FOUR TI1E MI CHIGAN DAILY FRtDAY NOVEMUER 2i, 1947 - - - --------- T!!! 2 t thlda fiftyighth Year - - 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.........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 thePost 'OfficemateAnn Arbor, Mich- Igan as second class mail matter. Subscription during the regular school year by carrier, $.0O, by mail, $6.00. Member, Assoc. Collegiate Press, 1947-48 An . Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDTOR: FRED SCHOTT Penalty for Apathy STUDENT TENANTS, the - largest single group of renters in Ann Arbor, can get a preview of their own chances at the Monday rent hearing by a quick visit to 1008 First National Building, where Wilson H. White, local Rent Advisory Board chair- man, and associate of Andrews-White, real- tot, has been receiving names of persons who wish to testify. In addition to the question, "Land- lord or tenant?" the visitor is asked: "Stu- dent?" The relevance of the latter ques- tin to the rent situation is not made elear, but the intimation is that while stu- dents are tolerated in Ann Arbor as rent payers, their concern over the size of rent payments is somewhat presumptuous. the preview also discloses that while stu- dent living costs may be permitted as tes- timony in the hearing, they will carry little weight with Mr. White personally in the post-hearing Board deliberations. Rec- ommendations for a general five, ten or 15 per cent raise (or reduction, or for no change) will be submitted to the four- county rent group in Detroit-upon which the seven Ann Arbor Rent Advisory Board members also sit. The Board, incidentally, will determine -the number of students allowed to testify, eien for a proposed five-minute period. Because much of their reasoning will be jidged ahead of time as irrelevant, and because their "transient" status will be considered relevant, the possibility that few students, will be, heard at all is not remote. The jeopardy surrounding oral testimony demands recourse to other means. If student tenants cannot be heard, then they can be seen. Their massed physical presence in the courtroom may stir the Board as their testimony cannot. The pen- alty for not attending the rent hearing may be extra after-hours work, a few weeks hence, to meet a new rent bill-its size de- pending on how high the inflationary spiral spirals. If it's a date, Monday, make it a rent date. If it's studies, wink at the books while you take a first-hand lesson in polit- ical economy. It's your pocketbook! Whether you've asked to testify or not: it's 7:30 p.m., Monday, at the courthouse. -Malcolm Wright. ON WORLD AFFAIRS: Stopping Russia By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER T oo MUCH ATTENTION on stopping Russia may prevent us from stopping the next war. Actually, the only way to stop Russia in the long run may be the only way to stop an atomic conflagration, namely, by substituting law for force. If we did the latter, we should not have to worry so much about diplomatic jobs. Yet until we do. governments must go ahead with both tasks separately. But there are enough diplomatic instru- ments available for stopping Soviet imper- ialism outside the U.N. without our turning the UN away from its real purpose- which is permanent peace. I should like to see our delegation at Lake Success concentrat- ina les nn keening Onter Mongolia out and I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: I ~Real 1Predwiate l LY O IRICIAL BIiLE Leters to the Edi tor... C By SAMUEL GRAVITON WHAT DOES Senator Taft want the Re- publicans to do, get a reputation for blowing money around? The Senator's proposal that we spend about five billions a year to aid Europe, instead of the seven billions which might he needed to put the Continent on its feet, according to the Marshall Plan, is one of the most spendthrifty ideas that has come out of Washington in fifteen years. That is really burning the taxpayers' money up. The Senator suggests that we spend not quite enough to do the job, that we thriftily put our savings into building two-thirds of a house and buying half a car. He would have our Western world sit down in the roofless dwelling thus construct- ed, before a cold fire, with one-quarter of a dog for company, and the memory of yes- terday's supper and the hope of tomorrow's supper to keep it cozy, but no supper for tonight. The Senator's proposal is like that; Labor Relations AN IMPORTANT ROAD to industrial peace is indicated in an experiment de- scribed by Dr. John R. P. French, Jr., so- cial psychologist, in a recent lecture here. The experiment, carried out by a re- searcher of the M.IT. Research Center for Group- Dynamics, was a test of the rela- tion between group participation by work- ers in decisions involving