FOURg SATURDAY, SEPTEMER 27, 1947 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Fifty-Eighth Year MATTER OF FACT: Realpolitdi ls . y . .... ._..__... ._ _..__ _...--I I DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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. Editorial Staff John Campbell ...................Managing Editor :lyde Recht.......... ....... ......City Editor Suart Finayson .........E.ditoral Directo Eunice Mintz ....................Associate Editor Dick Kraus .................... .Sports Editor :Bob Lent................ Associate Sports Editor Joyce Johnson ................Women's Editor Betty Steward ..........Associate Women's Editor Business Stafff Nancy Helmick ...................General Manager Jeanne Swendeman ........ Advertising Manager Edwin Schneider .................Finance Manager Melvin Tick ..................Circulation Manager Telephone 23-24-1 Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publication of all new dispatches credited to it or otherwise credited in this news- paper. All rights of re-publication of all other 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: DICK MALOY Boob Exchange THE STUDENT Book Exchange, greatest boon to the student purse since enact- ment of the driving ban, faces extinction these days on two counts: it's got to have more personnel and it's got to find a place to live. On the first count, Manager Ken Bis- sell says that "we get a lot of sympathy but not much help." Student volunteers arent's paid very much-those who have Worked an average of six hours per day for the past two weeks will get about $15 apiece. Women, of course, get League committee credits. Hiring a full-time manager and paying regular rates for help isn't the answer. Bis- sell has.pointed out that such action would mean increasing the present 10 per cent expense-covering deduction to 15 or 20 per cent, "and a higher profit percentage means a lower appeal to students who have books to sell." The only answer, then, for dollar-wise students who want to keep the Student Book Exchange a going concern, is to pitch in and help, if only for a few hours per week. On the second count, the Book Exchange still hasn't found permanent quarters. The Game Room of the League, where the Ex- change has been located for three semes, ters, is now needed for women's activities. The Union offers space, but only for Orien- tation Week and the first week of classes. Well, -why not the Union? Under the present permanent set-up the Book Ex- change has a lot of problems that wouldn't exist on a term-to-term basis. Right now, the Exchange has a constantly growing stock of books. More and more of them become obsolete each semester. There is also the problem of old student accounts. Students leave books to be sold, graduate, depart from the campus without bothering to pick up their checks and unsold books, and pause only now and then to write indignant let- ters to the Book Exchange. On a term-to-term basis, these prob- lems would be nonexistent. Students could leave books a tthe Exchange during Orien- tation Week, buy them during that and the following week, and close their ac- counts at the end of the first week of classes. The problem of incontinuity of personnel under such an arrangement could be solved by making one of the Union officers man- ager ex officio of the Student Book Ex- change, and by forming a standing League committee to run the Exchange. -Arthur Higbee. Mititary Trend "For the first time in history, this nation has more soldiers than teachers. Such a ratio points toward open conflict." Dr. George Willard Frasier, retiring presi- dent of Colorado State College has raised a voice of protest against the appointment of Gen. Ike Eisenhower to run Columbia Uni- versity. Congress has shown that it will get into high gear only on questions of military ap- propriations, or a new plan of defense, or, of course, the atom bomb. Forget lunch for school-childrele-It' huild1 bettetnnks. By JOSEPH ALSOP ROME-Exhausted by the dreary haggling, terrified by the paralysis of his own country, one of the leading American policy makers remarked in Paris that "it might be a good thing" if one of the great western European nations were engulfed in the Soviet tide. Such is the authentic, anxiously discussed report here. The meaning of the remark was that warnings were useless; only the grim actuality of capture by the Soviets of some vital part of the western world could galvanize the United States into adequate action. Italy is nearest, at the moment, to giving this ordinarily calm and intelligent man his somewhat despairing wish. Perhaps he is right. Perhaps warnings are useless. Nonetheless, before saying farewell to the Italian situation, it will be well to try to estimate in detail the price of Italy. First, what will happen here? As indi- ['D RATHER BE RIGHT: The Golden Days By SAMUEL GRAFTON THE SMALL SIGNS accumulate to show that the world is heading into one of the worst food shortages it has ever known. Even the weather (which was phenomenally good during the war years, and gave us rec- ord production with small manpower) seems to be swinging over from a long favorable cycle to an unfavorable one. Drought hit Australia and South Africa soon after the war ended; it struck Europe this year; and American wheat farmers, according to the Wall Street Journal, are now complaining that they can't get their winter wheat start- ed because the topsoil is "a mass of dust." In the face of this danger we are showing the same toneless unwillingness to act which