THE MICHIWAN DAILY FRIDAIL .TANTTAURV '1941&'- , r .. . -. .-.., -I I u1.11 v6YaV1. li, J. 7Y I -Ikll*-Ilt 3EN TO ALL: On Daily Tryouts IN THE LAST election of student members to the Board in Control of Student Pub- lications, John W. Shockley campaigned on the platform, "Purge the Reds from The Daily." The election was held Oct. 29, and Mr. Shoekley was one of the three students elected. Since that time, Mr. Shockley has not "purged" a single member of The Daily staff. Either Mr. Shockley has gotten over his "Red scare" melancholia or else he has bamboozled his constituents. Furthermore, in his campaign statement published in The Daily Oct. 27, Mr. Shockley said: "I stand for stopping The Daily's propo- gation of the leftwing view of news; and for halting the use of The Daily as an instru- ment for disseminating foreign ideologies. I impress upon the electorate the crying necessity of electing Board members who will serve the rank and file of the student body instead of the selfish nepotism of an entrenched regime." Probably because the length of his cam- paign statement was limited (as were those of all other candidates) by The Daily's space requirements, Mr. Shockley was unable to give concrete examples of "leftwing view of news" and "disseminating foreign ideol- ogies." However, Mr. Shockley, as does every Daily reader, has the opportunity to write a Letter to the Editor setting forth his views on any subject. No such letter has been re- ceived from Mr. Shockley. In the latter part of Mr. Shockley's state- ment - in which he refers to "the selfish nepotism of an entrenched regime"-it is not clear just whom he is attacking. But Mr. Shockley should know by now that all appointments to The Daily's junior and senior staffs are made by the Board in Con- trol of Student Publications and that all complaints that "nepotism" and "an en- trenched regime" exist on The Daily should be directed to the Board. We believe with- out reservation that they do not exist, since the responsibility for appointments is in the hands of impartial Board members. Judging from his campaign slogan and his campaign statement, Mr. Shockley had the intent of throttling all expression of opinion in The Daily that did not coincide with his own - a tactic not unknown to totalitarian states. By not "purging" any member of The Daily staff since taking office, he has presumably indicated that he realizes the error of this intent. He has underlined the fact that the opposite sit- uation from the one he depicted in his cam- paign statement exists on The Daily staff. But extensive damage has been done in that the campus has been misled as to how The Daily operates. Therefore, in this announcement to the student body that The Daily's tryout pro- gram for the spring semester, 1947, will begin soon after the semester opens, we wish to emphasize once again that mem- bership on The Daily staff is open to all students regardless of race, color, creed, or political convictions. It is open to Greeks and non-Greeks, to literary stu- dents, engineers, foresters and to members of all other undergraduate schools and colleges of the University. Notice of the first tryout meetings will be published in The Daily's first issue of the spring semester. At the first tryout meet- ings, all students who wish to engage in a worthwhile extra-curricular activity that embodies. service to the University com- munity and offers training for potential journalistic careers, will be welcome. Editorials publish are written by me and represent the NIGHT EDITO ed in The Michigan Daily -Robert Goldman embers of The Daily staff Clayton Dickey views of the writers only, Mlt denheym Milt Freudenheim Paul Harsha RS: Brush and Levine Mary Brush Ann Kutz Slap in the Face .SIDE FROM the increased costs and bookkeeping both for the Veterans Ad-. ministration and the universities involved in the VA's plan requiring veterans to re- port class absences, the introduction of such a system is a slap in the face to mature, intelligent veterans.. The veterans in schools and colleges all over the country are older in years than the regular student body. M~any of them held positions of great responsibility in the armed forces. It seems strange that in view of these facts the VA should institute such a policing system. It is even more startling when one notes that the trend in universities is in the di- rection of less stress on compulsory class attendance. The new ruling here on class outs is an example of this. If college ad- ministrators consider the regular student body capable of determining their own class