- THE MTCfTWAN W ii~ 1 - n nT St r .a++.ra 4 a."+,l _ ..niii L/..R S.\ 1i /. YtBL[Jl . . . .. I i AZ t 1, Fifty-Eighth Year II I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Invisible R ubtcon 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 =E lyde Reebit........................City Editor Jeanne Swendeman ........ Advertising Manager Stuart Finlayson ................Editorial Director Edwin Schneider ...............inance Manager ida Dailes.....................Associate Editor Eunice Mint ...................Associate Editor M1ck 1Sraus .........................Sports Editor Bob Lent ..................Associate Sports Editor Joyce Johnson ....................Women's Editor, ]e1tty Steward ..........Associate Women's Editor Joan d6 Carvajal ...............Library Director Me~lvin Trick................ 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: JOAN KATZ Moral Obigation T1HE ADMISSION policies of state-sup- ported colleges seem to warrant addi- tional scrutiny in the light of a recent article by John A. Perkins, state budget di- rector. Perkins, writing in the education week- ly, School and Society, noted that 60 per cent of all students seeking higher educa- tion are enrolled in the state-supported colleges and universities which have been an integral and ever-growing part of our educational set-up since their inception less than 100 years ago. eAt present many of these schools are adopting restrictions on the admission of out-of-state students in which they are often supported by state officials who see in the curtailment of registration a co-ordi- nate reduction in state expenses. The culturally damaging effect of this action has already received much dis- cussion elsewhere. We propose instead to investigate the moral obligation which we feel is involved. Perkins, although an advocate of this restricted enrollment, admits that when the day of the 51/2 million veterans with Cer- tificates of Eligibility is past, "the eco- nomic wherewithal to attend colleges will be lacking in many instances." It is the veterans, mostly under the GI Bill, who make up 57 per cent of the total enrollment of full time students in the colleges, and it is the Federal Government which is the largest supporter of the schools by its pay- mens of tuition. Certainly this money is as much a sub- sidy as were the original federal land grants to organize the schools, and as were the payments for Army and Navy training programs in the colleges during the war. In addition, Perkins presents another point. "Without research," he says, "higher education will soon become sterile. The research product of higher education has brought new truth to teaching, enriched industry, and enabled the United states to assume its world leadership." Where does this money come from? "Money for research in educational in- stitutions," he admits, "has not come for the most part from state legislatures. Private donations, foundation contribu- tions, and the largesse of the Federal gov ernment have pumped this life-giving blood into our state universities and col- leges." Certainly there is in all this at least a moral obligation to admit students of other states, since the United States naturally contributes from the moneys collected in all. At present there is a Federal bill under consideration (S. 971) to make grants to institutions of higher learning for con- struction of additional facilities. Perkins is against accepting this aid, but what of the other state officials who are in favor of provincial restrictions? Will they not accept Federal aid as in the past and still pretend that they can live in a self-suf- ficient world of their own? This matter is especially vital to those interested in doing post-graduate or pro- By SAMUEL GRAFTON A FAINT, almost invisible line separates the period in which we still expect peace from the period in which we begin to expect war. The task of men of goodwill is Who t theV,4aI... 0 About Restricting Aid THE STAGE was readied in Washington for next Monday's opening of the spe- cial session of Congress. The President brushed up on his lines, prompted by re- ports from Messrs. Krug, Nourse and Har- riman on the economic state of the nation. Mr. Truman's critics sharpened their claws. Due to come before the session is the question of how far we're to go in telling Europe how to spend the pending aid' funds. Some observers frowned on European social- ism, to the point of arguing that help should be withheld from those nations that persist in nationalizing their industries. The ad- ministration, based on. Secretary of Com- merce Harriman's report, will probably op- pose such restrictions. Harriman's Committee on Foreign