i FOUR THE MICHIGAN IAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1946 FOUR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1940 ortageofChildren s Clothes I. ,6l1 Or 7/ thian9 BILL M AULDIN OVER 20 per cent of the Dutch children cannot attend school on stormy or cold days because they do not have shoes or sufficient clothing. Almost no new clothing has been bought in Holland for the last six years. In Poland, France, Belgium and other European countries, similar conditions pre- vail. The defeatist attitude which will re- sult if European students are unable to get an education should be of concern to University students. It is the lack of trained doctors, lawyers, scientists and educators which makes possible a serf society. The Germans attempted to produce such an effect in countries which they occupied by destroying schools and murdering profes- sors and students. The lack of shoes and clothing during the bitterly cold winters in Europe may act in a similarly destructive manner, unless Americans send clothing to Europe. Today is the last day of the Bundle Days drive conducted by the University Famine Conmittee to collect shoes and clothing for shipment overseas through the Save the Children Federation. The procedure in making contributions is simply to wrap and tie clothing into bundles and take them to Lane Hall, drive headquarters. League houses which' have been contacted by members of the drive committee, will have pickups Friday through Sunday. Ev'ery University student should have some article of clothing which he has out- worn or which he rarely wears. These gar- ments can be put to full use by the under-. clad European students. -Harriet Friedman R. CONNALLY, tory, has been the responsibilities with his flare for ora- carrying the brunt of as spokesman for the w--------a -----_____m Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: HARRY LEVINE r~rr it Q American Strike Dilemma WE KNOW from the recent coal strike that a strike in a basic industry can quickly paralyze our whole national econ- omy. We know also that it would be totali- tarian to deny labor its basic right to strike. This dilemma, which all America faces today, can be resolved only by changing our whole approach to labor-management relations, which at present regards labor and management as two opposing forces. The way to solve the dilemma, that is, to put an end to strikes and to protect the rights of labor at the same time, is for management to give labor a share in the profits and losses, and also a share in the responsibility for management decisions. Management would benefit because there would be fewer strikes. Union leaders, work- ing to increase the profit bonuses in the workers' paychecks and having access to the company's books, would be less likely to call a strike, especially if they knew the company was unable to afford a wage increase. The coal miners, for example, would have had much less desire to go on strike if they knew that a portion of the mine owners' profits would automatically be returned to them at the end of each month in. profit bonuses. Nor would their leaders have called a strike so quickly if they knew that part of the losses the company sustained would have had to come out of the union treasury. Labor stands to benefit by the profit- sharing plan because it would have a much greater say in the operation of the plant. Being a part of management, union leaders could enforce safety and health regulations, and could work more effectively at improving working condi- tions with management authority vested in them. THE PUBLIC would no longer have to suffer from, labor-management disputes because labor and management would be working for the same ends. They would be partners cooperating together for profits. Some people say that labor has no right to tell management how to run its business. Under our system, management has a per- fect right to expect profits and make de- cisions. But labor should not be a mere slave to management; it is more than a mere commodity, and as such has a right to a voice in industry. The profit sharing plan was advocated by Eric Johnston, former president of the Chamber of Commerce. It has already proved itself in several plants in differ- ent parts of the country. It is neither communistic or socialistic, for it merely applies the age-old profit incentive to labor unions. The capitalistic system can be made to work better by making everyone, worker and employer, a capitalist. We can keep gov- ernment out of business only by giving the worker a share in business. Only when labor's wages are tied to company profits, will the two work harmoniously together. However, if capitalism continues to allow, only the management side to make profits, labor will eventually ask, as they did in Britain and are doing in France, for the government to take industry over and to operate on a non-profit basis. Then we will have socialism and our free enterprise sys- tem will be gone. -Walt Hofl iAnn United States delegation at Lake Success. With amazing versatility he has talked around the crux of every important issue which has been brought to the UN's floor. His most recent circumlocution has been on the Franco issue. In response to Trygve Lie's