P~AGEm FUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY _ _ _ _ _ v _ . _ _ &r3tigan E& Fifty-Eighth Year E s Edited and managed by students of the Uni- versity of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff John Campbell................Managing Editor Clyde Recht........................City Editor Stuart Finlayson ................Editorial Director Eunice Mintz ....................Associate Editor Lida Dailes......................Associate Editor Dick Kraus ..........................Sports Editor Bob Lent..................Associate Sports Editor Joyce Johnson..................Women's Editor Betty Steward ..........Associate Women's Editor Joan de Carvajal ..................Library Director Business Staff Nancy Helmick ...................General Manager Jeanne Swendeman......... Advertising Manager Edwin Schneider .................Finance Manager Melvin Tick .................Circulation Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication of all new dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this news- paper. All rights of re-publication of all other mnatters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Mich- igan, as second class mail matter. Subscription during the regular school year by carrier, $5.00, by mail, $6.00. Member, Assoc. Collegiate Press, 1947-48 Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: FRED SCHOTT No Students IT IS INTERESTING to note the makeup of the University Committee on Student Conduct which has imposed this latest rule on the conduct of students. The cohrmnittee, which reworded the con- duct regulations on drinking and social af- fairs is entirely a faculty group. Students had no part in the recent interpretation of the rules which have brought such a storm of protest. The Committee consists of: First - three members of the University Senate, appoint- ed by the president of the University. The University Senate is a faculty group. Second - the Dean of Women. Third - the Deans of the various schools of the University. Fourth - Chairman, the Dean of Stu- dents. Thus an all faculty group has decided what the best interest of the students are. In the official wording of this rule the Uni- versity Committee on Student Conduct says " . ..The presence or use of liquor in stu- dent quarters has a tendency to impair stu- dent morale and .. . is contrary to the best interests of the student." Perhaps the presence of several students on this conduct committee might have help- ed to produce a'workable rule. -Dick Maloy b. .d ON WORLD AFFAIRS: TheIlidault Request BILL MAULDIN Letters to the Editor. By STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON -- When French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault visited Wash- ington some days ago, he expressed a curious optimism. He acknowledged that the results (4oih ted Penh AMERICANS treat their children the way the English treat their pet lap dogs. Dr. William Stephenson, director of Ox- ford University's Experimental Psychology Institute made this statement in a lecture here three weeks ago. Dr. Stephenson's view was illustrated notably Thursday when the Office of the Dean of Women added another clause to its string of maternalistic rulings intend- ed to save Michigan coeds from the perils of thinking for themselves. In the past the Dean of Women's office has seen fit to tell woman students when they must go to bed at night. The office has told University women what they may and may not wear; slacks and shorts are verboten on campus, for example. These rulings apply of course to the re- latively restricted area covered by Uni- versity property. In another segment of students' social life, thelongharm of Mother Maize and Blue follows them all over the state. This is the controversial automobile driving ban. Within Ann Arbor and vicin- ity, justifications for this rule are apparent, although in principle the ruling is obnox- ious. But the limitation on student driving throughout the state fits in more closely with other child-guiding regulations. Latest ruling is of course the re-worded drinking ban, together with an enlarged in- terpretation of the University party re- strictions. Students should know that these rules were altered and re-interpreted by a com- mittee of deans. STUDENTS WERE NOT REPRESENTED. The interpretation was handed down from above. The new rules mean that the Campus Cop, busy on his rounds of checking the car driving ban, will take on a new task. He will break up student parties. According to University rules, NO STUDENT MAY JOIN HIS FRIENDS OF BOTH SEXES FOR A PARTY, DANCE OR PICNIC, EXCEPT WITH A DEAN'S OK. Don't make any mistake about it. If you and your date take some food to Burns Park with another couple, you are break- ing the University law. The law, of course, was made and will be enforced only "for the good of- the students." The Word on what is good for you may be obtained from the nearest dean. The Universit is particularly interested in parties where students drink. Although state law in Michigan sanctions drinking by any person of age, the University ob- viously regards students as over-grown child- ren. You have heard the University's latest ruling. What are you going to do about it? My guess is that if you are an adult who does his own thinking, you will join with others to demand withdrawal of the rule. If you are the kind of a student the Uni- versity