THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDlAY, NOV 8 $ , 194 4 4r 3ir'igu aril Pi fty=Eighth Year ON WORLD AFFAIRS: Citzen Iyrnes Edited and managed by students of the Uni- versity of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. John Campbel................Managing Editor Nancy Helmick..................General Manager Clyde Recht ..........................City Editor Jeanne Swendeman .........Advertising Manager Stuart Finlayson ................Editorial Director Edwin Schneider................Finance Manager Lida Dailes..... .......... ......Associate Editor Eunice Mintz ..................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 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 news dispatches credited to It or otherwise credited in this news- paper. All rights of re-publication of all other matters 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: ARTHUR HIGBEE Our Attitude NO ONE who heard Mlle. Helene Barland speak here Wednesday needed an addi- tional reason for contributing to the World Student Service Fund. We could not turn down the call for help of the French youth, suffering from ill-health and starvation, yet trying to continue the common struggle for better education. A group, which can continue to study' despite the obstacles of tuberculosis and malnutrition in their way, is deserving of every helping hand we can give them. Mlle. Barland reported several good examples df their courage. One woman student she encountered ws expecting a child, yet con- tinued to study. Her husband was in a vet- erans hospital still sick from the wounds of the war. - When we compare the actions of the stu- dents in Europe with those of Michigan, we can well wonder about our attitudes towards education. Fully realizing the extent of So- cialism and Marxism in the world, the French make .extensive studies of all polit- ical philosophies, so that they will be pre- pared to combat them when necessary. At Michigan, students, who should have been interested in understanding the teachings of Marx, since it affects the capitalistic sys- tem, used communistic tactics to silence the Karl Marx Society. French students are even represented po- litically, by the National Student Union, which is endeavoring to help them receive enough food to live on, as well as defend their interests before the'government. At the University of Michigan, how many of us even took time to vote in our own school election? How many Detroiters participated in the election at their home town? There is an element of Communism in the French student body, but there is in the student, body at Michigan. And the over- whelming majority of French students, to quote a student interviewed by Mile. Bar- land in Paris, think that nationalization of industry in the socialist fashion is "lousy." Yet the belief of French students in De- mocracy has in no way soured their belief in the future. To them, the one world of Wendell Willkie is far from a dream. They are determined to carry out the action of the future necessary to world peace. For that reason are they studying. In France, in all the countries of Europe and Asia, can we look our fellow students in the face this day following WSSF and campus election day and say that we are with them? Can we say that Americans, too, are confident of the eventual triumph of the democratic system without the silencing of our minorities, without resorting to the weapons of Fascism and Communism, with only the instruments of democracy for which we fight? I wish that we could. -Don McNeil. Price of Progress MRS LEISERING, whose house down at the corner has been home to Daily edi- tors longer than we can remember, was cleaning a back shelf in a store closet last week when she discovered an old, yellowed calling card. The card advertises "Crittenden Board- By IRVING JAFFE WASHINGTON-A fierce struggle for se- curity or for preeminence in our harshly competitive society runs as a dominant theme through the lives of most of us. When we are abruptly dislodged from the foothold we have managed to establish for ourselves, the ramifications are likely to be severe. Especially must this be true in the case of men who, having breathed the tangy air of power on the pinnacles of political em- inence, find themselves suddenly down in the crowded valley where the anonymous multitudes dwell. Citizen James F. Byrnes, formerly Secretary of State, is an inter- esting case in point. It must be a severe emotional strain for Mr. Byrnes to watch the violent and often unpredictable drama of international rela- tions, knowing, while he watches, that as the drama unfolds, history's evaluation of his policies is slowly being written. And there is nothing he can do about