THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, Dl Civilan President TR MANY long years of revolutionary radicalism under military leaders, Mex- at last has a civilian president - Miguel nan. leman, a former attorney, comes from a dominantly civilian family and has never I a military title. This is directly in trast with the long string of his political decessors who were revolutionary gen- s and followed revolutionary ideals. 'he repercussions of this change will be 1 in economic rather than political in- ations, however, since the new president lefinitely instituting a nationalistic and gressive program. is main objective is to build up Mexico's nomy. This he plans to do in several s. One of the primary goals is to de- p industry. At present and for decades t, Mexico has produced raw materials, orted them and imported finished manu- ured products. leman wants to develop Mexico's manu- uring capacities to supply her own needs. ustry was given a good foundation for h. expansion during the recent war when had to increase her manufactures due he shortage of goods available for import n other countries. me question which is of major impor- ce regarding such a development is the ree to which, the government will be ing to support and protect Mexico's em- onic manufacturing. At present it seems btful if this phase of the economy could ritorials published in The Michigan Daily e written by members of The Daily staff d represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: EUNICE MINTZ stand the competition of foreign imports. Aleman contends that he wishes to protect industry, but does not wish to place a pro- hibitive tariff against the products of other nations, as a majority of the larger manu- facturers in Mexico would wish. The solu- tion of this problem will be instrumental in deciding that country's future trade rela- tions with the rest of the world. Another main feature of the Aleman pro- gram is rural electrification and irrigation. In spite of the fact that Mexico's economy has been predominantly agricultural, it has been necessary for her to import a number of food products. This trend has been in- creased in recent years due to the "ejido" program under the radical militarists, which broke up the larger land holdings and re- duced the efficiency of agricultural pro- duction. President Aleman has decided to cease such seizure of land and develop as belt he can those "ejido" projects which are al- ready in existence. This will be done by the use of modern farm equipment and methods. Independent farmers also will receive aid in modernizing their farms. The program of the new president, on the whole, is progressively directed toward the development and self-sufficiency of Mexico on an economic basis and toward higher standards of living. He is retain- ing the principles of the Mexican Revo- lutionary Party, w hi c h is the official government party, but is avoiding the radicalism which permeated past admini- strations. Aleman has the support of a large ma- jority of the Mexican people and his plans seem to be the type that are gradual enough to bring about an eventual modernization of the Mexican economy and thus achieve their eventual objectives. e : 'r _ Adult A MIDST THE irresponsible cries for an increase in veterans' subsistence allot- its, the University chapter of the Ameri- Veterans Committee has clearly demon- ted its maturity by its sane, level-headed roach to the question. efore "sounding off" on a problem for ch it had the facts only in individual es at best, the campus AVC made a eral survey of student veterans' financial blems. While the survey was not completely com- hensive, it did reveal these basic facts of erans' financial problems: ar-time savings are the largest factor balancing the budgets of the 80 per cent he University veterans whose living costs rage $43.25 more than their subsistence wances. -Phyllis L. Kaye pproach Although married veterans with children spent on an average $8.55 less than married men without children, they were going in the red on an average of $28.32 more than childless married veterans. Over 73 per cent of the single men who were staying in the black were working, but only 11.6 per cent of the veterans going in the red each month had jobs. Now, with a complete tabulation of the results of the survey available, the AVC will hold an open meeting tonight to debate the merits of plans for increased subsistence allowances. By using the adult approach of finding out the facts of a question before taking a stand on it, the campus AVC has shoOn its ability to assume leadership in campus and veterans' affairs. --Stuart Finlayson New Policy By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER NEW YORK is deserted. The Great Men have gone. Sometime in January the world's attention will focus on London. There the deputies of the Big Four's foreign ministers will meet to hear the wishes of the smaller countries concerning the peace with Germany. Actually, the time between now and the Moscow meeting is about all that is left to those Americans who did not fight Nazi Germany in order to build up the German Frankenstein for the second time. For this will be the result of the "new" Anglo-Amer- ican policy toward the forty-five