THE MICITGAN DAILY }" SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1948 -- r . . r " . cetteri to the 6i1tor #I - ---- Public Address System To the Editor: ONCE AGAIN yesterday, the fiftieth consecu- tive time since I matriculated at the Uni- versity in 1939, an honored guest speaker (Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz) was humiliated by the University of Michigan's inability to pro- vide and adequate Public Address system. Several weeks ago one of Michigan's most distinguished and talented alumni, Fred Law- ton, author of "Varsity," was similarly insulted when his program was reduced to an ineffective whisper at a Ferry Field pep rally. This has been going on for years. The great University of Michigan apparently cannot af- ford a Public Address system. After each suc- BOOKS Colr Blind-Margeret Halsey, 160 pages, Sim- on and Schuster, $2.50 THE UNUSUALLY enthusiastic reviews of "Color Blind" aroused my curiosity-could another book on the well-hashed-over racial problem be that good? After reading the book, I find myself in the position of adding just one more. vote of thanks and praise to, what is in my opinion, a great book, Miss Halsey, a humor- ist by trade, turns serious in her treatment of the most pressing and disgraceful social ques- tion in America, and the result is magnificient. "Color Blind" is the product of Miss Halsey's experience during the war as a senior hostess in a big interracial canteen in New York. She views the Negro not as a scientific material or some species of being, but as people with whom she has associated on an equal basis. She doesn't just think abstractedly about non-discrimina- tion;'she lives it-she likes and dislikes Negros just as she likes 'and dislikes all red-heads or all people six feet tall. Although her theme is serious, she. does not dispense with the humor that made "With Mal- ice Towards Some" and "Some of My Best Friends Are Soldiers" such great successes. Her admirable logical, common sense view of the ra- cial question is delivered in a delightfully lucid, humorous, warm, and exhilarating style. The letter of appreciation for her work at the can- teen from a Negro soldier in Europe-the hope and inspiration that it gave him to fight for an America that might give him somewhat of a chance after the war-seems to characterize the entire book. She places the blame of our subjection of the Negros on two causes: the sexual bogey- that all Negro men are obsessed with the de- sire to marry a white women-and the econom- ic-which wishes to keep and abundant supply tive, of cheap labor - usually concealed, sub- conscious motive. Her realistic expose of faults which are common to almost all of us is soften- ed by her warm sympathy and understanding. Those who consider themselves unprejudiced will blush at what they find, and those who con- sider themselves hopelessly prejudiced will find hope. -Pete Ham! * * * * cessive failure, blame is shifted from one stu- dent committee to another, but the million dol- lar building programs of the University never seem to include a good Public Address system and a competent man to operate it. This failure is not the fault of the students. We are indignant as any over the wasted time spent at various rallies and speeches when we hear only an occasional muffled word, plenty of static, and a maximum of silent embar- rassment. As one of the chief organizers in 1942 of the Bomber Scholarship fund raised for the bene- fit of veterans returning to the University, I propose that a portion of this unused fund be utilized to pad the financial condition of the University of Michigan to the extent of one modern Public Address system powerful enough for outside use. The indignities such as have been endured by Admiral Nimitz, Fred Lawton and many other University guests are an em- barrassment to every student who is an integral part of the University. Something must be done! -William F. (Buck) Dawson ID Cards Necessary ELECTIONS WILL be held Tuesday for sen- ior class officers in the literary and en- gineering colleges, for Union vice-presidents, for student members of the 'Board in Con- trol of Student Publications, and .or several other of the more important student offices. All of these posts carry a large measure of responsibility. With few exceptions, they are the most important student-held. positions on this campus. If the officers elected Tuesday are