'TTTVS1DAY ANTITARV14. 194"1 PT I MHllIAN PATIN 1 V'ii JAfi11, JiIIN VLXIVX 11, 1 Ul i Chicago Stui DESPITE the recent Daily editorial which condemned the "Hypocrisy" of the Southern delegates, the embryonic National Student Organization, founded on the basic agreements of representatives from 300 col- leges in 42 states, can work effectively to solve student problems and is deserving of our full support. An understanding of the underlying differences in student viewpoints and the ideological conflicts involved is our first prerequisite; not the superficial mis-un- derstanding on which the editorial which attempted to call forth our own regional prejudices was based. The racial discrimination conflict at the Chicago Conference was in many respects a healthy one, since it was one of the very few instances in which all of the facts and the real issues were presented to the con- ference. But far more basic to the successful fu- ture of the NSO were the political and ideo- logical conflicts which were active beneath the surface. Maintaining the NSO as a truly student organization, free from the domination of any one partisan viewpoint is our chief problem now. The "left," although not entirely absent, was certainly conspicuous by its inaction. Yet the fear of this "left" and the failure of the Catholic representatives, University of Texas delegates, and, yes, even a repre- sentative from Georgia, to come out in the open with their actual purposes and the reasons for them, gave the conference an air of suspicion. Delegates from Catholic schools sought, and succeeded pretty' well, in dominating the conference with their viewpoint. (When the Catholic delegation to the Prague Con- ference, instructed by Father Murray, were unable to get their program adopted by either the rest of the American delegation or by the World Students Congress, they charged (in a recent issue of America mag- azine) that it was Communist dominated, and have since been antagonistic to it). At Chicago, delegates from 100 Catholic schools (many administration-appointed and not student-elected) were on hand to support the Catholic viewpoint. E DOUBLE talk of Georgetown's Bill Keenan who proposed that the NSO "specifically refrain from becoming involved in partisan political affairs, sectarian reli- gious considerations, or similar matters whch do not directly concern students," was a disturbing example. Rationalizing his previous stand about having the NSO "take every means within its power to effect the dent Politics repeal of such state legislation which pro- hibits interracial meetings in certain areas," Keenan explained that he did not actually oppose political action in specific instances but was only advocating an opposition to following any one political line. The proposal was passed by the panel, many of whom were not aware that they were establishing a lever for arguments against any future proposed action. Anonymous distribution of a six-page anti-Russian pamphlet which was later traced to the National Catholic Youth Coun- cil aroused the suspicion and antagonism of many of us present, particularly since international politics were not under con- sideration at the conference. University of Texas delegates who also came well financed, with mimeographed proposals and pressure group tactics had been instructed by their school admini- stration. Actually dangerous to the fu- ture of the NSO, I felt, was their proposal to establish a judiciary branch composed of an equal number of students and fac- ulty which would have absolute control over the organization. Down at Ohio State University where a "witch-hunt" is now in progress, admini- stration officials had a simpler method of influencing the Chicago Conference. An OSU delegate informed a caucus of mid- western schools that they had been spe- cifically instructed to oppose affiliation with the IUS. THIS was a student conference; the number of people who were there, not as individual students representing student bodies, but as representatives of partisan or sectarian groups is a matter of serious concern to me. A National Student Organization can be a constructive force in American student life in furthering student cooperation and understanding on national and internation- al levels as well as helping to establish student-run governments on all American campuses, establishing the independence and freedom from censorship of student or- ganizations and publications, and eliminat- ing the commercialization in college ath- letics, to name but a few of the problems common to American students. As a student organization, the NSO has no place for lobbies working for their oyn ends. Its fundamental purpose as a unifying force for students throughout the country will be lost if it is dominated by any partisan group or is controlled by school administrations. Only by bringing the purposes and tech- niques of these factions into the clear light of public opinion where they can be under- stood and weighed objectively, can we "in- the-middle" who have no partisan axes to grind, hope to produce an organization where students, acting as the representatives of students, can