odd mil- lion Germans in the combined Anglo-Amer- ican zones. The Morgenthau-Potsdam plan for ren- dering Germany permanently harmless by cutting down the monstrous industrial po- tential (built largely on Ruhr. coal) that enabled Germany to bully all Europe, is being scrapped. This plan, which was accepted by both Roosevelt and Churchill at Quebec in 1944 and reindorsed by President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee at Potsdam in 1945, is being replaced by a new plan to utilize a prosperous and industrially highly produc- tive Germany under Anglo-American con- trol first, to aid European reconstruction .and second, to oppose the spread of Soviet in- fluence. This new plan of rebuilding Germany is not unlike what was done after World War I. One might have thought that Byrnes and Bevin, like Roosevelt and Churchill, would have thought twice be- fore taking a chance on a third German war. Actually, they would deny that in re- building German industrial power, they are taking a chance. For - they will say - in the first place the two governments in- tend to remain in control; in the second place, Germany will probably remain di- vided for a long time, hence not dangerous; and in the third place, German recovery is necessary to European recovery. Bevin would probably add, Britain intends to socialize the major German industries. A socialized and socialist-administered Ger- many can never again become aggressive. Byrnes may be less sure of this last point. But the Truman Administration is becom- ing increasingly a business administration. American business is politically as blind today as it was in the '20s when it rebuilt German aggressive power. The proof of Bevin's attitude is his own account of his German policy as given at a dinner recently in New York City. Bevin is frank, terribly honest, and dangerously naive. He foresees a France given over for a period to disorders and communist in- fluence. Where can Britain turn for an anchor on the European Continent but to Germany? The proof of Byrnes' changed attitude is a number of recent factors. There is the new Army rule against further "teach- ing of hatred" for Germans to recruits. (We may soon hear that it was the Jews who set up furnaces and burned alive fiveA million Germans.) There is the decision to put billions of American money into German rehabilitation and relief. There is the detailed and obviously in- spired study of the Ruhr in the December Fortune Magazine. The anonymous author does not mince his words. He says bluntly, the Morgenthau Plan (which became the Potsdam Plan) is out. The reasons? Var- ious. "Honorable victors cannot bring them- selves to keep Germany a political, moral and physical slum." (Nobody asked them to.) Then you cannot make a case that the Ruhr is "economically unsound," he says. (You cannot. It is just a loaded pistol in the hands of a dangerous paranoic.) "No- body takes the (reduced) level-of-industry 'agreement' seriously." "Internationalization (of the Ruhr) would not work." (A totally unproved assertion.) "Honor and compas- sion" justify the U. S. and British effort to "rebuild the heart of industrial Germany." Actually, the Fortune article is the frankest part of a dangerous, unethical and unnecessary scheme to keep Germany as the king-piece in Europe's economy. Dangerous, because so long as Germany dominates Europe economically, Ger- many's neighbors can never feel safe. Un- ethical, because our first duty is to Ger- many's victims, our last to the Germans. This transfer was the key to the Roose- velt-Churchill plan accepted at Quebec and confirmed at Potsdam. Instead, Britain and America are now rebuilding German in- dustrial supremacy. Most Englishmen, unhappily, do not seem to mind. They have never understood the Germans. The urge to counterbalance Rus- sia and minimize France is strong in the British Foreign Office. But the French understand. So do the little peoples on Germany's borders. They are going to ask, not how can Germany be reconstructed, but how can the Germans be compelled to reconstruct what they de- stroyed while remaining powerless? We Americans can decide the issue -if we act quickly. Which do we want - a Ger- many. that can again threaten Europe by its concentration of industrial power? Or an industrially de-centralized Europe with "Germany last"? (Copyright 1946, Press Alliance, Inc) [AN TO MAN: Military Secret By HAROLD L. ICKES CHECK is just the same size, no mat- ter what you write on it," said'General ehon Somervell when he was summoned ore the then Truman Committee to ex- in the wanton extravagance in building Canol Project. No expression could be re typical of a certain type of arrogant itary mind. Although- the Canol Project 'a dead hdrse," as President Truman has d, it was such a costly animal that a pplete autopsy is in order. One good re- t might be to impress upon the brass hats it they must not hide an illegitimate )ject under the disguise of "top military ret." .eneral Somervell was the real father of Canol Project and I do not blame Ad- ral King for resenting the charge that had conceived it. It was soft-headedly eged to be strategically vital to the de- se of the United States. The final cost s $135,000,000, without counting the great ditional expense resulting from the large mnber of soldiers detailed to it. 