PAGE FOTF - TIE iCH IGAN DAILY~ TESSA 01 ge SIdan &i I WASHINGTON WIRE: DAILY OFFICIAL ULLIIN fifty-Eighth Year a Hallowed Concept Letters to the Editor Edited and managed by students of the Uni- versity of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. John Campbell................Managing Editor Nancy Helmick ................. General Manager Clyde Recht ..........................City Editor Jeanne Swendeman......... 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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. By IRVING JAFFE WASHINGTON-This half northern, half southern city is beginning to awake from a long, slumbering summer and a golden Indian summer. Sharp winds are reminding Washington that it soon will feel the same sting of winter as the cities to the north which are its half brothers. Congressmen returning to Washington for the special session which begins next week are becoming more fully aware that their long restful summer vacation was not shared by the peoples of Europe, where starvation has been a persistent enemy. After nearly four months of lei- sure, with no need to fear for the full- ness of their stomachs or the warmth of their bodies in the coming winter, the lawmakers are finally sitting down to underwrite emergency aid for those who have reason to fear the winter. But apparently many of the congress- men still have not dared to face another important fact of international life. A number of the lawmakers still feel that "political strings" should be tied to our overseas assistance program, that we should use foreign aid as a means of discouraging soeialistic economies and boosting the cause of private enterprise. It is one of the great naivetes of this country, one of its outstanding provin- cialisms this belief that private enterprise is' a sanctified and universally hallowed concept. Senator Ferguson of Michigan some time ago urged that we send our aid directly to private businesses abroad instead of to governments, in order to deal a blow at Europe "to assume, as conditions permit, planned, sbcialistic economies and at gov- ernment ownership of industrial facilities. Other lawmakers 'have been urging the same kind of approach. State Department officials are known to oppose the attaching of any political strings to our aid program. And the President's Committee on Foreign Aid, headed by Com- merce Secretary Harriman, has just urged that our foreign assistance program not carry any conditions relating. to the eco- nomic methods of the receiving countries, ts long as those methods have been de- rided upon "in a free and democratic man- ier." But on Capitol Hill there is no such unanimity on the need to keep our aid free of any political conditions. Repre- sentative Herter of Massachusetts, who has been directing the activities of the House Committee on Foreign Aid, said that (as of the time of this writing) no decision had been reached on the question of political conditions. But a provisional report of the committee declared we should encourage private enterprise in the activities which have devolved on government in the present crisis." This recommendation assumes, by the use of the words "in the present crisis," that the basic economic orientation of other na- tions should be a private enterprise orienta- tion, that any deviation from a full private enterprise economy can be justified only by the existence of an emergency. It is time some Congressmen realized there is nothing holy about our present economic system, and that other nations perfectly well may decide, and have decided, that free enter- prise capitalism cannot serve their needs. Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the office of the Assistant to the President, Room 1021 Angell Hall, by 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat- urdays). TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1947 VOL. LVIII, N-o. 43 Notices Student Tea: President and: Ruthven will be at home to dents Wednesday afternoon, 12, from 4 to 6 o'clock. Mrs. stu- Nov. Women students in theI NIGHT EDITOR: DICK MALOY Vet Pay Squeeze E ACIH MAIL brings more checks to the veterans on campus, most of which are welcomed with cheers, but later on, when the board bill is paid, come the moans - moans because the government allowance is just not enough. Last year at this time quite a number of G.L Bill students were making the $65 stretch over a month's time. But prices rose steadily, fewer and fewer students could make their checks last, and by spring there was a high howl, "Why doesn't Congress give us more money?" Congress was in a poor position for a while. Then came summer vacation and the pressure from the veterans was re- lieved. And no bill was put through last session. But now that Congress is going to meet again, the veterans, with still higher prices goading them, will be putting even more, pressure- on their Congressmen. And just to equalize the pressure all the economy-mind- ed citizens are demanding that nothing else be done that will tend to augment infla- tion, such as increasing allowances to vet- erans. The Congressman is again standing in the middle, with inflation on one side and the veterans on the other. If he, the Congressman, doesn't increase the allowance there will be that many less trained citizens in the country. And the in- cumbent senators and representatives will lose votes. If they do increase