has marked our efforts as regards food ever since the war ended. It is announced that be- cause of the disappoint- ing corn crop (another warning that we can't " depend on the weather) stockmen are going to feed much of our record wheat crop to farm ani- mals. There will thus be less wheat to export. This is accepted, with a pitying tsk! tisk!, as if it were a fact of nature, like a flood or an earthquake. But need we allow ani- mals to chomp food that human beings will die for want of? Only Herbert Hoover has had the guts to suggest the wheat be saved for human use, but even he has put it, characteristical- ly, on a voluntary basis. He seems to ex- pect feed lot proprietors to plait ribbons of white (for purity) into their hair, and then go out to break the news to their pigs and heifers that they are to be sacrificed for the welfare of the world. It just doesn't happen that way, and it is unfair to expect it. Our current wheat surplus is the great- est single resource against disaster the western world has. A special session of Congress could pass emergency measures to hold and safeguard that surplus. But at suggestions for such a session, the same lack of style which has marked our pre- vious efforts shows up again. Mr. Clinton P. Anderson, our .Secretary of Agriculture, who opposes rationing, says a special session wouldn't help. He explains gravely that one reason for food shortages and high prices is that we are now eating 155 pounds of meat per year per person, as compared with 130 pounds a few years ago. But do we have to? It is like that explana- tion about the livestock feeders using wheat instead of corn. Gee, it's tough; you see, fellows, we happen to be eating 155 pounds of meat instead of 130; it's too bad. What sort of explanation is that? That we are pampering ourselves phy- sically isn't the worst of it. The worst is that we are pampering ourselves morally. American conservatism has successfully peddled the doctrine that controls are evil; it has made almost a mystical article of faith out of that belief. So deep does this feeling go that we now seem quite prepared to say, at least by implication, that it is better for some to starve rather than for one American stockman to be de- prived of the right to fatten as many cat- tle as he chooses. For whatever our voices may say, our actions assert that we con- sider it better to risk inflation at home and disaster abroad than, to have controls. This bit of economic dogma, which grew out of the fight against Roosevelt, is now supported with such vehemence that re-j alistic considerations have little part in the argument. In a reasonable objective atmosphere thej bland explanations offered above for not using our food better would seem appalling; that they are so casually accepted is evi- dence of profound national confusion and disarray, the by-products of our own in- ternal bickering. And that is the record of how we are spending our time during the golden days when it would still be possible to act against what is going to happen in the world this winter. ronvri ht 1947 Ww York Pnst Corn cated in previous reports, American aban- donment of Italy in her present economic plight will almost certainly bring in a Com- munist dominated government in the spring. Such a government will resemble the one now installed in Hungary, with a few So- cialists and other stooges included more for show than use. To be sure, the leader of the Communist- linked Socialists, the worthy, but Wallace- like Nenni, believes the Communists can be "controlled." Many other Italians, unable to imagine the misery and disorganization of the winter that menaces them, doubt whether their country can be dominated by a political party acting for a foreign power. But Yugoslavia is just across the border, and obvious source of arms and aid. Ital- ian Communist partisan units are already in existence, available to be quickly trans- formed into a secret police. As happened in Germany, many of the remaining, pres- ently uninfluential neo-Fascist elements in the population will be available to be purchased. And in the end, as any impar- tial observer can foresee, Communists controlling the government will again re- duce the country to dictatorial rule. In this event, a long sequence of results will immediately ensue. Italy, first of all, will retire behind the iron curtain. Her markets will be closed, her goods denied to the other nations of the West. Thus one moe, very drastic step towards total eco- nomic chaos will be taken. Second, in the political sphere, the triumph of the Com- munists in the very source-place of western culture will have an electric effect all over the rest of western Europe. Democrats and Socialists everywhere, and especially in France, will lose heart and courage. With their already gigantic economic problems also increased, their power to resist the Communists in their own countries will be weakened to the vanishing point. The Italian Communist triumph, in short, will tend to push over all the neighboring non-Com- munist regimes. Once the tide has cut across the sand bar, it will not be halted until it has formed a vast lagoon. Third, besides these obvious political and economic probabilities, there is the strategic certainty. Italy sticks down into the center of the Mediterranean in such a way that the Soviet Union, commanding Italy, will command the Mediterranean to east and west. In the Italian balance, in truth, hang Greece, Turkey, the Middle East with its vital oil resources, North Africa and all that these imply. These are