Better Teachers & THOUGHTS on the need for bet- teachers have been occupying a lot 'sprint lately. The general theme is omething has got to be .done" about s and teaching conditions if our edu- dl level is to be maintained. igan's version of "what to do," as I to its literary college, was traced ek by Dean Hayward Keniston. Stat- at the college "is now devoting most time to the problem of building a teaching staff," he outlined a program included student-faculty evaluation ulty services and departmental in- r-training. He also pointed to the y increased faculty salary scale. ie of these points are stop-gap mea- Each has been the subject of in- ation by a committee of the local er of the American Association of rsity Professors, culminating in pro- designed for long-range use. It is ble, for example, that the commit- vhich are now studying the problem ting faculty grading into action will use of a booklet drawn up in 1939 AAUP group. rials published in The Michigan Daily ritten by members of The Daily staff epresent the views of the writers only. HT EDITOR: JOHN CAMPBELL The committee pointed out at that time that no uniform procedures, no clear stand- ards, had been set up for evaluating faculty services with regard to advancement. It suggested that teaching, research, standing in the profession, personal qualities, depart- mental and University administration and public and community services be adopted as criteria. And on the basis of investigations of procedures then in use it proposed methods of establishing these standards on the basis of information secured from col- leagues, heads of units, students and persons outside the department or University. It went on to point out that the results of its proposals could be used as a basis for even better evaluations. Unfortunately, it took two years for the faculty to approve the idea and by 1941 the plan had to be postponed because of the war. Now, with this report, procedures of other schools and colleges and the recent experiment of the Student Legislature to work with, faculty committees are trying to set up adequate methods of obtaining the necessary information. Their work may well produce an incentive to teaching equal to that of the salary raise, for as President Ruthven said before the establishment of the AAUP committee. "It is little better than maudlin sentimentality to permit the man who does very little to enjoy the same security and perquisites as the hard-working individual." -Mary Ruth Levy 'AlIphabetical Event' 'ERRING .TO E DAY as "another of ose alphabetical events now growing n the memory of America," the St. Louis Dispatch, Feb. 11, asserted that perhaps is all good and well, since E Day is thing for Americans to be ashamed of r than to brag about. The article in the Dispatch was written after the Mirror iblic Opinion for the same date, went ess with a story describing the struggle panese-Americans to recover the peace- fe they led before E Day. Day, of course, refers to that infamous nn February, 1942, when the evacuation ment began which eventually uprooted )G Japanese-Americans from their Pa- coast hoijes. The evacuation order issued by Lt. Gen. John DeWitt, who "A Jap's a Jap. You can't change it ving him a piece of paper." That "piece aper" to which the General referred e certificate of citizenship, and Hideo Lta, citizen and World War I veteran, it up 'in the evacuation, was found, a time later, a suicide, with the "piece of " clutched in his hand. neral DeWitt could find no evidence of age to warrant the mass ejection. He hiis lack of evidence a "very convincing disturbing indication that such action e taken." That sufficed. 'of. Eugene V. Rostow, Yale law ml and former State Department ad- r on Lend Lease, said of the evacua- "The history of law affords nothing e fantastic than the evidence which pposed to justify this program." Ros- calls the evacuation our "worst war- mistake," and adds that "the evi- :e supports only one conclusion; the inant element in the development of relocation policy was race prejudice, not a military estimate- of a military problem." War hysteria was rife in those early war months, but this, assuredly, is no condonation. For a brief summary of the work of Jap- anese-Americans during the war years: They fought ably in the propaganda war against Japan; on the home front they were indis- pensable in making the Hawaiian Islands one of the strongest military posts in the world; they contributed to the development of the atomic bomb; they worked in war pjants to such an extent that 80 per cent of the Japanese-Americans in Detroit were engaged in war work of some sort; in Keet- ley, Utah they converted 3,000 acres cover- ed .with sagebrush and hard with frost into productive agricultural land; Japanese- American troops were invaluable overseas and at home, and in the fields of arts, sci- ences and professions many of them made a lasting mark on the American scene. Dillon S. Meyer, former director of the war relocation camps, after a perusal of the situation, makes it plain that "America cannot excuse herself for her treatment of these people." He asserts that national atonement is our commitment. Japanese- Americans must be paid for the damages in evacuation which many suffered, and they must be allowed the right of citizen- ship, which