work together for their common objectives. -Tom Walsh Columnists WE'RE waving a flag and issuing a challenge, this week, reopening The Daily to editorial columns from the cam- pus-at-large. Articulate students representing every shade of opinion are urged to submit sample columns for next semester's papers. Opinions of columnists will be judged on the criteria of clear-thinking and eloquence. They will not be selected to represent the personal views of The Daily staff or editors. From those samples submitted which are satisfactorily writ- ten, columnists will be selected to repre- sent more than one major section of campus opinion. Student columns will appear either two or three times weekly. Columns should deal with 1-issues on this campus; 2-issues of direct interest to students. Three sample columns must be sub- mitted by each applicant, in the editors' office (second floor, Student Publications Building) before Monday, Feb. 10. Be- tween semesters, mail samples "To the Editor, Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor." -Milt Freuden eim (editorial director) C URR E N T MO"VIES At the State .* 1, xt 4 SCI so-- Unite 9',7 by'rd;ed Featu , c There s smA-%\ Re.. S. Pat. Off -Alt ri eae murder. N1J "There's a small item on page 17 about a triple-axe murder. No veterans involved." Letters to the Editor... EDITOR'S NOTE: No letter to the editor will be printed unless signed and writtr-n in good taste. Letters over 300 words in length wili be shortened or omitted; in special in- stances, they will be printed, at the discretion of the editorial director. To the Editor: IT WOULD indeed be regrettable if Michigan student opinion of the new National Student Organ- ization was formed upon the bas- is of the views expressed by Mr. Hartman in his editorial in Sat- urday's issue, entitled 'Racial Hy- pocrisy.' It is essential that stu- dent support of this organization. be gained. This cannot be accom- plished if only such views as Mr. Hartman's are published, which in my opinion, are not only detri- mental to the NSO but are preju- diced, incorrect and unjustified in themselves. It was my pleasure to be an official observer to the confer- ence in Chicago myself. Per- haps if Mr. Hartman had the advantage of such first hand information himself he would not cry "hypocrisy" so loudly, being restrained by the gentle admonition of a broad knowl- edge of the situation. i Ai IILBULLETIN THREE WISE FOOLS garet O'Brien et al. (MGM), Mar- su Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: FRANCES PAINE ALL-or NOTHING " BRAND NEW liberal movement was born last weekend,' said Mr. Hoffman, in his editorial of Jan. 10, referring to the Americans for Democratic Action. List- ing several impressive names who answered the roll call and accepted positions within the organization, he defends its anti-Com- munist stand. He concludes, "Mr. Ellis seems politically naive in implying that liberals must ally themselves with Communists in order to be liberal." Mr. Hoffman seems to have missed my implication: that the ADA is more intent upon ferreting out Communists and their sympathizers from their progressive move- ment than attempting to solidify the po- tential progressive forces; that the creation of a division between liberal elements will play directly into the hands of the re- actionary forces. If the individuals who gave the call for this newly formed ADA, and they are such men as Dubinsky, Neibuhr, and Reu- ther (this is their dream, not Mrs. Roose- velt's) are so intent upon carrying a pro- gressive program to the people, why do they hesitate to lend their efforts to the already existing Congress of Progressives, the newly formed PCA? My statement about "several men who have the audacity to call themselves liber- als," was a direct reference to those who "formed" this new group. There are names appended to the general rostrum, as Wyatt and Mrs. Roosevelt, whose sincerity is not questioned. They were not the inventive geniuses, however. The number of sham liberals -professional anti-Sovieteurs, cor- rupt labor leaders, supposedly liberal news- men - far outweighs the number who give to the organization a surface dignity. The ADA was nec born, as Mr. Hoffman suggests, over the weekend of January fourth. Its seed was sown last April in Chi- cago, when Mr. Dubinsky and several other Liberal Party members (a party which was originally formed to fight the ALP in New York) met in secret session to lay the plans for a third party. Their major intention was to undermine the' work of the CIO-PAC during the last elections. Indirectly, from this group, came the Unity for Democratic Action Committee, of which Neibuhr is pres- ident. It was this latter organization which issued the call for the Washington Con- review of, his book, THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT AND THE CHILDREN OF DARK- NESS. "You see him going one way and suddenly realize that he was just getting ready to swing back in the opposite direc- tion. This is what dazzles and sometimes perplexes." The total of his work is obscur- antism and mysticism about the progress of society. His most recent efforts have been