what we passed the Greek-Turkish aid bill to withhold from the Soviet grip. These are the greatest strategic prizes in the whole struggle between the Soviet and Western systems. If these come into Soviet hands, there will be no need to make delicate political and economic calcu- lations about Britain's and western Europe's future. There will be no such future, until the situation is reversed by war or otherwise. And this, of course, is precisely the issue that is at stake here in Italy and in western Europe. Will it be peace or war? That is the real question. If western Europe holds firm now, and returns again to healthy life, American foreign policy can be continued without risk of war. If Italy and western Europe fall before the Soviets, however, the United States will have suffered a political, strategic and diplomatic defeat of such magnitude that the very independece of the Western Hemisphere will hardly be main- tained except by the most terrible of all means. (Copyright, 1947, New York Herald Tribune) IT SO HAPPENS .. . 0 Fashions and Freshmen Traditionalist THIS YEAR'S freshman orientation pro- gram had a profound effect upon one freshman girl, at least the part about freshmen not being allowed to step on the great seal of the University embedded in the sidewalk in front of the library. For four days she has refused to even tread on a manhole cover on campus be- cause she's afraid the big M on each one is symbolic of some hallowed legend from the past. Bewildered AS REGARDING our freshmen, we heard a story the other day about a coed who had some trouble with one of the new wash- ing machines in her dorm. . It seems she turned on the water before the door was closed and gave the floor a good rinsing before a knowing upper- classman lent a hand. Then, indicating a pile of laundry on a nearby table, she innocently asked, "Now how do I put my clothes in, through the little round hole in the top?" Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be se t 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). SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1947 VOL. LVIII, No. 5 Notices Sunday Library Service: On all Sundays during the Fall and Spring Terms except during the holiday periods, and beginning with October 5, the Main Reading Room and the Periodical Room of the General Library will be kept open from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. Books from other parts of the building which are needed for Sunday use will be made available in the Main Reading Room if re- quests are made on Saturday of an assistant in the reading room where the books are usually shelved. The Women's Judiciary Council, consisting of three juniors and three seniors, works in conjunc- tion with the Office of the Dean of Women to formulate house rules and acts as a disciplinary board in cases of infraction of house rules. All University women students residing in organized undergradu- ate houses, including graduate students, must observe all house rules. The same applies to guests of residents. Any student expecting to be out of her house after 7:30 p.m. must register the occasion and place, and, if out of town, the complete address. No local telephone calls may be revived or sent after 11:00 p.m. All local calls must be limited to five minutes. No outgoing long distance calls may be made after 11:00 p.m. without special ar- rangement with the house presi- dent or the house head. In case of emergency, incoming long dis- tance calls may be received after 11:00 p.m. Quiet hours shall be fixed by the individual houses, and their enforcement shall be supervised by the house president and the Judiciary Council. Calling hours for men are Monday through Fri- day at 3:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, the hours are decided by the individual house. Sunday, closing hour 11:00 p.m. Guests must leave premises 11:00 pm. Monday, closing hour 10:30 p.m. Guests must leave premises 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, closing hour 10:30 p.m. Guests must leave premises 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, closing hour 10:30 p.m. Guests must leave premises 10:30 p.m. Thursday, closing hour 10:30 p.m. Guests must leave premises 10:30 p.m. Friday, closing hour 12:30 a.m. Guests must leave premises 12:25 a.m. Saturday, closing hours 12:30 a.m. Guests must leave premises 12:25 a.m. Girls who attend the following events must be in the house one- half hour after their termination: 1. Parties that are late dances by permission of Committee on Student Affairs. 2. Choral Union Concerts and May Festival Concerts. 3. Oratorical Association Lec- tures. 4. Dramatic Season Plays. 5. Their own class functions, which have been authorized by University authorities. 6. Athletic events included in the school schedule. 