services on their present wages, and the medical care provided by the companies is wholly inadequate. At least part of the blame for the strike should be placed on the mine owners, who have steadily opposed measures that would improve the wel- fare of their employes. But one wonders why Lewis does not work toward his goal by supporting the Murray-Wag- ner-Dingell national health bill, rather than re- sorting to a costly strike. Angry Congressmen have some justification for believing that Lewis is "drunk wth power." - JOHN L. LEWIS cannot win in this strike. His actions have so aroused the public wrath that the operators can remain adamant. He will not alleviate the health problems of his miners by beating the country to its knees. Unwittingly, John L. Lewis is hastening the socialization of the, coal mining industry. -Clayton L. Dickey Critic of Slosson To The Editor: READ THE COMMENTS of professors Clark Hopkins and Preston Slosson written in The Michigan Daily on May 4th on the recent Anglo- American commission report recommending admittance of 100,000 Jews into Palestine. I was not shocked to read what Professor Slos- son said for I am well aware that there are many people who believe that disputes could be settled by force, The Arabs will never give way to force as Professor Slosson says for right is might. Profes- sor Slosson comments that "Arab prosperity has multiplied considerably since the first Jewish entry into Palestine" "I would like to ask all those who are under the same impression, the follow- ing question: Why are the Arabs of the republics of Lebanon and Syria, where there are no Jews far better off, more educated than the Arabs of Palestine? The Arabs have been an overwhelming major- ity in the Holy Land for the last 1300 years. The population of Palestine at present consists of about 1,150,000 Moslem Arabs, 650,000 Jews, 135,000 Christians (mostly Christian Arabs). Out of the 650,000 Jews only 50,000 are natives of Pal- estine. The rest have been brought in, mostly in the last 25 years without the consent of the native population, and under the protection of the British bayonets. The British Royal Com- mission reported in 1937 the Jewish immigration as "an invasion" a "creeping conquest." The American people believe in democracy. They believe that governments should 'be chosen according to the will of the majority. Then why not give the Palestinians their own right? The Jewish problem is no concern of the Palestinians and it could not be solved by the admittance of more Jews. Palestine has taken 600,000 foreign Jews and so it is the time for other countries to share rather than put the whole burden on tiny Palestine. The area of Palestine is about 10,000 sq. miles and so it is impossible to hold all the Jews of Europe. President Truman in his Navy Day speech of last October 27th declared: "We believe that all people who are prepared for self government should be permitted to choose their own form of government by their own freely expressed choice, without interference from any other source. That is true in Europe, in Asia, in Africa as well as in the Western Hem sphere." Every country in the world has a minority problem and so the Jews and Christians of Palestine should be considered as such. -Miguel A. J. Kawas * * * * Blue Jeans Brigade To The Editor: A "CAMPUS GIRL" incident witnessed by the writer a few months ago in another college townirevealed a different angle from any mentioned in The Daily. Immediately after the landing of 20,000 men on the West Coast from the South Pacific areas of Okinawa, Tinian and other "uncivilized" places, every train eastward was crowded. About that time I was coming out of Chicago on the Michigan Central filled to overflowing with hun- dreds of returning veterans. Near me in the day coach a group of battle-scarred men soon gath- ered around one man who appeared to have the picture of a charming schoolgirl. The girl must have been beautiful, vivacious, and becomingly dressed. At different times between Chicago and Kalamazoo, other soldiers stopped for a look at the picture. During the journey the con- versation revealed that the girl had been in high school in a Northern Michigan town when the young man had been called to the colors. Cor- respondence had been kept up during the years of absence; pictures had been exchanged; and the man knew just where to locate the girl- she had left the hometown for college. It was amusing to see how carefully the returning sol- dier groomed himself before getting ready to leave the train. The veteran was on the plat- form long before Kalamazoo was reached. Every soldier who could get near a window was waiting for a look at the charming, bright-eyed school- girl. For just a moment the returning serviceman searched anxiously the multitude of faces in the crowd on the station platform. There she was in the center of an envious group. But what a shock the man received. Instead of the un- sophisticated girl he had left behind, here was a tousle-headed coed wearing sloppy overalls with one pant leg rolled above the knee, a sloppy sweater, and make-up enough to furnish a drug- store. If a cameia had been available at the moment it would have caught that dejected, disillusioned expression which seemed to say, "Gosh, just when I wanted to get away from the masculine and enjoy a bit of the bewitching feminine, here is another 'man', and a very poor imitation at that." -George E. Carrothers Kaye Chided To The Editor: Phyllis L. Kaye wrote a letter to the editor in Saturday's Daily exposing her ignorance and complete lack of