it inflation will be furthered by putting the strain of those additional hundreds of millions of dollars onto an already over-strained economy. And votes will be lost. What's the antswer for the Congressman? He will probably decide, as he usually de- cides when he's put in a bad spot, that com- promise fis the best answer. He'll give a ten dollar a month raise, where twenty is asked, and hope both sides will be reason-. ably satisfied. And that is probably as good as can be done. The veteran who has been getting along on mustering-out pay, terminal leave, and state bonuses will have a better chance of making his money last through to his degree, and something ressembling a con- cession to economy will have been made. And even a small raise will help. -Jim Wimsatt Ioo oTBurning THERE are no bonfires, heaped with books thrown into the flames by storm troop- ers lighting up the night sky here, but the books are being burned in America today. Textbooks which are critical of any phase of our system are being censored or banned from the schools; non-fiction ex- posing fascistic elements and trends in the United States are being buried under book counters and hidden from public view; fic- tion glorifying characters who would be unpopular with the un-American Activi- ties Committee is being suppressed; and manuscripts dealing with various social MOVIES At the Michigan .. DOWN TO EARTH, with Rita worth and Larry Parks. Hay- "DOWN TO EARTH" is the latest musical built around the tried if not true plot of a Broadway show that must succeed, with the inevitable troubles and love affair be- tween director and star smoothing them- selves out on the opening night. A new twist is injected by Rita Hayworth's being not just another hoofer, but the Goddess Terp- sichore herself, indignantly returning to earth to clean up a show that degrades the Muses. For a Goddess, she is a rather brat- ty mortal, but has herself a fine time flitting around in a minimum of chiffon while tam- pering with destiny. Larry Parks sings (with his own voice) and finds out the hard way that women, mortal or otherwise, can be a problem. The show scenes and those of the cloud land twixt earth and hereafter are most enjoyable extravaganza, but the dramatic scenes creak noisily. S * * At the State... DUEL IN THE SUN, with Jennifer Jones and Gregory Peck. IN FINE Hollywood style, the ballyhoo for "Duel in the Sun" utilized everything but old Sol himself. And while they may have had something to shout about, it is not overly apparent. Considerably pruned for conservative consumption, the Midwest ver- sioi presents the semi-torrid story of Jen- nifer Jones, as the half-Mexican beauty that falls for the wayward and wicked rich boy, Gregory Peck. Her subsequent sufferings make a good case for mothers advising young daughters. Also woven into the teem- ing reels is the story of her mis-mated par- ents, the railroads advance into the West, an early Texas "kingdom" in land, and the dramatic disintegration of a powerful fam- ily plus sundry other items that could use a telling of their own. Some very fine supporting characterizations hold the story together, and you get a large sized portion of blood and thunder for your price of ad- mission. -Gloria Hunter known Beethoven Seventh Symphony - a work which only an unusual and al- themes are finding it difficult to even get a reading, let alone a publisher. In California, two mathematics books were accepted by the State Board of Education only after extensive revision which included the deletion of such passages as "one-third of our people are poorly housed." Spoken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, this quotation was censored out because "it gives a pathetic picture of life in the U.S." "The Elements of Economics" by Prof. Lorie Tarchis of Stanford University, was banned by the Coast Guard Academy and a number of other colleges after Merwin K. Hart, apologist for Franco and founder of the native fascist National Economic Council objected to it. According to Hart it not only bears a "communist taint" but is also "Keynesian!" Recently "The Un-American Legion," A startling documented expose of the Ameri- can Legion hierarchy's collaboration with the National Association of Manufacturers, written by Justin Gray, former rifleman with the 3rd Ranger Battalion and assistant di- rector of the Legion's Americanism Commis- sion, was rejected by Reynal and Hitchcock who originally ordered and paid a substan- tial advance for the manuscript. Subse- quently, the book was rejected by Random House, Harper's and Little, Brown & Com- pany, one of them declaring, "So what! Everyone knows the Legion is reactionary." Another book, "Truth and the People" by John Rogge, former Special Assistant to the Attorney General, which traces the growth of the fascist movement in the United States, was turned down by numer- ous publishing houses after the Viking Press outbid all other firms and then re- jected it. Although Howard Fast's "Citizen Tom Paine," "Freedom Road," "The American," and "The Unvanquished," each sold more than a million copies, it is almost impossible to purchase a copy of "Clarkton" his latest novel which treats the action of a Commu- nist in a strike situation sympathetically. Despite the best-selling record of Fast, who was recently convicted along with other executive board members of the Joint Anti- Fascist