Aid called for no restrictions other than the maintenance by European nations of demo- cratic methods. "Imposed conditions would constitute an unwarranted interference with the internal affairs of 'friendly nations," said the report. Some commentaries on aid to socialist nations: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS Thomas Dewey and Harold Stassen both made their views known on the question this past week. And not unlike their stands on other issues, they found themselves at odds. Gov. Dewey, in a rare committal state- ment, took issue with those who seek to bar aid to any nation whose industry is nation- alized. New York's governor said, "I am sure in my own mind that if those nations would restore initiative and free enter- prise, their progress would be immediately accelerated. But we will not achieve that result by . . . withholding aid if they do not change their practices." Ex-Gov. Stassen, in his new book, "Where I Stand," denied that he intended to impose "political conditions" on Europe, but, rather, only "economic conditions." He added, "We can not have the final program a success if the nations waste our aid by going down a non-productive, centralized-economy ap- proach of either a socialist or Communist nature." * * * THE'WASHINGTON STAR citing the dangers of playing "politics with dol- lars," cautions Congress to go easy on any condition to our aid to Europe. If we are not going to play into the Russians hands by trying to change the economic directions of the western democracies, says the Star, our assistance, .... must be reasonable." JAMES W. ANGELL, professor of eco- nomics at Columbia, writes in the New York Times Magazine that our aid to Eu- rope must not be conditioned on a nation's economic policy, but rather on its democ- racy. He points out that Americans, too of- ten, identify democracy with their own par- ticular forms of economic organization. Thiey don't realize, he said, that the "prin- ciples of democracy must include the right of people to select and operate their own forms of economic and political organiza- tion., AVID LAWRENCE, syndicated column- ist, condemns the Harriman Report which "deliberately abandons any insistence on the free enterprise system in the opera- tion of the Marshall Plan. The plan, he said, can turn into "Operation Rathole," un- less the NAM's proposal for limiting aid to countries willing to utilize the free enter- prise system, is accepted. --Ben Zwerling. -Al Shapiro. to dress that line up in neon lights, and with markers and' warnings, so that we shall know it is there. It is a pity to stumble finally across the Rubican in the belief it is only a crack in the sidewalk. In the coming debate on the Marshall Plan, we must be careful to consider it as a plan to preserve the peace, not as a plan to give us a somewhat better setup for a coming war. Mr. Marshall hit ex- actly the right note last June when he invited all the nations of Europe, includ- ing Russia, to share in the plan. To keep that perspective, to refuse to cross the line, to preserve the moral atmosphere of the expectation of peace, may be hard, but it is necessary. If we want peace, we must conduct ourselves as if we expect peace. The. great danger in the coming debate will arise not from enemies of the Mar- shall Plan, but from hothead friends, who may sputter, through the foam on their lips, that the Marshall Plan will furnish us with something like bases o the Con- tinent from which to fight. In the same way, if we make a big tan- tara at the coming council of Foreign Min- isters, and come out of it with a clean break with Russia, and a separate peace with Western Germany, we may find that we have crossed the line. For Rubicon is everywhere these days; it lies in coils about our feet. The point is not to cross it inad- vertently, or because a foot slips. It is for us to make our dwelling this side of the line that separates the ex- pectation of peace from the expectation of war, to stick it out; patiently and stubbornly, to accept no provocations and to give none, and to let spectacular breaks, if any must be, come from the other side. For if we but once cross the line, a subtle change must take place in our national character and in our national work. A diplomat who expects peace has a task quite different from that of a diplomat who expects war. The first must work patiently, evenly, building, giving and tak- ing. ' The second has a much lower and easier job; he can yield no point, for to yield becomes' something like treason, and he accepts any offered concessions in the spirit of one who has found a soft spot. The first one must create; the second need not. A change from one way