their own jobs, and the production level they maintained. ie management at a clothing factory had found that when it became necessary to change an efficient worker to another job the relearning process took so long, and the worker's production rate fell per- manently so low, that it was cheaper to hire a new hand-preferably one who had never even seen a factory. This was a tremendous waste of human material, but the management had solved the problem as well as it could. A few months ago the management at this factory found it necessary to cut costs -prices were too low. That involved sim- plifying the design of the clothing, and thus changing the jobs of four groups of workers. The first group was what scientists de- scribe as a control-it followed the normal procedure. The workers, about 15 in num- ber, were to remain at their machines but certain changes in their work were nec- essary. This was explained to them in detail, to- gether with the reasons for the change, in a conference with management. No loss of pay was involved. But, as expected, when they got on the job the group production level fell from above average to well below the plant stand- ard. It stayed there. After 30 days manage- ment had to break up the group. When the second group was changed, a different method was employed. As be- fore the necessity for change was ex- plained in conference, but details were worked out in cooperation with manage- ment by two elected representatives of the workers. When everything had been de- cided, they taught the other members of their group the new processes. Again, after the change there was a drop in production-in fact, to a lower level than with the control group. But within two weeks the output increased, and steady progress eventually put Group 2 production level higher than before the switch-well above the plant standard. This was a striking result, and it was borne out by what happened later. Two more groups, somewhat smaller than the first, had to be changed. After man- agement had explained to the workers the reasons for the change, the two groups par- ticipated wholeheartedly. They planned, in group discussions with management, ex- actly what changes in design and working methods would be made. When Groups 3 and 4 got on the job again, their production dropped sharply. But in 10 days they passed their former production level, still making steady up- ward progress. In other words, not only did group participation destroy the psy- chological difficulties involved in the switch-it actually rased the level of pro- ducton after the change. The efficiency of the groups and the dif- ficulty of the changes each had to make were about equal. The differences between the control grotjp, the participation by representation group and the full participa- tion groups are therefore statistically sig- nificant. The workers in this experiment didn't have the final word on the problems-de- cisions were reached in cooperation with management. The experiment shows conclusively what many psychologists have believed for sev- eral years-that the feeling of team-work will do more than high pay toward making workers alert, satisfied citizens. The fact that management was satisfied by the cxNcriment is a very important point. it gapes with holes and crevices and missing walls. And to build this wreck from a torn blueprint, as Mr. Taft suggests, would cos five billions a year. It is hardly a bargain. The New Deal never threw money around like that, not even in the years when Mr. Roosevelt was popularly sup- posed to spend his evenings sitting on a pile of billion dollar notes and tossing them above his head for. the amusement of Mr. Hopkins. Mr. Taft is afraid that if we spent seven billions a year under the Marshall Plan, we would need price and rationing controls. He dislikes price and rationing controls. He be- lieves that if we spend only five billions we can aboid them. But the Marshall Plan esti- mates, calling for something like six billion plus the first year (a little less than Mr. Taft makes it) already represent a good deal of cutting and pruning. To cut further means to kill the Marshall Plan as a plan for putting Europe on its feet, as a plan for recovery. It means reducing it to the level of just another handout. It means to blow the five billions. And, in effect, Mr. Taft's plan would blow the five billions just to avoid price and rationing control. That is really visionary spending. At least in the old days we got TVA for our money. As a matter of fact, the Republicans are in deep political trouble, from which they are not going to save themselves by making a hundred-yard-dash to the radio with an off-the-cuff plan, as Mr. Taft did, a few hasty hours after the President spoke. They are in