TWO '"-TTt ? MICHWtA dN D t'h.V r. - Arfn- TAVTTAODV l . f _... 1 11L 111 i1.i1117,C-11 if F1^1L 1 r aAJLLJMVAY, JANUARX 11, 1947 Racial Hypocrisy LAST WEEK'S action by the Chicago Stu- dent Conference in compromising with Southern delegations on racial discrimina- tion issues is a clear cut case of hypocrisy on the part of the pseudo-liberals allegedly representing :the students of this country. When faced with the withdrawal of south- ern delegates unless certain aims of the National Student Organization concerning racial discrimination were modified, mem- bers of the conference backed.down on the issue. Southern delegates claimed that the adoption of bylaws advocating the repeal of state legislation prohibiting interracial meetings would alienate the schools they re- presented. When these delegates threatened a walkout unless these aims were removed the conference body ceded to the demand for "unity" reasons. This compromise shows a lack of under- standing by members of the student con- ference on the fundamental issue in- volved if the tolerance cause is to be ad- vanced in the United States. Intolerance must be attacked in its stronghold-the South. The universities of that area are the logical starting points in a campaign to promote clearer understanding of the problem. Where can we find tolerance in the South if it is not among the younger, intellectual elements in southern schools and colleges? Yet we find the apparent paradox of the supposedly "enlightened" southern delegates to a national student conference dodging Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: MARY RUTH LEVY the issue. Claiming that the students which they represented would have no part of aims designed to promote tolerance, they threatened .a crippling boycott of the con- ference unless the matter was dropped. Here we have demagogic delegates paying only lip-service to ideals which they are too weak to defend. Of course, they personally want the ra- cial problem cleared up, but they are too timorous to dirty their own hands in the mire. When it came to a showdown they preferred to walk out of the conference rather than go back to their colleges and fight for measures which had the whole- hearted support of the remainder of the country's representatives. Another of these "dauntless" southern delegates stated that his constituents would object to resolutions designed to combat intolerance on the basis that they were set down by "a bunch of Yankees." Assuming that he was not being facetious, let's look at the validity of this reason. Such an important question as tolerance is not merely a sectional problem. It is a matter which concerns the entire country. Why not :begin to attack it at its source? The southern hot-bed of intolerance is constantly being aggravated by well meaning, but mis-informed reformers. The people of the South must themselves embark upon a program of re-education if serious trouble is to be averted in the future. In fumbling this opportunity to spear- head an educational program, the student delegates have demonstrated their unfitness to represent a forward looking student group. Let us hope that the forthcoming NSO constitutional convention will include southern delegates who are unafraid to fight for their avowed ideals. MR_-Bob Hartman Japanese Newspapr I'D RATHER BE RIGHT Marshall Report By SAMUEL GRAFTON GENERAL MARSHALL'S personal report on China strengthens the feeling that a new party of the center may be arising in American life. For this is a most unusual document. The first commentators who have gone to work on interpreting this report have been enchanted by the fact that the General, and Secretary-of-State-to-be, has attacked both the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communists, both the right and the left. But they have, in the main, missed the point, which is that this report goes far beyond that mechanical and formal "damning of both sides," which is such a popular American posture because it is safe, easy, and because it seems to carry with it an automatic certification of fair-minded- ness. There are elements of sophistication and insight in the report which stand at a far cry from the usual blatting of most thinkers of the "plague on both their houses" school. General Marshall condemns "dominant" groups of feudal reactionaries in the Kuo- mintang, who, he says, have opposed efforts to form a real coalition government; but he still sees the importance of Chiang-Kai- shek, as the only really available leader for a united China. He denounces the Chinese Communists for stubbornness, extremism, and for mendacity about American purposes. but he considers that there are in their ranks many Chinese liberals who put the interests of China above the interests of party. He says the Communists suspect that the Kuomintang is interested only in crushing them, but he adds that govern- ment actions have given Communists "good excuse" for such suspicions. And there is a kind of hard, iron-clad scrupulousness about General Marshall's writing, which rises to the level of a high personal quality, like courage; it shows itself when he makes such important statements as that there are elements in the Kuomintang which never had any "real intention" of achieving unity, dur- ing the conferences of a year ago, while the Communists, he remarks, though bit- terand intractable now, did not, "I must