ORT HE MICIIIGAN DAILY sA T URDAY, MAY 18, 194 Sir! -iga akil Fifty-Sixth Year IT SO HAPPENS... * A Sort Of ChtildIen's (Cruisde Val ;- A, II I -- ,-- - .k, . : Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Margaret Farmer .......Managing Editor Hale Champion . . . . . . . Editorial Director Robert Goldman. . . . . . . . . .As.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 . . . . . 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Latest evidence comes from the 2nd grade classroom at University Elementary School where a group of seven-year-old scientists are about to affirm finally what man has long suspected . . . mice are just like the rest of us, only smaller. Four mice are now deep in the throes of an experiment controlled by those who will un- doubtedly be called upon to put the atom back together. Fed on whiskey, beer, coca-cola, and milk the mice currently resemble a bunch of type-cast extras. Sharp-claws, the whiskey kid, looks like a drawing by Don Marquis; Short-ears is developing a notable beer belly; Long Tail, the coke drinker, is a jitterbug, and they're thinking of renaming the milk-swigging Pinkeye the All-American Mouse. * ** * The Real Gromyko TIE DETROIT high schooa students' mock United Nations conference Thursday came close to emulating the real thing when the Rus- sian delegate threatened to pull a "Gromyko." In the middle of a heated debate on atomic energy, he jumped to his feet, got the floor, pointed to the nearest exit and shouted: "They won't share the atomic bomb with us and then they talk about trust among na- tions. Why, we might as well pack up and go home." He didn't go, but he made his point. * '$ -* -* Put This On The Ticker WITH THE WORLD Picture none too bright and the Mexican League playing 100 per cent American ball players, there are people in this University worried about the preservation of the interest rate. Witness the remark of one of the Bus Ad school's defenders of immutable classical theory, "How long can we stand by watching the execu- tion of our economic laws?" We refuse to tell him point blank that that's all most laws are good for. Issue Clarion Call, Size 13 OUR SOMEWHAT sluggish conscience is no longer plagued into activity by those large red, white and blue images of Uncle Sam, fore- Eyes on Elections THE House of Representatives, by its crippling amendments to the act extending Selective Service, has again chosen to ignore reality and to allow no other considerations but the coming elections. The much-abused bill extending OPA-which the Senate may yet be able to salvage-was the first sign that the House is wholly obsessed with the ballot box. The House action on OPA indicated a complete disregard for the problems of reconversion; the action on Selective Service indicates total ig- norance of this nation's responsibility to the world. Our responsibility is to occupy Germany and Japan for an indefinite period and to have other forces in readiness in the event of new aggression. It is also our responsibility to demobilize on schedule those men now in service who have long overseas records. None of these responsibilities can now be ful- filled. Several Senators estimate that under the new draft bill the Army will be able to fill only 10 per cent of its monthly quotas for the simple reason that the only adequate source of manpower is the 18 and 19 year-old age group. The Representatives who voted for the stop- gap bill do not understand the world they live in .Despite our hopes for the United Nations, the world is still ruled by force. Moreover, these Representatives do not under- stand the American people. Voluntary enlist- ments are now to be relied on to fill our man- power needs. But Americans obviously are not prone to volunteer for military service as our entire history and, more pointedly, the recent Facts On Famine JI IS INDISPUTABLE to anyone who knows the most meager facts about the critical world famine situation and the limiting factors in the United States' effort to help feed the starving abroad that the only realistic way in which this effort could be made most effective is the rein- troduction of rationing for at least a year. It .is almost equally indisputable that the bungling Congress of the United States will not inau- gurate a realistic rationing program. Elections are apparently more important to our legislators than millions of lives. In the face of this situation it remains for the American. public to assume responsibility for making the enormous food resources of this country available to the world. The nation's farmers have a duty to rise above their selfish motives and to release their large stores of grain to American relief agencies, especially UNRRA. The consuming public has a duty to curtail its uses of basic foods so that more will be on the markets for relief purchases. Students who are preparing for responsible citizenship should especially realize their duty in this situation. The University's Famine Com- mittee, which was organized