attendance, the VA should accord the same privilege of discretion to veterans. In spite of the fact that the ruling de- ducting class absences from leave was passed in June, 1945, it is ex post facto in actual practice. Many veterans have been going to school for three semesters, and appar- ently maintaining satisfactory grades, with- out having reported absences to the VA. Now they are suddenly required to give an account of themselves for a past semester, without any previous warning. Veterans, if anything, should be con- sidered more responsible than other stu- dents. Their experiences warrent this. Many of them are getting their educations under conditions of great economic pressure. It should be obvious that they are not going to school for the "fun of it." Veterans' scholastic records prove this. What any student gets out of college cannot be measured by class attendance or by grades, but of the two, grades are by far the better computation and are com- monly accepted. If the government wishes to determine the value being received from its money, the vteran should, be subject only to the same standard of measurement ,as other students. This is already taken care of by the requirement that veterans maintain a satisfactory academic record. Any other criterion is grossly unfair. -Phyllis L. Kaye ON WORLD AFFAIRS: Yankee Traders By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER ABASIC change in the eastern European situation is reported to me by an Amer- ican expert in international affairs who has just returned from two years in that region. I quote: "At the bottom of the new situation lies the vast devastation inflicted upon the So- viet Union by the Germans. The Nazis systematically went about their work of making the areas they abandoned unlive- able. In parts of southern Russia, the Ukraine and White Russia they succeeded. Not only is there no industry or ma- chinery or tools left in vast areas but in some regions there is no housing at all. In parts of White Russia thousands of poor people are living in primitive, im- provised shelters, In. some Soviet cities the level of food available has tempor- arily dropped to eight hundred calories a day-hardly more than half that of "starving Vienna." "More than at any time since the Bol- sheviks took power, they need aid from abroad and they need maximum manpower. For this reason, they are: a) concentrating on getting every single scrap of available "reparations from the countries they oc- cupy; b) angling for American assistance by showing how sweetly reasonable they can be; and c) withdrawing their gigantic armies from occupied countries in order to put the men to work. "Within Russia the new five-year plan is meeting horrible difficulties because there is so little left to start with. Hence the re- peated purges. Moreover, Soviet soldiers are returning from abroad with open eyes and a disruptive spirit of independence. Former Soviet marshals have been deprived of theirs commands and cannot get civilian jobs where they might "influence people." The infamous NKVD has been divided into two organizations so that each should watch the other. "The morale of the Soviet armies abroad, with the exception of that in Bulgaria, is frankly bad. Soviet soldiers go AWOL into other occupied zones. They fraternize with Russian-speaking foreigners and growse about home conditions to them. "Within a reasonably short time, the Red Armies should be completely out of Bulgaria, Roumania, Hungary and Aus- tria. Therefore they are seeking feverishly to consolidate in these areas before they leave communist-dominated 'friendly' gov- ernments that can stand by themselves. This explains the recent wave of terror in Bulgaria and the present terror in Hungary. Whether, without direct Soviet support such regimes can stand in any of these countries is anybody's guess. "The overshadowing fact in each and ev&y country where the Red Army has been - excepting Czechoslovakia - is hatred of Moscow and of the Moscow-made puppet regime. "The Red Army will not pull out of Po- land or relax its hold on Czechoslovakia- deemed necessary for defense against Ger- many. Conclusion: For the first time, the wes- tern powers are going into negotiations with the Soviet Union -over Germany and Aus- tria-holding the high cards. We no long- er have to buy Russia to "stay in the war" as we did in eastern Europe) or to "enter the war" (as we did in the Far East). This time the Soviets are bn the asking end. They want what we can give - maximum reparations, maximum assistance in the way of credits and merchandise, maximum tranquility in all areas of contributing to Soviet reconstruction. (Copyright, 1947, N.Y. Post Syndicate) Columnists COMPETITION is now open to editorial columnists, music, book and record reviewers who wish to write for The Daily this spring. Articulate students representing every shade of opinion are urged to submit sample columns. 