7. Play production, special lec- tures, and functions in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. NOTE: Freshmen must attend plays on week-end nights when such plays run throughout the week. Any student who finds that she may be more than thirty minutes late over any late permission shall notify her house director of her expected lateness and probable time of return to the house. Any girl who violates the house rules and is brought before the Ju- diciary Council may be placed on social probation. Office of the Dean of Women Judiciary Council Identification Pictures: All stu- dents who did not have their identification pictures taken dur- ing registration, should come to the Office of Student Affairs, Rm. 2, University Hall before Saturday noon, Sept. 27, between the hours of 9:30-10:00 in order to have their pictures taken. No identifi- cation pictures will be taken after Sept. 27. Identification Cards: Any stu- dent may leave a stamped self- addressed envelope in the office of Student Affairs, Room 2 Univer- sity Hall before Oct. 4, in order to have his identification card mailed to him, Baby Sitters interested in put- ting their names on the baby sit- ters list may register in the Office of the Dean of Women. Householders interested inuob- taining baby sitters may inquire at the Office of the Dean of Wom- en. All Transfer .Students in the College of Literature, Science, and Arts who received yellow evalua- tion sheets during registration week must return them to 1209 Angell Hall by September 30. Married Veterans of World War II-University Terrace Apart- ments and Veterans' Emergency Housing Project. Opportunity will be provided Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, October 1, 2, and 3 for students in the above group to file applica- tion for residence in the Univer- sity Terrace Apartments and the Veterans' Emergency Housing Project. At present there are no vacan- cies in these apartments, but ap- plications will be considered for future vacancies. Applications for residence in these apartments will be consid- ered according to the following qualifications: 1. Only married veterans who are at present registered in the University may apply. 2. Only married veterans of World War II may apply. 3. Only Michigan residents may apply. (The Regents' definition of a Michigan resident follows. "No one shall be deemed a resident of Michigan for the purpose of reg- istration in the University unless he or she has resided in this state six months next preceding the date of proposed enrollment.") 4. Veterans who have incurred physical disability of a serious na- ture will be given first consider- ation. A written statement from Dr. Forsythe of the University Health Service concerning such disability should be included in the application. 5. Only students who have com- pleted two terms in this Univer- sity may apply. (Summer session is considered as one-half term.) 6. Students who are admitted to these apartments may in no case occupy them for a period longer than two years. 7. Length of overseas service will be an important determin- ing factor. 8. In considering an applicant's total length of service, A.S-T.P., V-12, and similar programs will be discounted. 9. If both husband and wife are veterans of World War II and the husband is a Michigan resident and both are enrolled in the Uni- versity their combined application will be given special consideration. 10. Each applicant must file with his application his Military Record and Report of Separation. Married veterans of World War II who have filed applications for the Terrace Apartments prior to October 1, 1947 should not apply again, since their applications are being processed in terms of the above qualifications. Office of Student Affairs Room 2, University Hall All Students, Graduate and Un- dergraduate, are notified of the following revised regulations adopted by the Committee on Stu- dent Conduct: The presence of women guests in men's residences, except for exchange and guest dinners or for social events approved by the Of- fice of Student Affairs, is not per- mitted. (This regulation obvious- ly does not apply to mothers of members.) Effective February, 1947. Exchange and guest dinners must be a'nnounced to the Office of Student Affairs at least one day in advance of the scheduled date, and are approved, chaperoned or unchaperoned, provided that they are confined to the hours 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. for week day din- 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. + * To the Editor: O RCHIDS to the Student Leg- islature's Athletic Committee for the job they did of untangling the messy football situation which plagued us last year. But, ; skonk cabbage to that same illustrious group for their "favorite son" method of grant- ing seating priority to those with the greatest amount of semesters in attendance at the University, with complete disregard for class standing. This act of discrimination, in my opinion, takes unfair advan- tage of those upperclass and graduate students who have transferred into this institution. It seems to me that these transfer students should be afforded the same privileges granted to the other properly accepted members of their classes. -Sidney White. AFTER HAVING established an International Correspondence Bureau, I, on behalf of members on my waiting list, take leave to apply to you. May I request you to put me in touch with readers of your paper interested in friendly correspondence? Having been secluded from the outside world these long years, and yearning for a real degno- cratic enlightenment and a per- sonal contact from person to per- son across borders, my members would only too gladly welcome and answer letters from abroad. Most of my members (among them scientists, students, experts, businessmen and other well edu- cated ladies and gentlemen, and also hobbyists, housewives and even young boys and girls) have a fairly good knowledge of English, but would also be pleased to write in German, if desired. I am sure, my members will try and give their pen-friends every satisfac- tion. Individuals and groups of per- sons may communicate with me direct stating their particulars and interests. All letters will be attended to and all applications linked up. If possible, two or three