PAGE FOUR r THE MICHIGAN DAILY rRMAY. DIWItMVMU Ilk- S AL*! x THE. ...M.I..H..IGA ..N.._..A _ _T . *s "' j u aa , u .I.E~L maaaau, i5 1g,.. 4d xran at Fifty-Eighth Year iy f ichig under th dauthor o Board In Control of Student Publications. John Campbell ................Ma.naging Editor cy ec................Gnge Clyde Rechti......................ity Editor Jeanne Swendemnan.........Advertising Manager Stuart Finlayson................Editoria Director Edwin Schneider.................Finance Manager Lida Dailes....................Associate Editor eunice Mints.................Associate Editor Dick Kraus..................... 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NIGHT EDITOR: HARRIETT FRIEDMAN Un-A merican' U NIVERSITY STUDENTS this week have a chance to evaluate for themselves "Crossfire," the movie which, according to the Thomas-Rankin Un-American Commit- tee, was directed by a Communist, Edward Dmytryk, and produced by another Com- munist, Adrian Scott. These men were fired from their positions at RKO because of the indictment. In its analysis of the men, the Congres- sional Committee claimed that. they used their films to disseminate an un-American "line" which would subvert the people of the United States and turn them into wild- bearded Bolsheviks without regard for pri- vate property or personal liberty. In the light of this attitude, it is in- teresting to consider the film. We find that it depicts a vicious anti-Semite in his maniacal murdering of a Jew. The movie gives the killer Just one motive: that his victim was a Jew, and that all Jews are cheating, conniving, dirty. It points a moral: that the subtle, covert evidences of hate, of anti-Semitism, of rac- ism, build, sometimes, men who know noth- ing but hate, men who kill other men on the basis of race or religion. German youths were indoctrinated with small particles of race hatred until, as a group, they were willing to torture, massacre and gas Jews just because they were Jews. The movie draws the corollary between the less obvious evidences of anti-Semitism: housing restrictions, schooling restrictions, job restrictions, and the Hitlerites. It clearly shows that it is the duty of all of us to curb hatred in each seemingly insignificant manifestation in order to effectively destroy racism. This is the moral that Dymtryk and Scott show us. This is the conclusion which will subvert the American people. This is an evi- dence of their un-Americanism. For this they were indicted. And for this they were fired. --Jean Fagan. ECURR ENT MOVIES I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: Inflation Solutions By SAMUEL GRAFTON TVHERE ARE SOME DILLIES among cur- rent ideas being put forth to stop infla- tion. The National Association of Manufactur- ers says, in a recent ad, that"inflation comes when the flow of money into the market is far greater than the flow of goods." Check. But then, on the right hand side of the same ad, where the NAM gets down to spe- cific suggestions for halting inflation, it proposes, among other methods," an imme- diate and substantial reduction" of indivi- dual income taxes. I don't get it. The NAM seems vaguely aware of this objection, for it suggests that the money saved on income taxes would be used for further capital investment. But suppose it wasn't used in any such way? Suppose a couple of million low fel- lows used their income tax savings to order more cars, to buy more luxuries, to tip head- waiters and to line chorus girls in animal skins? I can see such a character standing out- side a bar, grill and cocktail lounge, and toss- ing a coin to decide whether to do his bounden duty and buy an industrial bond, or to go inside and have himself a time. I have heard tax cuts suggested in the Se ito t 0 Me By DQN NUECHTERLEIN IN VIEW OF THE existing crises in France and Italy and the subsequent special ses- sion of our Congress to provide "stopgap" aid in order to bolster those governments against Communist bids for power, many people in this country are overlooking the fact that other European countrie are also in desperate need of our help to bring them through the next few years of hardship. Such aid is forthcoming if the long range Marshall Plan is approved, but many per- sons express the feeling that as long as there is no immediate Communist threat in these countries they should be able to help them- selves through without too much difficulty. It is my opinion, from experiences in these countries, that the opposite of this is true. If American foreign policy hopes to build up any type of cooperation among Western European nations as an offset to the Eastern bloc established by the Soviet Union, it is of utmost importance that we assist ALL western European countries in their recovery and not only those who are exposed to an immediate Com- munist threat. England offers a good example of a coun- try facing severe economic tests as a result of the war. Here a nation, which not long ago was enjoying the position of No. 1 world