it. Nothing, that is, except to write books and make speeches in which he stanchly defends his policies and takes pains to point out how increasingly correct he feels they are turning out to be. Mr. Byrnes' policy, then and now, is neatly summed up in his own much-used phrase "patience and firmness." It is a policy which is appealing on superficial examination. Af- ter all, what more could be asked by those who sincerely seek international peace and cooperation, by anyone of any political hue? Robert A. Campbell THE PASSING of Robert A. Campbell ends a career of over 46 years of service to the community and means the loss of a true friend to the University, the student body, and the city of Ann Arbor. During the 20 years he served as treasurer of the University, "Uncle Bob" Campbell never allowed the complicated tasks of his job to dominate his whole life. He became celebrated as, a good friend and unofficial advisor to students, and his interest in civic affairs lasted long after his resignation from the University in 1931. To the day he' died at the age of 82, "Uncle Bob's" house on Tappan Ave. was a mecca for students and townsfolk who sought his advice. Few ever came away with- out a sincere respect for his sensible and up- to-the-minute views and his deep interest in other people. -Harold Jackson, Jr. Caesar Petrillo MUSIC CZAR James .Caesar Petrillo has once again laid down the law. The pres- ident of the American Federation of Musi- cians has ordered his musicians to produce no more records after Dec. 31. According to Mr. Petrillo, records are putting musicians out of work and must therefore be elimi- nated,. That is the only consideration. The fact that over 600 radio stations in the United States cannot afford their own or- chestras and are wholly dependent upon transcriptions is not considered by Mr. Pe- trillo or is ignored by him. Once again, as so often in the past, he chooses to disregard the American people. It is true that as president of his union it is his responsibility to look out for the welfare of his musicians. But that is not his only responsibility. American labor unions have come of age. Today all national acts and policies must be considered in the light of what effect they will have upon unions and union members. The days when unions were small, militant organizations fighting society has come to an end. Today labor unions are an integral, accepted part of our society. The brash, ir- responsible acts of their early years could be brushed away as the acts of a radical, inex- perienced group. Today unions are big business with full- time, highly paid executives as leaders. La- bor organizations must accept the responsi- bilities of maturity. They must consider not only the welfare of their own members, but also of society in general. They must realize, if they wish no more stringent restrictions than those imposed by the Taft-Hartley Act, that they cannot act as independent, self- seeking pressure groups with a "public be hanged" attitude. They cannot retain their present power without accepting the respon- sibilities commensurate with that power. It is just this responsibility that Mr. Pe- trillo is failing to accept. Five years ago Mr. Petrillo banned production of records for 27 months. That bit of strategy forced the record companies to pay the AFM yearly royalties on all recordings (amounting last year to $2,000,000). However, the Taft-Hart- ley Act bans payment of royalties, so Mr. Petrillo is looking for another loophole. The Lea Act outlawing the coercion of studios into hiring standing orchestras and agreeing to other featherbedding tactics has success- fully passed a recent Supreme Court test. Hence -the belligerent president of the AFM has recently suffered a double setback. Petrillo undoubtedly has a problem in try- ing to protect the jobs of his musicians in the face of increased record and transcrip- tion sales. But the dire threat to the musi- But Mr. Byrnes, who is earnest and honest, makes one clear but unspoken as- sumption which, I think, is the key to our foreign policy failures both now and when he was Secretary of State. In his latest speech, he amplified his request for pa- tience with an eloquent plea for American tolerance toward the Russians. But both "patience" and "tolerance"-particularly the way Mr. Byrnes has used the words and the way he conducted his foreign policy-presuppose that we are always in the right, that our position on inter- national questions is never in error, and that the whole problem is a matter of waiting for the bad little boys to see things our way. It is this attitude which, now even more than when Mr. Byrnes was in office, con- tributes to an international situation in which we and the Russians