a virtual call to arms against the Soviet Union, summed up in his Oct. 21, LIFE article on Germany. Mr. Reuther's opportunism, his "one at a time" policy in the 1945-46 GM strikes is aptly discussed by Henry Wal- lace in the New Republic and requires little comment. He is the same strike leader who fought a "No-Strike" pledge at the height of the war. Was this a facet of liberalism? Dubinsky's pro-fascist record as a labor leader speaks for itself. In 1942, his anti- Sovietism took precedence over his patriot- ism with a statement, as "The last shot will be fired by the United States and from that shot the Stalin regime will be shot to pieces." This while the Soviet Union was our ally. He referred to the Roosevelt Administration as "unconsciously potentially fascist." This is one of the initiators of the ADA. Portions of the six cardinal points which the ADA set forth and to which Mr. Hoff- man refers as based upon the New Deal program are rampant with confusion. They support fully the United Nations and "the American plan for the International Control of Atomic Energy." Why the em- phasis on the American plan? Is it to be divorded from the general aims of the UN? Another of their points: Better standards of living and support of civil and political freedoms everywhere, "within the frame- work of present American foreign policy." What of American policy in China, the Philippines, Spain-Is imperialism a part of American liberalism? The National Association of Manufac- turers, the American Action Committee, the GOP may rejoice. This organization is what they've been waiting for. A potential split down the center of the pro-labor forces is what they need to sow confusion, that they THREE men of distinction, played by Lio- nel Barrymore, Edward Arnold and Lewis Stone, hard of heart and tight of pocketbook, are awakened to the beauty of life by a little Irish lass (daughter of a girl they all loved in days of yore), sacharr- inally played by Margaret O'Brien. She is Irish because her mother ran away with an Irishman. Her faith in the wee folk and their ultimate faith in her make good Sa- maritans of the three hard-hearted "wise fools." Margaret's sincerity and her com- plete mastery of the Irish brogue are prom- inent in her reading of the line, "Faith, man, don't you believe in the wee folk?" The picture is recommended for people under six. Thomas Mitchell has a supporting role. At the Michigan .. . NO LEAVE, NO LOVE (MGM), Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn. PHISis a belaboured vehicle concerning the adventures of a Marine sergeant on his way home to marry his girl who gets entangled in a radio show. Once this ele- mentary plot is constructed, everything is dragged in but the kitchen sink and this I believe was somewhere to the left of the set in the kitchen. The continuity is a little jarring at times, people and situations keep coming up and then disappearing without a follow through. Kennan Wynn is louder than his humor calls for. Van Johnson is still Hollywood's Jack Armstrong. Guy Lombardo and Xavier Cugat flit in and out as the background music. Sugar-Chile Rob- inson is the only really interesting piece of talent to be seen in a mad welter of hyper- thyroid adults. -Joan Fiske MAN TO MAN-: Taylor Speech By HAROLD L. ICKES GLEN TAYLOR, Democratic Senator from Idaho, on the floor of the United States Senate on June 26, 1946: "A United Press report which appeared in the NEW YORK TIMES of Sunday, June 23, accuses . . . a Member of this body . . . of inciting people in his State to use 'any means' to prevent qualified voters of his State from exercising their right to vote for candidates for the United States Senate. The matter should be quickly and fully investigated by the Com- mittee on Privileges and Elections . . . Ours is the duty, as well as the privilege, of passing on the credentials of our Mem- bers, and we cannot disregard charges such as these without a serious loss of prestige." A great speech this - one that will re- time to come. The twenty Democratic Sen- ators who defended Bilbo, the indefensible, have this upstanding young Senator from Idaho to thank that the excision of Bilbo- ism was not entirely a Republican opera- tion. Senator Taylor started the fight against Bilbo on June 26, 1946. And he finished it, with the help of some other Democrats and of the Republicans whose appreciation of public morals was superior to that of those Democratic Senators who started a filibuster for Bilbo. (Copyright, 1947, N.Y. Post Syndicate) Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to aii 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.) MONDAY., JANUARY 14, 1947 VOL. LVII, No. 81 No tices Student Accounts: Your atten- tion is called to the following rules passed by the Regents at their meeting of February 28. 