'he War Department was only $110,000,000 in its estimate of the total direct money t. This is understandable, however, when e considers the statement of Brain-Trust- James H. Graham, dollar a year adviser General Somervell, who testified that n a war project I never make an esti- ,te." It was Dr. Graham who recommend- that Canol be built. It will be remem- 'ed that it was the same General Somer- I who underestimated the cost of the ntagon Building by many millions of lars. With him doing the guessing, it nio surprise at all that the War Depart- nt spent $110,000,000 more than it esti- ,ted on the Canol Project which the For- n Liquidation Commissioner advises "has known possibilities for postwar use as entirety." The American base 2.t Sitka cost $30,- 10,000, as compared with the cost of anol (now worthless) of $135,000,000. The present Secretary of War Patterson : said in his testimony, "I believe it (Can- will be a valuable asset in peacetime. The my is proud of Canol . . . The value of petroleum for the defense of Alaska and Canadian Northwest in future years and the further development of this vast, nost untouched territory, is great." Mr. tterson has always been willing to go to front for.one of his brass hats without inting the cost to himself. Of BILL MAULDIN Co. ,.4a Ute atur e Syindkete.I. 7m. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. -AIrgh'ts reierxed 1~ h OLD AMERICAN HABITS (No. 1) Hostility toward displaced persons, refugees, and "dir ty foreigneis." Letters to the Editor... EDITOR'S NOTE: N~o letter to the editor will be printed unless signed and written in good taste. Letters over 300 words in length will be shortened oronitted; in special in- stances, they will be printed, at the discretion of the editorial director. * * * Error of Fact To the Editor: YESTERDAY'S letter to the edi- tor concerning veterans' sub- sistence allowances was very in- teresting. However, it was factual- ly in error. Frank Boni and three others "understand" that AVC is to cir- culate petitions for increases in the present allowances. The campus chapter of AVC has not advocated increases nor has it, at this writing, any plans for circulating a petition. Realizing some time ago that the question of subsistence al- lowances would become an issue, this chapter undertook to gather information relative to a discus- sion of the subject and ntopresent it impartially, to the student body. The recently published figures on the cost-of-living survey provide some information on at least one aspect of the problem. DRILYOFFICIiL BULLETIN However, the Joint Chiefs of Staff persisted in authorizing the work to continue. Secre- tary of War Stimson wrote: "The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Army and Navy have notified me that the com- pletion and operation of the project which we are working on is necessary to the war effort and that the project should be com- pleted and operated as soon as practicable." Now, at long last, the Joint Chiefs of Staff are explaining their lack of wis- dom in deciding to complete this wasteful and useless venture. The story that we are being asked to believe runs something like this: When Canol was begun, the hope was to have gasoline locally avail- able in the Alaskan area. Later the strat- egy was changed to center upon the mid- ocean route. In the meantime, Canol, as an oil producer, was showing disappointing prospects. Despite this, it was felt that to abandon the project, a large-scale and visible signal to the enemy, (an enemy already departed from the region, remem- ber) would be to inform him that our plans had been changed. So, Canol was contin- ued to "fool the Japs" and dupe them into believing that we meant business up there, when we really didn't. It was, according to this explanation, a joke, a ruse, decep- tive propaganda. And all the while that the Japs knew what we were doing it was a "top secret" so far as the American people were concerned. It was just a good joke, Army style. A masterful stroke of strategy in the art of psychological warfare. I suggest that an- other round of ribbons and medals is in order. Stick out your chests a little further, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, so that we can hang one on you. (Copyright, 1946, N.Y. Post Corp.) MEXICO CITY--When Mexicans are not talking about death, they write a great deal of poetry; almost everybody writes poems on occasion. To show emotional sensibility in this way is highly creditable; Mexicans are objectively proud of emotional capacity, With all this there arises the question of Mexican gayety, that strange gayety, a true, pure joy, which invariably expresses itself, however, in sad songs. I have been to a sad Mexican party, and I have never heard a cheerful song. But I would not call it a de- fiant gayety; it is, perhaps, a gayety en- riched by an acceptance of reality, in a cul- ture in which the simple road to economic Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the office of the Assistant to the President, Room 1021 Angell Hal, by 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat- urdays.) WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1946 VOL. LVII, No. 73 Notices Automobile Regulation, Christ- mas holidays: The Automobile Regulation will be lifted for the period beginning noon, Friday, Dec. 20, until 8 a.m., MVonday, Jan. 6. Office of the Dean of Students Women's housing will officially close on Friday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m. Office of the Dean of Women Debaters: No meeting today. During the University vacatioi the General Library will close at 6 p.m. daily, beginning Fri., Dec. 20, and will be closed all day Christ- mas and New Year's Day. There will be no Sunday service. The Divisional Libraries and Study Halls will be closed on Christmas and New Year's Day and and will be open on a short schedule Dec. 21 to Jan. 4. The usual hours are 10 a.m.