power, has been forced by post-war conditions to live on an austerity program that would make most Americans cry that the war hadn't been worth the consequences. But the amazing part of present day English life is the good humor with which the people are accepting this new crisis. As one London taxi driver expressed it, "There will always be an England, even if we starve fighting for her." The impact of peace on the British econ- omy was severe indeed. There is no denying the fact that conditions in Britain during the war were much better than at any time since for the simple reason that when Amer- ican Lend-Lease stopped, the British gov- ernment lacked the dollars to pay for fur- ther aid and lacked the necessary industrial production to trade in America. As a re- sult the country has been on a downhill trend since V-E Day. Although the average Englishman ap- pears to be standing up under the load im- posed on him by the government, he does have a deep resentment for Americans. This is not a dislike for our people nor a feeling against our customs and way of living, but rather a slight jealousy that we Americans are replacing them as the dom- inant power in the world and have an abundance of everything. One former "Tommie" expressed the feel- ing that when the Americans came to Eng- land with all their planes and artillery and equipment, the island sank six inches. There seems to be no doubt about the impression which our GIs made on the English, for the "invasion of Britain" had about the same ef- fect on the English as the invasion of Nor- mandy had on the French. The British haven't forgotten the carefree GI who had everything in the way of luxuries while John Bull was being content with the bare neces- sities of life. So it is today that the British along with the other war ravaged countries of western Europe feel that the Americans have everything despite the war and that as such we offer the only hope of support durirl; this critical period when eco- nomic recovery is so vital. I don't believe that their attitude is one of begging for the British especially are still a very proud people. But I do believe that if America, is assuming the leadership of the world of free people against the totalitarian world of Soviet Russia we must also assume the responsibility for helping our allies in this past as a cure for deflation, when money is short. This is the first time I have heard it suggested that the way to solve the problem of having too much money in cir- culation is to put more money in circu- lation. We come now to Senator Taft's latest idea on how to curb one aspect of inflation, the meat shortage. The Senator tentatively sug- gests that we may come to rationing by April. But he proposes that we leave out price controls, and that we ration meat on a money basis, as the English do, by al- lowing each customer to spend only so much money per capita per week on meat. .Well, oddly enough, that is approximately the system we have now. We don't have price control, and the average wage-earning con- sumer can only afford to spend a certain limited amount of money each week on meat. Without price control, Senator Taft's plan would merely make meat hunger offi- cial. The purpose of rationing is, after all, not to keep food from consumers, but to make sure they get it. Without price control, you can't do that. Price control is the heart of the English plan. The Eng- lish can ration meat by shillings be- cause a shilling buys about the same amount of meat as it did five years ago. Mr. Taft isn't really for the E'glish plan; he is only for putting some English on the American plan. Finally, we have the proposal by several Republican Congressmen that we try to hold wheat prices down by passing a law re- quiring the government to stockpile up to 250 million bushels until next harvest. The idea is that, with such a supply visible, prices might stop skyrocketing. But few seemed to have noticed the ele- ment of cruelty inherent in this crude con- trol proposal. It means creating a secondary, artificial scarcity in wheat, at a time when the world is hungering for our grain. By keeping the wheat in our cou.ntry, instead of exporting it, it also means (as the New York Times has pointed out) that the sur- plus grain would ultimately find its way into the mouths of our surplus farm animals, in- stead of into those of our friends and allies abroad. This is clearly an all-thumbs ap- proach to a delicate job. The consistency behind these proposals is that they are offered by people who don't like controls very much. As controls become necessary, they grope toward them, but with loathing. They couldn't make it clearer that needed controls will never be conceived by those who don't like them, or adequately carried out by those who oppose them. (Copyright, 1947, New York Post Syndicate) SL Platform NOW THAT THE Student Legislature elec- tion results are published, most people will decide that the election is over. But it isn't over-nobody really knows