THE MICHIGAN DAILY SAuCA 17,194 Dlir xA4t4ga Dae Ij Fifty-Sixth Year _j. A " ) "fl Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board of Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Margaret Farmer ... .... Managing Editor Hale Champion . . . . . . Editorial Director Robert Goldman . . . . . . . . . .sCity 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 Staff Dorothy Flint . . ,...... Business Manager joy Altman .. ......Associate Bushifess Manager Evelyn Mills . . . . . Associate Business Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press 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 second-class mail matter. Subscription during the regular school year by car- rier, $4.50, by mail, $5.25. ftEPRESNTRE0FO* NATONL AOVERT 3ING By National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative 42d MADISON AVE. NEW YORK. N. Y. CHICAGO - .OSTON * LOS ANGELES * SAN FRANCISCO Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1945-46 NIGHT EDITOR: ANN KUTZ Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of Ihe writers only. Glmour-Myths G' LAMOUR-MYTHS of the United States Army Air Corps are roundly debunked in an article in the current American by Senator Elbert D. Thomas. Air Crew men fought magnificently, the Senator concedes, but imaginative publicity writers went overboard in seeing that the flyers "live in fame" as the Air Corps song provides. "For years our Air Forces have given the Ameri- can public a false sense of security by untruth- ful boasting," the Senator says. Infantry men, who long have shouted this truism, should be highly pleased to have it phrased by the chair- man of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Senator Thomas gags at the Air Corps' smooth public relations lingo. "Combat results, especially in bombing operations, were grossly exaggerated. Scores of enemy strong points were 'wiped out' on Monday and 'obliterated' on Tuesday only to offer the bloodiest resis- tance to our ground forces on Wednesday." He denies the success of our so-called "preci- sion bombing" by stating the Germans them- selves had a bombsight "so much better than ours it made their ordinary bombardiers as good as our experts." He belittles our well-publicized daylight bombing raids in Europe by opining, "Had our invasion been delayed six months, the Germans could have regained air superiority, not only in Europe, but over the Channels and southern England." THE Senator's statements seem 0 bear out an oft-quoted slogan that was cherished by the ground troops in Europe "When the English go on a mission, the Krauts head for cover; when the Heinies come, the Yanks and British head for cover; but when the U. S. Army Corps comes, everybody heads for cover." Although the Senator doesn't touch on Air Corps reports from the Pacific, he might easily have found men who have been puzzled by the Colin Kelley case or confused by the repetition of B-29 attacks on a target which according to the dispatches was destroyed several times. This propensity for publicity rather than re- spect for truth found us at the war's beginning with an utterly inadequate and much over-pub- licized Air Force. Before he retired General Arn- old acknowledged that "We have paid heavily for this error. A repetition of this error in the future could mean annihilation." Thanks to Senator Thomas for criticizing the bad publicity which intrigued us 'with the Air Corps mission, but frequently deceived us as to its success. -Paul Harsha Fair Warning" LT. COL. FRANK EBEY, commanding officer in the German town of Wuerzburg, has issued a directive to his troops warning them that they must stop making "disparaging remarks against our allies (the Russians) to the German people." The warning was issued after Winston Churchill's Fulton blast which, in addition to heightening the morale of the Germans, also received the concurrence of many American troops stationed in Germany. That Col. Ebey was forced to warn his troops away from the Russo-probe line indicates an unhealthy attitude on the part of Americans stationed in Germany. That he did so makes us wish there were a few more Army colonels like him. It is a sad commentary on our troops in Ger- n 4n + +t tip ave son nik made a forgotten ..::x.. .... x-x.. ; ,Ss t ..S KICKS& COMMENTS The task of keeping abreast of jazz musicians and their products is, by and large, a thankless one; the boys never stay put, for one thing, and the loose contract laws make it possible for the same group to go from studio to