of work to the other must affect our conceptions of industry, trade, our internal life; it cannot stop short of working an eerie transformation in everything we do, and in the end it will guide us more than we will guide it. We have not yet crossed the line, and we need not, but we must know that it exists and that it can be crossed inadvertently. War is not made by a declaration of hostilities, but in that hidden moment, per- haps years back, when someone, almost unconsciously, stopped hoping for peace. (Copyright, 1947, N.Y. Post Syndicate) FOR THE SECOND time this year, Nor- man Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic was presented before a packed house in Hill Auditorium. The affair, studded with names, was undoubtedly a financial success. How- ever, Mr. Granz' program has become some- what formalized and is not too capably handled, The spirit and enthusiasm the musicians needed for this type of concert was lacking and they often played with tongue in cheek. The ensemble work was ragged and in this case was used merely as a connecting link between the various solos. Individual honors for the event were divided between Coleman Hawkins and trombonist Bill Harris. "Cocktails for Two" showcased Hawkins' complete mastery of his instrumept, and Harris exhibited ex- quisite tone and ideas on "I Surrender, Dear" and "Mean to Me," which has long been associated with him. His performance at a faster tempo was less exciting, however. Flip Phillips' effortless tenor work on his own composition, "With Someone New," somewhat over-shadowed Hawk's now-fa- miliar variations on "Body and Soul." J. C. Heard's consistently overloud drum- ming vitiated the effectiveness of most of the solos. The sparkling supporting work of Pianoman Hank Jones was, with the excep- tion of two prettily-played solos, almost completely submerged. Bassist Ray Brown, though he impressed with his steady beat. similarly indulged in some tasteless bowing antics, a la Slam Stewart, near the end of the show. As a unit, the rhythm section never quite jelled. The general impression gained from the concert was a lack of spontaneity. The music often seemed hackneyed and dull. The solos contained several recognizable quotes, a de- vice which becomes shoddy when used repe- titiously. -David R. Crippen. Price (4of1 ,gro4 By S'i 1' ILl ASOi WASHINGTON-- Presidet Har- ry S. Truman fmust sometimes feel a little like the unhappy apple-sorter whose job drove him insane because he had to make so many decisions. For in this autumn of decision, still another decision - and this one is loaded with political dynamite - is now confronting the worried Presi- dent. Sometime before next Mon- day, when the special session of Congress meets, he must decide whether to risk Congressional wrath by asking for a kind of cut-rate O.P.A. or whether to pro- pose much milder medicine and hope for the best. When the President called the Congress into special session, he spoke firmly of the urgent need for effective measures to head off the threat of uncon- trolled inflation. Yet as of this writing, nothing like a final decision has been taken. An area of agreement has been neached.But a larger and more vital area of disagreement still exists. Those chiefly concerned are the White House aides, like Clark Clifford and John Steel- man, the members of Dr. Edwin Nourse's Council of Economic Ad- visers, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secre- tary of Commerce Averell Harri- man, and their advisers and econ- omists. Almost all those concerned with the price issue are con- vinced that the whole intricate paraphenalia of price control on everything from diapers to piccolos, on the old O.P.A. pat-, tern, is dead beyond resurrec- tion. There is also general agreement that allocation and export controls, plus credit con- trols, are essential. But here the area of agreement ends. For a number of the experts insist that if the job abroad is to lie done, and a really disastrous inflation at home is to be avoid- ed, some limited form of price control is urgently essential. It is argued that if the prices of a few basic commodities - food, especially wheat and meat, and basic industrial products, es- pecially steel - are frozen, the whole economy can be brought in balance. The lines have not hardened, but the chief opponents of this school of thought are reported to be Agriculture Secretary Clinton Anderson and Presidential aide John Steelman. For it is argued that the record of O.P.A. clearly demonstrated that the national economy can no more stay a little bit price controlled than the lady in the joke could stay a little bit pregnant. One controlled price in- evitably leads to