Refugee Committee for contempt of the un-American Committee, Duell, Sloan & Pearce only printed 5,000 copies of the book because leading book distributors threatened a boycott. These cases illustrate the alarming ex- tent of the present hysteria and fear which has resulted in a self-imposed "thought control." Probably the most alarming aspect of the current situation is the lack of indignation and concern by the people. When the books were suppressed and burned in Germany, Italy and Japan, Americans flared with anger. Today, as freedom of expression is slowly being throttled here and the nation plunges headlong down the road to totalitarianism and war, the people of America have re- mained silent and apathetic. It is late but if the people recognize this ominous threat to democracy and world peace, the analogy between totalitarian na- tions and the United States can be shattered. -Joe Frein College of Literature, Science and Arts and in the School of Edu- cation who are taking the testing program on November 11 have late permission until 11 p.m. Varsity Debating: All debaters should check schedule of debates posted on bulletin board, fourth floor, Angell Hall. There will be no meeting Wednesday evening. Freshman and Sophomore men, who are single, Residents of the State of Michigan, now living in the Willow Run Dormitories, and interested in Universty Residence Halls accommodations for the Spring Semester 1948 are asked to call at the Office of Student Affairs, Rm. 2, University Hall Nov. 15. Faculty, College of Literature, Science and the Arts: Midsemester reports are due not later than Saturday, November 15. Report cards are being distri- buted to all departmental offices. Green cards are being provided for freshmen and sophomores and white cards for reporting juniors and seniors. Reports of freshman and sophomores should be sent to 108 Mason Hall; those of jun- iors and seniors to 1220 Angell Hall. Midsemester reports should name those students, freshmen and up- perclassmen, whose standing at midsemester is "D" or "E," not merely those who receive "D" or "E" in so-called midsemester ex- aminations. Students electing our courses, but registered in other schools or colleges of the University should be reported to the school or college in which they are registered. , Additional cards may be had at 108 Mason Hall or at 1220 Angell Hall. North American Rayon Corpo- ration representatives will be at the Bureau of appointments, 201 Mason Hall, Thurs., Nov. 13, to in- terview men working on their PhD. or M.S. degree and former graduates in organic and physical chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering, and chemical engi- neering. This applies to June graduates as well as to February graduates. Students working on their B.S. degree will be inter- viewed if there is sufficient time. Positions will be at Elizabethton, Tennessee. For complete infor- mation, call at the Bureau of Ap- pointments. University Community Center, Willow Run Village. Wed., Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Creative Dance Group. Instructor: Miss Irene Silco; 8 p.m., Creative Writ- ers' Group. Miss Leslie Cameron New members invited; 8 p.m., Vil- lage Church Fellowship Discus- sion Group. Atomic Energy In- formation Series. Thurs., Nov. 13, 8 p.m., The New Art Group. West Lodge: Tues., Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m., Fenc- ing; 8 p.m., Volleyball League. Wed., Nov. 12, 7 p.m., Duplicate Bridge. Fri., Nov. 14, 8:30-11:30 p.m., Starlight Serenade Dance, West Lodge Orchestra, free admission, transportation furnished girls from Ann Arbor who sign up at the League. Sat., Nov. 15, 2 p.m., Listening hour - Michigan-Wisconsin foot- ball game. Lecture Marriage Relations Lecture Series: The second lecture in the Mar- riage Relations Series will be given in the Rackham Lecture Hall, 8 p.m., Wed., Nov. 12. Dr. Ernest G. Osborne, Professor of Sociology, Teachers College, Colitimbia Uni- versity, will speak on "Psychologi- cal Factors in Marriage." Students are requested to present their identification cards at the door in addition to their tickets. French Lecture: Prof. Rene Tal- amon, of the Romance Language Department, will open the series, of French lectures sponsored by Le Cercle Francais with a "Lec- ture Dramatique" Tues., Nov. 11. 4:10 p.m., Rm. D, Alumni Memor- ial Hall. Tickets for the series of lectures may be procured from the Secre- tary of the Romance Language Department (Rm. 112 R. L. Bldg.) or at the door at the time o[ the lecture. These lectures are open to the general public. Members of Le Cerle Francais are admitted free upon presenta- tion of their membership cards. Academic Notices Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Tues., Nov. 11, 4:15 p.m., Rm. 3010, Angell Hall. Dr. N. A. Wiegmam n will speak. Medical Aptitude Examination: All applicants' for admission to medical schools, who wish to be admitted during 1948 and who did not take the Medical Aptitude Ex- amination on Saturday, Oct. 25, 1947, must take the examination on Monday, Feb. 2, 1948. The ex- amination will not be given again before the Fall semester. In order to be admitted to the examination, candidates must fulfill the follow- ing requirements: 1. Candidates must register for the examination before Saturday, Nov. 15, Rm. 110, Rackham Bldg. 2. Candidates must bring to the examination a check or money order for