who won. This curious situation results from the fact that practically all the candidates agreed on what the Legislature's program should be. We have elected executives disguised as legislators-no vote has been taken on an issue, precisely because of the lack of dis- agreement. The list of winning candidates doesn't tell anybody whether the Legislature's program will be carried out, or how it will be carried out. This is most distressing. It means that while this Legislature is incumbent, the election campaign will still be going on. Having fought through a campaign in unan- imity as to goals, the new members will dis- agree in the Legislature as to methods. This has deprived voters of the chance to make an intelligent evaluation of the candidates, and at the same time it will handicap the operation of the Legisla- ture. The presence of political parties with clear-cut opposing programs could clarify this situation. Instead of voting on the basis of the personality, we could then vote on the basis of his views. Where there are no issues, there is a pop- ularity contest, but no expression of political opinion. Let us hope that the new Legislature will be active-so active that it runs into problems on which disagreement is prob- able. An aggressive, expanding Legislature, tak- ing as much responsibility as it can get, would not only represent students better; it would give them an opportunity to ex- press their views in the next election. -Phil Dawson. ON PEARL HARBOR DAY, the line be- tween right and wrong had been drawn with the sharp definition of a bomb splin- ter . . . Last week, as 1947 drew to a close, many wondered if anything could ever seem so terrifyingly simple again. -Time. BILL MAULDIN ~Z~z::PAR0KING coo A' t., T(t«ER J NAYt' . Letters to the Editor.. Cop,. 147 jby United FetueSyndcak lnc. 12-ifj -All righ~ts rce,..d \ N "Amazing how many cars they can put into such a tiny place." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 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). * * * Notices FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947 VOL. LVIII, No. 69 All applicants for admission to medical schools, who wish to be admitted during 1948, must take the Medical Aptitude Examina- tion on Monday, Feb. 2, 1948, un- less they have taken it on October 25, 1947. In order to be admitted to the examination, candidates must fulfill the following require- ments : 1. Register in Rm. 110, Rack- ham Building on or before Satur- day, Dec. 13, 1947, if they have not already done so. 2. Bring to the examination a check or money order for five dol- lars 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 accepted. Candidates who register will be- gin the examination at 8:30 a.m., Mon., Feb. 2, Rackham Lecture Hall. The examination will be di- vided into two sessions and will take all day. The examination will not be given again before the Fall semes- ter, 1948. All inquiries should be ad- dressed to The Chief Examiner, Bureau of Psychological Services, (Ext. 2297). Women students interested in household employment over the Christmas holiday may call at the Office of the Dean of Women for further information. Approved social events for the coming week-end: December 12 Adelia Cheever, Alpha Delta P, Alpha Ganma Delta, Alpha Omi - cron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Xi Delta, Betsy, Barbour, Chi Psi, Cousens Hall, Gamma Phi Beta, Helen New- barry, Jordan Hall, Kappa Alpha Theta. Kappa Nu, Kappa Sigma, Mar-, tha Cook, Mary Markley House, Michigan Christian Fellowship, Newman Club, Phi Epsilon Kappa, Phi Sigma Delta, Pi Beta Phi, Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Vaughan House. December 13 Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Alpha Kappa Psi, Alpha Rho Chi, Al- pha Sigma Phi, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Gamma, Delta Sigma Delta, Delta Sigma Pi, Delta Tau Delta, Greene House, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Les Voyageurs. Phi Chi, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Tau, Phi Sigma Delta, Phi Sigma Kappa, Pi Lambda Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsi- lon, Sigma Chi, Stockwell Hall, Theta Chi, Theta Xi, Vaughan House. December 14 Berkeley House, Theta Xi, Hil- lel Foundations. Bureau of Appointments: There is a vacancy for an instructor (Negro) in Geography, at Miner Teachers College, Washington, D.C. For further information call at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. Bureau of Appointments, 201 Ma- son Hall. The Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, Delaware, will inter- view chemists and chemical engi- neers Monday, Dec. 15. The Rochester Gas and Electric Company will interview Wednes- day, Dec. 17, for chemists for gas plant lab testing, chemical end- neers for gas plant operating, electrical engineers for industrial sales engineering, electrical engi- neers for electrical lab testing, mechanical engineers for power plant operation, and industrial engineers for management engi- neering. New York City Civil Service An- nouncements have been received for Junior Accountant and Junior Statistician. Closing date, Dec. 23. Forms must be filed in person. For Complete Information and appointments call at the Bureau of Appointments, extension 371. Lectures Business Administration Lec- ture: Mr. Daniel F. Gerber, Presi- dent of the Gerber Products Com- pany, Fremont, Michigan, will dis- cuss the annual statement for stockholders and employees at 4 p.m., Tues., Dec. 16, Rackham Amphitheatre. The public is in- vited. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Rich- ard Balser Hahn, Chemistry; the- sis: "The Precipitation and De- termination of Zirconium by Hy- drolysis of Metaphosphoric Acid and Organic Phosphate," 1 p.m., Fri., Dec. 12, West Council Room, Rackham Bldg. Chairman, H. H. Willard. Doctoral Examination for Rob- ert Wallace Pidd Physics; thesis: "The Problem of Measuring the Energy Spectrum of the Synchro- tron Beam, and an Experimental Investigation of High Resolution Counting Techniques," 2 p.m., Fri., Dec. 12, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg. Chairman, H. R. Crane. Doctoral Examination for James Blame Kitzmiller, Zoology; thesis: "The Time Interval Between De- termination and Differentiation of Wings and Associated Struc- tures in the Aphid Macrosiphum sanborni (Gillette)" 2 p.m., Fri., Dec. 12, Rm. 3091, Natural Science Bldg., Chairman, A. F. Shull. Doctoral Examination for Philip Sheldon Jastram, Physics; thesis: "The Effect of Nonlinearity and Frequency Distortion on the Am- plitude Distribution for Station- ary Random Processes," 9 a.m., Sat., Dec. 13, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg. Chairman, G. E. Uhlenbeck. Astronomical Colloquium: 4 p.m., Fri., Dec. 12, Observatory. Speaker: Carl August Bauer will (Cotinued on Page 5) 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. 'Nonsense' To the Editor: IN TUESDAY'S DAILY, I came acloss a Letter to the Editor from a Mr. W. A. Paton. I do not know this Mr. Paton, nor the Mr. Frein he was referring to, but when in his letter he says, "It makes one suspect that Mr. Frein belongs to the Molotov school of thought and is doing his little bit to bring about the 'Planned chaos' in this country . . .," it infuriated me. Understand, I am not debating the first portion of his letter at all. On that point I offer no argu- ment or concern, but that sentence indicates to me that W. A. Paton is a member of the "If you don't think my way, you're a Commu- nist" school, and indicates, too, that he is not very logical in his thinking. I, like every American, despise Communism in any shape or form (and they take a great many shapes and forms), but I certainly would be sure of what I was saying, before I even THOUGHT of condemning any- one in that way. Before you call anyone a Com- munist for thinking as his mind tells him to think, Mr. Paton, regardless of whether his view- point is different from yours, you might do a little intelligent think- ing yourself, and not scribble down on paper the first bit of nonsense that comes to your mind. -Richard L. Barovick. * * * Cancerous? To the Editor: IT DIDN'T SEEM TO ME that Naomi Stern's criticism of the Boston Symphony was a "cancer- ous growth" as Carlos Soares im- plied in his letter (yesterday). Mr. Soares asked that Miss Stern refrain from intruding her personal tastes into music criti- cism, which he considers to re- quire above all things "objectiv- ity." When Mr. Soares can tell a musicecritic what "objectivity" is, as applied to art, and how the critic can achieve it without sac- rificing the artistic element in criticism, perhaps Miss Stern will be able to oblige. -Phil Dawson. Status Quo To the Editor: MR. SHILSON and five others are probably not psycho- pathic, although evidence sub- mitted in their recent letter isnot conclusive either way. I, too, at- tend classes regularly, find profs, facilities of comparatively high caliber. I, too, am sometimes prone to "sit on the library steps and watch the University women go by!" and am likewise pleased with what I see. But this is not enough! While appreciative of advantages of present status, I feel much dis- posed to press for constant de- velopmental progress. If some men had not done just this in the past, Shilson et altera might well not have a University newspaper available to voice opinion. They might yet be living in a cave, hunting food with club, perishing in youth of tile many maladies that international, inter-racial medical science has learned to control today. We have aircraft capable of go- ing from anywhere to anywhere in the world. We have atomic ex- plosives and incredibly lethal bac- teria which can be transported effectively in said aircraft. Posses- sion of these . is - ever becoming more widespread by all groups. Less and lessucan we affordto mind only our own immediate business because maybe on the other side of the world is some goon who wants to mind OUR business for us, at