-12 noon, and 2-4 p.m. Exceptions to this schedule are as follows: Engineering and E. Engineering Libraries: 9 a.m.-12 noon; 2-5 p.m. Physics Library, 9 a.m.-12 noon; closed afternoons. Hospital, 8 a.m.-12 noon; 1-5 p.m. Warner G. Rice, Director A University regulation requires that students leaving Ann Arbor for extended vacation return li- brary books before their depar- ture. The purpose of this regula- tion is to insure the availability of books for scholars who wish to use them while the University is not in session. In accordance with this rule, students planning to spend the Christmas holidays outside Ann Arbor must return library books to the Charging Desk of the Gen- eral Library (or to the Divisional Library to which they belong) oi or before Fri., Dec. 20. Special permission to charge books for use outside Ann Arbor may be given in case of urgent need. Arrangements must be made at the Charging Desk for books from the General Library, or with Librarians in charge of Divisional Libraries. Students taking library books from Ann Arbor without permis- sion are liable to a fine of $1.00. Warner G. Rice, Director Students Planning To Do Di- rected Teaching for the secon- dary-school certificate in the spring term, are requested to se- cure assignments in Rm. 2442, University Elementary School on Thursday or Friday, Jan. 9-10, according to the following sched- ule: English, 8:30-9:30; Social Stud- ies, 9:30-10:30; Science and Math- ematics, 10:30-11:30; All foreign languages, 11:30-12; All others, and any having conflicts at sched- uled hours, 2-3, or by appoint-1 ment. Willow Run Village West Court Community Bldg. 1 Wed., Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m., Rev. Mr. Edwards, Counselling. Thurs., Dec. 19, 8:00 p.m., Art-7 Craft Workshop; 8:00 p.m., Uni- versity Extension Class in Psy-1 chology. Fri., Dec. 20, 8:00 p.m., Classi- cal Music Record Concert, com- mentary by Mr. Weldon Wilson. Academic Notices English 31, Section 8. Examina- tion at 10 a.m., Wed., Dec. 18, Rm. 231, Angell Hall. A. L. Hawkins Botanical Seminar, 4 p.m. Wed., Dec. 18, Rm. 1139, Natural Sci-! ence Bldg. Paper: "A Graphic Method for the Determination of the Plant Formations of the World," by L. R. Holdridge. Open meeting. Seminar in Applied Mathema- tics: 3 p.m., Wed., Dec. 18, 317 W. Engineering. Mr. W. C. Sangren will speak on "The Application of Fourier Integrals to the Analysis of Electrical Networks." Tea at 2:30. Seminar on Special Functions 10 a.m., Dec. 18, Rm. 340 W. Engineering. Prof. Rainville will talk of Hermite and Laguerre Polynomials. Speech Concentrates: Sign up for an appointmtnt with Dr. Har- gis, concentration adviser, by com- ing to the Speech office, 3211 An- gell Hall. Directed Teaching, Qualifying Examination: All students expect- ing to do directed teaching next term are required to pass a quali- fying examination in the subject in which they expect to teach. This examination will be held on Saturday, Jan. 11, at 8:30 a.m. Students meet in the auditorium of the University High School. The examination will consume about four hours' time; promptness is therefore essential. Exhibitions Exhibit of student work of the Cooper Union Art School, New York, will be current through Dec. 20, ground floor corridor, Col- lege of Architecture and Design. The Museum of Art presents Prints by George Rouault, and African Negro Sculpture, in the galleries of Alumni Memorial Hall, Dec. 4-20; weekdays, except Mondays, 10-12, and 2-5; Sundays 2-5; Wednesday evening, 7-9. The public is invited. Michigan Takes Shape - a dis- play of maps. Michigan Histori- cal Collections,3160 Rackham. Hours: 8-12, 1:30-4:30 Monday through Friday; 8-12 Saturday. Events Today University Radio Programs: 2:30 p.m., Station WKAR, 870 Kc., "Reading Habits," Dr. Irv- ing H. Anderson, Associate Pro- fessor of Education. 2:45 p.m., Station WKAR, 870 Kc., Clarinet Quartette, William H. Stubbins, director; Harold Sef - ton, Edwin Kruth, Fred Eggert, Robert Sohn. 3:30 p.m., Station WPAG, 1050 Kc., Campus News. Delta Sigma Pi, Professional Business Administration fraterni- ty, meeting for pledges at 7 p.m., Rm. 304, Union. Actives meet at 7:30 p.m., R . 