seem to be com- peting in a campaign of stubbornness and inflexibility. Russian policy is often very difficult for Americans to understand and cope with, but that is no excuse for us to be utterly self-righteous and refuse to exam- ine the merits of our own attitudes. It is this approach to our foreign policy which not only hinders the achievement of interna- tional harmony but also helps to produce the political atmosphere at home in which "loyalty" to the nation becomes nearly equivalent to unswerving ag ement with our government's policies. If we criticize Russia's conduct in occu- pied areas, then we must look sharply into our own occupation behavior-particularly in Korea, where there are reports, from American correspondents, of U.S. support of reactionary groups, and reports of tol- erance, if not backing, of terrorist activities against leftist segments. If we decry Russian interference in her neighboring countries, then we must make absolutely sure no polit- ical strings are attached to our aid to West- ern Europe. If we criticize civil rights viola- tions in eastern Europe, then we must erad- icate transgressions against civil rights in our own country. CINEMA At Hill Auditorium OPEN CITY, with Aldo Fabrizi, Marcello Pagliero, and Anna Magnani. By WAY of contrast with the current vogue for advancing the prices of cer- tain potboilers, it is interesting to know that you can see an excellent picture on campus at popular rates. The picture is Open City, a film which was hastily assm- bled in Rome just six months after the Nazis had evacuated that city. It is the story of the tragic goings-on in occupied Rome, and especially of a liberation movement led by a strange pair-a Catholic priest and a Communist organizer. These parts are played respectively by Aldo Fabrizi and Marcello Pagliero, whose performances, as well as those of nearly every other member of the cast, are rendered with a rare, if not relig- ious, sincerity. Many of the incidents which are portrayed were based upon actual happenings, and were filmed, in several instances on the spot of their occurrence. Consequently, the film is intensely realistic, bordering on the docu- mentary. At the same time, it somehow man- ages to preserve the moving qualities of pure drama. -Kenneth Lowe. IT So HAPPENS .. . IN THE MIDDLE of making an important point about Thomas Jefferson, our Ameri- can History professor was interrupted by an explosion outside. Hallowe'en firecrackers, we surmised, or maybe just a car backfiring. The professor took a firmer grip on his lectern and started all over only to be jarred by a second explosion. "Must be an enemy of the people," he remarked. * * * * ZANY COEDS don't seem t~o surprise peo- ple any more. The girl who was seen lugging a football up the steps of Angell Hall evoked only the professional com- ment, "Maybe she's taking it up to the speech department to get it blown up." HE SIGHT of two little boys playing with a football in the Arboretum is probably as common as any other sight in the Arbore- tum. But there was something special about the pint-size tailbacks we saw in the Arb the other day. It was the numerals they had painstakingly drawn on their sweatshirts. Identically, they were "49." Safe Form uila By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER A DIVIDED GERMANY offer, the best safeguard against a new German or German-Russian attack on civilization. The Soviet Union is not now and will not t :or many years in a position! to wage war alone on the demo-t cratic world. With a united and rehabilitated Germany as its ally. it might well be able to do so in less time than our Germany- Firsters believe. Once the allied troops pull out, God help us! For this reason, we may hope that the coming Germany con- ference to open in London late this month will end in the dead- lock that means permanent di- vision. For-as ex-Secretary ofl State Jimmy Byrnes warns in his recent book, "Speaking Frankly" - some important Americans are willing to go to# war with Russia in defense of German integrity. To prevent this sort of nonsense, official di- vision of Germany is essential. As long predicted, the Germans1 are already showing their ugly teeth again. Increasing defiance of British and American war victorst is reported all along the line. The well-known German tactics of bluster-and-whine are already in1 full swing. In Collier's Magazine,a Sigrid Schultz, unquestionably one of the greatest American author- ities on contemporary Germany,] describes how the Germans are already hoping for and actually planning a new war. The Nazis and nationalists are planning a come-back either with the democ- racies or with the Soviet Union. Apparently they do not much mind which side they