by students who are keenly aware of the acute need for the campus to make its contribution to aiding the starving in war-ravaged countries, has organ- ized a program to direct the campus effort to descending rate of enlistments, have demon- strated. Fortunately, the present draft extension law expires July 1. The House will have an opportun- ity to return this country to its position of strength and prestige among the nations of the world. -Clayton Dickey Public Forgets Atomic Energy W HAT HAPPENED to the Atomic Bomb? Two months ago the papers were filled with news about it. Newspaper columnists and maga- zine writers scurried to add their opinions to the expanding cloud of conflicting thought that enveloped this country, and average Americans everywhere discussed anxiously this overpowering threat to our existence. Today the problem of the Atom Bomb has disappeared as rapidly as it came. Newspapers no longer elaborate on the consequences of atom- ic warfare; magazines no longer discuss the pos- sibilities of controlling this new energy; and the American people, having slumped back to their normal indifference, are completely ignoring the problem. If atomic energy has dropped from our awareness, it still remains as an ever-present problem. The question of sharing OUR Atom Borgb with the rest of the world has been completely sidetracked. Is America refusing to face this issue simply because our govern- ment is unable to formulate a coherent pol- icy? Or is it because we want, without being willing to say as much to the world, to use the threat of its potential force as a card in the grand old game of power politics? Historians of the future may believe the former; the other nations of the world today have no choice but to believe the latter. 'HE CONTROL of atomic energy is the major issue of our generation; for on the solution of this problem may rest the future of the earth. Two months ago we were aware of this. The prob- lem has not been solved during these two months, but it appears as though Americans are no longer interested. Why? Are Americans not concerned about the next World War? Has our government given up hope of satisfactorily controlling atomic energy; is it no longer concerned about the devastating possibilities of an A-Bomb attack? Now that the first flurry of excitement over the Atom Bomb has subsided, we are returning to the old position of indifferent isolationism, only hoping that the situation will somehow work out. -Tom Walsh finger and thumb extended, but not joined; but we experienced that same fatal feeling halfway through this morning's flood of happy little press releases. This one from the potentates of the walnut industry informed us that "A clarion call for wal- nut trees has been issued to meet the needs of returned service personnel." A clarion call is a clarion call, and we'd hesi- tate even less than the next man when it came to our neighbor's best black walnut, but they've got to tell us first just what the hell a returned serviceman is going to do with all that black walnut. Straw In The Wind One of the gloomier portents of current so- ciety was called to our attention the other day when we were having a friendly chat with a student bold enough to declare for U.S. Congress. "How are things going?" we asked, prepared to absorb inside dope on local political skullduggery. 'Terrible," he told us. "Just flunked a blue- book." Thereby dealing a bodyblow to federal aid for education, we presume. (Items appearing in this column are written by members of the Daily editorial staff and edited by the Editorial Director.) MERRY-GO-ROUND: Labor Politics By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON.--The threatened railroad strike illustrates how labor politics can turn just as many somersaults as anything else on the Washington Merry-Go-Round. For instance, the two rail brotherhood chiefs who called the strike, A. M. F. Whitney of the trainmen and Alvaney Johnston of the locomo- tive engineers, have turned a complete somer- sault compared with two years ago. Then they were all lovey-dovey with the government, took the initiative in arbitrating a strike, whereas the other three brotherhoods wouldn't. But greatest somersault is by one Harry S. Truman. Two years ago, Harry Truman was whipping the brotherhoods toward wage in- creases. Now the same Harry Truman is trying to hold the whip-hand over a rail strike. At that time-the end of 1943-Senator Tru- man had introduced a resolution providing an 8-cents-an-hour increase for railroad workers. FDR, however, opposed. And, at a meeting with the brotherhood leaders in December 1943, FDR had some strong words to say about the pay hike proposed by the man who was to succeed him. "If Congress passes the Truman resolution," he decreed, "I shall veto it. And I shall veto any other attempt by a small group to get theirs at the expense of the nation. This is not govern- ment," he continued; "That is government by blackmail. I am shocked to come back from the