another. The proponents of price con- trol argue, however, that the O.P.A. parallel is misleading. They point out that during the war years half the national economy was devoted to war production, whereas now ninety per cent is producing goods for civilian use. Thus limited price control measured in a few basic segments of the economy can check the threatening infla- tion. But if these measures are not taken, the pressure will con- tinue to mount ominously, aug- mented by the failure of the winter wheat crop and a new round of wage demands to catch up with the mounting cost of living. This, the price control- lers argue, might spell real dis- aster, both at home and abroad. These, too briefly, are the eco- nomic arguments. There are also political arguments. On the one hand, it is asserted that if the President proposed any form of price control, however limited, to' the Eightieth Congress, he would be smartly slapped down. More- over, this slapping process might crack wide open the carefully con- structed bipartisan foreign policy structure. On the other hand, the price controllers argue that the Con- gress cannot afford to disre- gard the angry mutterings of the housewives. If the Republi- can Congress refused to go along with a price control pro- gram, the albatross of responsi- bility for the galloping infla- tion which would surely ensue could be firmly fixed around the Republican party's neck. More- over, unless inflation is con- trolled, the whole program of aid to Europe might as well be written off anyway. Obviously the decision must rest in the end with the President himself. It is as important, and as difficult, a decision as he has been called upon to make. His + message to Congress next Mon- day will show how he has decided. But it will be months before it will be possible to know for certain whether he has decided wisely. (Copyright 1947, N. Y. Tribune Inc.) .a......_..-~-.u-,.._._..._ .. u. i DAIL OF11FICIAL BULLETIN Ie Letters to the Editor...j IL (Continued from age 2) present the distinguished Swedish tenor, SET SVANHOLM. of the Metropolitan Opera Company, in th° Choral Union Series in Hill Auditorium. Friday. Nov. 14, 8:30 p.m. Mr. Svanholm will sing a pro- gram of songs by Caldara, Caris- simi Schubert, Brahms, Strauss. Rangstrom, Sibelius, Quilter, Scott and Ilageman. He will be accom- panied at the piano by Leo Taub- man. A limited number of tickets are available at the offices of the University Musical Society in Bur- ton Tower; and after 7 p.m. in the Hill Auditorium box office on the night of the concert. University of Michigan Sin- phony Orchestra, Wayne Dunlap, Conductor will play a concert in Hill Auditorium at 8:30 p.m., Wed., Nov. 19. Program: Mendels- sohn's Symphony No. 4 in A ma- jor ("Italian"), Copland's Suite from the Ballet "Appalachian Spring," and Symphony in D minor by Franck. The public is cordially invited. Carillon Recital: Percival Price, University Carillonneur, at 7:15 this evening. The program will include several movements from Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony, i Harty's A Little Fantasy and Fugue, and the well-known spi- ituals By and Bye, Deep River, Little David, Play on Yo' Harp, I'm A-Rolling, and All God's Chil- lun Got Wings. The first of two concerts of DUTCH MUSIC OF THE 15TH, 16TH, and 17TH CENTURIES will be presented by the Collegium Mu- sicum of the School of Music on Sunday, Nov. 16, 4 p.m., Alumni MemorialrHall. The first part of the program will include selec- tions from Dutch Psalmody in the 16th and 17th Centuries per- formed by a brass ensemble and the Madrigal Singers; the second part will consist of Netherlands Secular Music of the 15th and 16th Centuries for voices, small ensem- bles, and large chamber ensemble. These programs are a part of the centenary celebration of Dutch settlement in Michigan. Free tick- ets are available at 808 Burton Memorial Tower. Organ Recital: Marshall Bid- well, Organist and Director ofj Music at Carnegie Institute, will present the first organ recital of the semester at 4:15 p.m., Wed., Nov. 19, Hill Auditorium. Dr. Bid- well is Lecturer in Organ in the School of Music. His program, open to the public, will consist of composition by Handel, Loeillet, Bach, Widor Jacob, Karg-Elert, Bossi, and Vierne. Exhibition Design and the Modern Poster. Ground floor corridor, College of Architecture and Design. Through November 26. Events Today Radio Program: 4-4:15 p.m., WPAG (1050 Kc.). Campus News. Michigan Chapter A A U P: Meeting 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 lunch- room of the Faculty Club. Lydia Mendelssohn: Art Cinema League presents Josette Day as THE BARGE-KEEPER'S DAUGH- TER with Louis Jouvet. French Dialogue, English titles. Thurs., Fri., Sat., 8:30 p.m. Army Ordnance Association: Meeting, 8:15 p.m., Rm. 302,1 Michigan Union. Colonel Jos- eph Colby, Chief of the Develop- ment Engineering Branch, Detroit Tank Arsenal, will speak on the subject "Modern Trends in Tank- Automotive Design" (illustrated). The public is invited. Business meeting for members only at 7:30 p.m. International Center weekly tea,1 4:30-5:30 p.m. Hostesses: Mr. M. H. Soule, and Miss YeeYee from Burma. University Women Veterans' Association: Any women veterans interested in attending the Wil- low Run Starlight Serenade this Friday night call Doris Hart at 8671 before Friday. 