are on so long as a third world war offersE them a new opportunity to recoup their war losses and emerge as the dominant power in Europe. In 1944 Miss Schultz published a re- markable book, "Germany Will Try It Again." Now she reports from first-hand observation that Germany is trying it again. Division of Germany along the present demarcation lines will frustrate any such German] scheme. For a divided Germany can serve neither as an Amer- ican nor a Russian pawn. The1 two halves will cancel each otherI out. For this reason, it seems to me, the Marshall Plan must utilize the] Ruhr, not as a pivot in the plan of European rehabilitation but as' a storehouse to be freely tapped for western Europe's benefit. This means giving control over the Ruhr not to Nazi-mind- ed and politically undependable Germans but to a democratic consortium. This should consist not merely of the U.S. and Brit- ain, two countries which never experienced German military pillage and domination, but also of France, Belgium and the Netherlands, the three ountries most directly interested. The scandalous farce of Amer- icans and Britishers solemnly tell- ing western Europeans how much they "need Germany" must stop. A further necessary step is ac- tually aiding France, Belgium and the Netherlands to build up their steel, aluminum and chem- ical industries at Germany's ex- pense, thus permanently chang- ing the industrial balance of Eu- rope. With Germany divided, the Ruhr under international super- vision, Germany's resources at the command of Germany's victims and the European industrial struc- ture basically shifted, then only can Germany be helped to what- ever extent is necessary, without danger. Until these measures are car- ried out, any Anglo-American efforts to rehabilitate western Germany to a pre-war status will meet the most stubborn op- position. Not only on the part of the Frenchmen, Belgians and Dutchmen (whom our Ger- many-Firsters perversely insist on treating worse than they treat our ex-enemies). Opposi- tion on the part of Americans like Sigrid Schultz and this writer and Lord Vansittart in England. We who accurately predicted Germany's second onslaught on civilization and whose warnings, if heeded, would have prevented, all the horror and destruction of World War II, are stubbornly de- termined to prevent, if we can, the Jimmy Byrnes, General Clays and Ambassador Murphys from re- building the German Franken- stein a second time. With all the gravity of which we are capable, we call on the American people: "Do not allow the same sort of Americans who built up Germany for World War II to build up Germany for World War III." (Copyright 1947, Press Alliance. Inc.)I DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN I Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the office of the Assistant to the President, Room 1021 Angell Hal, by 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 am. Sat- urdays). SATURDAY, NOV. 8, 1947 VOL. LVII, No. 41 Notices Extra Concert Series Ushers: Report at 6:15 p.m. for the concert Sunda*, Nov. 9. Principal-Freshman Confer- ence: The annual Principal-Fresh- man Conference will take place on' Thursday, Nov. 13. Instructors of classes which include freshmen are requested not to schedule bluebooks for the morning of Nov. 13 in order that freshmen may be available for conferences with their high school principals. School of Busines Administra- tion: Students from other schools and colleges intending to apply for spring admittance should secure application forms in 108 Tappan Hall as soon as possible. School of Education Testing Pro- gram: Students who took the tests Thursday, Oct. 16, may obtain the results in Rm. 1439, U.E.S., Sat., 10 a.m.-12 noon. An explanatory manual is available for each stu- dent. Consultation can be arrang- ed with education staff members or with the personnel officer if the student so wishes. Note: The counseling question- naire must be returned before the scores can be obtained. Senior and Graduate Engineers: Mr. R. L. Dale of Standard Oil Company will interview students for overseas employment, Tues., Nov. 11, in Rm. 249, W. Engineer- ing Bldg. Students may sign the interview schedule posted on the bulletin board at Rm. 221, W. En- gineering Bldg. Senior Engineers - June Grad- uates: A number of openings will be available to June graduates for Junior Professional Assistant in the 7th Region, Illinois, Wisconsin. and Michigan, U.S. Civil Service Commission. Examination for these openings will be held in Ann Arbor on Dec. 6. Applications to take the exam- ination MUST BE FILLED OUT BEFORE Nov. 12. Consult your Department placement officer for further information and applica- tion forms. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Sister Mary Edgar Meyer, Romance Lan- guages (Spanish); thesis: "Sources of 'La Cristiada'," Sat., Nov. 8, Seminar Room 308, Library, 10 a m. Chairman, I. A. Leonard. The Graduate Aptitude Exam- ination is required of all graduate students who have not had the Graduate Record Examination or the Graduate Aptitude Examina- tion before. Theexamination will be held at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 19, Rackham Lec- ture Hall. The fee for the examination is $2.00. Each student must buy an examination ticket at the Cash- ier's office and present a receipt in the office of the Graduate School at least three days prior to the examination.The student will be given a receipt to keep which will be his admission to the exam- ination. Veterans will have a yellow Sup- ply Requisition signed in the Graduate School office before go- ing to the Cashier's office. This will permit the purchase of an examination ticket to be covered by Public Law 346 or 16. Graduate students are reminded that courses dropped after noon of Nov. 15 will be recorded with the grade of E. Courses dropped prior to this date will be listed as dropped but no grade will appear. Chemistry 55-169E: Students in the second half of the accelera- ted laboratory program will report as follows for assignment to desks and for a preliminary discussion. Section D-M,W,F - Monday, Nov. 10, 1 p.m., Rm. 400. Section E-T. Th - Thursday, Nov. 13, 1 p.m., Rm. 151. Classical Representations Sem- inar: Mon., Nov. 10, 4:15 p.m., Rm. 3010, Angell Hall. Mr. Arnold Shapiro will speak. Physical Chemistry Seminar. i EDITOR'S NOTE: Because The Daily prints every letter to the editor re- ceived (wthicht 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 writes only. Letters of more than 300 words are shortened, printed or omitted at the discretion of the edi- torial director. Wistert Did Play To the Editor: AFTER Checking through The Michigan Daily bound edition of 1939 and confering with Wally Weber, coach of the freshman football squad, who originally told the story, it has been proved that Al Wistert did play on the varsity squad in 1939. I refer Mr. Bruce Theunissen to an article printed in the issue of Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1939 in which Wistert is cited for his line play in practice. -Beverly Bussey. * * * WSSF Drive To the Editor: A FLOP IS ABOUT the best thing to call the WSSF drive. It's not the fault of the commit- tee; two committees would not have done better. It's the fault of the campus. The trouble is not so much that the drive has fallen short of the goal, but that in doing so it demonstrates the terrific self- ishness and unbelievable short- sightedness of Michigan students. Here they receive some of the finest training that is offered any- where, many without paying for it. In Europe and Asia there is still not enough equipment to go around. Here students, who are well fed by world standards, ob- ject to the food they are given. Elsewhere they do without, and many have to be sent to sanitoria and rehabilitation centers to re- build their bodies. Here man after, man gives a dime or a quarter (if he gives at all) and, you hear such remarks as "then I gave too much." Students in Norway, Den- mark, the Netherlands, and Bel- gium still have little, and two years ago they were receiving aid yet they can give. Can we not see that no teach- ing is worthwhile unless everyone in the world has a chance at an education? How do these dime and two-bit people figure they can live in a world half enlightened, half darkened? How can we, a nation which has so much, live in the same world with people who have so little- Could Egypt? Could Per- sia? Could Rome? It can't be done. It's been demonstrated time after time th'at it can't be done. The only difference between long ago : - . .°'°'ti and now is that then cultures evolved slowly; now the future comes driving down upon us al- most before we know it.... The tag days are over but the drive is not. You can show your concern for the future of educa- tion throughout the world by sending your contributions to Lane Hall or the Associate Dean of Stu- dent's office any time of the year. Don't forget that you'll not just be giving to someone you'll never see. It will be one of the soundest investments you will ever make in your own future and the fu- ture of those you love. -Don Ervin. Lack of Manners To the Editor: LAST WEDNESDAY night I at- tended the opening of Thorn- ton Wilder's fine play "Our Town," at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Larry Darling, Marcella Kraft and company turned in an exceptional performance. In short, it was a perfect evening except for one ,thing-the audience. Not only did the