thinks you are, you will prepare for the next step, logically, in regulations. You will comply with the University Rule of To- morrow by asking a dean's permission before you get a date for the next Union dance. -Milt Freudenheim Unbalanced Probe CONGRESS, through the efforts of two of its more wary members, has scceeded in exempting itself from the kind of investiga- tion it makes so much noise about when it is directed at other, less privileged citizens. Reps. Clare E. Hoffman, (R., Mich.) and Fred E. Busbey, (R., Ill.) were irate when they discovered that the Civil Service Commission's loyalty files contain refer- ences to them and some of their fellow Congressmen. They were so angry that they convinced the Civil Service Com- mission that all cards in the loyalty files referring to members of Congress must be destroyed. Both Busbey and Hoffman made them- selves popular with unsavory characters like William. Dudley Pelley and Gerald L. K. Smith during the war. In the 1944 campaign it was Busbey who used his franking privil- ege to send out thousands of postcards warn- ing that if Roosevelt were reelected, the country would be turned over to the Com- munissts, and adding the juicy morsel that Sidney Hillman's wife's maiden name was Bessie Abramowitz. In addition to the squawk it has raised, the inquiry last week disclosed that the Civil Service Commission has in its files about three quarters of a million cards giving "leads" on persons who might some day apply for federal jobs, material stored up for cross checking whenever it may become useful. This file may conceivably become the basis for an exceedingly un- pleasant system of thought-policing. But after all, what the Commission is do- ing is no more than what Hoffman and Bus- bey, and others of similar ilk want: they are will be disastrous if France fails to get some dollar aid within the next few weeks. Yet, after conferences with President Harry S.. Truman and Under Secretary of State Rob- ert Lovett, he remarked to the press that he felt "confident and epcouraged." The source of this optimism has been puzzling observers here ever since. The fact is that Bidault repeated in Washington a request which had already been made in Paris, where French officials have approached Under Secretary of State Will Clayton and Secretary of the Treas- ury John Snyder. Bidault's request was sympathetically received, although no committments were made. Bidault and his government have asked that the names and balances of French citizens with dol- lar holdings in the United States be made known to the French government. This French request has served to focus attention on a curious situation. American technicians who have been studying the matter are not yet ready to shout "Eureka." But the more daring are inclined to believ that this situation may hold the key to a way out of the terrible impasse on the tim- ing of foreign aid which confronts the Ad- ministration. For the American government either holds or controls sums running into billions of dollars which were or still are the property of Europeans. And what more logical than to use this European money to save Europe? The money falls into three categories. First, there is cash seized from enemy aliens. This sum is held by the Alien Prop- erty Custodian, and amounts to about $125,000,000. Next there are assets not in the form of cash, such as the General Aniline and Film Corporation, also seized as enemy property and held by the Alien Property Custodian. No one knows how much this sort of property might bring, but there are guesses that it might be worth as much as half a billion dollars. The property in these two categories is actually owned by the United States. That in the third category is not. It consists of the assets of foreign nationals. These assets were blocked during the war. The great majority of the foreigners whose dollar holdings were thus frozen have not asked for their release. This is largely because the dollars would then be exchanged by their governments for comparatively worthless European currency, and in these days a European prefers frozen dollars to liquid francs or lira. No one in Washington seems to know just how much such blocked Euro- pean money there is in the United States, but there are probably inflated estimates that it amounts to more than three billion dollars. Inevitably, each of these three categories of European money has its own special legal bug, as a potential source of imme- diate aid to western Europe. First, al- though the $125,000,000 of seized cash is owned by the government, there will cer- tainly be legal claims against it. Second, there is now a case before the Supreme Court, brought by Swiss interests, as to whether the seized non-cash assets can be used before the determination of each case on its merits --which would take years. Finally, the biggest legal bug concerns the frozen holdings of foreign nationals. For if the timid Snyder were to comply with the French request, he would almost cer- tainly soon have a number of law suits on his hands. The banks in which the bal- ances were held would claim, with some justice, that the government had illegally ruptured the confidential relationship be- tween American banks and their depositors. In these circumstances, a bold step is receiving serious consideration here. It has been proposed that the frozen balances be seized in entirety, and