early proposal to break off relations with Spain, approved by a majority of the delegations since thattime, Mr. Connally took the offensive, more as a face-saving measure than for any other reason. Re- move Franco from office and hold demo- cratic elections for a constituent assembly was his rebuttal. This, in the form of a resolution to the Spanish people, when the guns and bullets are on Franco's side. In effect he calledl for some sort of supernat- ural exertion of will by a subjected and shackled people whose only weapons are an unyielding faith in the future and a profound hatred of Fascisni. Any efforts by the Political and Security Committee of the General Assembly to put forth a fighting resolution were dog- gedly rejected by the white-haired Sen- ator. Mr. Shaweross, the British delegate, was at least honest in his refusal to sinction an open break with the dictator. He has stated that Britain needs Franco's business. (Of course, he is speaking for the Capitalists. The British Trade Union Congress, including Bevin's own Trans- port Union, has gone on record for a break with Franco.) IT IS this "business first" motive of the British and American delegations which has brought to the floor such criticisms as little El Salvador's, that "behind a silk cur- tain of procedure" we are assisting Franco Spain to remain in power. More and more, but for those Latin and South American countries who are absolutely dominated by American capital, their representatives are speaking independently of the United States. After lon gand bitter debates, the Polit- ical and Security Committee of the General Assembly was able to pass a resolution, over American objections, for the recall of all Ambassadors and Ministers from Spain. This victory in the Assembly Committee 1does by no means indicate that a two- thirds vote is assured on the Assembly floor, without which the resolution be- comes no more than a sentiment. Not until pressure is brought to bear upon our own Administration will any measure of success be achieved against the dictator. Withdrawal of Ambassadors by some of the members would be futile, indeed, if our own ships continue to carry arms and oil. -E. E. Ellis IT SE 0 Campus Mores: Family If Anywhere WE DON'T expect a soul to believe this, but it's God's truth that a young man, presumably a married student veteran, stood under the erstwhile sacred Engine Arch yesterday holding a skein of blue yarn with- out so much as a f'aint blush while a young woman wound it competently into a firm, round ball, We've taken too many sociology courses to dispute the value of the family as an institution, but we do find this insidious penetration of domesticity into the aca- demic life positively hair raising. We've said it, and we'll say it again. A man's yarn-holding place is in the home! *I * Kill-joy Month IN CURIOUS juxtaposition on the mar- quee of a local theatre was the announce- ment of the current showing, Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers" and, in small- er, red, holly-laden letters, the legend "December Is Joy Month." i,"Ma'ybe the old Yule spirit isn't what it used to be. Better Die than , THE academic pressure that exists this year has produced signs of unusual courage in at least one harried coed. While manipulating her bike across the treacherous crossing at State and North U, she was horrified to observe her Human Ecology notes fluttering from her notebook to the center of the congested thoroughfare. Abandoning caution to the same winds that sent the irreplaceable pages flying, our heroine parked the bike and dashed into the oncoming traffic to retrieve the way- ward papers. An interested passerby casually observed that she might be killed. "Better to get killed than flunk my Human Ecology exam," was the retort magnifique. Contributions to this column are by all mem- bers of The Daily staff, anl are the responsibility of the editorial director. ySN .C, r 4'° ,T. Reg. U. S ~" ry k ;ya 5 . , a + A ( '' ' r " l.. ' a*" \. y 4 r t .." J + r ' J . , }f Z "t it?- .t. G ir - r'i ' ,. , j 1f. Y J y ~ G " United Feature Sp d :ate. Inc t Pet. Oft.-ABI ?,ghture~erved ,, ;'. '" M**,"* l2-i2Z. 'DAILY (tf fICIAL BIILEIN Letters to the Editor... .r ON WORLD AFFAIRS: Toward Russian Equilibrium By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER S OME slow progress towards peace is being made. At the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, the four foreign ministers have gotfarenoughso that they can announce that sometime next February, it should be pos- sible to sign peace treaties with the five minor ex-enemies, Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland. These treaties are 'not going to satisfy many Americans. But they are about all we could hope to get at the present time. It would be a mistake for the Senate not to ratify them. About the same time, a new conference for mak- ing peace with Germany should be getting under way. The eventual treaty with Japan has not yet been scheduled. Out at Lake Success beyond Utopia Park- way, the U.N. has taken a first step in the direction of eliminating manufacture and use of the atomic bomb and possibly other weapons. Yet it would, however, be a big mistake to think that the fundamental