battlefront, where everyone is doing such a good job, and find talk of a railroad strike." Two Brotherhoods To Flip-Flop rT'ODAY, Harry Truman not only finds himself trying to prevent a higher wage-boost than that already given rail workers by an arbitra- tion board-$1.28 per day-but he also finds himself with the two rail leaders who helped Roosevelt arbitrate, now flatly opposed to arbi- tration. Roosevelt, faced with the strike threat, turned to his best railworker friend at one memorable rail conference, and said: "I'm going to begin by asking you, Al, if you will accept me as sole arbitrator." "Speaking for the trainmen, we'll accept, Mr. President," replied Whitney without a nioment'- thought. Other brotherhood leaders asked more time to consider, and a hot fight developed between Whitney and Johnston on one side and the three other brotherhood leaders: Harry Fraser of the conductors, Tom Cashen of the switchmen, and Davey Robertson of the firemen. The latter three stubbornly resisted Roosevelt's arbitration plea and only accepted belatedly. Now the situation is diametrically the oppo- site. The three who refused to arbitrate at Roose- velt's request-the conductors, firemen and switchmen-have already accepted Truman's arbitration offer and the award of $1.28 a day has been recommended. (They are not happy about the amount awarded, but believe in con- tinuing their trade.) However, FDR's old friends, Whitney and Johnston. not even agreeing to arbitrate, have called the strike. Capitol Chaff T WAS A TRIBUTIE to Majority Whip John Sparkman when the House voted to accept the-compromise authorizing $400,000,000 in sub- sidies for the producers of building materials. Other administration leaders were afraid of the vote, but Sparkman knew that many Congress- men had heard from disappointed veterans at home. So he went to work on the telephone and on the House floor-button-holing both Demo- crats and Republicans. Housing subsidies were carried by nearly 50 votes (Copyright, 1946, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Misuinderstatdin g To the Editor: SHOULD LIKE to concur heartily with Stuart L. Main's opinion, as expressed in a letter to the Editor in Friday's Daily, that it would be offen- sive to refer to the amputees at Percy Jones in a spirit of levity. I am bewildered by the process of reasoning which led Mr. Main to conclude that my phrase "the Horrors of War" was intended to refer to the disabilities of these veterans.1 I had thought that I had made it quite clear what I meant by the, horrors of war (a) listing them in the next sentence, and (b) discussing them at some length for the rest of my allotted six inches. What I was trying to say, in my own feeble way, was that I thought these men deser- ved a more adult type of entertain- ment than that which they are re-1 ceiving. -Lois Kelsol Counter-charges To The Editor: THE RESPECT which we hold for persons in authority indicates thata only upon serious charge should we upset the finality of the legal processc which has declared their election and has vested in them the right to as- sume office. The recent case on this campus; which is clearly contrary to this rule of law I believe to be manifestly un- just and improper. The facts are1 these: A candidate in the recent elec-i tion had been declared elected by1 the Judiciary Council. Before thei Congress had met and organized, this1 Council brought charges against the; congressman declaring that he had used several identification cards be-j longing to persons who had freely given them to him for the purpose of casting votes, presumably in favor; of himself. Formal charges of mis- conduct were brought by the Coun-1 cil itself, acting upon information, printed in the Letters to the Editor column of this paper.and therefore clearly hearsay evidence. Yet the Ju- diciary Council saw fit to make an example of the elected candidate and proceeded to disqualify him and to declare the election of another per- son. In view of these facts I maintain that the Judiciary Council was act- ing pltra vires when it made its find- ing and its ultimate declaration. Af- ter it had declared the candidate elected, its powers over him were at an end. He was at that point a de jure congressman and no power ex- cept the Congress itself could then judge his right to continue as a member of that body. The President of the Judiciary Council was also a candidate and he was also elected. He did not resign his post nor refrain from active par- ticipation in the conduct of the elec- tion. On the contrary, he took per- sonal charge of the election in which he was a candidate. Irregular prac- tices went unnoticed at the polls, monitors were not provided at all times at the election places, not even did he keep an accurate list of the polling places under his jurisdiction. Are we to stand idly by while vest- ed interests secure their own election and the election of their friends, and at the same time proceed to illegally disqualify an elected candidate