304, Union. U. of M. Outing Club meet at 4 p.m., Rrrl. 04, Union. Students and faculty members invited. Christmas Mixer, given by the School of Music, 7:30 to 10 p.m., School of Music Auditorium. Stu- dents and faculty invited. AVC meeting at 7:30 p.m., Un- ion. Open forum on "Increased Susbsistence for Veteran-stu- dents." Michigan Dames' Bridge Goup meet at 8 p.m., 2nd floor, Michi- gan League. Lutheran Student Association meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Center, 1304 Hill St.,for the caroling par- ty. The Rev. and Mrs. Yoderwill entertain the group at the center after the caroling. Coming Events Geological Journal Club meet at 12 noon, Thurs., Dec. 19, Rm. 3055, Natural Science Bldg. Prof. W. H. Hobbs will speak on "'Nebraskan' and 'Kansan' glacial globes in Iowa." Sigma Gamma Epsilon initia- tion at 5 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 19, Russell Seminar Room. A Laboratory Bill of One-Act Plays at ,8:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 19, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre; presented by the Department of Speech. Admission free to public but tickets must be obtained aat the theatre box office from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and 7:30-8:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. ,9. THERE can be no question but that the Russians have been "tough" on the people of the areas they occipy. But if they have been tougher than we, that is be- cause the losses they suffered in the war were so much vaster than ours. One thing so far is certain: Russia's immediate need for food, credit and ,nachinery exerts a strong effect on her foreign pol- icy. If she cannot get these things from her wartime allies, she must tighten up her whole economy to try to produce the thing she needs within her own borders. And if she sets about doing this we shall find her being forced into b'uild- ing a higher and higher wall about herself. About all we are sending her now is the pricks with which to build such a wall. New Republic An attempt by the Scripps- Howard papers to rid themselves of the daily-column by Thomas L. Stokes, the most widely printed liberal columnist now published, was seen by some observers as the Washington Daily News dropped the Stokes column twice last week... New Republic With the information now avail- able, AVC is inte'ested in getting an expression of student-veteran opinion. To this end a public for- um to discuss the question has been arranged for tonight at 7:30 in the Union. A standing vote will be taken on the question at the conclusion of the discussion. Frank Boni, et al, are cordially invited to express their views at this meeting and to help influence public opinion along the lines that they believe are in the best inter- ests of the country. Lorne D. Cook, Chairman Campus Chapter, AVC (EDITOR'S NOTE: The petitions for increased veterans subsistence allowance in the letter referred to above are being circulated by the Univrsity Veterans Organization, nottthe American Veterans Com- mittee) Oust Bilbo To the Editor: THIS is a copy of a letter that was sent by the Executive Committee of MYDA to the fol- lowing members of the Student Affairs Committee, Dean Lloyd, Dean Bursley, Seymour Chase, Raymond Davis, Robert Goldman and Richard Roeder. "During the last few years there has been an increasing interest on the part of students in events in the world around them. Be- cause of this interest, there has been a great deal of discussiois among students about the deci- sion of the Student Affairs Com-\ mittee to refuse to approve the re- quest,,of five campus organiza- tions to put up tables for the Cr- culation of Oust Bilbo petitions on campus. *We would like to take this op- portunity to invite you to speak at a forum sponsored by MYDA to be held Tuesday, December 17, at 7:30 in the Union, on the ques- tion, "Why did the Student Af- fairs Committee refuse to ap- prove the circulation of Oust Bil- bo petitions?" This letter is also being sent to other members of the Student Affairs Committee. There will also be speakers representing some of the five organizations, two chapters of AVC, IRA, The Law- yer's Guild, and MYDA who made the original request. We respectfully ask you to dis- cuss this question with the other members of . the Student Affairs Committee and if it is possible, to decide on two speakers who will represent the Student Affairs Committee at this forum." Mildred Federbush For the Executive Committee, MYDA. Bigger Girls To the Editor: T SEEMS that our sister colleges of Wayne and Michigan State are producing coeds of greater proportions than those of the University of Michigan. Or so one gathers from the article on the Union Formal, appearing in the December 11th edition of The Daily. To quote from the last paragraph, "Because of their size, two coeds will represent Wayne University and Michigan State College." Perhaps the food is more nour- ishing in Detroit and East Lan- sing. Quizzically yours, Al Kacavakis c t y f i F L r i 3',, ' t.C tt tkt tll 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 Freudenhelm.Editorial Director Clayton Dickey........... City Editor 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. Potter ....Businese Manage Evelyn Mills .......Associate Business Manager Janet Cork Associate Business Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication BARNABY I know what's troubling you, m'boy. You're concerned because I haven't mentioned Ellen. Give me a hand, please. I've some extra 17) What? Er, 1'll bet that'sy. Yesust '4.',OM,