state," so appear last February. The other great element in the report is its calmness. There is no agitation in it; it is devoid of the shakes. General Marshall does not advocate, in that mushy, near- bankrupt fashion which has become so popular this past year, that we throw our- selves into the arms of the Kuomintang and of reaction, because we do not like Com- munism. He avoids this tendentious, panicky flight (which we have not avoided, for ex- ample, in Greece); he rejects the theory that the way to fight the left is to move further right; he says that only the liberals can save China. His stand has already pro- duced a tonic effect on editorialists who, after rather uncritically accepting the Kuo- mintang, now begin to murmur that maybe the General is right. The report thus tends to set us free from that fear, which, like an obsession, jogs our elbow, and makes us twitch to- ward reaction in deciding whom to sup- port, and whom not. It has in it a kind of promise of what the American contri- bution to the affairs of this planet might conceivably be; this thrusting forward of a cocky American face, hard, dry, honest, its eyes set on no deterministic goal, and lit with no secret, schematic passion. . When I said above that the Marshall re- port strengthens the feeling that a new party of the center may be arising in Amer- ican life, this was the thought in mind; but such a development would have to be far different from, the operations of those fran- tic souls who fearfully equate George in Greece with democracy, and the Kuomin- tang in China or freedom. (Copyright, 1947, N.Y. Post Syndicate) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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 Hall, by 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat- urdays.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, VOL. LVII, No. 79 1947 JAPAN has one of the largest newspaper reading populations in the world, the total circulation of dailies being sufficient to provide one paper for every five people. In view of these facts,._ the importance of the press as a weapon of democracy in Ja- pan cannot be underestimated. I The recent trend of employe participation in the formulation of editorial policy and management of the papers is an extremely important development which is resulting in a variety of repercussions. Union committees, the organs favoring and conducting employe participation, have come into conflict with the occupa- tion authorities. Although official Allied policy has been to refrain from interfer- ence in labor disputes which did not jeopardize the occupation, an unofficial position has been assumed favoring man- agement responsibility for editorial policy. Major Daniel Imboden, Gen. MacAr- thur's representativein regard to press affairs, has expressed this opinion. The general himself appears to feel that this is a matter for the Japanese to decide. At present, the Japanese press seems to be halfway between the two policies. Many newspapers' policies are still handled by management while others have a large amount of organized employe participa- tion. The situation cannot long remain at this impasse, but must move definitely in one direction or the other. The main fear of certain Allied groups is that the leftist tendency of the Japanese press will develop into Communism. This, they feel, must be avoided at all costs-- even if it means the complete annihilation of liberal tendencies in the one instituton of Japan that can do most toward achiev- ing the American goal of democratization. The Japanese press will not be a demo- cratizing influence under strict American control and censorship. The press, in the normal course of its postwar develop- ment, has expressed liberal inclinations. If left unfettered, it will serve our cause. If it is shackled by the restricting chains that are already causing irritation and ill will, it may become the organ of an overwhelming reaction against the Allies and all that they stand for. The .Allies are furthering good journalism by retraining Japanese reporters in the ideals of a liberal press and honesty in news reporting, ideals completely 'foreign to the imperial press of the militarists. Whatever effect this training might have will be un- done unless the press feels free from threat and official coercion. Gen. MacArthur has taken the proper stand on this subject. It remains only for his subordinates, the. men who have the actual dealings with the Japanese press, to carry out this non-interference policy. -Phyllis L. Kaye Notices Faculty, College of Engineering: Faculty meeting, 4:15 p.m., Wed., Jan., 15, Rm. 348, W. Engineering Bldg. Users of the Daily Official Bul- letin. Need of conserving space makes necessary the following an- nouncements. (1) Notices of meet- ings of organizations will be re- stricted to the name of the organ- ization concerned, day, time, and place of meeting, and name of speaker and subject. (2) Notices for the D.O.B. must be typewritten and should be triple-spaced for editorial convenience. F. E. Robbins Campus mail: Mail going by campus messenger service should carry the name of department in which the person addressed is em- ployed. Room number may be in- cluded but the name of the de- partment is the identifying fea- ture. 