for a minor malpractice which heretofore has been governed by no rule? The case has been appealed, this time to the proper body, the Student Congress. This time the advantage of a competent counsel has been se- cured for the congressman. Also this time the President of the Judiciary Council will sit again in judgment as a member of that congress. How can he, with unclean hands himself, feel justified in casting his ballot in the manner which his past actions indi- cate he will do. I sincerely hope that this time jus- tice will be controlling the minds of those who in the past have regarded it so little. -Ken issell Cancer Caption, To the Editor; iN MAY 16 issue of The Daily, on the back page at the top was a pic- ture of a little boy who only had a few weeks to live, due to cancer. Un- derneath the picture was the begin- ning of a story concerning this boy. However, it was left unfinished. It is very annoying to be reading an in- teresting article and suddenly be left "up in the air" without knowing the remainder of the story. My father died of cancer, and I feel that more people should realize the seriousness and importance of this disease. You have it within your Publication in the Daily Official But- e letin is constructive notice to all mem-O bers of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Assistant to the President, t 1021 Angell Hail, by 3:30 p.m. on the day F preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat- n urdays). SATURDAY, MAY 18, 196 VOL. LVI, No. 143 TL Notices To the Members of the University s Senate: t At the meeting of the Senate on Monday, May 20, at 4:15 p.m.,in the N Rackham Amphitheatre, considera- tion will be given to the following t agenda:n Annual Report of the Senate Ad-t visory Committee on University Af- 8 fairs. A. D. Moore, Chairman. o Memorandum from the Deans', Conference on Sabbatical Leaves. F. E. Robbins, Secretary. Enrollment Problems. Provost J. P. Adams.c Building Program. Vice-President t R. P. Briggs. c Other matters as may be presentedt by members of the Senate and by i President A. G. Ruthven. i -- - i Students, College of Literature, Sci- ence, and the Arts: The following is a continuation of the lectures and dis- cussions sponsored by the College of Literature, Science and the Arts concerning the opportunities offered for professional study and the requi- sites for admission and graduation., Tuesday, May 21 - Teaching as a Profession. Panel Discussion - Deanv Edmonson, School of Education. Pro-s fessors Thorpe, Welch and Wheeler, Members of the Teachers Certificate Committee of the College of LSA.F Dean Keniston, College of LSA, will act as chairman. Wednesday, May 22 - The Insti- tute of Public Administration, Profes-t sor Perkins of the Department of1 Political Science, Secretary of the Institute. Thursday, May 23 - The Archi- tect - Dean Bennett, College of Ar- chitecture. The Engineer - DeanC Crawford, College of Engineering. Monday, May 27 - The LibrarianI - Professor Gjelsness, Chairman of the Department of Library Science. Tuesday, May 28 - Little Known Professional Opportunities. Dr. Flet-s cher and Dr. Harris of the Bureau ofv Psychological Services.f Wednesday, May 29 - Vocationalc Occupations for Women. Dr. Sher- man and Miss Eldersveld of the Bur- 2 eau of Psychological Services. Tuesday, June 4 - Occupational< Trends and Job Prospects. Professor Haber of the Department of Econom- ics. All lectures will be held in Rooma 1025 Angell Hall at 4:30 p.m. Men's Orientation Advisors are ur- gently needed for the fall term. Menp who will be able to return to Ann Arbor by Sept. 15, one week before the start of the term, and who aret willing to act as advisors may leavel their names at the Michigan Union Student Offices on week days between 3 and 5 p.m. or call Al Farnsworth, 2-3002. There are no restrictions regarding class or school. Veterans. and men with previous experience, are particularly needed. All students who expect to become candidates for a teacher's certificate in February, June, or Angust, 1947, should call for an application form at the office of the School of Educa- tion, Room 1437 University Element- ary School. Application forms should be filled in and returned to the School of Education by May 27. Swimming - Women Students: There will be open swimming at the Union Pool from 9:00 to 10:45 every Saturday morning for women stu- .dents in the University. Willow Village Program for veterans and their wives: Saturday, May 18: Square Dance, Scott Colburn, caller. Be present for the forming of Squares at 8:30. 8- 11:30 Auditorium West Lodge. Sunday, May 19: Installation Ser- vice at 11:00 a.m., for Rev. Robert Boettger. Rev. Henry Yoder' offici- ating. Christ Lutheran Chapel, 1450 Midway Blvd. Sunday, May 19: Classical Music,I (records). 3 p.m. Office, West Lodge. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for William M. Cruickshank, Education; thesis: A Comparative Study of Psychologi- power to sway the people. The man- ner in which you write indicates your own attitude. It can also put stress on some points of importance so as to make people think and act. In such a manner you could cause action on such a thing as this article I have mentioned on cancer. I am sure that such an oversight as this will not occur again -Paula Smith liackliand Smagh al Factors Involved in the Responses f Mentally Retarded and Normal Boys to Problems in Arithmetic," oday at 2:00 p.m. in the Board Room, Rackham Building. Chair- man, C. Woody. Sociology 169, Social Legislation, will not meet Monday, May 20. W. S. Landecker. Literature, Science and Arts, 2nd emester seniors are reminded that he Profile Tests for Seniors are to )e held in the Rackham Lecture Hall, Monday morning. May 20, and Tues- lay morning, May 21. The advanced est will be given Thursday evening, May 23. Doors will open at 7:50 in he morning and close promptly at :00. In the evening the doors will pen at 6:45 and close at 7:00. Please ring fountain pens and pencil era- ers with you to all 3 sessions. Notice to Sophomore and Senior Students taking the Profile Examina- tions: You will be excused from classes where there is a conflict with the examinations. Present to your nstructor my communication regard- ng the test as proof of your eligibil- ty. Hayward Keniston, Dean Concerts Carillon Recital: Professor Perci- val Price. University Carillonneur, will be heard in his first recital since his return to the University after a sx-months leave of absence, at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 19. His program will include Mendelssohn's Spring- song, five spirituals, Spirituoso by Clementi, a group of folk songs, and Two Victory Rhapsodies composed by Professor Price. Student Recital: Vincent DeMat- teis, clarinetist, will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the degree of Master of Music in Music Education, at 4:15 Sunday afternoon, May 19, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. He is a pupil of Albert Luconi, and will be assisted ih the program by Arlene Peugot, pianist, and Edward Ormond, violist. The public is invited. Student Recital: Jeannette Haien, student of piano under John Kollen, will present a recital in partial ful- fillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music at 8:30 Sunday evening, May 19, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Her program will include compositions by Bach, Chopin, Ravel, and Schumann, and will be open to the general public. Student Recital: Edward Ormond, a student of viola under Wassily Be- sekirsky, will present a recital in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the degree of Master of Music at 8:30 Monday evening, May 20, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The program will include composi- tions of Brahms, Glazunov, Edmund Haines, Kabalevsky, and R. Vaughan Williams. The public is cordially in- vited. Student Recital: Lucretia Dell, pi- anist, will be heard in a program pre- sented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bach- elor of Music at 8:30 Tuesday eve- ning, May 21, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. A pupil of Joseph Brink- man, Miss Dell will play compositions by Respighi, Schumann, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff. The recital is open to the public. Events Today The Art Cinema League presents "Peg of Old Drury", a British histori- cal film of the stage, in middle-18th century London. Anna Neagle as Peg Woffington and Sir Cedric Hardwicke as David Garrick Tonight at 8:30. Box office opens 2:00 p.m. Reserva- tions phone 6300. Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Phi Delta Kappa: Meeting of mem- bers of Phi Delta Kappa this morn- ing at 9:00 a.m., in Dr. F. G. Wal- cott's office, Rm. 3206, U.H.S. to consider candidates for membership. Wesleyan guild will have a base- ball picnic today, leaving the church at 3:00. Reservations for the cost supper can be made by calling 6881. COMM"ng Events There will be no house presidents meetings for League Houses or Dorm- itories on Tuesday, May 21. The next meeting will be Tuesday, May 28. Phi Sigma, honorary biological fraternity, will sponsor a talk by Dr. E. C. Case, professor emeritus of his- torical geology and paleontology, and former Chairman of the Geology De- partment and Director of the Mu- seum of Paleontology, on Monday, May 20, in Rackham Amphitheatre at 8:00 p.m. Dr. Case will speak on his "Reminiscences and Impressions" of his years as a professor on this campus. Students, faculty, and pub- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN .. BARNABY SAre you going to play with your ball team today,Pop? f By Crockett Johnson - p After office hours ... If we had a good pitcher - I think we could win the plant championship hands down. But we don't even have a prospect in mind. Your Fairy Godfather's salary wing is still in fine shape, m'boy. And if your father's team is badly in need of a mealticket, then surely . Gosh, Mr O'Malley. You broke the window. 0