to be in any real sense representatives of the Univer- sity student body, they must be chosen by votes cast by all of us. More than half the student body had disenfranchised itself by failing to secure "ident" cards, as of Saturday morning. The Dean of Students Office has extended its deadline, however. Responsibility for the students elected ruesday is yours, whether you do or do not Tote. Control over the students elected ob- viously is yours only through the ballot. If you fail to get your identification to- norrow, you can not vote. -Milt Freudenheim Dominie Says IT SO HAPPENS *The Purge Is On SOME LITTLE DEVIL is being billed on pla- cards reading: "Purge the Reds from The Daily. Elect John W. Shockley to the Board in Control-Student Publications." Needless to say, we're pvetty vehement about this. Time was when we had a few real dyed-in- the-wool reds around this place. All this was back before the war, son, before you were born. In those days, well-we were almost proud of them. It was like owning a rare bird in a collec- tion. We used to listen to them talk at great length, pat them on the head every so often and maybe if they got obstreperous pull their hats down over their eyes and push them in a hedge. Nothing serious, youmunderstand. All good clean fun. Now what burns us up is that there isn't a red in the building. Not even a teentsy-weentsy little old fellow traveler. There's a few of the boys who don't shave every day, but that's about the best we can do. Anyway, one of our boys has a theory. He says it's Mr. Shockley that's a red. Undoubted- ly a disgruntled party man whose real name is Shocksky. Just how many more Shockskyites there are, we don't know, but our pipeline to Moscow is available for your inspection at any time, Mr. Shocksky-ooops, Shockley. Got to watch that. Contributions for this column come from all members of The Daily staff and are the re- sponsibility of the editorial director. MAN TO MAN: (ash Return By HAROLD L. ICKES ADMINISTRATOR ROBERT M. LITTLE- JOHN, WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATION: HOPE THAT YOU will no mind if I do a little "kibitzing" about the Big Inch and Lit- tle Big Inch pipe lines. These may be just an- other piece of surplus to some people, but not to me. You see, I am the Daddy of these two pipe lines on which I spent $147,000,000 of the people's money. John L. Lewis' latest threat of another coal strike compels me to warn you of his designs. John L. Lewis doesn't want any competition for coal so he, with the help of the coal opera- tors and the railroad boys, are taking your staff to the cleaners fast. The private utilities are helping, too. The internal and external "poli- ticking," now going on in and upon your organi- zation is in the direction of making these lines end up as non-saleable junk. That is what the power interests tried to do to Muscle Shoals af- ter the first World War. Lewis' strategy is in the Muscle Shoals pattern and unless you play as skillfully as he, these pipe lines are going to end in the garbage heap, along with billions of cubic feet of natural gas now flaring to waste in Texas. This would mean the loss of a lot of money to people in Texas. I hope that Speaker Ray- burn and Senator Connally know what is go- ing on. And Senators Tobey and Walsh and Brewster, as well as Governor Tobin and Con- gressman John McCormack of Massachusetts, to say nothing of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., might consider the interest of New England industries which could use all of this cheap and convenient fuel. SOME MONTHS AGO you asked for bids on these pipe lines. The people had the right to assume that they would be sold to the high- est cash bidder. You got some good bids run- ning from 80 to 100 million dollars in cash. And cash is what the people want. John L. Lewis wants to force you into asking for new bids. This would mean a delay of several months and, in the meantime, a Republican Congress may be elected. That is what Lewis is counting on- a Republican Congress. Up to last week you had an Inter-agency Advisory Committee consisting of representa- tives of the Army, Navy, Interior, Commerce and the Federal Power and Interstate Com- merce Commissions. This Committee was told that WAA had a "policy", but the Committee refused to operate within the restrictive lim- its of this self-limiting policy because that would mean the loss of