trouble because some of their theories have blown up. Their theory that we would not have to help Europe at the end of the war has exploded, leaving their eyebrows singed. Their theory that prices would return to normal once controls were ended is also very dead. They are even in trouble on their pet theory that voluntary methods of rationing can work, because they have been unable to resist kidding the President when he tried it, and they have thus thrown dishwater on their own cher- ished alternative. They cannot make up for this theoret- ical collapse by putting together, with flour paste and tissue paper, a flimsy plan that tries to combine some spending for Europe, a few allocations of scarce goods here, and a pious wish or two. That wouldn't last a minute in today's winds. Nor can they get out of trouble by pointing a scornful finger at the Pres- ident and charging him with playing pol- itics, as if playing politics were a dreadful novelty, utterly new to Washington and recently invented by Harry Truman. No, the Republicans must face the facts if they are ever going to reform their lines. One of them is that their predicament, like that of the world, is very real. (Copyright, 1947, N.Y. Post Syndicate) MATTER OF FACT: Time Presses By JOSEPH ALSOP BERLIN-Every responsibfe American and British official here shares the fervent conviction that after the failure of the London Conference urgent steps must be taken to form a provisional government in Western Germany. They say first that it is vain and time- wasting to continue seeking or hoping for agreement with the Soviets. The Soviet con- trol of Eastern Germany is squarely based on ruthless terror, and has the total ex- ploitation of Eastern Germany, both polit- ical aid economic, as its purpose. Even General Lucius D. Clay, whose highest am- bition on coming to Germany was to achieve agreement with the Soviets, now frankly feels that there is no hope. In the second place, the mere passage of time is pressing these Americans and Britishers who have the task of adminis- tering the most important part of the old German state. Their broad problem is neatly summed up in the currency issue. All four zones of Germany still use reichs- marks printed by the Allies as their cur- rency. But the currency is on the verge of losing all value, except as a sort of official script for buying official ra- tions. A large part of the trouble-has been caused by the Soviets. They were negligently given dies to print reichsmarks by our Treasury. They have printed uncounted billions, to pay their troops, to "buy" industries for Soviet account, and to meet all other occupation charges. They have consistently refused to agree to German-wide currency reform. A stage of acute danger has now been reached. If the valueless reichsmarks are not soon replaced with money having some value, there is likelihood of a general catastrophe. There is also the certainty that the effort to rebuild Germany's economic life will fail. Therefore the task of currency reform must begin at once, and begin separately in the Anglo-American and French zones. (Copyright, 1947, New York Herald Tribune) 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 Angeli Hall, by 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Sat- urdays). FRIDAY, NOV. 21 1917 VOL. LVII, No. 52 Notices Veterans: According to a recent Veterans Administration regula- tion, veterans enrolled under Pub- lic Law 346 who plan to interrupt their training at the conclusion of the present Fall Semester will re- ceive subsistence payments for an additional fifteen days beyond the effective date of their official in- terruption of training. Conse- quently, fifteen days of eligibility time will be deducted from their remaining entitlement. It should be emphasized that this procedure is automatic, in that payment will be made and entitlement reduced accordingly, unless a veteran notifies the Vet- erans Administration, in writing, thirty days prior to the close of the Fall Semester. This does not apply to veterans who are re-en- rolling for the Spring Semester. It is the responsibility of the veteran who does not desire the extension of subsistence benefits to notify the Veterans Adminis- tration no later than January 7, 1948. Veterans who desire the fif- teen days extension are not re- quired to give any notice. Vet l- ans who accept the additional fi- teen days will have their eligibil- ity time reduced by that time amount. The following form is suggested for notification: "This is to noti- fy you that I will interrupt my training at the University of Michigan at the end of the Fall Semester, February 7, 1948. I do not desire the fifteen days exten- sion of subsistence allowances. Signature, "C" Number, Reference, "C" Number, Reference DT7AGB TM." Tile notification should be sent to Registration and Research Section, Michigan Unit, Veterans Administration, Guardian Build- ing, 500 Griswold Street, Detroit 26, Michigan. Approved social events for the coming weekend: November 21 Adams House, Collegiate Soro- sis, Kappa Alpha Theta, Pi Lamb- da Phi, West Lodge Recreation Dept. November 22 Acacia, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Al- pha Rho Chi, Alpha Sigma Phi, Anderson House, Beta Theta Pi, Chi Phi, Chi Psi, Delta Kappa Ep- silon, Delta Sigma Delta, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Upsilon, Hender- son House, Jordan Hall. Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Al- pha, Phi Alpha Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Tau, Phi Rho Sigma, Phi Sigma Delta, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Lambda Phi, Psi Upsilon, Robert Owen Coopera- tive. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Al- pha Mu, Sigma Chi, Cigma Phi, Theta Chi, Theta Delta Chi, Theta Xi, Williams House, Zeta Beta Tau, Zeta Psi. Pre-Football guest luncheons from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and after game open houses from 5 to 7 p.m. held in organized student residences will be approved chap- eroned or unchaperoned provided they are announced to the Office of Student Affairs at least one day in advance of the scheduled date. All women students attending the Pan-Hellenic Ball on Nov, 21 have 1:30 a.m. permission. Call- ing hours will not be extended. Women students who wish to leave for the Thanksgiving holiday on Wed., Nov. 26, are instructed to request permission directly from their housemothers. Closing hours for women stu- dents over the Thanksgiving holi- day are as follows: Wed., Nov. 26, 12:30 a.m. Thurs., Nov. 27, 11:30 p.m. All Senior single men living in Willow Run dormitories may ap- ply for Residence Hall accommo- dations for the second semester in Rm. 2, University Hall on Nov. 20, 21, 22. All student organizations who have not previously submitted a list of members are requested to do so immediately. Lists should be submitted to the Office of Student Affairs, Rm. 2, University Hall. Meting of all students who want teaching positions at the end of the first semester will be held in Rm. 2003, Angell Hall, Tues., Nov. 25, 4 p.m. All graduate students as well as those just getting their de- I grees are urged to attend. Univer- sity Rureau of Appointments and Olccupational Information. The Ford Motor 'Company will be at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall, Mon., Nov. 24, to interview non-technical February graduates for their Ford Field Training Program. For appoint- ments and applicatons call at the Bureau of Appointments. The National Tube Company will be at the Bureau of Appoint- ments, 201 Mason Hall, Tues., Nov. 25, to interview engineers graduat- ing in February. Call at the Bu- reau for booklets, applications, and appointments. Lectures University Lecture: Dr. Carle- ton Sprague Smith, chief of the Music Section of the New York Public Library, will lecture on the subject "Brazilian Architecture" illustrated), Mon., Nov. 24, 4:15 p.m., Rackham' Amphitheatre; auspices of the Department of Fine Arts. The public is invited. Academic Notices Biological Chemistry Seminar: Fri., Nov. 21, 4 p.m., Rm. 319, West Medical Bldg. Subject: "The Roles of Iron and of Cobalt in Nutrition. Recent Sties.-'' All interested are invited. Concerts The University Musical Society will present The Westminister Choir, Dr. John Finley Williamson, conductor, in the Choral Union Series, Mon., Nov. 24, 8:30 p.m, Hill Auditorium. A limited number of tickets are available at the offices of the Uni- versity Musical Society; and will be on sale after 7 p.m. on the eve- ning of the concert in the Hill Au- ditorium box office. Exhibitions Atomic Energy: Association of U. of M. Scientists calls to the at- tention of its members, and any others who may be interested, the exhibit on atomic energy, its sci- entific and political implications, now on display at the Ann Arbor High School. Design and the Modern Poster. Ground floor corridor, College of Architecture and Design. Through November 26. Museum of Art: PAINTINGS LOOTED FROM HOLLAND, through November 28. Alumni Me- morial Hall: Daily, except Mon- day, 10-12 and 2-5; Sunday, 2-5; Wednesday evenings, 7-9; Thanks- giving Day, 2-5. Gallery talk; No- vember 25 at 4:15. The public is cordially invited. Michigan Historical Collections: "Items Relating to the Dutch Set- tlements in Michigan," 160 Rack- ham Bldg. Daily, 8-5; Sunday 2-5, through November 28. "Natural History Studies at the Erwin S. Georgo Reserve, Uni- versity of Michigan," Museums Bldg. Rotunda through December. Events Today The Angell