difficulties that have divided the Soviet Union and the western Democracies are disappearing. They are still with us - despite an undoubtedly less sticky attitude on the part of Moscow. It was, for instance, impossible for the U.N. Assembly to reach an agreement to do anything effective about eliminating the usurper Franco from the government of Spain. The United States and BritainL effectively blocked any concrete action. Their alleged motives are respect for Spanish sovereignty and the desire to pre- vent a second Spanish civil war. But since Franco came into power through the passive assistance of the United States and Britain and a peculiarly ferocious civil war, these reasons sound like pre- texts. More important with Washington and London is the firm intention of tak- ing no chances of the emergence of a Spanish government docile to the wishes of Moscow. . ELSEWHERE too, the tug-of-war goes on. Premier Qavam of Iran has launched a desperate venture in his effort to keep the northern Iranian province of Azerbaijan. Under Soviet occupation and with Soviet baijan a so-called autonomous government that has obeyed Moscow and defied Teheran. Elections held under the insurgents would have confirmed the virtual detachment of the province. Hence Qavam's gamble. If it succeeds it will mean the recovery of a virtually lost territory. If it fails then the shadow of the Kremlin slides forward. In Greece, the government charges that Albania, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria are back- ing the now almost completely communist Greek insurgents in an effort to attach Greek Macedonia to the Soviet sphere. If Macedonia went the rest of Greece could hardly be preserved. At any time the Soviets' can start a first-class fight by a renewal of their de- mands to control the Dardenelles (as they would in any partnership with Turkey from which the Western powers were excluded.) In China, the war between the National Government and the Communists is blaz- ing fiercely. Iran, Greece, the Dardanelles and China are serious issues. The most serious is Western Europe. The Western democracies' have been pushed and maneuvered into relinquishing Eastern Europe as far west as the Luebeck-Triests 'Line to Russia. But whereas Western Germany is firmly in democratic hands, the rest of Europe is not. The key to the difficulty is France. With France riddled by Communism and seek- ing a desperate "neutrality" between to- talitarianism and democracy, Western Europe is neither militarily nor ideologic- ally safe. YET UNTIL Western Europe is definitely lined up with the West, there will be no European equilibrium. Until there is a. European equilibrium, the Western democ- racies will not have reached a state of equality with the Soviet Union. Until they have, it is premature to talk of reaching or even of seeking a general settlement with Russia. For as long as matters remain in flux Moscow has'no real interest in such a settlement. Once European equilibrium is reached, (Continued from Page 2) Seniors and Graduates in Aero- nautical Engineering on Dec. 12 and 13, Rm. B-47 E. Engineering Bldg. For interview, sign schedule on Aeronautical Engineering Bul- letin Board. Application blanks for Scholar- ships and Fellowships in the Graduate School for 1947-1948 may be secured from the Office of the Graduate School between Dec. 9, and, Feb. 15. No applications will be accepted after the latter date. Swimming and sports for coup- les every Friday evening at the Intramural Sports Building. Farragut College and Technical Institute, a new college recently established at the former U. S. Naval Training Center, Farragut, Idaho, desires to engage educa- tional progressive-minded staff members interested in joining a forward looking institution, which is establishing curricula which more closely fit the needs of cur-' rent students and the actual needs of the professions, business, and industry of today. Instructors, assistant professors, associate professors, and profes- sors are needed in the fields of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Geology, Botany, Zo- ology, Agrfculture, Forestry, Eng- lish, Sociology, Political Science, History, Economics, Education, Business Administration, Com- parative Religion, Meteorology, Home Economics, Commercial Art, Modern Languages, and Trade and, Industrial Education. Call the Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Informa- tion, 201 Mason Hall, for further information. Men of Buffalo, and Erie Co., N. Y., interested in becoming members of the Michigan chapter of Scalp and Blade call Hal Beam, 2-4401. The Michigan Bell Telephone Company will interview men stu- dents graduating in January at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, Fri., Dec. 13, for po- sitions in Commercial, Traffic, and Accounting Departments. Call 4121, ext. 371, for an appointment. International Center: Thurs., 4 p.m., Weekly Tea; Fri., 4 p.m., Weekly Tea Dance; Sat. 5 p.m., Christmas Party. Willow Village West Court Community Bldg. Thurs., 8:00 p.m., University Extension Class in Psychology; 8:00 p.m., Art-Craft Work Shop. Demonstration of Textile Painting and Water Colors. Fri., Dec. 18, 8:00 p.m., Classi- cal Music Record Concert. Sat., Dec. 14, 3:00-5:30 p.m., Tea given by President and Mrs. Alexander G. Ruthven for wives of all University students and fa- culty members living in Willow Run. West Lodge Thurs. Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m., Ta- ble tennis - singles elimination in tournament. Fri., Dec. 13, 8:30 p.m., U. of M. Student Record Dance. Sat., Dec. 14, 8:00 p.m., Inform- al bridge session. Lectures Dr. Wolfgang Stechow, profes- sor of Fine Arts at Oberlin College, will lecture on the subject "Rem- brandt; Genius and Tradition" (illustrated with lantern slides), in the Rackham Amphitheatre at 4:15 p.m. Friday., Dec. 13; auspices' of the Department of Fine Arts. The public is cordially invited. Lecture: Prof. P. W.. Slosson, History Department, Prof. M. Thomson, Sociology Department, Michigan State Normal College, and others will lecture on the sub- ject, "The Armenian Question," at 8:00 p.m. Sun., Dec. 15, Rackham Lecture Hall; auspices of Tu Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu Honor Societies and the Armenian Stu- dents Association. Academic Notices Physical Chemistry Seminar meet at 4:15 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 12, Rm. 151, Chemistry Bldg. Mr. Raymond O'Rourke will speak on "Studies on Semi-Conductors. Part II." Open meeting. Mathematics Seminar on Sto- cliastic Processes meet at 3 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 12, 317 W. Engineer- ing. Mr. Max Woodbury will dis- cuss Markoff Chains. Wildlife Management Seminar at 4:30 p.m., Mon., Dec. 16, Rm. 2039, Natural Science Bldg. Df. G. W. Bradt, of the Game Division, Department of Conservation, will speak on the Beaver in Michigan. All students in Wildlife Manage- ment are expected to attend. Concerts Student Recital: Richard Gool- ian, student of piano under Joseph Brinkman, will present a recital at 8:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 12, Rack- ham Assembly Hall. Given in par- tial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. The program will be open to the general public. Events Today University Radio Program: 3:30 p.m., Station WPAG, 1050 Kc. World Masterpieces. Michigan Chapter AAUP meet- at 6:15 p.m., Union. There will be a presentation by a panel of "Teaching Problems Arising From An Overcrowded University," with a discussion period following. Join Union Cafeteria line at 6:15 and take trays to the lunchroom of the Faculty Club for social hour and program. Association of U. of M. Scientist Discussion Group on Atomic En- ergy meets at 7:15 p.m., West Council Room, Rackham Bldg. Regular Thursday Evening Rec- ord Concert sponsored by the Graduate School will include Bach's first four Brandenburg Concertos, Rachmaninoff's Rhap- sody for Piano, and Schubert's Rondo in B minor. Graduate stu- dents invited. Engineering Open House Coin mittee meeting at 4:30 p.m., 243 W. Engineering Bldg. Graduate Outing Club square- (Continued on Page 5) EDITOR'S NOTE: Wo letter to the editor will be printed unless signed and written in good taste. Letters over 300 a ards in length will be shortened or omitted; in special in- stances, they will be printed, at the discretion of the editorial director. Drscritrninatioii Cnhrge To the Editor: HAVE long known that there is discrimination against Ne- groes in some Ann Arbor places of business. I have also long known that Negroes are dischim- hiated against in various student organizations. It was not until recently that I discovered that Negroes are denied the use of cer- tain University facilities. Weekend before last a colored friend of mine came to Ann Ar- bor. Before my friend arrived, another friend of mine tried to get her a room for one night at the League. The person at the desk in the League said that the League has never rented any of its rooms to Negroes. I found this so difficult to be- lieve that I inquired of a dif- ferent League employe if this were true. I received the same information that my friend had. We both also learned that Negroes are allowed to rent rooms in the Union. It would be most interesting to know why Negroes are systemat- ically denied the use of one of the University's facilities. -Robert P. Weeks EDITOR'S NOTE: According to Miss Ruth Goodlander, business manager of the Leaguie, the League has no policy on Negro guests, 'that I know." Miss Goodiander cited instances in which Negro concert artists (e.g. Dorothy Mynor) have stayed in the League, anid pointed to the League's hotel faciities of 20 guest rooms as explanation of the incident men- tioned in the above letter. Ticket Confiscatlion To the Editor.: IN REPLY to Mr. Richard Mc- Cormack's recent request for clarification of ambiguities, and in as much as others may require further enlightenment, I shall at- tempt to examine the situation more clearly. Mr. Baker of the Athletic Dept. requested my foot- ball tickets to check against his records. After gaining possession of them by this false representa- tion, he kept both tickets and coupon book without reimburse- ment. Assuming a moral and le- gal right to operate under these false colors, he still would be un- justified to take such drastic meas- ures without proof of misuse. You state that the confiscated articles are "non transferable" and "Subject of Forfeiture if Presented