millions of dollars to the Government. . Any "policy," especially if it is self-imposed, which forbids the selling of a Government asset to anyone other than the highest bidder is not policy in the judgment of the American people. It is just plain poli- tics. And the American people do not like that kind of politics. Apparently the Inter-agency Committee did not like what it saw behind the scenes because it would not follow WAA "policy." That would mean less money from a phony oil bid and these pipe lines cannot be used economically for oil because there just isn't enough oil. So you ap- pointed a new committee. I know that, as Ad- ministrator of WAA, you want to make a good record and this means getting every cent pos- sible for our surplus war property. I know, too, that you will take it in good part if I advise you to instruct your committee to scrutinize the bids that have been submitted at your request and accept at once the bid that will mean the greatest cash return to the Government. (Copyright 1946 New York Post Corporation) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 3) GENERAL LIBRARY Book List -- Brown, John Mason Seeing Things. New York. Whittlesey House, 1946. Bullitt, William C. The Great Globe Itself: A Preface to World Affairs. New York. Scribner, 1946. Scribner, 1946. Johnson, Gerald W. An Honorable Titan. A biographical study of Adolph C. Ochs. New York, Harper, 1946. Wehat fn~~ax COLLECTORS AND followers of hot jazz to- day are divided into three rather antagon- istic groups. Each group maintains its own magazines, critics, and sponsors commercial "jam sessions" featuring a particular type of jazz. The first group consists of the "jazz pur- ists." "Purists" believe that the only : eal jazz is of the New Orleans or Dixieland type, jazz that is pure collective improvisation. The best performers of pure jazz include Bix Peiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, Muggsy Spanier, Jel- ly Roll Morton, Bunk Johnson, and many others. Eddie Condon is the chief promoter of this type of jazz and his records on Commodore label are good examples of "purist" jazz. Many people are interested only in the jazz of the mid and late thirties, the big band and trio of Benny Goodman, the bands of Fletcher Henderson, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, Duke Ellington, and Bunny Berigan. Jazz of this type is not pure improvisation, for written arrangements in the jazz idiom are used as a background for improvised solo work. Some authorities call this phase of jazz the Era of Swing. The high point of this intermediate jazz form was reached about 1941, a year that pro- duced some of the greatest records in jazz his- tory. "Progressive" jazz is what you are hearing today. Small record companies are glutting the record shops with it. Stan Kenton, Woody Her- man, Boyd Raeburn, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Art Tatum, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins are all exponents of progressive jazz." 1947 jazz is concerned primarily with new tonal DURING THE "First One Hundred Days of the Atomic Age," as reported by Sydnor H. Walker, there occurred on October 26, 1945 two incidents which have not been adequately stud-, ied: First: The 515 scientists who engaged in war research at Massachusetts Tech and Harvard gave their five conclusions: Other nations will be able to produce atom- ic bombs. No effective defense is possible. Safety cannot be obtained by superiority in atomic armament. Henceforth, war will mean the destruction of a large fraction of civili- zation. International co-operation of an un- precedented kind is necessary for our survival. Secondly: Raymond Swing read over the radio Albert Einstein's proposal that "The United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union at once found a World Government and that the Soviet Union be asked to draft the constitution." This is one year later and presumably the stock pile of bombs by the nation which suffer- ed least from the war goes on growing. Basically we have emphasized certain idiosyncrasies, (1) Danger never deters a youth or a yuthful peo- ple. It attracts them, charms them until an unexpected event can break that emotional ten- sion. (2) The behavior of man and nations is more apt to be determined by former education than by new rational processes. We allies taught ourselves for a quarter of a century to fear