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 Freudenheim (editorial director) DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 1 (Continued from Page 3 rolled in the current term should call for Spring term registration material at Rm. 244, W. Engineer- ing Bldg., beginning Tuesday, Jan. 21, t4rom 9 to 12 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Registration Material: College of Architecture. Students may ob- tain registration materials from their counselors February 4. Registration Material: School of Forestry. Students may obtain registration materials January 27 in Rm. 2048 Natural Science. School of Business Administra- tion-Transfer students who have been admitted on a provisional basis for the spring semester must secure a permit to register from Assistant Dean Taggert sometime between the completion of final exaiain t nd elissfic t ion I Letters to the Editor.. Required Hygiene Lectures For Women--1947: All first and second semester freshman women are required to attend a series of health lectures which are to be given the second semester. Upper- class students wio were in the University as freshmen and who did not fulfill the requirements are requested to do so this term. Enroll for these lectures by turning in a class card at the time of regular classification at Waterman Gymnasium. Satisfactory completion of this course (or of P.H.P. 100; elective, 3 hours credit) is a graduation re- cj uirement. Lecture Schedule Section I-First Lecture, Mon., Feb. 17, 4:15-5:15, N.S. Aud. Subsequent Lectures Successive Mondays, 4:15-5:15, N.S. Aud. Examination, Mon., Mar. 31, 4:15-5:15. N.E. And. Section II-First Lecture, Tues., U A li iiaLilii) tlli ; 's7711Ci~rifi tFeb. 18, 4:15-5:15, N.S. Aud. .SubsequentLectures, Successive .pnm t Tuesdays, 4:15-5:15, N.S. Aud. Students graduating in Febru- Examination, Tues., April 1, ary who have employments lists 4:15-5:15, N.S. Aud. at the Bureau of Appointments __ are reminded to pick them up be- English 1-Final Examination fore they leave school. Students -Schedcule: who have not yet taken jobs are Wed., Jan. 22 2-5 p.m. invited to come in and look over Amend, 3Haven ; Bacon, B Hay- our calls. 201 Mason Hall. en; Bingley, B. Haven; M. Brad- shaw, 4203 AH; Burd, 2225 AH; Men Graduating in February: Calver, 201 UH; Carlson, 1018 AH, Mr. Bjarklund of Sears Roebuck Crockett, 202 Ec; Cummins, 205 and Company will be at the Bu- M11 , reau of Appointments, 201 Mason Dewey, 205 MH; Duvall, 2051 Hall, Tuesday. Jan. 21, to inter- view men who are interested in training for store managers, mer- chandising, accounting, and engi- neers to train for purchasing. Call extension 371 for an appointment. Willow Run Village Program: West Court Community Bldg. Fri., Jan. 17. 8 p.m., Classieal Music Record Concert. 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 lecture Friday, Jan. 17 at 4:15 p.m., Rackham Amphithea- tre, under the auspices of the De- partment of History and the De- gree Program in Oriental Civiliza- tions. The title of the lecture is as follows: "The Emerging Ethos." Will the contact with the West mean China's total intellectual surrender or the birth of a new synthesis? Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Wil- liam Donald Knight, Economics; thesis: "Subsidization of Industry in Forty Selected Cities in Wiscon- sin 1930-1946," Saturday, Jan. 18, at 9 a.m., 105 Economics Bldg. Chairman, L. L. Watkins. Algebra Seminar: 4:15 p.m., Fri., Jan. 17, Rm. 3201, Angell Hall. Prof. R. M. Thrall will speak on "Madular Lattices." Biological Chemistry Seminar: The Seminar assigned for January 10, "The Evaluation of the Nu- tritive Efficiency of Proteins" will be given on Friday, Jan. 17, Rm., 319, W. Medical Bldg., 3 p.m. Seminar on Compressible Flow: 3 p.m., Rm. 247, W. Engineering Bldg. Dr. R. C. F. Bartels will speak on "Solutions of the Equa- tions on an Adiabatic Gas Flow." Qualified seniors and graduate students interested in taking 194, Reading Course in Latin-Ameri- can Studies, please leave names, at once, at 112 Romance Lan- guages. Freshman Health Lectures For Men: It is a University require- ment that all entering freshmen take, without credit, a series of lec- tures on Personal & Community Health and to pass