11 EDITOR'S NOTE: Because The Daily 4 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 at the writers only. Letters of more than 300 words are shortened, printed or omitted at the discretion of the edi- torial director. . .,. Turnabout ct To the Editor: WAS BOTH pleased and as- tounded on reading in The Daily a communique from Fred See- gert, M, '46 which exhorted "Fritz and the Michigan Team" to crush Wisconsin by at least 30 points lest Seegert be dunked in Lake Mendota. Pleased because Fred was a home town buddy of mine years ago. and I was glad to hear that he is safely ensconced on the most beautiful campus in the world at the University of Wis- consin. Astounded because I thought Fred had more intelli- gence than to undertake such an obviously foolhardy wager. He's in for a ducking. To clarily my position, let me state that I am Fred Seegert's ex- act counterpart - a Wisconsin graduate now attending Michigan. And just as Fred will be one Wisconsin student cheering for Michigan Saturday, I'll be in the Michigan stands at Camp Randall yelling my head off for the fight- ing Badgers. But back to Fred's letter. He warns against underrating .Wis- consin and then spots them 30 points. Consistent? He says the Wisconsin fighting spirit "may well match Michigan." To be guilty of such gross understate- ment, Fred must be blind and deaf to the tremendous zest, en- thusiasm, and school spirit in Madison (as evidenced by the 2,- 000 fans greeting the Badgers at the airport after the Yale game). By comparison, Ann Arbor is a morgue and the most loyal Wol- verine follower a Benedict Ar- nold. If the citizenry of Madison got wind of that letter, Fred would be ridden out on a rail. Yes, Fred Seegert and all you Michiganders, Wisconsin has more fight and spirit than you can con- ceive. So take warning from an enemy in your camp - that spirit will pay off Saturday. Michigan over Wisconsin? . . . Perhaps. Michigan by 30 points? . . . Ab- surd! The mere suggestion is an insult to Badger honor. If that happens, I will gladly take a duck- ing in Lake Mendota in full dress' clothes. So one of us, Fred See- gert or myself, is in for a frigid swim Saturday night . . . I hope he enjoys the water. -Jack Goodale. Wisconsin, '47. Dating Problem To the Editor: SO THE co-educational system is no good because Messrs. Scott, Mitchell and Porter can't stand the, competition. As far as dates are concerned, free enter- prise leaves them high and dry on Saturday night, or soaking in beer and tears - in either case womanless. Leave us examine the facts: You are a man. You want a date. There's a brunette in your history class. You inquire her name, swipe a directory, call her up. Now don't kid yourself -- she's going to be flattered. She may try to cover up by shoving you to :the bottom of her waiting list, buththat's her prerogative, and the only one she's got. You can call up another girl as soon as you hang up on the first, but she has to wait around until another guy gets the same idea you had. And men can be awful dumb. Living in the largest dormitory on campus, I know dozens of girls who sit home weekend after week- end, or sneak out to a show with a girl-friend because our society dictates that one must have a date on Saturday night. Why' don't they have dates? -- well, some aren't the predatory type; p.m., Rm. 319, Michigan Union. Dr. C. D. LaRue of the Botany De- partment will speak on "Tropical Plantations." Color film, "Amazon Awakening," will be shown. Open to the public. A.S.H. & V:E.: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 304, Michigan Union. Prof. L. S. O'Bannon will speak on the subject "Special Applications of Air Conditioning. All members and others inter- ested are urged to attend. La p'tite causette: 3:30 p.m., Russian Room, Michigan League. Hindustan Association: An in- (Continued on Page 6) ~some have to spend extra time at their studying; some don't lok like Hedy Lamarr. Neither do most men. Thinking of these girls - most of whom are a lot of fun, and "good dates" (especially since they haven't had their heads turned by the excessive popularity occasioned by the follow-the-lead- er type of- male who dates only where the rest of the crowd does) I have only contempt and a bit- ter, bitter laugh for Saturday stags. -Judy Lalkin * w Underpayment To the Editor: THE RECENT NOTICE of the 'VA advising veterans not to cash their checks if they are over- paid has its dour note, too, for there are many veterans who have not received their checks at all. It may be that the VA is so con- cerned with this possible over- Ipayment of G.I. benefits that they go to the extreme end of us- lng multitudinous pre-audits and a cautious policy of red-tape caus- ing their check disbursing ma- chinery to "bog-down." If the VA wishes to proceed slowly and cautiously in this matter of sub- sistence checks, they should aso consider the breakdown of morale and the financial duress they cause by nonpayment. For an example of VA check disbursing, I am still waiting for a subsistence check of some kind beginning and covering the sum- mer post-session period which was promised "uninterrupted." So far they will have "interrupted" for three months now, and just as any person would if similarly "cut off," I think the VA should give the same emphasis to UNDER- PAYMENT as well as to OVER- PAYMENT of G.I. benefits. -Standish S. Howe Willow Buses To the Editor: DOESONE have to take the 3:45 bus in order to get to a 7 p.m. concert? I thought per- haps the University had beflefit- ed from that recent barrage of letters resulting from poor trans- portation facilities from West Lodge to a concert! There is, of course, no 4:45 bus on Sundays. Therefore, the 5:45 is the only logical bus to take to the 7 p.m. concert. Last night, at 5:45 two (2) busses, gen- erously provided by the Univer- sity, pulled up at West Lodge, al- ready half-loaded with married students, to transport the scores of men and women waiting and hoping to go to Ann Arbor. Con- sequently, by everyone exhaling fully, it, was possible to jam sixty (60) human cattle into one poor bus, which, at best, can unconm- fortably accommodate forty (40) passengers. The other bus was similarly loaded. Please, please, wont's ANYONE take pity on us?? -Curtis L. Mann World Federalists To the Editor: TE MOST COMMON objection raised concerning the World Federalist approach to the prob- lems of peace is that it is not realistic. Critics feel that the ma- jor powers could not today find sufficientcommon ground upon which a limited world government could be built. Such an attitude has two sources. One is a painful misun- derstanding of the World' Fed- eralist program combined with a lack of knowledge concerning the present power political situation. The second is related to the ques- tion of what constitutes realism. The World Federalists propose that we unite now in a Federal Union with all willing nations. Though we propose that all means be used to bring all major pow- ers into the union upon its incep- tion we feel there is grave prob- ability that the nations of what is now known as the Eastern bloc will be unwilling to give up their national sovereignty. We feel that the door should be. left open to these nations, confident that the day will come when our differ- ences will be less. But now there must be agreement amongst those nations, who are willing to agree. We feel that we are the real- ists who face truthfully the in- evitability of war if we continue along the present policy. And we provide a realistic solution. Today the United States is about to launch forth on a great cam- paign to secure the economies of Europe against collapse and to- talitarianism. But our great sac- rifice will be lost unless we real- ize that national competing econ- omies cannot be stable in their petty wars of preferential agree- ments and tariffs. The European economies proved this in the 1920s and 30's. We may bolster their At Lydia Mendelssohn..a THE BARGE-KEEPER'S DAUGHTER, with Louis Jouvet, Elvire Popesco and Jo- sette Day. THE FEATURE at Lydia Mendelssohn this weekend is a sophisticated Cinderella story that is told in a rather amusing style. It seems that, once upon a time, there was a rich oil magnate who wished to secure his investments in the Kingdom of Silistria by restoring the royal family to the throne. Complications arose when it became known that his candidate for the crown had given his heart to a commoner-a barge-keeper's daughter, in fact-and was unwilling to sur- render this little gem for any kingdom. Con- sidering the relative merits of girl and king- dom, I should judge that his choice was un- Foresters' Club: Meeting, 7:301 BARNABY .. I , I mmw . M -1