a Communist under every bed and indulged in intervention. (See The Great Conspiracy Against Russia, Sayers and Kahn.) Today we revert to more fear instead of acting on the fresh facts of the scientists. (3) There is a met- aphysical antidote in humanity whereby man's fool-hardy persistent drive toward group sui- cide, as in the case of Germ attack in the World War I, results in evasion by the enemy of the weapon which we think may wipe out both of us. In this fact we see hope. (4) Personality of our President combined with a sense of individ- ual security has been relied on for so many years to integrate the bewildering strains of our population that now the nation undervalues the conclusions even of its scientists who are sup- posed to possess us body and soul. Actually in the Top Scientists are (1) the nec- essary moral sensitivity, (2) the international reach, and (3) the technical grasp peculiar to our age. If the World Assembly, now convening in New York, should call those 515 scientists, or a certain fifty of them, by sheer mind and the public response which such a coalition would get, the assembly could determine the behavior of the Big Three and guarantee a peaceful dy- namic world. sion Class in Spanish meeting at | Ross School. Students still accept-s ed for enrollment.f Wed., Oct. 30, 8:00 p. in., Wednes-t day Night Lecture Series, Professor1 Preston W. Slosson, "International issues in the current election." Ste- phens College Alumnae, hostesses. Thurs., Oct. 31, 2:00 p. m., Open class in Prenatal Care. Speaker, Miss1 Fisher. Discussion of personal hy- giene with emphasis on nutrition needs of the mother. 8:00 p. in., Ex- tension Class in Psychology. Stu-J dents still accepted for enrollment. 8:00 p. m. Bridge session for every- body. Fri., Nov. 1, 8:00 p. i., Classical Recordings, Rm. 9. 8:00 p. m. FPHA Staff Party, Rm. 3. West Lodge: Fri., Nov. 1, 8:30 p. in., Students' Dance with Jerry Edwards and his orchestra. Sun., Nov. 3, 6:45 p. m., Official Football Pictures, Michigan vs. Illi- nois. Lectures Randolph Churchill, member of Parliment, noted English journalist and son of Winston Churchill, will be presented Tuesday night by the University Oratorical Association as the second number on the 1946-47 Lecture Course. Mr. Churchill will speak in Hill Auditorium at 8:30 p. mn. on the subject "Socialism In England." Tickets may be purchas- ed tomorrow and Tuesday at the au- ditorium box office, which will be open from 10:00-1:00, 2:00-5:00 and Tuesday from 10:00-1:00, 2:00-8:30. Academic Notices The preliminary doctoral examina- tion in chemistry will be held at the following times: Organic Chemistry, Oct. 29; Physical Chemistry, Nov. 1. Anyone wishing to take one or more of these examinations should consult with a member of the Grad- uate Committee in Chemistry. Education B291: At the class meeting on Tues., Oct. 29, the topic "The College Teacher and Student Counseling" will be presented by Er- ich A. Walter, Associate Dean of the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. Visitors will be welcome. Class meets in Rm. 110, University Library, from 7:00-9:00 p. m. Mathematics 300: The Orientation Seminar will meet Mon., Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Rm. 3001 Angell Hall. Mr. Keeler will discuss the Decomposition of two Unequal Spheres into Equal Parts. Mathematics Seminar on Dynam- ical Systems will meet Mon., Oct. 28, at 3:00 p.m. in 3201 Angell Hall. Prof. Rainich will speak on Integral Invariants. Concerts Dorothy Maynor, Soprano, will ap- pear in an extra concert Mon., Oct. 28, at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium. Program: numbers by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Wolf, Du- parc, Dvorak, Schumann and Mahl- er, as well as several Negro spirituals. Tickets, at popular prices, are on sale at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower. Choral Union Concert: Eugene Istomin, pianist, will give the second concert in the Choral Union Series on Wed., Oct. 30, at 8:30 p. m., tak- ing the place of Egon Petri, who is ill. Mr. Istomin will play a program of piano compositions by Bach, Bee- thoven, Brahms, Schubert, Busch, Debussy and Chopin. Tickets are on sale at the offices of the University Musical Society in BurtonTower. Carillon Recital: Sidney F. Giles, Assistant Carillonneur, will present a program on the Charles Baird Carillon at 3:00 this