-THE MICHICAN DAILY - _ TM-LRSflAY, IAY 15, 1947 In is Wallace To Talk Today BILL MAULDIN IFNRY WALLACE will speak at noon to- day in Hill Auditorium. The man who i 5 er news, as a personality, than Tru- man or Marshall will be here for the hear- ing Just returned from his highly controver- .sal European speaking tour, Wallace should ha,) firsthand information to back up his views on American foreign policy. With more than a decade of service as cabinet member and vice-president behind him, he can speak with authority on domestic issues as well. But Wallace is more than a source of authoritative "dope" on the news that docsn't get into newspapers. He is some- what of a political messiah, with a consider- able following which regards him as "the only true successor to Roosevelt." After a year of public silence during the be tinning of Truman's administration, Wal- e opened up on the bi-partisan foreign poicy. What he had to say caused so much consternation that the president was placed in the awkward position of asking for the Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: LIDA DAILES MA TTER OF FACT: resignation of one of the party's biggest vote-getters. Wallace's position, as a cab- inet member who resigned rather than sup- press his views, has undoubtedly given him more prominence than he had as vice-pres- ident of the United States. In the past months, Wallace has taken a beating in the editorial columns of the nation's newspapers. His outspoken criti- cism of American policy in foreign capitals has been compared to airing the country's laundry. But the very controversy gave him more attention than ever. The famous Wallace grin was spread all over every page one when he returned to the United States. In a time when all the talking is being done by politicians who agree with each other, Wallace has been the only big name to speak out against the majority, to articu- late the same views he was expressing in the Thrities when he was a majority man. The murmers of discontent and talk of "a third party" which were current before the Roose- velt administrations are again to be heard. Linked with this talk, invariably, is Wal- lace's name. Whatever one's personal opinion of Henry Wallace and his views may be, there can be no doubt that he has plenty to say. He is the outstanding spokesman for a philoso- phy. which may prevail again. He is sure to be worth hearing, today. -Mitt Freudenheimn Peoples, Not Pashas By STEWART ALSOP Tlis Is the second of three columns summar- izing Stewart Alsop's conclusions after three months in the Middle East and England. " ERE! You nurse it a bit if you like!' the Duchess said to Alice, flinging lhe baby at her as she spoke. "I must go, and, get ready to play croquet with the Queen," and she hurried out of the room. The cook threw a frying pan at her as she went, but it just missed her. Alice caught the baby with some difficulty .. . It is odd but true that American foreign policy began to take really decisive shape only when England, which had been quiet- ly dandling the Greek baby since the end of the war, suddenly flung it at the State Department's head. Yet the serious and responsible policy makers of both England and the United States, faced with Soviet ambitions equally dangerous to both powers, are far from sat- isfied that this process of baby hurling is the best way of achieving the mutual Anglo- American objective of stopping further Sov- iet expansion. It is for this reason that both in the State Department and in the British Foreign Office increasing thought is being given to the possibility of arriving at some sort of working partnership agree- ment on foreign policy during the next few months, The objective of such an agreement would be twofold. First, the particular areas of responsibilities of each power would be settled. In such a settlement, due weight should be given to the present temporary economic plight of Great Britain, and cer- AR T tain economic and political commitments which England cannot afford to support would be shared or perhaps in some cases completely taken over by the United States. Second, an attempt would be made to de- velop a parallel foreign-policy line for such areas as the Middle East. In fact, the first tentative moves in this direction have already been made. Some weeks ago H. Freeman Matthews, State De- partment career man, flew to London to confer with Sir Orme Sargent, Permanent Under Secretary of the Foreign Office. The most pressing subject of discussion was the length of stay of the British troops in Greece, but before the two men parted the whole issue of Anglo-American policy to- ward the Middle East had been tentatively canvassed. Perhaps as a result of this con- versation, George C. Marshall, Secretary of State, made a significant request of For- eign Secretary Ernest Bevin while in Mos- cow. He asked Mr. Bevin for a copy of what had come to be known as the "Peo- ples, Not Pashas" memorandum. This memorandum was perapred under Mr. Bevin's supervision during his first months as Foreign Secretary. Broadly, it recommended that the traditional British technique for retaining influence in colon- ial areas-the technique of exercising con- trol through a tiny group of rich "pashas'' at the top-be discarded. Instead, great pro- grams for raising the standard of living of the whole people in these areas should be instituted. For many months the StateDepartment's policy makers, and especially the foreign- service officers on the spot in the Middle East have become increasingly convinced that only a "peoples, not pashas" approach to the Middle East would in the long run provide an effective counter to the Soviet political imperialism. Thus, Mr. Marshall's request to Mr. Bevin was significant. A joint Anglo-American program on such lines is no doubt under consideration. (Copy'i;ht 1947, New York Herald Tribune) HAPPENS . 