an examina- tion on the content of those lec- tures. Transfer students with freshman standing are also re- quired to take the course unless they have had a similar course elsewhere. Upper classmen who were here as freshmen and who did not fulfill the requirements are requested to do so this semester. These lectures are not required of veterans. The lectures will be given in Room 25, Angell Hall at 5:00 p.m. and repeated at 7:30 p.m. as per the following schedule. Lecture No. 1, Mon., Feb. 10 Lecture No. 2, Tues., Feb. 11 Lecture No. 3, Wed., Feb. 12 Lecture No. 4, Thurs., Feb. 13 Lecture No. 5, Mon., Feb. 17 Lecture No. 6, Tues., Feb. 18 Lecture No. 7 (examination), Wed., Feb. 19. Please note that attendance is required and roll will be taken. MH: Fleming, 1035 AH; Hawkins, 2235 AH: Hirsh, 25 AH; Howard, 1025 AH; Karsten. 1025 AH; Kelly, 25 AU; Kert. 25 AH; LaDue, 101 Ec; Lean, 18 A; Madden, 1007 AU; Maliche, B Haven; McClen- nen, 1025 AH; McKean, C Haven; McLarty, D Haven; Merriman, D. Haven; Moon, 1018 Al; Muehl, 206 UH: Norton, 2029 AH: O'Don- oboe. 101 Ec: Perkins, 2003 AH: Phillips, 4208 All; Plumer, 2203 AH; Puglisi, 1025 AH; D. Riepe, 3209 AH; P. Riepe, 215 Ec; Randall, 2082 NS; Rock, 101 Ec.; J. Shedd, 1035 AH; Sparrow. 2219 AH; Stacy, 2003 NS; Stevenson, 3116 NS; Stocking, 207 Ec; Swarthout, 102 Ec; Tag- gart, 2013 AHU; Thornbury, 229 AH; Waggener, 3011 AH; C. Weaver, C Haven; Wells, 2225 AH; Whan, 2054 NS; Wolfinger, 203 UH; Wunsch, 104 Ec. English 2-Final Examination Schedule ' 2 Wed., Jan. 22, 2-5 p.m. Allen, NS Aud; Boys, NS Aud; J. Bradshawv, NS Aud; J. Culbert, NS Aud; T. Culbert, 3017 AH; Ed- wards. NS Aud; Engel, G. Haven; Everett, 3011 AH; Gram, NS Aud; Johnston, E Haven; Jones 1121 NS; Murry, NS Aud; Needham, 2231 AH; Park, NS Auditorium; Perkins, 2003 AH; Rich, 225 AH;Savage. 2231 AH; R. Shedd. W. Gallery, AMH; E. Stan- lis, 4003 AH; P. Stanlis, W Gal- lery, AMH; Swift, W Gallery, AMH; Wolfson, W Gallery, AMH. English 85 final examination will be in 2014 AH, Thursday p.m., January 30. English 149 final examination will be in 2014 AH, Monday p.m., January 27. Room Assignments for German 1, 2, 31, 32 final examinations to be held Saturday, January 25, 1947, 2-5 p.m. German 1, sec. 1, Gaiss, B H; German 1, sec 2, Philippson, 2225, AU German 1, sec. 3, Willey, 3017 AH;; German1,.sec.4,Graf,DAlum- ni Hall; German 1, sec. 5, Philipp- son, 2225 AH; German 1, sec. 6, Pott, 2003 AU; German 1, sec. 7, Reichart, 206 UH; German 1, sec. 8, Van Duren, G HH; German 1, sec. 9, Braun, 101 Ec.; German 1, sec. 10, Gaiss, B HH; German 1, sec. 11, Thomas, E. HH; German 1, sec. 12, Bettger, C HH; German 1, sec. 13, Fihn, 35 AH; German 1, sec. 14, Dewey, 205 M; German 1, sec. 15, Brown, 1025 AH; German 1, sec. 16, Yates, 2003 AH; German 1, sec. 17, Bettger, 2231 AH; Ger- man 1, sec. 18. Fihn, 35 AH; Ger- man 1, sec. 19, Van Zwoll, 1025 AH; German 1, sec. 20, Kahan, C HH; German 1, sec. 21, Reiss, D HH. German 2, sec. 1, Yates, 2003 AH; German 2, sec. 2. Brown, 1025 AU; German 2, sec. 3, Norton, 1025 AH; German 2, sec. 4, Willey, 3017 AH; German 2, sec. 5, Gaiss, B HH; German 2, sec. 6, Thomas, 35 AH; German 2, sec. 7, Fihn, 2231 AH; German 2, sec. 8, Striedieck, b Alumni Hall; German 2, sec. 9, Brown, 1025 AH; German 2, sec. 10, Braun, 101 Econ.; German 2, sec. 11, Kahan, C HH; German 2, sec. 12, Binger, 205 MH. German 31, sec. 1, Binger, 205 MH; German 31, sec. 2, Eaton, B HH; German 31, sec. 3, Brown, 1025 AH; German 31, sec. 4, Braun, 101 Econ; German 31, see. 5,1 Kahan, C HH; German 31, sec. 6, 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. Student Conference To the Editor: ALTHOUGH I believe it was certainly worthwhile for the Editors of The Daily to print the series of articles dealing with the Chicago Student Conference, Dec. 27-29, I am sorry to say Mr. Walsh distortec the proceedings in a number of important ways. I do not accuse Walsh of anything but being: overzealous and sensational., to the point of frequently slip- ping from the facts. He has what I call "the UN complex." "The UN complex" is reporting and blowing up American-Soviet dis- cord, whileAmerican-Soviet agree- ment on any issue is buried on the eighth page. Nothing but dis- agreement has news value.Any- way, I'd like to say first that I attended the Conference myself and sat in on a number of panels, caucuses, and plenary sessions. In the first place the reporter's confused and inadequate handling on the issue of discrimination at the Conference in his reporting has already led to an editorial writer on The Daily, Bob Hart- man by name, going