usual portion (about 10 or 15 per cent) arrive late, some almost 15 minutes after curtain time, but their behavior after they arrived displayed an amazing lack of taste. At the close of the second act some of the most important lines in the whole play were spoiled for most of us by the idiotic giggling on the part of a few score boobs- there is no other word to de- scribe them-who seemed to think that the production was intended to be a comedy. Also, at the open- ing of the third act, the entire mood which a group of silent players were trying to convey was shattered by the insipid titters of approximately a quarter of the audience. It must have been a trifle dis- - appointing to the players to say nothing of those really anxious to experience the play, for their act- ing to be so lightly regarded. Mention has recently been made on this page of the poor classroom manners exhibited by University students. What happened Wednes- day night was just a more ob- vious manifestation of a pitiful deficiency-the plain lack of com- mon good manners among the col- lege generation of today. If these individuals did not have the in- tellectual maturity to grasp what was going on up on the stage, they at least, could have had the com- mon decency to refrain from spoil- ing the production for the rest. Better yet they could have stayed away entirely, and saved their pennies for a circus in Detroit this winter. -Dave Thomas 4 I4 4 Letters to the Editor... Mon., Nov. 10, 4:15 p.m., Rm. 303, Chemistry bldg. Prof. V. Scho- maker, of the California Institute of Technology, will speak on "Re- cent Electron Diffraction Studies of Molecular Structure". All in- terested are invited. Physical Education - Women Students: Women's physical edu- cation classes for the indoor sea- son will begi on Mon., Nov. 10. Any late regis ration must be done before that time. Concert The University Musical Society will present the Cleveland Or- chestra, George Szell, conductor, in the Extra Concert Series, Sun- day, Nov. 9, 7 p.m., Hill Auditor- ium. Maestro Szell will play the following program: Schumann Symphony No. 4; Strauss' Dance of the Seven Veils from "Salome"; and the Beethoven Symphony No. '7. A limited number of tickets are still available daily at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower; and after 6 o'clock Sunday in the Hill Auditorium box office. String Orchestra, under the di- rection of Gilbert Ross, will pre- sent a program of 17th and 18th century music at 8:30 p.m., Tues., Nov. 11, Lydia Mendelssohn The- atre. Norma Swinney Heyde, so- prano, and Oliver Edel, cellist, will appear as soloists. The concert will be open to the general public without charge. Events Today Roger Williams Guild: Open house, after the game at the Guild House. Gamma Delta, Luthern Student Club: Open House; after the game at the student center, 1511 Wash- tenaw. Unitarian Student Group: Meet at the First Unitarian Church, 1917 Washtenaw, at 7:30 p.m. for a hayride. The group returns to the Church by 9:30 for refresh- ments and social activities. Due to the concert, there will be neith- er meeting nor vesper services Sunday evening. Coming Events Economics Club: Mon., Nov. 10, 7:45 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. "The Originality of John Maynard Keynes," by Dr. James W. Long- ley of the economics department. Business administration and eco- nomics staff and graduate stu- dents are invited. Art Cinema League and the I.R.A. present Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths" (Les Bas- Fonds) with Jean Gabin and Louis Jouvet. French dialogue, English titles. Also "Does It Matter What You Think?" Sunday and Monday, Nov. 9 and 10. Kellogg Auditor- ium (Dental School). Tickets on sale at University Hall 10 to 12 noon and 1 to 2 p.m. Group for the Study of Social Issues: Dr. Cenak Adamec and Dr. Ivan Vid.en, of the Czechoslo- vakian Institute of Public Opin- ion, will speak on the development of public opinion polls in Czecho- slovakia. 7:30 p.m., Lane Hall Li- brary Room, Sun., Nov. 9. Dr. Cenek Adamec and Mr. Ivan Viden of the Czechoslovakian In- stitute of Public Opinion will speak at 2 p.m., Mon., Nov. 10, Kellogg Auditorium; auspices of the Survey Research Center. The subject of their discussion will- be Public Opinion Polls in Czecho- slovakia. U. of M. Hot Record Society: Sun., Nov. 9, 8 p.m., Michigan League Ballroom. The public is invited. I I Conversation Group, IHispaniea: Meet Mon., 3 International Center. Sociedad to 5 p.m., ,'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Presents: An Evening of Jewish Music, featuring claissical, folk, liturgical, and Palestinian record- ings, Sun., 8 p.m. Refreshments. 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