five dollars payable to The Graduate Record Office. No candidate will be admitted to the examination unless he pays his fee in this way. Cash will not be ac- cepted. Candidates who register will be- gin the examination at 8:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 2, 1948, Rackham Lecture Hall. The examination will be divided into two sessions and will take all day. Inquiries should be addressed to The Chief Examiner, Bureau of Psychological Services (Ext. 2297). Concept String Orchestra Concert: 8:30 p.m., Tues., Nov. 11, Lydia Men- delssohn Theatre, under the di- rection of Gilbert Ross. The pro- gram will include the 17th and 18th century music of Purcell, Leg- renzi, Boccherini, and Mozart, with Norma Swinney Heyde, soprano, and Oliver Edel, cellist, as soloists. The public is invited. Events Today Radio Program: 4-4:15 p.m., WPAG (1050). Rec- ord Collecting-Phil Diamond. Mathematics Club: .8 p.m. West Conference Room, Rack- ham Bldg. Prof. G. S. Young will speak on "Product-Spaces and the Factoring of Manifolds;" Phi Lambda Theta: Meeting, 8 p.m., Elementary School Library. Quarterdeck meeting, Tues., Nov. 11,, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 336, W. Engineering Bldg., F. L. Eareckson Jr. will present a paper on com- pass adjusting. Faculty Women's Club: Play Reading Section, 1:45 p.m., Mary B. Henderson Room, Michigan League. Christian Science Organization: Regular weekly meeting, 7:30 p.m., Upper Room, Lane Hall. All are invited. Michigan Chapter Inter-Col- legiate Zionist Federation of America Armistice Day Program: Report on the Jewish Brigade and colored slides of Palestine, 8 p.m., Hillel Foundation. Social follows. Polonia Club: Second informal lecture, 8 p.m., International Cen- ter. Mrs. Catherine Kosicki, Polish- American artist, will lecture on the subject "Life of an Artist." Re- freshments. UWF Study group meeting: The Michigan chapter of United World Federalists has organized a weekly study session on the constitutional problems raised by world govern- ment and on international prob- lems. One topic of each one of the two categories is studied al- ternately. Every student or facul- ty member is invited but a mini- mum preparation is requested. References are given a week In advance. Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Michigan League. Topic: An in- quiry into the problem'of a world executive. Michigan Dames: Meeting, Rackham Assembly Hall, 8 p.m., with Child Study Group in charge. Dr. Byron O. Hughes, Asst. Prof. of Child Development in School of EDITOR'S NOTE: Because The Daily prints every letter to the editor re- ceived (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. Anerican Students To the Editor: AGAIN THIS QUESTION of in- tolerance. What irks me is the holier-than-thou attitude of some students towards their classmates, as shown in the recent letters to The Daily regarding tile "poor manners of the present college generation. ' Just as it is not easy to crit- icze your own family when you do not know how other families behave, it is Bard, I realize, for most American students to com- pare their classmates to the "good conduct" standards because the only standards they have are their own, individual manners, which is not enough. As a Euro- pean I think that I can compare Joe College to his counterpart across the Atlantic, and I say this. Over in Europe, when we think of Americans, we visualize a zany race of people, part Danny Kaye, part Orson Welles, and part Betty Hutton. What we find here is different. We find a race that uses more common sense than we do. In colleges we find the students muchl more polite and courteous than our average students. In the U.. the student is far more mature and down-to- earth, far more "respectable" painfully correct at times!) plays less pranks, is less exubeant, hollers less, is more respectful, has better all-around manners than the average European stu- dents. But, whereas in a few in- stances some American students adore being in the public eye, most of them are very mild ex- hibitionists. Call it inhibitions, remnants of puritanism or what- you-will. . . . Of course there are exceptions. But we deal with the majority here. Also, allow me to say that I neither criticize nor praise any- thing. I merely state facts. Fur- thermore this is not an attempt to study of the American char- acter or some American charac- ters. This, as Kipling says, is an- other story. -Edwin Yahiel. Maried Cheerleaders To the Editor: MAY I SUPPLY additional in- formation to today's article by Alice Brinkman "Ball State Cheerleaders Meet 'U' Squad in Swap Session" on front page? I would appreciate it if you would pass on the following info not only to Alice Brinkman but also to the Ball Staters. "Mickey" and "Rockey" Howell are rivaled by another married cheerleading family. Roy and Joyce Fisher are leading over 9,000 students at my former alma mater, Iowa State College, Ames, Ia., and I imagine there are other married couples on college cheer- leading squads in our country. I will be glad to furnish Mr. and Mrs. Fisher's address upon request by anyone wishing to fur- nish Ball State with the sad news. -Vince Lowenberg. S* * Canadian Dollar To the Editor RE: "CANADIAN Currency" let- ter printed November 7. I believe Mr. Binkley is very poorly informed as to present exchange rates of American and Canadian dollars. As a nineteen