off half- cocked and blasting the Confer- ence for "Racial Hypocrisy." Mr. Hartman is not to be blamed but rather the reporter's mythical "shadow of the Confederacy" hanging over the Conference. Walsh's statement that the South- ern delegates threatened to walk out is absolutely false in the first place. The Southerners clearly ex- plained that they wanted to be part of the NSO and that the very strong resolution on working to repeal Southern discriminatory laws would make exposing the Southern white students to other American students, who felt Gaiss, B HH; German 31, sec 7, Binger, 205 MH. German 32, sec. 1, Raschen, 203 UH; German 32, sec. 2, Graf 201 UH; German 32, sec. 3, Philippson, 203 UH;,German 32, sec. 4, Reich- art, 206 UH. History 11, Lecture Section 11: Final examination Monday, Janu- ary 20, 2-5 p.m. Hyma's and Mc- Culloch's "sections, Rm. G, Haven Hall; losson's, Rm. E, Haven Hall; all other sections in Water- man Gymnasium. Make-up for those unable to come at this hour, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2-5 p.m., Rm. 322 Haven Hall. History 49: Final Examination January 28, 2-5 p.m. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Natural Science Audito- rium; Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 1025 An- gell Hall. Journalism 91: The Journalism Department will repeat Journalism 91 the second semester for the benefit of transfer juniors who were not able to take it during the first semester. Election should be made through the Journalism Of- fice, 213 Haven Hall. Philosophy 34 Sections which meet on Tuesday at 11 (Nos. 3 and 4) will take the examination in 1Rm. 2029 Angell Hall. Sections which meet Thursday at 11 (Nos. 12 and 13) will take the examination in Rm. 2219 Angell Hall. All other sections come to 348 West Engineering Building. Political Science 51, examina tion. Wednesday, January 29, 2 p.m. Sections 1 and 2 (Mr. Laing) in Rm. 1025 A.H. Sections 3 (Mr. Lederle) in Rm. 2003 A.H. Political Science 85, Examina- tion. Monday, January 27, 9 a.m. Rm. 101 Economics Bldg. Political Science 150 will not be given in the spring semester. Sociology 90: The hours listed for this course in the Time Sched- ule for the second semester are in- correct. Section 1 will meet MF at 8 in 307 H.H. and W at '8 in 3003 A.H. Section 2 will meet TTh at 8 in 307 HH and S at 8 in 3003 A.H. Speech 31 and 32 Final Examir nations:, Examinations will be given Thursday, January 23, 2-5 p.m. as -follows: Okey, 31-1 and 31-16, 2003 AH; Rittenour, 31-2 and 3124, 2225 AH; Cairns, 31-3 and 31-5, Waterman Gymnasium; Thomas, 31-6, 4203 AH; McMonagle, 31-7, 31-10, 31-15, and 31-17, 25 AH; Quimby, 31-8 and 31-21, 2231 AH; Currie. 31-9.and 31-11, 221 Dental School; iCoitinued on Page 5) strongly opposed to Jim-Crow, impossible in the future. The Southern delegates proved their integrity when they announced on the floor they would hold inter-' racial meetings with Negro col- leges on the regional level in the South-despite the laws of sev- eral States. They further proved their honesty in electing a Negro delegate Chairman of the North or South Carolina Region before the discussion took place on the. resolution. The feeling of the Conference on as a whole, despite Mr. Walsh evidently, was that the Southerners were not only per- sonally unbiased people, but also students who more correctly than we Northerners were being real- istic on the question of how we are going to change the institu- tionalized Jim-Crow of the South. This most important point was not only missed by the Daily's report- er, but his articles left the reader with exactly the opposite impres- sion. Another very important phase of the Conference Walsh misre- ported has to do with American participation in the International Union of Students (I.U.S.). He implied first that the issue was compromised. This is not so be- cause the majority and minority reports to the panel that handled this problem correctly pointed out that the National Continuations Committee could not affiliate to the I.U.S. Therefore, the maxi- mum that the Conference itself could do before the N.S.O. is form- ed this June is send Bill Ellis, of Harvard, to the February meeting of the I.U.S. Executive Board. Further Walsh completely twist- ed a fact again when he said the Catholic students' position was "It's Communist dominated, we're against it." I personally heard Martin McLaughlin, of the Uni- versity Section, Catholic Nation- al Youth Council, introduce and fight for a resolution that con- tained this statement. "Whereas there is general agreement on the principle of