turned over to Alien Property Custodian as United States property. It is believed that the legal au- thority for this action exists. A kitty, per- haps of several billion dollars, would thus be created. The President is authorized to use such money "in the national inter- est." Under the Presidential authority a part of this kitty could thus be used for the essential immediate aid which France and Italy must have, if their economies are not to explode, well before Congress can reasonably be expected to act. Such a step would be daring. It would certainly cause trouble, and trouble is some- thing which certain Administration officials seem determined to avoid, quite literally at any cost. Certain banks, in self-protection, would sue to enjoin the government from acting. Europeans whose toes had been stepped on would howl blue murder. All sorts of unpleasant risks would have to be taken. Yet far greater risks were taken when, for example, the destroyer deal was pushed through, and the need now is at least as great as it was then. Moreover it would certainly strike Americans as plain common sense that dollar-rich Europeans, however, reluctantly, should shoulder part of the in- itial burden of European reconstruction. (Copyright 1947, New York Herald Tribune) "Just when we wuz gittin' so we could hear a plane without cringin' . .." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN EDITOR'S NOTE: Because The Daily printsvery letter to the editor re- Cceived (which is signed, 300 words or less in length, and in good taste) we remind our readers that the views expressed in letters are those of the writers only. Letters of more than 300 words are shortened, printed or omitted at the discretion of the edi- torial director. What Next? To the Editor: IN REGARD to the revised rules of conduct. The two burning questions of the day would seem to be: 1) "Why?" and 2) "What do we do now?" These are perfectly good ques- tions, it will be agreed, and I would like to try to lighten the burden of student curiosity with some logical solutions. As to the first question, however, I can give no real answer, but can only ob- scure the issue slightly by point- ing out that Carrie Nation posi- tively is not and never was a mem- ber of the Dean of Women's of- fice, but that the WCTU is car- rying on an extensive infiltration campaign in the Middle West. To those who wonder, though, concerning what to do at their weekend soirees, now that even Ann Arbor's nut-brown near-beer is forbidden them, I offer a few rather diffused rays of hope. Af- ter an extensive survey, which has consumed twenty years and the better part of a barrel of cambric tea, I believe I am the best authority living on liquorless night life. Hence, these few em- piric conclusions: Mixed doily-crotcheting can be fun for chaperones and guests alike . . . The effect of intoxica- tion, if desired can be gained by mashing ordinary poppy-seeds in- to a paste, and smoking this in an ordinary bubble pipe ... By far the best plan for a fine party, however, is a little game which I modestly take credit for inventing. It is entitled "Little Men, What Next?" and is ridicu- ulously simple to play. Everyone sits around in a large circle and each, in turn, tries to think of what bright idea the authorities will come up with next. The re- sults are recorded, and compared with the DOB when the board has deliberated again. The winner re- ceives a case of orange pop andj indefinite suspenpion from the University. For real, honest-to- goodness enjoyment, this game beats "Farmer in the Dell" all hollow, and should have a great vogue in the arid future. -Doug Parker ** * Moral SupremaCy To the Editor: HAVE OBSERVED with interest the latest University regula- tions regarding student conduct. Am sure the next edict will read: "Students are henceforth for- bidden to attend any functions at which oysters or olives are served." -George R. Zuckerman Ticket Tie-In Sale quate supervision. and they are denied. Rules are established, but seldom invoked. Authorities wink openly at standards of conduct which cannot be refuted save by those of innately wicked mind, yet our disciplinary boards are inactive. We cannot long endure, who spuin virtue and espouse vice. Strong drink must be entirely cast out: customs of dress must be enforced by implacable public opinion: and the shocking con- duct seen everywhere in boy- and- girl relationships must be dealt with with the utmost severity. Our opportunity is at hand, to endear ourselves to all the righteous, WE DARE NOT FAIL! --Harold T. Walsh New Rule? To the Editor: CURRENT MOVIES (Continued from Page 3) feet. These new applications and changes become effective Decem- ber 5, with the first payroll deduc- tion on November 30. After Octo- ber 15, no new applications or changes can be accepted until April 1948. The School of Education Test- ing Program: Thurs., Oct. 16, Rackham Bldg., 4:30-6-15 and 7:45-10 p.m. This testing pro- gram is intended for all teacher's certificate candidates. The Municipal Civil Service Commission of New York an- nounces ,that it will receive appli- cations for Playground Director, either men or women, from Octo- ber 7 to October 24. Applicants must be bona fide residents of New York City for at least three years immediately preceding appoint- ment. For further information call at the Bureau of Appoint- ments and Occupational Informa- tion, 