year resident of Canada, though I can't claim Canadian birth - that's right, Wisconsin-I feel that I am well qualified to discuss this question. I've traveled across the border many, many times, even before entering the U.S. army in 1943. Each time there was the slight inconvenience of currency ex- change. During several of the war years, 1! the exchange value of Canadian dollars was lowered until at one time there was a difference of eleven cents on the dollar. How- ever, for almost two years now the Canadian dollar has been re- stored to parity with American funds. That is, at any legitimate currency exchange, you may ex- change Canadian cash for Amer- ican at a nominal service charge of V2 a cent to 3 cents on the dollar, depending on quantity. Early this year, the Canadian government became worried when statistics showed a large increase of Canadian spending in the U.S. Money was flowing south in a one-way tide. This caused some speculation as to whether the exchange values would again have to be lowered to retard the trend. This summer, however, American tourist trade helped restore a bal- ance, and no action was taken. The Canadian dollar is worth exactly one hundred American cents. -A. J. Neuwirth. * *I * No C:oeds To the Editor: WE ARE WRITING this to give voice to a growing sentiment among the rational male students on the campus. This sentiment of- fers a constructive solution to the problem of promotion of profound education, which is of basic im- portance to a nation in need of both humanitarianiand technical leadership. The underlying fallacy of the American approach to knowledge as represented here at the Uni- versity of Michigan, is the coed- ucational system. The theory be- hind the system is perhaps sound, but realistically it is a barrier to progress. The only justification for this system rests solely on the social results it produces-te poise acquired under normal con- ditions of inter-relationship. But these normal conditions do not exist, therefore, the basis for the system's existence has disap- peared. The current intolerable ratio of men to women is not just a temporary departure from nor- mal; it is a concrete trend which will grow in magniture with time. And the social attitude of the fe- male, fostered by this ratio, not only represents a departure from theory, but actually leads to mass male frustration. She is as Cleo- patra-her pomposity exceeded only by her vanity. It is the strange case of a persecuted ma- jority The solution is within reach here in the State of Michigan, where there are two major en- dowed institutions of education. The University, since it has the facilities, should be limited to male enrollment and dedicated to higher learning of the same de- gree as Harvard, M.I.T., Oxford, and the other recognized leaders in this field. The college up at East Lansing could be made avail. able as a "finishing school" for those so inclined. -G. Scott. R. Mitchell. C. Porter. * * * Indonesia To the Editor: AMBASSADOR Van Kleffens is a well polished spokesman for Dutch imperialism. He neg- lected to give the other side- the side of the people of Indo- nesia. In fact, his whole attitude is similar to the attitude which apologists for British Tory .inter- ests had in America during the 18th century, i.e., that the IL donesians are a barbaric sort, the leaders representing but a minor- ity, and for the sake of peace and justice, Dutch troops must maintain order. It seems inconceivable to Mr. Van Kleffens that the Indonesian people might like their freedom, that they have tired of Dutch ex- ploitation-exploitation equalled only by British rule in India over a period of centuries. He claims that the leaders of the Indonesian Republic are able to maintain themselves in power only with the arms which khe Japanese left. In- deed! And who is fighting the Dutch if it is not the great ma- jority of the people? What stu- dent of military science would ac- cept such an explanation when the people are using guerilla war- fare: Why, if this is not a war of liberation of the Indonesian people, does the government of India protest Dutch action and refuse her the right to fly over the Indian territory, as well as tuse of Indian ports. But further, Mr. Vandenberg, in his response to the group which had requested an interview con- cerning use of American arms in Indonesia, said he had no knowledge of the fact. This was his way of saying that he didn't. care to discuss the matter. This cannot be interpreted as anything but arrogance on the part of the Senator who is one of the official MUSIC T HE RESULTS of conductor George Szell's campaign to put the Cleveland Sym- phony Orchestra on a par with the all too few first . class American orchestras were clearly evident at the concert Sunday night. Schumann's short Symphony No. 4 opened the evening's program with a per- formance little more than satisfactory, however. Despite a lively, and surprising- ly youthful orchestra, and more than capable leadership, some parts of the sym- Education, will speak on "Child Growth and Development." Coming Events Michigan Chapter A A U P: Meeting, Thurs., Nov. 13, Michigan Union. Panel presentation, with discussion, of "Faculty Housing." All faculty members are cordially invited. Join Union Cafeteria south line at 6 p.m. and take trays to the lunchroom of the Faculty Club. 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