participation in the I.U.S." etc. The main point, again missed by Walsh, made by all viewpoints on this question was the N.S.O. is the only body that can decide this question. I don't wish to continue further pointing up the additional errors in the articles but I do think it important to give my general im- pression of the Conference as dis- tinct from the author of the Daily series. The fact that nearly 700. delegates and observers, from 295 colleges, and 22 national student organizations met in the first place is far more important than was pointed out. This meeting is ac- tually historic in the American Student Movement and represents the largest and broadest group of students ever assembled from our universities and colleges. Next, despite Walsh's pessimism, the meeting actually ended on a tone of solidarity and determination to build a democratic student organi- zation representing 2 million col- lege youth. A real spirit of unity and eagerness to found an organ- ization that would strive to ful- fill the many needs like housing, facilities of all kinds, free access to education regardless of race or creed, international student two- way travel to help understanding, increased wages for instructors, mobilization of students, with other strata of our people, to fight for lasting peace, and many more. The atmosphere in short, as we let Chicago, foreshadowed a powerful, broad and dynamic student move- ment in the America which stu- dents at Michigan can and must take a part in building. -Jack Gore 4b, 41 1 11 f 'I 11 Prospects of War F OURTEEN HUNDRED of the nation's top industrialists and almost every high ranking army officer in Washington will meet behind closed doors in Chicago this weekend to discuss the prospects of war with the Soviet Union in five years. The occasion will be the joint meeting of the chemical warfare association and the army ordnance association. High on the agenda for hush-hush discussion panels are such subjects as the Soviet Union as a potential enemy of the United States, re- cent developments in atomic and bacterio- logical weapons, and the need for dispersal of industrial plants in modern totalitarian warfare. General Eisenhower will deliver a con- fidential talk to this group today. One of my history profs once said that there are two kinds of wars - wars of tension and wars of intention. Regardless of our feelings toward Russia - be they favorable or unfavorable - two facts must be recognized. 1. Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union at this time intends or de- sires war against the other. 2. The tension, which already exists be- tween the two nations, can very well lead to war, if that tension is increased suf- ficiently by talk and plans for war. 'D RATHER BE RIGHT: That this closed door conference of our industrial and military leaders in Chicago will increase the tension, the mistrust, and the fear on both sides cannot be denied. Imagine, if you can, what its effect will be on the Soviet people. Imagine what we would think if 1,400 Soviet industrial and military leaders met in Moscow to discuss the prospects of war with the United States in five years. Such talk of war by our militarists and industrialists makes doubly hard the task of our diplomats who, we assume, are try- ing to avert war and to build a strong United Nations to preserve the peace. How can we expect the Soviet leaders to take seriously any peace proposal that General Marshall might offer when Marshall's own former subordinates are planning for war with them in five years? There is today a need for understand- ing. Instead both nations are planning, arming, and grabbing bases in prepara- tion for war. Such actions can only in- crease the tension and lead to a war which neither nation wants. If the American people are intent upon their desire for peace, they would do well to put a check on their mliitary and indus- trial leaders who are at this very moment planning for the next war. -Walt Hoffmann 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 Rutz...........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 ....Busliest Managel Evelyn Mills ......Associate Business Manager Military iplomats By SAMUEL GRAFTON ONE COMMENTATOR asks woefully why we do not have enough civilian talent to fill the high government posts to which President Truman has lately been appoint- from our bi-partisan "harmony" approach to foreign policy. One result of the har- mony between Mr. Truman and the Re- publicans is a certain thinning out of governmental policy. The firmer the har- BARNABY ".- .N ~.I -~ ~J - A, I