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. J.Hop tickets will be sold to peo- ple who received application stubs this week in University Hall, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, 9-12 noon, only. You must bring your appli- cation stub and the exact change (a $5 bill and a $1 bill). All students residing in Uni- versity residence halls who have paid board and room in full for the first semester, are asked to call immediately at the Cashier's Office, 104 South Wing, to receive a refund. German Departmental Library books are due in the departmental office by Monday, Jan. 13, regard- less of date issued. Competitive examinations will be held at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, beginning at 9 a.m., April 4, for the selec- tion of civilian teachers for ap- pointments in the following De- partments of the U. S. Naval Academy: Mechanical Engineer- ing, Mathematics, Electrical Engi- neering, English, History, Govern- ment, and Foreign Languages. For information regarding eligi- bility requirements call at the Bu- reau of Appointments and Occu- pational Information, 201 Mason Hall. 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 Wed., Jan. 15, according to the following schedule: English, 8:30-9:30; Social Stud- ies, 9:30-10:30; Science and iviathematics, 10:30-11:30; All foreign languages, 11:30-12:00. All others, and any having con- flicts at scheduled hours, 2:00- 3:00 or by appointment. Note that this represents a change in date due to the fact that schedules are not out. Any students responding to the earlier notice suggesting January 9 and 10, can only be given a tentative assignment. Registration Material of L.S.&A., Schools of Education and Music. Students should present their Cashier's Receipts for sec- ond semester registration mate-I rials at Rm. 4, University Hall. See your advisers and secure all necessary signatures before ex- aminations begin if possible. Recreational Leaders hip -- Women Students: A course in; Recreational Leadership will be en students are asked to fill out the application blank in Rm. 15, Barbour Gymnasium by January 17. Opportunities for kindergarten teachers in the Territory of Ha- waii. Applicants must have Bach- elor's Degree with special training in pre-school or kindergarten field. Salaries are excellent. For further information, call at the Bureau of Appointments and Oc- cupational Inforation 201 Ma- son Hall Lectures University Lectures. Dr. T. C. Lin (Lin Tung-chi), A.B. '28, Vis- iting Chinese Professor of the United States Department of State, will deliver a series of four lectures on "The Quest of the Chinese Mind" in the Rackham Amphitheatre, Monday Jan. 13 at 8:10 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 4:15 p.m., and Friday, Jan. 17 at 4:15 p.m., under the auspices of the Department of History and the Degree Program in Oriental Civil- izations. The titles of the lectures are as follows: Jan. 13, "The En- lightenment: Prize and Price." Wherein the philosophers of the pre-Ch'in times achieved, and wherein they failed. Jan. 15, Hu- manism or Beyond Humanism?" Why and wherefor the millennial "bella metaphisica" between the Taoists, Buddhists and Confucian- ist and who really won out? Jan. 17, "The Emerging Ethos." Will the contact with the West mean China's total intellectual surren- der or the birth of a new synthe- sis? University Lecture: Dr. Herbert Feigl, Professor of -Philosphy, University of Minnesota, will lec- ture on the subject, "The Logic of Scientific Explanation," at 4:15 p.m., Tues., Jan. 14; auspices of the Department of Philosophy'. The public is invited. University Lecture: J. B. S. Hal- dane, F.R.S., Professor of Biome- try, University College, London, will lecture on the subject, "Gene- tics and the Future of Man," at 4:15 p.m., Thurs., Jan. 16, Rack- ham Lecture Hall; auspices of the Laboratory of Vertebrate Bi- ology. The public is cordially in- vited. University Lecture: James J. Sweeney, former Director of the Museum of Modern Art, will lec- ture on the subject, "Henry Moore and Modern Sculpture' (illus.), at 4:15 p.m., Thuirs., Jan. 16, Rackham Amphitheatre; auspices of the Department of Fine Arts. The public is cordially invited. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Royal Bruce Brunson, Zoology; thesis: "Life History, Ecology, and Taxo- nomy of Certain North American Fresh-Water Gastrotricha," at 1:30 p.m., today, Rm. 4096, Nat-. ural Science. Chairman, F. E. Eg- gleton. Doctoral Examination for Fran- cis Leo Burns, Economics; thesis: "The Needs Factor in Wage Deter- mination," Saturday, Jan. 11, 11 a.m., Rm. 105, Economics Bldg. Chairman, Z. C. Dickinson. It Mathematics 300: Orientation Seminar (final meeting), 7 p.m., Mon., Jan. 13, Rm. 3001, Angell Hall. Concentration in English (Gen- eral Program): Concentrators and prospective concentrators in Eng- lish are assigned to advisers as follows: A through G-Dr. Greenhut, 3232 A.H. H through P-Assistant Profes- sor Ogden, 3220 A.H. Q through Z-Associate Profes- sor Litzenberg, 2212 A.H.I Office hours for the week of January 13, for the final examina- tion period and registration week will be posted on the office doors of the individual advisers. Students who have special prob- lems with regard to English con- centration should confer with Pro- fessor Litzenberg. Seminar on Compressible Flow: 3 p.m., Tues., Jan. 14, Rm. 1213, E. Engineering Bldg. Dr. R. C. F. Bartels will speak on "Solutions of the Equations of an adiabatic Gas