they have earned. We can let the memory of the "alphabet- ical event" grow dim only after we have squared things away with these people and with ourselves. Congress should act upon the Myers report. If not, we will have com- mitted ourselves to a second wrong, and will become increasingly aware that two wrongs do not make a right. -Mack and chuck Woodruff MATTE OF FACT: Keys to World By STEWART ALSOP NKARA. Feb. 18--An interesting, unre ported incident took place a few months ago on the disputed northern border between Turkey and the Soviet Union., in the area of Kars and Ardahan, to which the Soviet press has laid claim. A raiding party, 200 strong. of Soviet Armenians crossed the border and penetrated into Turkish territory. It is difficult to believe that this raid was organized and dispatched without the con- sent of the Soviet authorities. One guess is that it was designed to test the reaction of the Turkish forces, perhaps with the hope, often present in the Russian mind, that the oppressed and exploited inhabitants would rise to welcome the invader. Whatever the intention, the reaction of the Turkish forces was unequivocal. The raiding party was slaughtered almost to a man. An odd postscript to the incident was the request from the Soviet side of the bord- er for the cigarette cases, knives and other personal effects of the dead, to give to the bereaved Soviet families as mementoes of their loss. The Turks obliged. Nor was this, according to reliable in- formation, an isolated episode. There have been a number of such probing pinpcks. Add to them the constant psychological pressure to which the Turks are subjected by fier.ce attacks on the Soviet radio and press; add the unofficial demands for two overlapping Turkish areas in the north, and the official demand for Russian bases on the Dardanelles; add the Turkish con- viction that both the Syrian demand for Hatay, which they consider Russian in- spired, and the importation of thousands of Armenians from the Middle East into the areas bordering on Turkey, as part of the technique of Russian pressure; add all this together and it is easy to under- stand why the Turks insist on maintain- ing an army of more than 600,000, several times the size which the resources or the population of this country would justify. YET the maintenance of this army, huge in terms of the Turkish economy, has placed Turkey in a vicious dilemma. The quality of this dilemma can be summed up in three sentences. First, in case of Russ- ian attack-the only possible reason for maintaining the army-organized Turkish resistance could not possibly last for more than a few weeks or months. Second, the cost of maintaining the army, and the loss of desperately needed agricul- tural manpower, which it entails, is eating into the heart of the shaky Turkish econ- omy. Third, the Turks are almost unani- m'ously convinced that a widespread .demob- ilzation would seem a sign of weakness, not only to the Russians, but to the Turkish people themselves, and would seriously un- dermine Turkish morale. In the face of Russian pressure, as to the first point, the most optimistic estimates of Turkish resistance, in case of a Russian attack is six months. Experts are more in- clined to guess at between a month and six weeks. There are those who foresee a serious economic crisis in a matter of months. Others believe that Turkey could continue to support its military burden for a number of years, as long as the world sellers' market for Turkish agricultural products holds out. But no one believes that the present sit- uation-that of a poor country of less than 20,000,000 population carrying on its back an army of between 600,000 and 700,000- can continue indefinitely. As one Turk put it, "If we don't demobilize, all the Russians will have to do is wait. And if we do demobilize, they don't even have to wait." Among the Turks, there are those who argue that the facts should be faced that the army should be cut by more than half, and that the rest should concentrate on the art of guerilla warfare. Turkey would then rely on the only real strength of her military and diplomatic position, the de- termination of the western powers to re- sist any infringement of Turkish sover- eignty. That is, of course, the heart of the whole matter. Napoleon, with his flare for drama- tic over-simplification, once remarked that in Turkey you will find the keys to the world. Together with Iran and Greece, Turkey is at least one of the three keys to the whole Middle East. Russian ambitions in that vital area have been made clear enough for any sensible man to under- stand. The logic of events led the United States, while recognizing Russia's special position in regard to the Dardanelles, to oppose these ambitions, lest the whole world balance of power be overturned. It is easier in Ankara than in the United States to realize how completely dead is the happy provincialism of America's past. This is brought powerfully home to the ob- server by the self-evident fact that it is meaningless to discuss the military potential or diplomatic intentions of the Turks with- out reference to military potential and dip- lomatic intentions of the Americans. This is a fact of which most Turks are far more vividly conscious than most Americans. (Copyright, 1947, New York Tribune, Inc.) YY YYYI I IYI IYII II YbYiYYYY/IYYYYIIYYYYIIMYIIIYII EDITOR'S NOTE: Because The Daily prints EVERY letter to the editor (which is signed, 300 words or less in length, and in good taste) we re- mind our readers that the views ex- pressed in lciters are those of the writers only. Letters of more than 300 words are shortened, printed or omitted At the discretion of the edi- torial director. O e tR.t Objects to Resolution Junior Truth G To the Editor: "Two magazines are competing for .exclusive serial rights, if we convert." 