1936: "Students shall pay all accounts due the University not later than the last day of classes of each se- mester or summer session. Stu- dent loans which are not paid or renewed are subject to this regu- lation; however, student loans not yet due are exempt. Any unpaid accounts at the cose of business on the last day of classes will be re- ported to the Cashier of the Uni- versity and "(a) All academic credits will be withheld, the grades for the se- mester or summer session just completed will not be released, and no transcript of credits will be is- sued. "(b) All students owning such accounts will not be allowed to register in any subsequent semes- ter or summer session until pay- ment has been made," Herbert G. Watkins Secretary Faculty, College of Engineering: Faculty meeting, 4:15 p.m., Wed.. Jan. 15, Rm. 34, ,W. Engineering Bldg. Registration Material of' L.S.&A., Schools of Education and Music. Students should present their Cashier's Receipts for sec- and semester registration mate- rials at Rm. 4, University Hall. See your advisers and secure all necessary signatures before ex- aminations begin if possible. Men graduating in February: Mr. Lewis from the Cris Craft Company at Algonac, Michigan, will be in our office on Wednes- day, Jan. 15, to interview any men graduating in February, who are interested in a position as cost ac- countant or as general accountant. Call the Bureau of Appointments,, 201 Mason Hall, ext. 371, for an appointment. Men graduating in February: Mr. J. K. Myers of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company will be in our office on Thursday, Jan. 16,1 to interview men graduating in February, for work in their sales, credit, and accounting depart- ments. Call the Bureau of Ap- pointments, 201 Mason Hall, ext. 371, for an appointment. ing: Mr. W. S. Idler of Aluminum Company of America will inter- view Seniors and Graduate stu- dents of above classification in the Dept. of Mech. Eng. on Tues- day, Jan. 14. Interview schedule is posted on the bulletin board at Rm. 221 W. Engr. Bldg. February 1947 Graduates in Mechanical, Chemical Engineer- ing and Business Administration: Mr. D. F. Ellis of The Columbia Mills, Inc., will interview for po- sitions in that organization, Wed- nesday, Jan. 15, in the Mech.-Eng- Dept. Interview schedule is posted on the bulletin board at Rm. 221 W. Engr. Bldg. Attention February Graduates: College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, School of Education, School of Music, School of Public Health-students are advised not to request grades of I or X in Feb- ruary. When such grades are ab- solutely imperative, the work must be made up in time to allow your instructor to report the make up grade not later than 4 p.m., Feb. 6. Grades received after that time may defer the student's gradua- tion until a later date. Applications for grants in sup- port of Research projects: To give Research Committees and the Ex- ecutive Board adequate time to study all proposals, it is requested that faculty members desiring grants from the Research Fund in support of research projects dur- ing 1947-48 file their proposals in the Office of the Graduate School by Friday, Feb. 7, 1947. Requests for continuation of present pro- jectscorrenewals of previous re- quests should also be made at this time. Application forms will be mailed or can be obtained at Secretary's O f f i c e, Rm. 1006, Rackham Bldg., Telephone 372. Willow Run Village Program: West Court Community Bldg. Tues., Jan. 14, 8 p.m., Spanish Class, Ross School; 8 p.m., Nur- sery School General Meeting, Speaker, Miss Patricia Walsh, Su- pervising Nurse, "Child Health". Wed., Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m., Rev. Mr. Edwards' Counselling; 8 p.m., Choir Rehearsal. Thurs., Jan. 16, 3 p.m., Bridge; 8 p.m., Psychology Class; 8 p.m., Art-Craft Workshop. Fri., Jan. 17, 8 p.m., Classical Music Record Concert. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Herbert Feigl, Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, will lec- ture on the subject, "The Logic of Scientific Explanation," at 4:15 p.m., Tues., Jan. 14, Rackham Amphitheatre; auspices of the De- partment of Philosophy. The pub- lis is invited. 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., Thu'rs., Jan. 16, Rackham Amphitheatre; auspices of the Department of Fine Arts. The public is cordially invited. University Lectures. Dr. T. C. Lin (Lin Tung-chi), A.B. '28, Vis- iting Chinese Professor of the United States Department of State, will lecture on "The Quest of the Chinese Mind" in the Rack- ham Amphitheatre, Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 4:15 p.m., and Friday, Jan. 1'?at 4:15 p.m., under thesaus- pices of the Department of History and the Degree Program in Orien- tal Civilizations. The title of the lectures are as fololows: Jan. 15, "Humanism or Beyond Human- ism?" Why and wherefor the mil- lenial "bella metaphisica" between the Taoists, Buddhists and Confu- cianist and who really won out? Jan. 17, "The Emerging Ethos." Will the contact with the West mean China's total intellectual surrender or the birth of a new synthesis? French Lecture: Prof. E. L. Adams, Romance Language De- partment, will lecture on the sub- ject "Le T h e a t r e Patriotique Francais," at 4:15 p.m., today, Rm. D, Alumni Memorial Hall; auspices of Le Cerle Fiancas. Students in. Wood Technology: Mr. Leo Jiranek, Consultant De- signer will speak onhFurniture De- sign at 11 a.m., Thurs., Jan. 