by Other than Orig- inal Owner." I happen to be the original owner, and a con- fiscated ticket is unlikely to be be presented. You wl note that the contract referred to does not designate anyone with authority to -confiscate. The normal procedure for confisca- tion would be in a duly consti- tuted court of law upon proper proof and not upon mere sus- picion. Too many innocent per.. sons would be forcibly parted from their property were it not so. I realize that this is the constitutional method in other states, but let me refer you to Michigan's own Judge Cooley in his Constitutional Law, 450, for a Michigan view, quote, Nor can a party by his misconduct so forfeit a right that it may be taken from him without ju- dicial proceedings, in which the forfeiture shall be declared in due form, unquote. Such is the American prece- dent. It is wholly foreign to our legal concepts and established procedure that the prosecutor or accuser, the judge, and the one standing to profit from the for- feiture shall be one and the same person. Yet, this seems tobe the method: employed by the Uni- versity. At the very least would it not seem proper that ticket re- ceipts should be given, and proper entries made on the books in order to reflect their true status? The present system is so pregnant with opportunity for evil and in- justice that corrections should be made at once. Humbly I make what is intended for a construc- tive suggestion. Some disinterest- ed tribunal should be substituted for the despotic tactics of Mr. Baker, and the University could, in fine, pay lip service to demo- cratic orderly processes. Is it too much to ask the State of Michi- gan and the University for the benefit of Constitutional guaran- ties? I regret that due to my am- biguity you did not grasp the essence of my first letter. The heat of righteous anger undoubt- edly helped cloud the issue. Why were my tickets taken, youask. That is exactly the point I tried to raise, and you may be sure my prosecutor, my judge, and my preesnt custodian of my property, alone knows the answer. To date he has declined to comment. -Warren C. White * * * Anti-Lynch Bill To the Editor: AT the present few of us are aware that we are in the midst of a 100-day campaign for the en- actment of a Federal anti-lynch bill. This campaign will culmi- nate in a march on Washington when Congress convenes January 3, 1947 to be led by Paul Robeson. In the past 75 years, there have been two hundred and three recorded lynchings in time United States, and many more unrecorded ones. The situation is becoming progressively worse, and even though a victory was won in the Columbia, Tennessee case when the judges were lib- eral enough to acquit some in- nocent Negroes, we must also recall the fact that Thurgood Marshall, the chief counsel of the NAACP, was arrested near Columbia and nearly jailed be- cause he had defended the Ne- groes in the riot rtials. A case reminiscent of the Isaac Woodward blinding took place last week, when Pfc. James Mitch- ell, stationed at Camp Kilmer, had his right eye gouged out by a white war veteran. The veteran, objecting to Mitchell's presence in a local tavern, attacked him with a jagged piece of beer glass and escaped before anyone could intervene. Such incidents of brute force and violence are reuerring almost every day and something has to be done to stop such medieval practices in this country. The present campaign to oust Bilbo from the Senate shows an in- creasing awareness of the people of the unfair and undemocratic situation concerning the Ameri- can Negro. Thursday night at 7:15 p.m., IRA, MYDA, AVC and the Lawyers' Guild are jointly sponsoring an Anti-Lynching ral- ly at the Union. This is the time 'for all of us to act and to petition our repreesntatives in Congress to oust Bilbo, and to enact an Anti-Lynch bill. The Senate has the power to deny Bilbo the right to take the oath of office, but whether the Senate acts depends on the sweeping demand of the people. Now is the time for sin- cere Americans to °join in wip- ing out this national menace to democracy. -Hanny Gross Dorothy Wilson Dean Lloyd's Views To the Editor: IE think that most people on campus will agree with us that too much space has been giv- en in The Daily to Dean Lloyd's remarks on women's apparel... All the women on campus are well aware of hernattitudefrom house meetings and notices post- ed. It can hardly be of interest to others, and its repetition .in The Daily serves only as an un- pleasant reminder. We wish that Dean Lloyd could think of the dorms as our homes and not try to hold the women down in an artificial atmosphere. KSally Dremmier Kathryn Ellison AidjPuuco;ntj Fifty-Seventh Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Robert .Goldman .....Managing Editor Milton Freudenheim .Editorial Diector Clayton Dickey...........City Ediltor Mary Brush..........Associate Editor Ann Kutz ............Associate Editor Paul Harsha ..........Associate Editor Clark Baker ............. Sports Editor Des Howarth . .Associate Sports Editor Jack Martin ...Associate Sports Editor Joan Wilk.........Women's Editor Lynne Ford . Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Robert E. 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