studio, impro- vising all the time. This spring, matters are even worse, or better, depending on your patience. Many of these quick-flowering record com- panies, it's admitted, stick largely to the fields of Latin-Americana, 17th Century religious songs, sea chanteys, and the like. They almost all re- cord jazz, however, some of them poorly, and one or two of them, like Savoy, with a fair degree of success. Savoy comes in for comment today on the basis of a pair of tenor sax albums, and two single records. . The albums feature the work of performers like Don Byas, Ben Webster, Lester Young, and, of course, Coleman Hawkins, all backed by a variety of combinations. Of the two, I liked the second album best, and in par- tucular, Webster's "I Surrender, Dear" and Young's "Lester's Blues." . Byas stands out on one of the single records, "Candy," though some among you my prefer the other, a full- band version of "Swing Street" and "Twilight in Terehan." Just in passing: Capitol's "This Modern Age," the fourth in their History of Jazz series, is around, with some strong work in it by Butter- field and Carter, and a recording by Bobby Sher- wood of Bix's "In the Dark." Victor nas :e- released Artie Shaw's "Stardust," "Temptation," and "Begin the Beguine," no doubt to replace those already ground thin by the juke-boxes. There's a new Burl Ives album on Decca, some nice licks by Cootie Williams on "Juice Head Baby," and great air of expectation about ARA, the new Hoagy Carmichael-sponsored recording company. -Bob Goldman I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Churchill's Friends By SAMUEL GRAFTON WASHINGTON-Everybody here is walking on little cat feet around the Russian issue, and much of the local talent is busy trying to find some way to exploit the crisis on behalf of pet objectives that have little or nothing to do with the international situation. Mr. Rankin, of Mississippi, is trying to make Mr. Churchill his baby. He has just delivered a curious oration saying that while he does not agree with Mr. Churchill on the matter of an Anglo-American alliance, we ought to listen to the Great Britisher's warnings on the sub- ject of Communism, and throw every "subvers- ive" off the Federal payroll, and -indeed, off the soil of the United States, and replace them all with ex-servicemen. THIS is typical of the manner in which some of the lesser lights here are trying to hitch their little wagons' to the Churchill star,.. Mr. Rankin's definition of what constitutes a "sub- versive" is, of course, very broad and sweeping. He launched into his tirade after hearing a Con- gressman named Buffett attack Winston Church- ill for conducting a "war dance" on the American radio. Mr. Rankin leaped to his feet, shouting "That sounds very much as if it had come out of Moscow." It hadn't. It had come out of Nebraska, which is Mr. Buffett's home state Meanwhile, a subcommittee of the House Mil- itary Affairs Committee is pressuring Secretary of State Byrnes to remove men of "Soviet lean- ings" from the State Department intelligence service. The subcommittee does not claim that these men are Communists, but only that they are friendly to the Soviet Union, and so this attack has already gone one step beyond being a drive against the Communist Party. There may be such men in the State Department (though it would perhaps be difficult to convince the Kremlin that the American State Department is shot through with Soviet sympathizers) but the real point is the manner in which the Russian imbroglio is being used to change the political balance here in Washington, Mr, Cox of Georgia, was heard chortling the other day: "The Reds are on their way out of Washington," and in his case too, we are deal- ing with a man whose definition of what makes a Red is extremely elastic. Mr. Cox is a fam- ous enemy of reform, of any kind however light, and when he declares, as he just has, that he suddenly "feels better" about the chances of purging the government bureaus, a great many strictly-non-Communist liberals here in Washington suddenly feel worse. PERHAPS that is one reason why there has been a noticeable cooling .off, in top circles, of expressions of alarm concerning The Russian crisis. Mr. Truman was quite emphatic at his last press conference, which I attended, in ex- pressing his optimism on the Russian matter; it seemed to me he was really trying to put over a hopeful view, and not just throwing in a remark for the record. And Mrs. Roosevelt has just been down, to speak against alarmists