Flow." Letters to the Editor... EDITOR'S NOTE: No letter to the editor will be printed unless signed and written in good taste. Letters over 300 words in length will be shortened or omitted; in special in- stances, they will be printed, at the discretion of the editorial director. ', ' * J-Hop Bands To the Editor: REMAINING of stout heart throughout 1946 despite the snailpace subsistence check de- liveries and high-handed football ticket distribution, we had rather looked forward to'the year of 1947 believing that campus life could: only improve. Now, reeling from the body blow loosed by the J-Hop Committee, we can find consola- tion only by recalling Dr. Lemon's promises of afterlife. The two bands chosen for J- Hop are at best mediocre and hardly worth the bigtime fee of six dollars. Wherewill the money saved by hiring these lower priced orchestras go? If to charity, re- member where charity begins! Selling booths to organized groups is only adding injury to insult. We are sure that in the future when prospective committee mem- bers campaign on the strength of initiating "bigger and better" J- Hops, we will elect those less en- thusiastic who will promise merely to get Tex Beneke, Charlie Spi- vak, Stan Kenton, Johnny Long, Elliott Lawrence, or even Johnny Harberd for a reasonable price with less of ye olde rah-rah pro- motion. We are growing suspi- cious that the direct descendents of the joker who gave birth to the familiar "Father and mother filling out examination conflict cards and the blank cards will be posted on the bulletin board ad- jacent to Prof. Brier's office. Exhibitions Michigan Takes Shape -- a dis- play of maps. Michigan Histori- cal Collections, 160 Rackham. Hours: 8-.12, 1:30-4:30 Monday through Friday; 8-12 Saturday. Events Today University Radio Program: 2:30 p.m., Station WJR, 750 Kc., "Stump the Professor," Dr. Frank Robbins, Major Robert Brown, Professors Robert Angell, George Kiss and Amos Morris. Waldo Ab- bot, moderator. Radio Club: 2 p.m. Rm. 301-A, W. Engineering Annex. The Art- Cinema League pre- sents "They Were Five," director Duvivier, starring Jean Gabin. English titles; French dialogue. 8:30 p.m. Boxoffice opens 2 p.m. Phone 6300 for reservations. Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Dean Alice Lloyd will be the guest of the Congregational-Disci- ples Guild tonight at 7:30, when the group will meet at the Guild house for an informal discussion of the need for university courses in religion. Hindustan Association: 4 p.m., Recreation room, International Center. A report on the Boston Convention will be given. Refresh- ments. Members and friends are cordially invited. Coming Events Research Club: 8 p.m., Wed., Jan. 15, Rackham Amphitheatre. Papers by Prof. W. H. Hobbs: "The Glacial History - of Iowa and Neighboring Portions of Minne- sota and Missouri"; Prof. Arthur E. Wood: "Political High Jinks in Hamtramck." Graduate Student Council: :30 p.m., Mon., Jan. 13, East Lecture Room, Rackham Bldg._ Veterans Concert Orchestra Re- hearsal: 3 p.m., Sun., Jan. 12, West Lodge. Thomas E. Wilson conductor. The U. of M. Hot Record So- ciety: 8 p.m., Sun.; Jan. 12, Hussy Room, League. The program will include a jam session. Conversation Group Sociedad Hispanica: 4 p.m., Mon., Jan. 13, International Center. The U. of M. chapter of the In- tercollegiate Zionist Federation of America presents "A Saga of Re-{ birth," an evening of Palestinian music, this Sunday at 8 p.m., B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, at 8 p.m., 730 Haven. Everyone is cordially invited. pay all the bills and we have all the fun," are packing the con- mittees -Ralph Rose, Jr. and 24 others Government Pay To the Editor: IN REPLY to Harold J. Lawson's letter in Friday's Daily, I wish to set forth my ideas on the same subject. I oppose his feeling that the government owes him a living. I am the wife of a student-veteran and like others, we are finding it difficult to meet expenses. How- ever, we recall our college life be- fore the war and remember how then we worked and saved to fi- nance not only our living ex- penses, but tuition and books as well. It is a fine thing that the government has seen fit to help the veteran who truly desires to learn, but I do not think it right to suggest that this be merely a handout to those not willing to put any effort of their own into obtaining the education. A veteran has the advantage over the non-veteran by the a- mount of his tuition, supplies, and either $65 or $90 towards his sub- sistence. I suggest that Mr. Law- son learn to recognize and should- er his responsibilities. If an edu- cation is necessary to his future success and happiness, that should come first. A man ready for mar- riage should not have to ask that the government finance that too. There are many veterans' wives who would rather attend school than work, but to whom their marriages and savings for a fu- ture home are of first importance. The individual must make his own decision to that problem. This is NOT the view of a par- ent-supported couple, smugly sit- uated in an apartment on cam- pus. Our bedroom is five miles out in the country and we are just as tired of the hash, stew, and hotdogs that fit our budget as are many others. We appre- ciate and are willing to work to take advantage of the opportun- ity the government has given us. -Helen Lewis VANDENBERG might well be- come