afternoon. Pro- gram: Prelude No. 3 by Gheyn; Mighty Lak' a Rose by Ethelbert Nevin; The Bells of Avalon by Jo- sef Cherny; Spinning Song by Ell- menreich; Gavotte by von Gluck; Menuet No. 2 by Lefevere; Dutch Holiday (four peasant dances) by Timmermans; Dixie; Maryland! My Maryland!; Anchors Aweigh and Star Spangled Banner, in commem- oration of Navy Day. Exhibitions The Museum of Art presents water colors by Doug Kingsman and De Tirsh Margules, Alumni Memorial Hall, 2:00-5:00 p. m. The public is cordially invited. Today is the last showing of the exhibit. , Art Exhibit: Non-objective, color mono-types by Jeanne de Wolfe, Cal- ifornia artist, and an extensive col-< lection of textiles from Guatemalaf are now on exhibition in the ground< floor corridor of the College of Archi-c tecture and Design. The exhibit will be current until Oct. 31. Events Today { A. B. Magil, who recently covered the Conference of Progressives inj Chicago for the New Masses, will speak at 5:00 today in Robert Owen House, 1017 Oakland. His sub- ject will be "Issues at Stake in the Coming Election." Everyone is cor- dially invited. Xi Chapter, Delta Sigma Pi, will hold formal initiation in Rms. 321, 323 and 325 of the Union from 2:30 to 4:00. The regular business meet- ing will be held in Rm. 302 of the Union at 7:30 p. m., Mon. Oct. 28. Sun., Oct. 27, 2:30 p. m. Tryouts for "Blithe Spirit" West Lodge Audi- torium, Willow Run Village, directed by Mrs. Dean E. Neff, 1653 Darien. Play to be presented in November. Casting and all phases of play pro- duction to be assigned. Corning Events Graduate Student Council will meet Mon. Oct. 28, at 7:30 in the Rackham ldg. Phi Lambda Upsilon faculty and student members are to meet Mon., Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the W. Con- ference Room at Rackham. After a brief business meeting, R. Appleman will show kodachrome slides of the Normandy and Pacific war areas. The A.I.E.S.I.R.E. will hold a meeting on Tues., Oct. 29, at 7:30 p. m. in Rm. 348 W. Engineering Bldg. Mr. Charles Tieman of the Engineering Research Dept. will pre- sent a talk "Electrical Equipment Associated with V-2 Rocket Tests." Slides will also be shown. All Elec- trical Engineering students are in- vited. Quarterdeck: There will be a short meeting Mon., Oct. 28, at 7:00 p. m. in Rm. 336 W. Engineering Bldg. Naval Architecture and Marine En- gineering Dept: All students in the department are cordially invited to attend an open meeting of the Quarterdeck on Mon., Oct. 28, at 7:30 p. m. in Rm. 311, W. Engineering Bldg. Films will be shown on dry docking and lake transportation. Tryouts for the Mikado will be* held by the newly-organized Gilbert and Sullivan Society Monday at 7:00 p.m. in the Michigan League. The tryouts are open to all students. If you have any Gilbert and Sullivan scores, bring them with you. "Both Your Houses", witty satire on national politics by Maxwell An- derson, will be presented by Play Production of the department of speech Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 8:30 in the Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre.. A special rate willsbe granted students on Wednes- day and Thursday nights. Tickets will go on sale Monday in the thea- tre box office which will be open daily the balance of the week. The Sociedad Hispanica invites you to meet to listen to records and for informal Spanish conversation, on Mon., Oct. 28, at 4:00 p.m.. in the Michigan League. See the bulletin board (lobby) for room. The U. of M. chapter, of the In- tercollegiate Zionist Federation of America will present a technicolor sound film entitled "Home are the Hunted," this evening in the Grand Rapids Room of the Michigan Wom- en's League at 7:30. This film is a saga of the rebirth of Palestine and is narrated by Ralph Bellamy. All who are interested are invited to at- tend. Admission is free. Sigma Rho Tau, engineering speech society, will hold a meeting on Tues., Oct. 29, at 7:15 in Rm. 311, W. Engineering Bldg. There will be a demonstration impromptu speech, a demonstration debate on the ques- tion, "Should the Large Eastern Railroads Adopt Deisel Power for Passenger Locomotives?", and circle training. Insight Reading group will meet at 7:30 Mon-lay evening, Oct. 21, at Lane °Hall. The Facutly Women's Club will hold its annual reception for New- comers from 3:00 to 5:30 p. m., Wed., Oct. 30, in the Rackham assembly hall. Churches First