201 Mason Hall. Placement: Registration mate- rial may be obtained at the Bu- reau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, during office hours (9:00 to 12:00 and 2:0 to 4:00) on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. This applies to Feb- ruary, June, and August graduates as well as to graduate students or staff members who wish to regis- ter and who will be available for positions next year. The Bureau has two placement divisions: Teacher Placement and General 1Placement. The General Division includes service to people seeking positions in business, industry, and professions other than teach- ing. Only one registration period will be held during the current school year. Blanks must be returned one week from the date they are taken out. Students are urged to regis- ter as soon as possible, as employ- ers are already making appoint- ments to come for interviews. United States Civil Service An- nouncements have been received at the Bureau of Appointments for 1. Junior Professional Assist- ant (Fields include Administra- tion Technician, Archeologist, As- tronomer, Bacteriologist, Chemist, Economist, Engineer, Geographer, Legal Assistant,Librarian, Mathe- matician, Metallurgist, Patent Examiner, Physicist, Psychologist, Social Science Analyst, and Sta- tistician). Salary, $2,644 year. Closing date November 4. 2. Junior Agricultural Assistant -Salary, $2,644 year. Closing date Novembe'r 4. 3. Library Assistant - Salary, $2,168 and $2,394 year. Closing date November 12. For complete information, call at the Bureau of Appointments. University Community Center: 1045 Midway, Willow Run Village. Wed., Oct. 15, 8:00 p.m. The Bikini film sponsored by the In- terdenominational Church. Thurs., Oct. 16, 8:00 p.m., The New Art Group. Textile painting, ceramics, drawing from life and still life. Fri., Oct. 17, 8:00 p.m., Bridge. Lectures University Lecture: Mr. Arthur Young, formerly Vice-President in charge of Industdial Relations of the United States Steel Cor- poration, will lecture on the sub- ject, "The Challenge of Industrial Relations Today," at 4 p.m., Thurs., Oct. 16, Rm. 1025, Angell Hall; auspices of the Bureau of Industrial Relations. The public is cordially invited. University Lecture: Professor Pierre Lavedan, of the Department of Histoxy of Art of the Sorbonne, will lecture on the subject, "Contemporary Problems of Urbanism in France" (illus- trated; in French), at 4:15 p.m., Mon., Oct. 20, Rackham Amphi- theatre; auspices of the Depart- ment of Fine Arts. The public is invited. Lecture Course Season Tickets are now on sale at the box office; Hill Auditorium and may be pur- chased through Oct. 23. Tickets for the first four lectures will be placed on sale Oct. 21. The com- plete course of seven distinguished attractions includes Walter Dur- anty and H. R. Knickerbocker, de- bating "Can Russia Be Part of One World?" Oct. 23; Jacques Cartier, unique one-man theatre in "Theatre Cavalcade," Nov. 3; Rear-Adm. Richard E. Byrd, "Dis- covery," with motion pictures, Nov. 20; Miss Jane Cowl, "An Actress Meets Her Audience," Nov. 25; Julien Bryan, "Russia Re-vis- ited," with motion pictures, Jan. 13; John Mason Brown, "Broad- way in Review," Jan. 22; Hon. Arthur Bliss Lane, "Our Foreign Policy-Right or Wrong?" Feb. 10. The auditorium box office hours are from 10-1, 2-5 daily except Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Academic Notices Psychology 31: No movie or demonstration this week, Tues., Oct. 14. Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Tues., Oct. 14, 4:15 p.m., Rm. 3011, Angell Hall. Dr. B. J. Lockhart will speak. Botanical Seminar: 4 p.m., Wed., Oct. 15, Rm. 1139, Natural Science Bldg. Paper: "Cactaceae of the Zacapa Desert, Guatemala," by Elzada U. Clover. Open meet- ing. Seminar in Engineering Me- chanics: 4 p.m., Tues., Oct. 14, Rm. 406, W. Engineering Bldg. Mr. J. L. Edman will continue his discussion of the theory es- capement mechanisms of clocks with special attention to the mini- mizing of time errors. Geometry Seminar: Wed., Oct. 15, 2 p.m., 3001, Angell Hall. Mr. Charles Buck will speak on "Ster- ographic Projection of Clifford Parallels." German Departmental make-uP examinations for 1, 2, 31, 35 and 36, Oct. 21, 2 p.m., Rm. 204, Univ. Hall. It is required that all desir- To the Editor: At the Michigan WELCOME STRANGER, with Bing Cros- by, Barry Fitzgerald and Joan Caulfield. THE CROSBY - FITZGERALD one - two punch scores another box office knock- out, and a great big welcome mat goes out for WELCOME STRANGER. Director Elliot Nugent has picked up exactly where Leo McCarey left off in Going My Way, and the songwriting team of Burke and Van Huesen is back, providing Der Bingle with plenty of ammunition to mow down the customers. For a change, here is a movie which doesn't try to teach any great lesson; it simply tells a good story, and tells it well. In addition, it has a quality of warmth and actuality, and the actors convey, with re- markable ease, a certain sincerity which is often so difficult to get across. Bing Crosby is the greatest thing to hit Hollywood since the advent of talkies, and as for Barry Fitz- gerald-just how cute can one man be? The candid comment of the woman in back of us was that "he's simply darling," and we find ourselves agreeing enthusiastically. * *' * At the State * COPACABANA, with Groucho Marx, Car- men Miranda, and Andy Russell. T HIS