and those who peddle war scares. Perhaps Washington liberal- ism is suddenly beginning to realize that it is in danger of being run over, mauled and mangled, by a political stampede which, though based on the Russian issue, has in truth, little to do with it, and is aimed at domestic results which will not solve our international problems, nor, indeed, are they intended to. (Copyright, 1946, N.Y. Post Syndicate) BOOKS Christopher Isherwood Prater Violet TONI sells violets at the Vienna Prater. She is the main character in a "B" picture which a young English intellectual and an unusual Austrian director collaborate to produce in PRATER VIOLET. During the course of the production, the two, representatives of the intelli- gent Englishman and Austrian in pre-war days, air their views on politics and philosophy, the movie thus serving as symbol of the reluctance of the European to face the fact of the coming war, and emphasizing the tragedy that good minds are wasted on an inconsequential work when war is spreading over Europe. The light touch of the author, in harmony with the super- ficial stoiy, contrasts pointedly with the seri- ousness of the meaning. The structure and characterization of the navel are sound. They suppf;rt and elaborate the theme. Mr. Isherwood, the young English writer, thinks to himself that the war may not come, after all. Friedrich Bergmann, who has seen some of Hitler's doings already, is seriously concerned about the war, but ends up in Holly- wood, Mr. Chatsworth, movie magnate, is inter- ested in is business and not in the war. Law- rence Dwight, the cutter, believes in efficiency, and tries hard not to be a romantic. Minor characters like the gossip hound for the film coluin, and the suave Umbrella (so Bergmann calls the neat man who is symbol of disin- terested, self-satisfied England) show the ordi- nary man and his painful lack of feeling for the distress of Europe. Revelation of character, and of social attitudes and ideologies, are en- compassed during the space of time required to produce a motion picture. rTHE movie groups as the problem in Europe deepens in intensity. Reality is achieved with local color drawn from the movie industry, in its technical aspect. There is a feeling of unity in the precision with which all the elements of the story are brought together in the unassuming little development of the production of the film. The writer keeps his message always before him, although at one point he seems more interested in getting the movie finished on time than in making his political and social observations. The message of the book is not essentially new, but the irony catches the tragedy of the situation, and provides the value of the book. This is Mr. Isherwood's first book since the well-received GOODBYE TO BERLIN, which was published in 1939. He has a good understand- ing of social phenomena, and the ability to see them as incident. His perception, lightness of style, and sureness of satire combine well. -Martha :Bradshaw (enerI Libra - I~ DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Publication in the Daily Official hul- b etin is constructive notice to all mem- t bers of the University. Notices for the i Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Assistant to the President, P 1021 Angell Hall, by 3:30 p. in. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a. m. Sat- urdays). SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1946 . VOL. LVI, No. 90L Noticest School of Education Faculty: The March meeting wil be held on Mon-s day, March 25, in the University Ele-f mentary School Library. The meet-t ing will convene at 4:15 p.m. Honor Societies: The attention ofk honor societies is called to the fact that the date of Honors Convocationt has been set for April 26. It is request- ed that all societies hold their elec-1 tions as early as possible after theC . .t Dominic Says THE dropping of Winston Church- ill into Mid-Amera just now is not unlike the dropping of Rudolph Hess into north England during the; early period of the war. In both cases the presupposition was that if a clever man could get to the chief opponents of progress within the country an entire people could be turned back from their chosen direc- tion. In this case, that world's greatest newspaper, whose policies we must repudiate generally, may be able to perform a service. The editor of the Chicago tribune is quick to see that much of the influence exempli- fied in Asia by the Russians has been practiced artfully by Britain