Presbyterian Church 10:45 a. m. Morning Worship at the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Lemon will preach on "I Believe In 5:00 p. m. Westminister Guild Memorial Christian Church (Dis- ciples of Christ). Morning worship at 10:50 a. m. Rev. H. L. Pickerill, director of the Congregational-Dis- ciples Guild, will address the con- gregation on, "Between Two Worlds." The Congregational - Disciples Guild will meet in the basement of the Congregational Church, State and William, at 6:00 p. m. Follow- ing a cost supper, Professor Preston Slosson, of the History Department, will speak on "What's Wrong With the World?" First Unitarian Church: 10:00: Unitarian-Friends' Church School. 10:45: Services to Dedicate the new Unitarian Church House. Rev. Stephen Fritchman, editor of the Christian Register preaching on "Neither Root Nor Branch." Rev. Randall S. Hilton, secretary of the Western Unitarian Conference; par- ticipating with Mr. Redman in the service to be broadcast over WPAG. 12:15: Reception under auspices of the Unitarian Women's Alliance. 12:30: Meeting of the Unitarian Student Group with Mr. Fritchman. 7:00: Unitarian Student Group Party. Unity: Sunday services Unity Reading Rooms, 310 State St. at 11:00 a. m. Visitors welcome. Sub- ject: "Fuller Awakening to Truth." Student Study Group will meet at 7:00 p. m. in Reading Rooms. First Church of Christ Scientist, 409, S. Division St. Sunday morning service at 8:00. Subject, "Probation after Death." Sunday School at 11:45. Wednesday evening service at 8:00. The Wesley Choir will meet today at 4:00 p. m. in the Lounge. We need more men, especially tenors. The Methodist Guild will meet at 5:30 today in the Wesley Lounge. A demonstration will be presented on the subject of "Better Living," fol- lowed by supper and a social hour. First Baptist Church: 10:00 - Student Class of the Church School meets in the Guild House. 11:00 - Church worship. Laymen of the Church will talk on the sub- ject "Men at Work". 6:00-8:00 - Roger Williams Guild meets in the Guild House. Subject, "God In the Hymns You Sing",. Miss Esma Beth Anderson leader. The Lutheran Student Association will meet at 5:30 p. m. in Zion Luth- eran Parish Hall. Dr. Norman A. Menter D. D., President of the Mich- igan District of the American Luth- eran Church, will be the speaker. Morning Bible Hour will be held at the Center at 9:15. Worship services in Zion and Trinity Lutheran Churches at the usual hour of 10:30 A. M. University Lutheran Chapel, 1511 Washtenaw, will have two services Sunday, at 9:45 a. m. and at 11:00 a. m. The Rev. Alfred Scheips will preach a Reformation Day sermon, having as his subject, "Reformation, A Perennial Process." Gamma Delta, Lutheran Student Club, will observe Founders Day in connection with its supper meeting at 5:15 at the Student Center, 1511 Washtenaw. The Meeting of Friends will be held at 4:00 p. M., third floor of the First Presbyterian Church. Welcome is extended to all student Friends and visitors. 1 Fifty-Seventh Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the author- ity of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Robert Goldman........Managing Editor Miiton Freudenheim..Editorial Director Clayton Dickey.................City Editor Mary Brush...............Associate Editor Ann Kutz ................Associate Editor Paul Harsha.............Associate Editor Clark Baker..............Sports Editor Joan Wilk.................Women's Editor Lynne Ford......Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Robert E. Potter.......Business Manager Evelyn Mills... Associate Business Manager Janet Crk....Associate Business Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively en- titled 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 are also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor. Michigan, as second-class mail matter. subscription during the regular school year by carrier, $5.00, by mail, $6.00. Member, 4 Edward W. Blakeman Counselor in Religious Education 1 BARNABY I got to the meeting late- The other Board members had already discussed my report. Can","' 1946. The N.wspaperP, I- Re. U. 5.Po. 09, But it wasn't necessary. } All my suggestions for a new svllrahuc u wer pased Oddly enough, several members said they regretted discarding some of my ideas. And when I Shocking news! Guess what I found in the meeting room- ' t Where 1 chanced to be after ' N ii