16, East Lecture Room, Rackham Bldg. All Wood Technology stu- dents are expected to attend. Fac- ulty and students of other Depart- ments are invited Academic Notices Mechanical Engineering 170 students: Prof. E. T. Vincent will meet the class on Tues. Jan. 14. History 11, Lecture Sectionl: Final examination Monday, Janu- ary 20, 2-5 p.m. Hyma's and Mc- Culloch'sssections, Rm. G, Haven Hall; Slosson's, Rm. E, Haven Hall; all other sections in Water- man Gymnasium. MaIke-up for those unable to come at this hour, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2-5 p.m., Rm. 322 Haven Hall. Analytical and Inorganic Semi- nar: 5 p.m., Tues., Jan. 14, Rm. 151 Chemistry Bldg. Mr. Oscar Men- is will speak on "The Use of In- dicator Electrodes in Potentiome- tric Titration." Open meeting. Botanical Seminar, 4 p.m., Wed., Jan. 15, Rm. 1139, Natural Sci- ence Bldg. Paper: "The Vegetation of the Region of Rio de Bavispe in Northeastern Sonora, Mexico" by S. S. White. Open meeting. 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." Dynamical Systems Seminar: 3 p.m., Tues., Jan. 14. Rm. 3201, An- gell Hall. Mr. Jerison continues his talk on "Ergodic Theorem." (Cortinued on Page 3) I agree with Mr. Hartman that it is more than regrettable that the proposals for eliminating ra- cial discrimination had to be modified because of the objec- tions of the delegates from the South. It may interest Mr. Hartman to know that two-thirds of the delegates voted the way he would have voted (against com- promise) after a speech very similar to his article was given. However, intelligent leaders at the conference persuaded the delegates to reconsider their rash action, not to be swayed by mere emotion of the moment, and to listen to reason. A most inspiring example of true demo- cracy then took place. Reason and intelligence prevailed and in two hours of heated debate the conference by a three- fourths majority voted for the compromise. These are the reasons: The Negro delegates, practically to a man, were in favor of com- promise with the South. One af- ter another pleaded with the con- vention for respect and under- standing of the South's position, and for the preservation of the U.S. The Southern delegates showed that they believed as deeply in the principles of equality of man as any Northern delegate. But they cannot bring back to their schools radical platforms for the dissolution of state laws and the elimination of discrimination in one blow. Their fellow students, teachers and parents would laugh, and heap abuse upon them, and all the progress they have made so far would b undone for people would distrust them and no longer listen or follow. "Rome was not built in a day." We in the North must be tolerant with our south- ern brethren and allow them to bring reform in the only way it can be brought in the South, by the slow quiet, persistent methods these liberal leaders are using. Both the University of Texas and of Oklahoma are trying to get a Negro into their schools. Once the door is ajar there is reason to believe it may be opened wider. One Texas delegate stated that he and others like him are mem- bers of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Northern students can aid tremendously the cause of these Southern liberals. But first they must show a tolerance and an understanding of the difficul- ties of the great problems facing Southern students in eliminat- ing the racial problem in its stronghold, the South, as Mr. Hartman advises, and ostracize the Southern liberals from .our ranks, the problem will be trip- led for them. . .. We can best help them by allowing them to belong to the National Student Organization from which they can draw confidence, strength and aid for their hard, fight. For too long now in the North we have listened to well-meaning idealists like Mr. Hartman, who confuse the real issues by allowing their emotional idealism to run away with them. Tolerance, un- derstanding, and sympathy for each other's problems, and respect for what each of us is trying to do about these problems' must form the basis of solution of the racial problem and also of a good many world problems... -George Shepherd, Jr lMe, ch ~al El neri1. rF ehru- a E, 17 Graduates: Mr. E. J. Billings of Babcock & Wilcox I University Lecture: J. B. S. H Company, New York, and Barber- dane, F.R.S., Professor of Bior ton, Ohio, will interview for posi- try, University College, Lon tions in that organization Tues- will lecture on the subject, "Ge day, Jan. 14, in the Mech. Eng. tics and the Future of Man,' Dept. Interview schedule is posted 4:15 p.m., Thurs., Jan. 16, Ra on the bulletin board at Room 221 ham Lecture Hall; auspices W. Engr. Bldg. the Laboratory of Vertebrate ology. The public is cordially February 1947 Graduates in vited. Mechanical, Industrial-Mechani- cal and Mettallurgical Engineer- University Lecture: James Hal- me- don, ne- at ack- of Bi- in- SJ. 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 Clayton Dickey...........City Editor Milton Freudenheim .Editorial Director 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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