for the greater part of a century. We will not intern him .as Britain did Hess but before this period of reconstruc- tion is over, it will be clear to all that his cleverness, performed as a prank- ster behind the back of the school- master in Missouri, was too clever. Cleverness, unlike wisdom, has in it an element of deception. Clever- ness arrives at an end by either legit- imate or illegitimate routes, while wisdom plods along 'the hard road of honor. Wisdom, though its goal seems to recede, can find fresh fuel from additional sources and rather than use any short cut will make certain that the means are as sincere and genuine as the ends in view. In his volume on Richelieu (p. 319), Hil- aire Belloc. notes that "Men who change the history of the world are always making mistakes, as do all other men. They seem to differ from other men chiefly in four things: first, that they have better fortune; secondly, that this good fortune works upon exceptonal ability coupled with a strong desire to rule and direct the world; thirdly, that they are con- tinuous in action; fourthly, that they live long enough, which may be ac- counted by some a part of their good fortune, by others of their ill." This ability to take a long chance is cultivated by persons in various spheres. In fact it is the man of faith who uses it most skillfully. It brings into focus that religious quality of the remote, the whole, the ultimate set in contrast to the immediate, the partial, and the temporal. The architect appeals to that which satisfies the human spirit, and the minister, called upon to consider time, sets it over against eternity. In morals, does not one yield the immediate for a remote good? In health, am I not wise when I endure a few weeks of rem- edy to attain free functioning for life? In the acquisition of know- ledge will not one first enslave him- self to Core subjects in the hope of gaining full freedom over a wide range in mature years? Mr. Churchill, this undefeatable cus- todian of defeated British conserv- atism, in taking a long chance, or setting out on a romantic adven- ture, in the hope of committing the United States to a course of action which stopped short of the United Nations Organization became a su- perb illustration of the fact that men, even our great men, some- timesedefeatatheverycause .they believe they are advancing. However, there was a secondary hint by Mr. Churchill, which has been quite overlooked, the suggestion that Britain might welcome "Union Now," first on an Anglo-Saxon basis, and later world-wide. The interpreter who can put that construction on the lec- ture, discount the bad timing, and credit the occasion with being in- formal,-which it could not be when the President of the United States was on the platform,-makes of the occasion a rather reasonable enter- prise. This interpretation would somewhat soften the impact of his numerous critics in England and the United States. -Edward W. Blakeman Counselor in Religious Education beginning of the Spring Term so that p he names of new members may be S nserted in the Honors Convocation M program. s Dean of Students ti S Fraternity Presidents of graups a which formerly maintained houses a should apply to the Office of the 2 Dean of Students for blanks on which n to list current membership. i Iouse Directors and Social Chair- men are reminded that requests for F social events must be filed in the Of- c fice of the Dean of Students not later 1 than the Monday before the event for I which approval is requested. It should I be accompanied by written accep-I tance from two sets of APPROVED c CHAPERONS and, in the case of fra-c ternities and sororities, by approval from the financial adviser. APPROV- ED CHAPERONS may be 1) parents of active members or pledges, 2) pro- fessors, associate professors or assis-C tant professors, or 3) couples alreadyr approved by the Committee on Stu-E dent Affairs. A list of the third group is available at the OFFICE OF THEs DEAN OF STUDENTS. Civil Service Announcements for thet City of Detroit: Playleader (male and female) Sal- ary: $7.70-9.45 per day Life Guard (male and female) Sal- ary: $1.00-1.25 per hour Junior Recreation Instructor (Male and Female) Salary: $2321 to $2473 per year. Swimming Instructor (Male and Female) Salary: $2549 to $3016 pe year. Further information may be ob- tained at 201 Mason Hall. Lectures University Lecture: Dean Benja- min O. Wist will lecture on "Educa- tion in Hawaii," at 4:15 p.m. on Mon- day, March 18, in the Rackham Amphitheater.- Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Ernest Williams, Mathematics; thesis: "An Invariant Decomposition of a Sym- metric Tensor of Rank Two in Pseudo--Euclidean Space," Monday, March 18, East Council Room, Rack- ham, at 3:15 p.m. Chairman, G. Y. Rainich. Veterans' Tutorial Program: The following changes have been made in the schedule: Chemistry 3-Monday-ThursdaI 7:30-8:30 p.m.; Saturday 9-10 a m. Chemistry 4-Monday-Thursday 7:00-8:00 p.m.; Saturday 11-12 a.m. Chemistry 21-A tutorial section for veterans will be offered by Profes- sor Byron A. Soule once a week, be- ginning March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 303 Chemistry. Only veteran who have elected Chemistry 21 should attend. Veterans' Tutorial Work in Physic >6 and 46. Two sections for tutoria work in Physics 26 and 46 have beer organized. Section 1-Monday, Wed- nesday, 7:30 to 8:30, Saturday, 1i )'clock, 1035 Randall Laboratory- A. W. Ewald, Instructor. Section 2- Monday, Wednesday, 1:30 to 8:30 -nd Saturday 11 o'clock, 1036 Randall Laboratory-H. Levenstein, Instru or. Only veterans enrolled in Physck 16 or 46 should attend. Botany I Make-up final examin- ation foi students with excused ab- sences from the fall term examin ation will be given on Thursday, Mar. 21, at 4:00 p.m. in room 1139 Natural Science. English 150 (Playwriting) will meet in Room 303 Library on Monday at 7:30. Assignment, Deep Are the Roots. German Departmental Library Hours, Spring Term 1945-46: 8:00- 12:00 a.m. Monday through Saturda and 1:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, 204 University Hall. German 1 and 2 Make-up Final Ex- aminations will be given from 2 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, in Room 201 University Hall. Students who missed the final examination should see their instructors immediately to get permission to take the make-up. Costain, Thomas B. The Black Rose. .Garden City, New Doubleday, 1945: Jacques, Florence Page Snowshow Country. Minneapolis, The versity of Minnesota Press, 1944. Leonard, William Ellery A Man Against Time: An heroic dream. York, Appleton-Century, 1945. Orcutt, William Dana York, Uni- New rogram of the spring term at 8:30 unday evening, March 17, in Lydia dendelssohn Theatre. He will be as- isted by Helen Titus, pianist, also of he School of Music, in Beethoven's onata in G major, Op. 96, for violin nd piano, Adagio by Caporale, Son- ta in D major by Handel, Poeme, Op 5 by Chausson, and Ross Lee Fm- iey's Fiddle-Doodle-Ad. The public s cordially invited. Faculty Recital: Nadine Linquist Flinders, contralto, will present a re- ital at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Her program will include songs by Handel, Dowland, Purcell, Brahms, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, and will be open to the general public. Mrs. Flin- ders will be accompanied by Marian Owen, pianist, and Milton Weber, vio- linist. Glee Club Concert: The Universiv f Michigan Men's Glee Club, David M~attern, conductor, will be heard at 8:30 Wednesday evening, March 20, in Hill Auditorium. Half of the pro- gram will consist of songs by the Glee Club. Following intermissioi the audience will be asked to join in singing Michigan songs. The pogram is open to the public without charge. Exhibitiens "Ancient Man in the Great Lakes Region." Rotunda, University Muse- um Building, through April 30. Events Today Varsity Men's Glee Club: Rehearsal this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Wesleyan Guild at First Methodist Church meets at 6 p.m. Sunday for the Lenten Discussion series entitled "Personal Blueprints." There will be both student discussion leaders and resource advisers. There will be also a supper and social hour. Coming Events The Research Club will meet on Wednesday, March 20, at eight o'clock in the evening in the Amphi- theatre of the Rackham Building. I'he following papers will be present- d: "Comparative Law," by Dr. Ern- ast Rabel, and "Origin and Dispersal )f the Fishes of the Great Lakes," by Professor Karl F. Lagler. Alpha Phi Omega will hold a meet- ing on Wed., March 20, at 7:30 at the Michigan Union. All men who were once members of A.P.O. on this or other campuses are invited. Also any man on campus who has had some scouting experience and who is Interested in ALPHA PHI OMEGA's program is cordially invited to come and get acquainted. La Soehd'dad iispaica La Soce- dad and the Art Cinema League will present Flor Silvestre (Wild Flower), a musical comedy with Dolores del Rio and Pedro