1_DAILYOFFICIAL BULLETIN LN TO MAN: 'Quickie'dA eudment (Continued from Page 3) TIONS CONCERNING STUDENT AFFAIRS, CONDUCT, AND DIS- CIPLINE (June 19, 1945) was re- vised to read as follows: The presence of women guests in fraternity houses, men's room- ing houses, or other men's room- ing quarters, except when chap- erones approved by University au- thorities are present, is not in ac- cordance with the generally ac- cepted standards and conventions of society, and is not permitted, except for exchange and guest dinners. Such dinners must be announced to the Direc- tor of the Office of Student Af- fairs at least one day in advance of the scheduled date. Hours for guest dinners shall be the same as for exchange dinners. With this action, the University has taken the stand that unau- thorized gatherings of both sexes at fraternity houses are not per- mitted. Students, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: Courses may not be elected for credit after the end of the second week. Friday, February 21,is therefore the last day on which new elections may be approved. The willingness of an instructor to admit a student later will not affect the operation of this rule. Any students who have copies of Timoshenko and Young's "En- gineering Mechanics" who are not using them at present, are re- quested to bring their copy to the Engineering Mechanics office, Rm. 411-A, West Engineering Bldg.; for temporary loan to students in E.M. 1 and E.M. 3, who are un- able to get a text. State of Michigan Civil Service announcement for graduate Bac- teriologists has been received at the Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information, 201 Mason Hall. Positions require either one year of experience in a medical labora- tory and college graduation with specialization in bacteriology; or an equivalent of experience and training. Monthly salary-mini- mum $200, maximum $240. For further information, call the Bureau of Appointments, Ex- tension 371. Aeronautical, Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Seniors and Grad- uate Students: Representatives of Boeing Aircraft Corporation will interview students February 24, 25, Rm. 3205 Engineering. Sign interview schedule on Aero- nautical Bulletin Board. Emergency ("Victory") Gardens: Members of 'the faculty and other employees of the University who desire space for a vegetable garden at the Botanical Garden this spring should send a written request for it to Mr. O. E. Roszel, Storehouse Section of the Plnt Department. Requests must be made by the end pf March, and must be accompanied by one dol- lar as a contribution toward the expense of plowing..the land. When the garden plots are ready for use, the fact wil be announced.: in this bulletin. At that time the gardeners may learn their plot numbers by phoning to Mr. Ros- zel. BILL MAULDIN Letters to the E 14 Each plot will be assigned with the understanding that it will be used to full capacity for raising vegetables, that it will be kept free from weeds, and that waste matter will be cleared away in the fall. Water may be used on the gar- dens if carried from the faucets in cans of pails, but the use of hose is prohibited. No tools will be fur- nished by the University. Particular care must be taken that no property of the Botanical Garden be molested. Dogs are not allowed in the garden. University Community Center: Willow Run Village. Wed., Feb. 19, 8 p.m. Ash Wed- nesday Church Service, Rev. J. Edgar Edwards. Thurs., Feb. 20, 1:30-5 p.m., Artists will hang their own art works for the Willow Run Vil- lage Art Exhibit; 8 p.m., Exten- sion Class in Psychology; 8 p.m. Art-Craft Workshop. Fri., Feb. 21, 8 p.m., Organiza- tion meeting for all new Univer- sity Extension Classes-Spanish, French, American Literature, Ger- man conversation, Psychology (In- terpersonal Relations); 8:30 p.m. Contract bridge. Duplicate bridge. Music for dancing. Lectures University Lecture: Padraic Co- lum, poet and dramatist, will speak on the subject, "The Poetry of William Butler Yeats," at 4:15 p.m., Fri., Feb. 21, Rackham Am- phitheatre; auspices of the De- partment of English Language and Literature. The public is cordially invited. Academic Notices Algebra Seminar: Fri., Feb. 21, 3201 Angell Hall. Miss Davidson will speak on "Frobenian Algebras and Their Generalizations." Seminar in Applied Mathe- matics (Math. 348): First meeting is postponed until further notice. Biological Chemistry: Seminar, 4-6 p.m., Fri., Feb. 21, Rm. 319 W. Medical Bldg. Subject-Pyridox- ine (Vitamin B-6) and the Meta- bolism of Amino Acids. All in- terested are invited. Botanical Seminar: 4 p.m., Wed., Feb. 19, Rm. 1139 Natural Science Bldg. Paper: "Biological Survey of the Bikini Atom Bomb Expedition. General Topographic and Botani- cal Features" by Wm. R. Taylor. Open meeting. The Remedial Reading Class will meet at 4 p.m., Thurs., Rm. 231 Angell Hall. Schedule of Tutorial Sections for Veterans for the Spring Term, 1946-47. (To begin the week of Monday, Feb. 17).'