appreciation of good satire. I am an avid reader of "It's A Gay Life" by Lois Kelso and believe it to be one of the most cleverly written columns in the Daily. Miss Kelso has an original style of writing that is intellectual as well as entertaining. -Jean Lyman ._.. , Th51 I-F 7 k i;l /' C'up tne4Pi ia/ Spring Term Exam Schedule UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of Pharmacy School of Business Administration School of Education School of Forestry and Conservation School of Music School of Public Health June 13 to June 19, 1946 NOTE: For courses having both lectures and quizzes, the time of ex- ercise is the time of the first lecture period of the week; for courses having quizzes only, the time of exercise is the time of the first quiz period. Cer- tain courses will be examined at special periods as noted below the regular schedule. To avoid misunderstandings and errors, each student should re- ceive notification from his instructor of the time and place of his examina- tion. In the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, no date of examina- tion may be changed without the consent of the Examination Committee. i IT'S THE MOST COLOSSAL, most stupendous, most gigantic pro- ject conceived in our time. It will bef more beautiful than any buildingt ever seen by living man. It will out- Hollywood Hollywood. It's a Jimmy Walker stunt, a press agent's dream.t It'll be more exciting than thet World's Fair, the Diamond Horse- shoe and the Johnny J. Jones Ex- position. In brief, this new United Nations Building in New York is really gonna be sumpin. But as a perm- anent home of the United Nations, it will also be completely inappro- priate. Housing the United Nations in some secluded cloister will be like staging a Barnum and Bailey three- ringer in the Metropolitan Opera House. As an idea, it stinks. T HERE ARE a number of objec- tions to housing the United Na- tions in New York City. When a mant has to pass by the segregated areas of Harlem every day, he's going to feel a trifle self-conscious talking about the equality of races. And there is a certain quality about the slums along Red Hook which might make it difficult to stand straight and speak loud when you use the words "freedom from want." Diplomats in New York might begin to believe some of this talk about the whites oppres- sing the Negroes or about capitalists oppressing workers, and then their fine slogans would be as short-lived as the proverbial snowball in Hell.- Nope, the United Nations should be; feld in some rich man's section up in the White Mountains, far from thej problems of the common people. Then Big Ed Stettinius with his Chair- man of the Board manners could hita his stride. That's what the United7 Nations should be ... fine phrasesd. and how can a man make fine phrases when he is speaking from a platform' in a slum? Since the UN persists in remaining in New York, they certainly should not be given a new and fancy palace. As was said before, it just wouldn't be cricket. Probably the best suggestion is to make the UN into a road show, a real travelling burlesque on Big Three unity. The show could hold its debut in the Brooklyn Dodgers ball park out at Ebbets Field, with Jimmy Byrnes hurling the first accusation of the season. RIGHT IN BACK of third base (where they would be hit by all of the line-drive fouls) would sit ex- Ambassador Davies and all of those club-women whom he has convinced about the fact that Russia is daily becoming more capitalistic. (That's a good way to like Russia . . . per- suade yourself that she is beginning to see the error of her childish social- ist ways). The possibilities in this scheme are immense. When Byrnes asks Molotov about free elections in Bulgaria, Molo- tov could point dramatically to the segregated section-"For Negroes Only"-way out in the right field bleechers and inquire again about the Negroes in South Carolina. We'd better start our ballyhoo now for the season finale. -Ray Ginger Time of Exercise Monday at 8 ...................... " " 9................... " 10................... " 11 ...................... Monday at 1 ...................... S 2 ...................... " "r 3e..................... Tuesday at 8 ...................... S 9 ...................... " ">> 10 ...................... " 7 11 ...................... Tuesday at 1 ...................... 2 ...................... , 3 ...................... Time of Examination Thu., June 13, 2:00-4:00 Sat., June 15, 2:00-4:00 Fri., June 14, 10:30-12:30 Tues., June 18, 10:30-12:30 Wed., June 19, 8:00-10:00 Mon., Thu., Fri.,J Thu., Tues., Mon., Sat.,J Wed., Tues., June June June June June June June June June J 1 1 l 1 1 SPECIAL PERIODS ImEkL- now-7 ON 1 .0 } ,: r {1 .. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Sociology 51, 54 ........... . ....... . Spanish 1, 2, 31, 32 .................. German 1, 2, 31, 32 ................ Political Science 1, 2, 52 ............ Psychology 42 ...................... Chemistry 55 ....................... Speech 31, 32.................... French 1, 2, 12, 31, 32, 61, 62, 91, 92, 93, 153................ English 1, 2 ........................ Economics 51, 52, 53, 54 ............ Botany 1......................... Zoology 1 ........................ School of Business Administration Thu., June Fri., June Fri., June Sat., June; Sat., June Mon., June Mon., June 17, 10:30-12:30 13, 10:30-12:30 14, 2:00- 4:00 13, 8:00-10:00 18, 2:00- 4:00 17, 8:00-10:00 15, 8:00-10:00 19, 2:00- 4:00 18, 8:00-10:00 13, 10:30-12:30 14, 8:00-10:00 14, 8:00-10:00 15, 10:30-12:30 15, 10:30-12:30 17, 10:30-12:30 17, 2:00- 4:00 17, 2:00- 4:00 18, 8:00-10:00 18, 8:00-10:00 19, 10:30-12:30 19,,10:30-12:30 Mon.,, Tues., Tues., Wed.,, Wed.,; June June June June June Courses not covered by this schedule as well as any necessary changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. School of Forestry and Conservation Courses not covered# by this schedule as well as any necessary changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. School of Music: Individual Instruction in Applied Music Individual examinations by appointment will be given for all applied music. courses (individual instruction) elected for credit in any unit of the University. For time and place of examinations, see bulletin board at the School of Music. School of Public Health Courses not covered by this schedule as well as any necessary changes will be indicated on the School bulletin board. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Assumption-world Whar III WALTER LIPPMAN, who has just returned 'T from Europe, reports- as his most important conclusion that "all European governments, all parties and all leading men are acting as if there would be another world war." Lippman's statement is based on indications that the forth- coming peace conference in Paris will decide, occupation issues, rather than "make peace." Peace in the world will remain a pretty phrase, while the Allies decide which among them will remain in possession of Germany, Austria, Yugo- slavia ad Rand-McNally, Germany is not on the peace agenda, Lippmann says, because "the German problem as seen in Moscow and in Lon- don, is, fundamentally, whether in the event of war the Germans are to be used by the Russians or by the Western powers." Recent developments at the Foreign Minis- ters Conference in Paris seem to substantiate Lippmann all too well. Ten days ago, the for- eign ministers divided the Italian fleet among Yugoslavia, Greece and Italy itself. Just what these traditionally peaceful countries need battleships for in a world of peace is not cer- tain. But the foreign ministers' decision to leave the remnants of the Italian navy in the Bal- kans can hardly be interpreted as a move to safeguard peace. N OR IS THE militaristic spirit by any means 11 nnfnp i t Firone. President Trulman a2sked conflicting messages Mr. Truman simultan- eously sent to Congress. In his military collab- oration message, the president said, "This gov- ernment will not I am sure, in any way approve of, nor will it participate in, the indiscriminate or unrestricted distribution of armaments, which would only contribute to a useless and burdensome armaments race." At the same time, Mr. Truman asked Congress for a War Department appropriation of more than seven billion dollars. 500 million of this is for the occupation governments. More than six bil- lion dollars remain for the U.S. Army. Repeated assertions that the people of the world do not want war seem to have no effect. The now-monotonous forecasts of the destruc- tion of civilization, which it is predicted will fol- low use of atomic weapons, are equally ineffec- tual. The terrible truth is that the policy-makers, the leaders of the world, are terribly impotent in the present world situation. They are too small to act any way other than "as if there would be another world war." -Milt Freudenheim (Continued from Page 3) lius, Dinicu, and Mendelssohn, and will be open to the general public. Student Recital: The Wind Instru- ments Department of the School of Music will present a program in Har- ris Hall at 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 10. It will consist of bassoon, clarinet, cornet, and oboe solos, a woodwind quintet, and a brass choir. Under the direction of Professor Revelli, the recital will be open to students in the University. Exhibitions Fishing and fish management. Ro- tunda, Museum Building. Through June 30. 8:00-5:00 week days; 2:00- 5:00, Sundays and holidays. Events Today Phi Sigma and Graduate Council will jointly sponsor two talks by Dr. Clarence H. Kennedy, of Ohio State4 University, Wednesday, in Rackham Amphitheatre. At 4:30 p.m., Dr. Kennedy will speak on "The Evolu-f tion of the Society from the Family," and at 8:00, he will deliver a lec- ture on human evolution, "The R,,nl,, inn nEofINieman fT-rq nnnjj#flfl method. Participating will be Miss Priscilla Alden, Miss Ruth Wittlesey and W. W. Morris. This meeting is open to club members and guests. Radio Program: The University Broadcasting service and the School of Music present today from 2:00 to 2:30 over Station WKAR (870 ke) its weekly program "Epochs in Music" under the direction and sup- ervision of Prof. Hanns Pick. This will be the third of five Radio-recitals devoted to the works of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Prof. Joseph Brinkman, Prof. Hanns Pick, and Prof. Wassily Besekirsky are to perform three So- nata movements, i.e., the first part from the Cello-sonata Op. 69; the "Andante Favorite" for Piano solo; and the finale from the "Kreutzer" Violin-sonata. Commentations by Mr. Theodore Heger. The American Society of Mechani- cal Engineers will present Prof. E. T. Vincent at their regular meeting to- night at the Union. Prof. Vincent will speak on "Transportation by Atomic Power." The Prescott Club of the College of Pharmacy will meet tonight in BARNABY By Crockett Johnson But McSnoyd, there must be some] mistake . .. I just happened to It hoits me to toin against on old pal, O'Malley. But you'll i Mr. O'Malley . . . Will McSnoyd, the Invisible Leprechaun, take i_ . , _r- - _ Ca0>"-n+ 44 ti Nt+P M Mix *,, eyV SRed 0 i I