WEEK'S activities at the State strike a sour note from the word "go" when, in the newsreels, Bill Stern introduces Notre Dame as the "team of the year." But that's only the beginning! Then the feature ap- pears, which is not quite so blunt but which lasts considerably longer, thereby prolonging the agony. Groucho Marx makes a valiant attempt to save the movie from utter obliv- ion, and provides many a welcome guffaw. The attempt to provide a plot is much HE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY of today enjoys a position uni- que in the world's scheme of edu- cation. Where foreign universi- ties, through the war's fury, have degenerated to poor counterfeits of their lustrous predecessors, the universities of America are in- fused with a new spirit; they as- pire to undreamt heights. Of the lofty goals now envisioned, none shines in so splendid a light as that of improving, not only the powers of intellection, but the Character of the student. In a world sunk in shame, America alone can stand forth clean and unblushing, proud of her moral supremacy. Though her coasts be washed with waters reeking of the refuse of other continents, she is the last stronghold of virtue. But even as we see our virtues, let us recognize our faults! Here about us, in this very town, we see a moral degeneracy, a turpi- tude, this is at once our greatest shame and our most difficult problem. If we are to remain solely pure in a leprous world, we must arrest this onslaught of vice; we must smite the evil, and if they persist in infamous con- duct, remove them hence. The students collectively cry out for more regulation, for more ade- ing makeup register in 204 Univ. Hall by Oct. 17. Exhibitions Museum of Art: MODERN HANDMADE JEWELRY, from the Museum of Modern Art, New York, through Oct. 19; FINE ARTS UN- DER FIRE, LIFE MAGAZINE Photographic Show, through Oct. 30. Alumni Memorial Hall: Daily, except Monday, 10-12 and 2-5; Sunday, 2-5; Wednesday evening, 7-9. The public is invited. Events Today Mathematics Club: 8 p.m., West Conference Room, Rackham Bldg., Prof. R. C. F. Bartels will (Continued on Page 6) IN HIS EDITORIAL of Oct. 9, Mr. Phil Dawson revealed to a- stunned student body that there are Communists in AYD and that MYDA is "an organization which probably includes Communists," and therefore no one should have anything to do with MYDA. His point is very interesting. Does he also propose that our country work for world peace without the UN, merely because there are Com- munists in it? We believe that Mr. Dawson should become better ac- quainted with certain pertinent facts. MYDA was founded on the premise that there shall be no ra- cial, religious, or political dis- crimination within the organiza- tion. In- other words, no one has to pass a "loyalty test" to join us. We are not interested in anyone's "purity," racially, religiously, or politically. For this reason MYDA will not only accept Communists along with Republicans, Democrats, So- cialists, etc., but also will actively defend the rights of Communists, or anyone else, to participate in our organization, so long as they abide by our rules and carry out our program. This seems to us to be the very essence of Amer- ican democracy, and not an ad- mission of "intellectual and moral insolvency" as Mr. Dawson so profoundly suggests. MYDA is not, never was, and never will be a "front" for any- body. Our policies are democra- tically decided by the membership, and not by any mysterious outsid- ers who allegedly receive orders direct from the Kremlin... . When we make our decisions, we do not ask ourselves whether our stand has the support or non- support of any political group. We are interested only that our pro- gram be one which fights for the needs of youth in general, and students in particular. As a result of this policy we have submitted to the Student Legislature the MYDA Plan . . . Mr. Dawson is correct in saying that support of the MYDA Plan does not necessarily mean support of MYDA. The MYDA Plan will be of benefit to everyone, and sup- W OULD SOMEONE please tell me why the University allows an irresponsible group like the Wolverine Club to distribute the Illinois football tickets? The ath- letic administration has an office for that purpose, Last year the University banned the soft drink stands from mak- ing tie-in salesrat the stadium. Now the Wolverine Club is per- mitted to do essentially the same thing by requiring a train ticket to be bought in order to get a football ticket. It's time that single tickets could be bought for a couple of hours Thursday morn- ing if you were lucky enough to have time to get in a long line. There are quite a few students who would like to cheer for Mich- igan if they could get football tickets without buying a train ticket, as was evident by the length of the line Thursday morn- ing. One of the ticket distributors told me he wasn't interested in whether a lot of students went to the game or not unless they went on the train they sponsored. Discrimination has been prac- ticed in giving out the choice seats. If you bought a train ticket you could get a seat between the thirty and fifty-yard line. Most of the single tickets sold were near the zero yard line. Friday afternoon fifty yard line seats were being sold with train tickets. -Ken Randle. More on MYDA To the Editor: BARNABY. . 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