. CHEMISTRY: 3) Mon. 7-8 p.m., . Wed.-Fri.. 5-6 p.m., 12 Cem., S. Levin. (4) Mon. 7-8 p.m., Wed.-Fri., 5-6 p.m., 151 Chem. R. Keller. (21) Wed. 4-5 p.m., 122 Chem., R.- Hahn. ENGLISH: (1) Tues.-Thurs.- Fri. 5-6 p.m., 2203 AH, D. Martin. (2) Tues.-Thurs.-Fri. 5-6 p.m., 3209 A.H. ,D. Stocking. FRENCH: (1) Mon.-Thurs. 4-5 p.m., 106 RL, A. Favreau. (Continued on Page 6) I noted with interest the recent resolution passed by the Student- Veteran Planning Conference cen- suring Governor Kim Sigler's call for an investigation of Commu- nism on the Michigan campuses. The resolution was wrapped in clothing which did not directly attack the Governor's . move but was carried by The Daily under banner headlines. My objection tonsuch a resolu- tion is that I do not believe any group should speak for the stu- dent body of the University with- out first having examined the opinion of that body. I for one am very much in favor of an in- vestigation of any organization which contains members of politi- cal factions advocating the over- throw of the United States Gov- ernment, and I do not believe that this opinion is held by me alone. If the activities of MYDA and AYD are above reproach, an in- vestigation should be welcomed by them and should strengthen their ability to obtain supporters. If, on the other hand, they are work- ing against the better interest of our government, then they should be exposed so that the many inno- cent supporters of these organi- zations could know the facts, and appropriate action may be taken to restrict the activities of the subversive elements. -John T. Rowell Re Leake Letter To the Editor: I feel compelled to point out certain inaccuracies in the letter which appeared in The Daily on Feb. 15, over the signature of Alvin Leake. In the first place, Mr. Leake stated that he did not vote for dllegates-Ao represent him at the Student-Veterans Conference, held in Ann Zrbor on Feb. 9. There were, howeier, three delegates at this Conference from the U. of Michigan-Student Legislature. Presumably, Mr. Leake DID vote in the last- election for members of the Legislature, who in turn chose delegates to the Veterans Conference. Secondly, there were delegates at the Conference from student chapters of the American Legion, the American Veterans Commit- tee, the Catholic War Veterans, the Veterans Organization, several local veterans groups and the stu- dent legislatures at seven col- leges. I therefore feel that there is justification for claiming that this Conference was a representa- tive bdy. Thirdly, Mr. Leake states: "On a campus with 18,000 students it seems rather unreasonable to say that 71 delegates were a repre- sentative group." There are more than five million persons in this state, and only 32 members in the State Senate. Does Mr. Leake be- lieve that the State Senate, with 32 members, could not be a repre- sentative group? I would also like to inform Mr. Leake that, of the 71 delegates at the Conference, only 15 were from this University, with its 18,000 students. Fourthly, 1 r. Leake attacked the Committee for Academic Free- dom, and charged that "Apparent- ly it is made up of all the pink tints from any campus organiza- tion containing pink tints." Mr. Leake should know that among the members of the Committee are the presidents of the Student Religious Association, the two AVC chapters, the Inter-Fraternity Council, the Union, Pan-Hellenic, the VO, the Lawyers Guild, Wo- mens Judiciary, IZFA, and IRA. Among other members are a min- ister, two newspaper publishers, and 22 professors. Instead of arguing with facts, Mr. Leake chose to argue with ig- norance and innuendoes, although the facts reported here to refute him have all been printed by The Daily. In thus denouncing as "pink" all of those with whom he disagrees, Mr. Leake has adopted the tactics of Gov. Sigler, with whom Mr. Leake seems to be friendly enough to refer to as "Kim." Mr. Leake has an unde- niable right to agree with the Governor, but he does not have the right to libel a Veterans Con- ference, 22 professors, and sev- eral of his fellow students. -Saul Grossman To the Editor: It gives me unbound plea to inform y ou that I v received the glad tidings from t President of Vice in chare Foreign Affairs of the Toer M sissippi Valley Association f r t Premulgation of Ultimate ry that recognition has been vot to our Junior Chapter. Since our wisdom is lavisb freely upon the lucky recipien we shall commence with t week's suggestion: WHEREAS it has been declar during the coal strike by comi tent medical authorities that OV heated class rooms are not cc ducive to vigorous health: AND WHEREAS the oonsun tion of large quantities of f is not necessarily a vital aspect sound economy; AND WHERE.ASmn l rooms of our alma m ar overheated that our correso ing secretary cannot wear longies; NOW THEREFORE be it sa gested that we should not w for Mr. John L. Lewis to ameli ate these conditions. T. S. Lichtenberger, Corresponding Secretr 4 * * Not'Suspicious To the Editor: In regards to the proposed vestigation of subversive autiit on the college campuses of t state, I note with interest y front page announcement in I Feb. 11 issue concerning the p that "MYDA, AYD Heads De Sigler Probe." Has any other reader notedi Lee Marsh pronouncement tI "Communists comprise 50 per p of YD's national offices than 30 per cent of the to ci ter officers and 10 per cent of 1 over-all membership."