0 We're Fixed Up Too Who's Rght? YESTERDAY we learned that a friend who has just been granted a senior en- gineering scholarshio is still a little mixed up. Results of a recent preference voca- tional test show that he is interested in lit- erature, art, music and computation in that order. Speaking at a dinner the other night, an engineering college professor said, "At least the engineers know what they're after." Maybe he's right. We always did wonder about those tests. * * Sae (at First )UR INSTRUCTOR in abnormal psy- chology, lecturing the other day on chronic alcoholism, noted that one of its insidious symptoms is tremors of the tongue. "The chronic alcoholic can harly pro- nounce, for example, a tongue-twister like 'Methodist Episcopal'." With a wry grin he added, "Whew! I made it." Not So Quiet ONE OF OUR Angell Hall professors was tiying to compete with the noise of riv- eting work on the potential General The City Editor'sX SCRATCH PAD THE BATTLE of Henry A. Wallace versus lunch will take place at noon today. It will be a battle between wasted food and wasted opportunity. For with a large proportion of the campus tied down to a fixed mealtime schedule, "leftovers" are going to pile up in residence halls, chapter houses and co-ops if any sizable number of this group moves into Hill Auditorium. Likewise, if chow wins out, a lot of people will miss a one-and-only chance to hear, first hand, the leading opponent of our present foreign policy, Foreign policy is important, especially in these times when decisions made at Wash- ington are exerting a tremendous influence on the entire world. With the United States playing a new and leading role in global affairs, foreign policy is something that ought to be pondered by the man on the street and the man on the campus. And it isn't very often that a former Vice- President of the United States comes to Ann Arbor. Mr. Wallace's speeches have been sharply critical of our foreign policy, have, in fact, been almost alarmist in tone. But they have been so lost in the sea of newsprint that even a Willkie Republican like me is curious to know Mr. Wallace's complete text. So where to go at noon today-to the dining table or to Hill Auditorium-becomes a rough decision to make. Food wastage isn't a pretty thing to con- template, when most of the world is starv- ing more than usual. But lack of a thorough investigation of all the ramifications of our foreign policy isn't a pretty thing to contemplate, either. Perhaps you are wondering how this clash between lunch and foreign policy came about. Mr. Wallace can be here only from noon to 3 p.m. today. . It seems that he isn't popular in either Republican or Democratic party circles. So it wouldn't look good if he were to speak here at, say, 1 p.m. or 2 p.m., thus offering students an opportunity to miss classes. It wouldn't be appropriate. Everybody knows this and everybody is being realistic about it. No one can be blamed for the unorthodox scheduling. Trouble is that there is no University precedent by which Mr. Wallace could speak at 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. Admiral Nimitz spoke here at 11 a.m. one Friday morning last October, but the admiral is not a po- litical speaker. One wishes the precedent would be set, that not only Mr. Wallace, but other politi- cal speakers, could be scheduled at a con- venient hour during the day, if necessary, with all classes dismissed. A precedent would get us out of the partial vacuum we're now gasping in. But the clash between lunch and foreign policy is here today, and the spectacle is not only rather ludicrous but also a little tragic. D RATHER BE RIGHT: New Solution By SAMUEL GRAFTON THE CONSUMER has been spending, in total, about as much as a year ago, name- ly, all he has. Department store sales, in dollars, are where they were last year, or better. But the consumer has not been getting as much for his money. When he spends 65 cents a pound for tomatoes, as he did recently in New York City, he is, with the best will in the world, out about 30 cents he once would have been able to spend on something else. It is here, I think, that Congress misses a bet. When tomatoes reach 65 cents, it should be possible to organize a swift public hearing, to find out who is getting it, and why. If, without repression, and even with controls, we simply used the good American device of legislative investigation, and re- viewed commodity by commodity in public, to see where the proceeds of the exorbitant price rises are going, we might very well force prices down. And every dime pinched off a going price would give a customer ten cent with which to buy something else. To single out even one commodity for this treatment would do more good than a year of generalizations, and "have you had your hearing yet?" might become a business catchword and one that could head off re- cession. But of course I may be old-fashioned; I can remember way back to when Congress used to be referred to fondly as the tribune of the people. (Copyright 1947, New York Post Corporation) t { , 1"Ccap, 1141 6y Unted f.,,,'., re yndicafe, Inc. "You should be proud of them pants. Yer father bought them in 7923 after the mayor himself, having worn them with distinction for five years, sold them to me." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIIN Bulletin is constructive notice to all Recreational Swimming-Wom- members of the University. Notices en Students: Recreational swim- for the bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the office of the mmn for women students will be Assistant to the President, Lloom 1021 hld at the Union Pool from 9-11 Angell Hall, by ::00 pn. on the da a.m. every Saturday through May preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat- 24. urdays). Senior Life Saving-Women THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1947 Students: The Senior Life Sav- VOL. 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