Hall Observatory will be open to the public for observa- tion of the moon, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Children must be accompanied by parents. The Observatory will not be open if the sky is overcast. Geology and Mineralogy Jour- nal Club: 12 noon, Rm. 3056, Nat- ural Science Bldg. Dr. John P. Marble, Chairman of the Commit- tee for Radioactive Determination of Geologic Time, will speak on the subject, "Recent Developments in the Determination of Geologic "fime by Radioactive Methods." All interested are invited. Armenian Students' Association: Meeting, Rm. 305, Michigan Union, 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker: Dr. Byron A. Hughes. University Women and Men Guests: Bowling is available at the Women's Athletic Building alleys on Friday afternoons, 3:30-5:30 p.m. University women may invite men guests to bowl at student rate. Lydia Mendelssohn: Art Cinema League presents RUSSIAN BAL- LERINA, Maria Redina. Complete EDITOR'S NOTE: Mecause 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 oited at the discretion of the edi- torral director. Michigan Ceers To the Editor: This letter was held in abey- ance until Michigan's status as Rose Bowl participant had been finally determined. It is prompted by the actions of those jolly souls for perhaps we should say heels) who lead Michigan cheers come each Saturday afternoon. After studying all night for a week and floating a small loan from the Ann Arbor Bank, we were able to wend our way to Cham- pain to watch our gladiators do battle with the Illini. The game was tremendous - but our happy friends threw somewhat of a damper over the affair by going into business for themselves. What could be more disgusting than to hear the representatives of your University telling the opposition to "drop dead?" No purpose was served, to our knowledge, except to demonstrate that eight college students could spell two four let- ter words without mistake. The entire Michigan student body was privileged to hear this same sort of puerile nonsense ,when the Indiana gridders arrived as ouir guess on the following Saturday. Weweren't at Wis- consin we're still paying our debts fron the Illinois game, but if thec heerleaders were there, we can safely assume that eight in- dividuals left the state of Wis- consin with plenty of raspberries to fill the trunk of their shiny, new car. Now for the point of this let- ter. The people of California and sportsmen from all over the na- tion wlil see our cheerleadersas well as our team in the Rose Bowl. Let's stop this morbid madness and have some cheers. Let's show the sporting public that Michigan students have progressed to a stage where they can intelligent- ly lend vocal support to the team. (if we dont, the team may win but the University of Michigan will be the loser. California, here we come. -Bud Shulman .-Bill .Siegel Dtin iig To the Editor: On November thirteenth there was printed in The Daily a reply to a mass masculine protest con- cerning the coeducational enroll- ment at the University. The let- ter, both in content and signa- ture, appeared to come from a feminine source, even though Miss Judy Laikin's name is not in the student directory. Assuming that a co-ed did write it, one is com- pelled to question herdefense of the -existing male-coed ratio. It was about as convincing as sighs of frustration emanating from the averagetLadahkian woman (Ladahk, Tibet, that is). The letter lacked, above all, sta- tistical support. According to her, she "knows dozens of girls who sit home weekend after weekend or sneak out to a show with a girl-friend." Maybe she does, but such information is not available to the nonclairvoyaflt man.. This is indicated in several places in her letter. She says that girls should have the privilege of put- ting men asking for dates at the bottom of their waiting lists, evi- dently even if the waiting list is English titles. Tonight and Sat., 8:30 p.m. SRA COFFEE HOUR: 4:30 p.m., Lane Hall. Everyone is invited. The .German Coffee Hour: 3-4 p.m., Michigan League Coke Bar. All interested students and faculty members are invited. Canterbury Chub: Open house and tea, 4-6 p.m. at the student center, 218 S. Division. Roger Williams Guild: Open House 8:30-12 midnight at the Guild House. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation: Friday Evening Services, 7:30 p.m. at the Foundation, followed by a fireside discussion led by Dr. J. H. Meisel of the Department of Political Science. Subject: "Eu- rope-Reformation or Revolu- tion?" Social hour. All students are invited to attend. Delta Epsilon Pi Orthodox So- ciety: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Upper Room, Lane Hall. Instructions to delegates for Chicago convention t( 'oi.I in<