the thirty-fourth Presi- dent. No one takes seriously the crack he once made from his sena- torial office on Capitol Hill: "Why anyone should want to shoulder that crucifixion down the street I don't know." And front-runners, like Bricker and Dewey and Stas- sen and Taft and Warren, have been known to kill each other of f in convention before. But if Van- denberg misses the Presidency, for which his homburg has been set for years, no likely Republican President can keep from him the secretaryship of state. (Not even Dewey, despite his probable per- sonal preference for his foreign- relations tutor, John Foster Dul- lest For Vandenberg, whose chief claim to fame when he first came to the Senate was that he looked and acted more like a strutting, orating Claghornesque caricature than any Northerner in history, has achieved the acknowledged leadership of the Republican party on international affairs. The Democrats have not dared-nor have they wanted:to ignore him; the Republicans, if they win in 48, can scarcely do less. Fred Rodell (In the Jan- uary issue -of the Ameri- can Mercury) IT SO HAPPENS. * January Chaff 11 I All in the Family JBUST WHAT part will be played in poli- tics from here on in by the handful of people blessed with the magic name of Roosevelt has been one of those subjects we've tried to keep our mind on while wait- ing for buses, recently. Jimmy Roosevelt, a straight party man in California state politics, doesn't cause us -much trouble. On the east coast, FDR Jr. has been making himself heard, plaguing Dewey with demands for housing for New York State veterans. Mrs. Roosevelt has kept out of the papers, except for her UN duties, while Elliot Roos- evelt has gotten all kinds of publicity for statements opposing U.S. foreign policy made, of all inauspicious places, in Moscow. With this background, we were interested to learn this week, that both Mrs. Roosevelt and Franklin Jr. are members of a newly- formed liberal organization ("Americans For Democratic Action," which is distinguished by its hostility to communists. We don't like to think what will happen if Elliot asks to join this ADA. We hope it doesn't occur to him. Always a Comeback WE WERE blithely making luncheon con- versation yesterday when one of our compatriots remarked that the subject at hand (something about the batting averages of shortstops in the Three-I League) reminded him of the Cask of Amontillado. "That's the nice thing about being an Habitbreaking THE BROAD highway from Maynard Street to Angell Hall (via Helen New- berry's "lawn") is being obstructed these days by more than snow, sleet and rain. After one makes it across the street, there's nothing to go through, but a ram- part of yellow mud camouflaged with straw, a slit trench, a short section defended by men armed with compressed air drills, and a six-foot wall of plumber's bricks. Contributions to this column are by all mem- bers of The Daily staff, and are the responsi- bility of the editorial .director. The United States has by no means dis- charged its full duty by granting political freedom to the Philippines. That action must be followed by financial and economic assistance which will enable the new Re- public to restore the buildings and public works destroyed by war, resume its gov- ernmental functions and promote an im- proved standard of living. We must provide not only funds for restoration and recon- struction, but loans to tide -over the first difficult years. The Filipinos are a fine, kindly and intelligent people. They are capable politicians, but they lack admini- strative experence. Our public health ser- vice, educational and economic agencies must extend them every possible material aid; and we must be prepared also to supply trained and experienced administrators, of requested. The Philippine Republic has come of :age and must work out its own problems. But it is still entitled to our understand- ing and our help. We are proud that the new Republic has taken its place among Filibuster SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS are in danger of losing their potent weapon in legisla- tive battles, the filibuster. Two bills have been introduced into Con- gress which would allow the Senate by ma- jority vote to limit debate on any subject to a definite talking time for each senator. Present rules call for a two-thirds vote to limit debate. This margin is so difficult to obtain that the closure rule has been en- forced only a very few times over a period of many years. This device of "talking a bill to death" was used effectively by the Southern bloc in stalling action on the FEPC bill last year. Most recently, seating of the Eightieth Congress' newly-elected Senators was de- layed for two days while Southerners de- bated Senator Theodore G. Bilbo's fitness to hold office. Introduced by Senator William F. Know- land (Rep., Calif.) and Wayne Morse (Rep., Ore.), these bills should receive strong sup- port from the Republican majority and eliminate a barrier to effective congression- al action. -Shirley Frank 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 Freudenhelim.Editorial Director Clayton Dickey...........City Editor Mary Brush..........Associate Editor Ann Kutz ............Associate Editor Paul Earsha..........Associate Editor Clark Baker.............Sports Editor Des Hlowarth . . 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