? From t bald revelation Marsh goes on condemn the unconstitutional of MSC President Hannah's tions in placing seven AYD me bers on probation, and makes so: vague charges concerning the si ilarity between these actions a the methods of the "Japan thought police." Obviously the ratio betwE Communist-officers and Commt ist-members in AYD leaves, mt to be desired, especially must it so with a man like Marsh * professes such a great dire uphold the Constitution. Whal paradox it is that people of t sort, whose admitted program: volves destruction of our Cons tution and our democracy, are ways the first to seek protecti for their misdirected talents un that Constitution. As fr i charges of "thought-police" n thods, I feel that I speak fo far more representative group Americans when I say that not nearly eo suspiciouc of i.. tives of Governor Sigler d P ident Hannah as ofteorai tions which Lee Marsh If MYDA, AYD et, a subversive groups who requip vestigating then they shpul the first to welcome an ines. tion which would clear thm the suspicion and uncertai purpose which surround thE tivities. -Richard P. Sharpe, ' By HAROLD L. ICKES _SHE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has already taken the first step to amend e Constitution in order to limit any future esident. to two terms in office. This may another case of acting in haste so as to pent in leisure. The Constitution should amended only after the most deliberate nsideration after there has been a sub- antial agreement by the people that the oposed amendment is desirable. But it quite another thing to amend it in order get even with "That Man." Whether, anklin D. Roosevelt did the right or the 'ong thing in running, first for a third rm and then for a fourth; is not something an can now be proved, by passing a uickie" Constitutional amendment. The erits of an amendment ought to be dis- ssed without passion, freely and without ejudice, and at a time further -removed an we are today from the heat generated the campaigns of 1940 and 1944. The common objective of any Consti- ational amendment ought to be to pre- erve and strengthen our self-government. Ve would not hamstring a horse because had already won two races on the child- h theory that we must be democratic and ve another horse a chance. We certainly ould not do this if there were much more t stake than merely the winning of nother race. It may have been repre- ensible of the people to prefer Roose- elt, as they undoubtedly did, in 1940 and 944, but that is no reason for denying hem the right at some future time, if hey choose to exercise it, to elect a Pres- Lent for more than two terms. )ther things being equal, I would prefer at no man should be President for a period iger than eight years. But other things e not always equal. They were not in d(n T .. n n e nod- t s nh .,lt. fn ,If f fn ,VnTm smooth functioning of the United States as a war machine. But, worse still, Wendell Willkie would have had to contend with the isolationists in his own party who were mainly concen- trated in the middle west where they lis- tened too docilely to the bellowings of Colonel McCormick, who was an America First contributor as well as an isolationist. It will be remembered that it was only the urging of the Navy and War Departments, particularly of the former through Secre- tary Knox, that held back the Department of, Justice from asking for the investi- gation of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE at the time that it printed the Navy's battle plans for the Pacific. No man in his senses would cripple him- self in order to be physically incapacitated to carry out the ordinary functions of life. And no nation in its senses would deliberate- ly cripple itself so that it would be unable in some future crisis to do its part effec- tively in a possibly greater crisis in a world that every day is becoming more complicat- ed. It is difficult to understand merely petty spite against a man who already belongs to history. (Copyright, 1947, New York Post Corp.) IN MANY WAYS the new epoch (of manu- factured power) must open as an era of destruction. It must from its very nature destroy many of the conditions which give most interest to the history of the past, and many of the traditions which people hold most dear. It will put an end, once and for all, to savage and barbarous races, who must either be elevated to the life of their more civilized contemporaries or must van- ish from existence. It must destroy ignor- ance, as the entire world will be educated, and one. of the greatest dangers must come from this very source, when the number of IF THE Congressional tors achieved nothing were dramnatizingone fa can be a Communist or tarian liberal" and call good American-but he c pect his fellow Anericar -TimeM - I g 'A Fifty-Seventh Year Edited acid managed by etude the University of Michigan und authority of the Board in Con Student Publicatiops. 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