reply coupons should be en- closed to cover expenses, and also, to save time, an introductory let- ter to future pen-friends over here will be appreciated. Pen friendships are a step to- wards the creation of that inter- national friendship and goodwill that is so essential to understand- ing and peace, don't you think so? Anna-Marie Braun International Correspon- dence Bureau (13b) Munchen 15, Lindwurm- strasse 126-A, Germany- Bavaria-U.S. Zone. Displaced Persons To the Editor: ANOTHER YEAR, another com- mittee investigating the feas- ibility of allowing a peoples what is morally theirs. The committee, made up of the representatives of mankind, has brought forth a ma- jority decision which is acceptable to a distraught, yet spirited peo- ples. In light of this it is justice that the remnants of Oswicz and Belsen-Bergen should be treated as convicts, as DISPLACED PER- SONS. One citizenry of the world will accept these unfortunates; that is in Palestine. It is the duty of each of us to stand on the side of democracy, indicating openly our disgust with England's treat- ment of the helpless on the "Ex- odus 1947." Enroll now before the fighters for freedom will be forced to give way to another plague of bigotry! -Murray Frumil. "1 '1 ,,; I I belong to University organiza- tions. The use or presence of intoxi- cating liquors in student quarters has a tendency to impair student morale, and is contrary to the best interests of the students and of the University and is not per- itted. Effective July, 1947. Willow Run Village. University Community Center Sunday, Sept. 28, 3-6 p.m., open house. Monday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m., meet- ing of all style show committees. Thursday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m., The new art groups: classes in life drawing, still life, ceramics, tex- tile painting. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Mi- chael Joseph Rzasa, Chemical En- gineering; thesis: "Vapor-liquid Equilibria in the Methane-Kensol System," Sat., Sept. 27, 3201 E. Engineering Bldg., 9 a.m. Chair- man, D. L. Katz. Physical Chemistry Seminar, Mon., Sept. 29, 4:15 p.m., Rm. 122, Chemistry Bldg. Prof. E. F. West- rum, Jr., will speak on "Ultra- microchemistry: Transuranium Elements." All interested are in- vited. Events Today Formal Reception for Foreign Students given by The Interna- tional Center, 8 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. International Center: Due to the Reception to New Foreign Students today in the Rackhaml Assembly Hall, the International Centerwill be closed 1:30 p.m. and will reopen Sunday at 2 p.m. Coming Events Carillon recital: 3 p.m., Sun., Sept. 28. Presented by Sidney Giles, Assistant Carillonneur, and will include American folk songs, semi-classical compositions, and works written for carillon. 7:30 p.m., 307 Haven Hall. Plans for the year will be formulated. Le Cercle Francais: First meet- ing of the year, Tues., Sept. 30, 8 p.m., Terrace Room, 2nd floor, Michigan Union. Program: Elec- tion of officers, group singing of old and modern popular French songs, refreshments and an infor- mal talk by Professor Charles E. Koella on "La France entre deux ideologies." All students (includ- ing Freshmen) with one year of College French or the equivalent. are eligible to membership. For- eign students interested in French are cordially invited to join the club. Michigan Chapter, Inter-Co- legiate Zionist Federation of America, will present "A Pass to Tomorrow," a documentary film on Palestine narrated by Fred- eric March, at B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, Sun., Sept. 28, 8 p.m. Refreshments and a social follow. All invited. Churches First Methodist Church 120 S. State Street Sunday Church Service, 10:45 a.m. in the Sanctuary. Rev. Rob- ert H. Jongeward will preach on, "Such As I Have I Give." Wesley Foundations for Method- ist students and their friends. 602 E. Huron Street Wesleyan Guild, Sunt., 5:30 p.m., Wesley Lounge. Dr. Howard Mc- Clusky will speak on "Developing a Dominating Purpose." Supper and Fellowship at 6:30 p.m., So- cial Hall. First Presbyterian Church 1432 Washtenaw Ave. 10:45 a.m., Morning Worship. Dr. Lemon's sermon topic, "The Gospel According to You." 5 p.m., Sun., Westminster Guild meet in Social Hall. Dr. Lemon will speak on the topic "Religion in the Atomic Age-A Sky-Pilot Looks at the Atomic Age." Supper, 6 p.m. First Baptist Churveh 512 East Huron C. H. Loucks, minister. Roger Williams Guild House, 502 East Huron. 10:00, Student class, Guild House. Subject, "The Background of the New Testament." 11:00, Church Worship. Subject, "Consider the Church." 6-8, Guild meeting. Guild House. "Christian Motivation," Rev. C. H. Loucks. University Lutheran Chapel 1511 Washtenaw Avenue Services Sunday at 9:45 and 11:00, with sermon by the Rev, l I ;I ners, and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for Sun- day dinners. Exchange dinners Record concerts of classical are defined as meals in men's resi- music will be held at the Michi- dences or women's residences at- gan League, 2nd floor, 7-8 p.m. tended by representative groups Mondays through Thursdays, and of members of approved organi- 5-6 p.m. on Sundays. Requests zations of the other sex; guest will be played if the records are dinners are defined as meals in available. men's residences and women's residences attended by guests of Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology the other sex who may or may not honorary. Business meeting, Mon. i BARNABY... I I , I _-----. ---- r 'I