Armendariz, on Wed- nesday and Thursday, March 20 and 31 at 8:30 p.m. in the Lydia Mendel- ,sohn Theater. Members pay only the federal tax. Le Cercle Francais will meet Mon- lay, March 18, at 8:00 p.m. at the Wichigan League. Professor Ren ":falamon, of the Romance Language Department, will offer a short dram- ltic reading of Fench woks. Group singing and social hour. All students >n the Campus interested in improv- .ngm their oral French and making rood friends are cordially invited to ecome members of the Club. The Romance Language Journal Ulub will meet on Wednesday, March 30, at 4:15 p.m., in the East Confer- nee Room of the Rackham Building. Professor Ralph Hammett of the Irchitectural Department will speak >n the "Preservation of Culture in France." Hillel Social Committee will meet oext Wednesday, at 3:30 p.m. in the Foundation building. All old mem- bers and any newly interested ones are invited to attend. "P.A.C., Its Aims and Methods"- will be the topic of a discussion by Sam Cubeta, state director of the Michigan Political Action Commit- tee, and Walter Quillico, international officer of the UAW-CIO, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Rm. 316, in the Union. All students are invited to attend this open meeting. Sponsored by Com- mittee for Liberal Action. Churches First Presbyterian Church: 10:45 a.m.: Morning Worship Ser- vice. Dr. Lemon's Lenten Sermon will be "Man in Extremis." 5:0 p.m. Westminster Guild will have as a speaker, Dr. Bennett Weav- er who will talk on "The Poetry of Religion." Supper will be served fol- lowing the meeting. First Congregational Church: At the 10:45 a.m. service Dr. Parr will speak on "The Paradox of God." 6:00 p.m. Congregational-Disciples Student Guild. Dr. Edward Blake- From My Library Walls: A kaleidoscope of memories. New York, Longmans, 1945. Robeson, Eslanda Goode African Journey. New York, The John Day Co., 1945. Warburg, James P. Unwritten Treaty. New York, Harcourt, 1946. MERR Y-GO-ROUND:-* Party Squabble Iy DEW PEARSON W 'JASH11NGTON-- If Senate Democratic leaders didn't "get religion" at Bob Hannegan's lat- est revival meeting, it wasn't Bob's fault. The meeting was held behind closed doors in the Senate office building with Democratic stalwarts and Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach also pres- ents. enannegan minced no words in urging support for Tunman's leg isla ive program, but received some counterblows from Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, white-thatched Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Challenging Hannegan at one point, he declared that "a lit- tle inflation won't hurt the country at this time." Hannegan's major message to Democratic Senators was that President Truman wanted a 65 to 75-cents an hour minimum wage bill passed-and without delay. He declared that a measure such as that introduced by Senator Claude Pepper of Florida and Representative Frank Hook of Michigan was "number one" on the President's list. "I think you all understand that a suitable minimum wage policy is extremely vital to re- conversion economy," said Hannegan, pointing out that the present national wage level is only 40 cents an hour. "The Democratic Party will be held to blame if we don't raise wage levels to meet increased living costs," he warned. "Therefore, in ad- dition to economic considerations, it's very im- portant, for political reasons that Democratic Members of Congress get behind the Minimum Wage Bill." (Copyright, 1946, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) History 50, Section 6, will meet Room 315 Haven Hall, Monday 9:00 a.m. in at Mathematics Concentration Exami- nation will be held Thursday, March 21, 3 p.m., in 3011 Angell Hall, Mathematics 328: The STATIS- TICS SEMINAR meets Monday March 18 at 3 p.m. it 3201 Angell Hall. Professor Craig will speak. Seminar in Applied Mathematics and Special Functions. The first meeting will, take place Tuesday, March 19, at 3 p.m., in Room 312 West Engineering. Mr. D. L. Falkoff will speak on "Conformal Mapping and Invariance of Impedence Transformations." The hours of the future meetings will be discussed. All interested are welcome. BARNABY As we grow older, Barnaby, we] learn to distinguish between the real and the unreal. You will. to . ~,n e o cf te e d That litftle elf . .your Fairy Godfather, is a case in point, You only think he exists. But sensible peoole know belter. By Crockett Johnson An ELF? Cushlamochree! He must be joking, m'boy... i I You understand me, son? i