a fat profit to himself. And maybe he'll have atom bombs, etc., with which to implement his desires. He can raise a lot of hell with our laud- able desires to "watch the Uni- versity women" and to "attend classes regularly" ! And it is starvation in Europe and Asia, comparatively oppressive colonial Dutch officials, Negro discrimination anywhere that create psychopathic goons, big and little, to plague and endanger our pursuit of happiness. All peoples of the world will have increasing- ly intimate contact, considering development of transportation and communication technology. Everybedy else is going to matter more and mo'e to our living. So, Mr. Shilson and concur- rents, it is not nearly enough to live one's own life in pursuit of short-run p e rs ona l happiness, within close bounds of status quo. I don't expect this letter to motivate Shilson and friends im- mediately to stride forth to im- prove the world, since drives lead- ing to such activity often devolve from the way in which we are raised. But maybe you fellers could just nod your heads in ap- proval once in a while, huh? --Hal Lester. * * * G lens' Tha ks To the Editor: THE MEMBERS of Galens Hon- orary Medical Society are very grateful for the splendid and warm-hearted response given the 19th annual Galens' Christmas Drive by the understanding; sym- pathetic, and generous students, faculty and townspeople of Ann Arbor, Willow Village and nearby communities. Thanks to the unselfish con- tributions of the thousands of in- dividuals who wore Galens tags during Tag Day, the purpose of our drive . . . i.e., to promote and maintain the physiological and psychological weTfare of the children at University Hospital... will be achieved and guaranteed throughout the following year. We hope each contributor ex- perienced the well-deserved feel- ing of personal satisfaction in having contributed to the hap- piness of a sick and otherwise un- happy child at the hospital. To each person who dropped a dona- tion in one of the familiar Tag Day buckets belongs a share of the joy the Christmas Drive re- ceipts will bring to the thousands of children who will pass through the University Hospital during the coming year. Group contributions were made by Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Theta, Collegiate Sorosis, Theta Gi, Kappa Delta, Nu Sigma Nu, B. P. O. Elks, With- ams Drug, Eberbach and Son Company and many others. Galens would expressly like to thank Associate Dean Walter B. Rea and his staff, and Fischers Hardware, who furnished the buckets, Ralph Byers of the Ann Arbor News and the members of the Michigan Daily chloroform circuit, Radio Station WPAG, Mrs. Walton and the staff of the Ga- lens' Workshop; Ann Arbor Trust Company and Wahr's Bookstore for display space; the women at Couzens Hall who helped tie tags. Their cooperation was instrumen- tal in the success of our drive. I wish it were possible for me to give my personal thanks to one and every contributor. Total receipts, $5,206.50. --Buzz Galloway, Chairman Galens' Christmas Drive. , * Bus Equipment To the Editor: ABOUT a week ago I wrote a letter (which was never pub- Slished)concerning the emergency equipment on several of the Uni- versity buses. At 5:35 p.m. today I had the rare misfortune of wit- nessing what could have been a serious accident due to this lack of proper equipment. As might be known to your office, one of the busses was in a highway acci- dent at the time noted. Fortu- nately none of the bus passengers were severely injured. However, one of the riders in the rear seat of the bus was thrown against the emergency door, which then broke from its lock. Needless to say the party so ejected landed in the road, about ten yards in back of and four yards to the right of the bus. It is just a stroke of good luck that he was not in- jured. As I left the bus, I chanced to look at the door through which he was thrown. The lock was still intact, with the break occurring in the sheet steel that held the door closed. As usual there was no handle on the inside of the door. There was absolutely no means of opening the door from the inside. We are all indeed quite fortunate that it was not necessary to leave rapidly, it would not have been possible unless, as in this case, somebodyn was thrown through the door out of the bus. The freak accident of the per- son being thrown from the bus could have been avoided had the door been inspected. Anyone ac- quainted with automotive equip- ment could easily see that-a thin sheet of metal is insignificant to hold the door closed against any impact greater than that result- ing from a solid kick. From the size and shape of the seats it is also apparent that any sharp turn or skid would cause people to be thrown from the seats. It is also quite clear that it is exceedingly rlifint-ftr. nn n ... ti . .tt 'At the State .. . NEW ORLEANS, with and Pitricia Henry. Arturo DLeCordova THERE ARE MANY WORDS that can be used in criticism, but New Orleans is too poor a picture to get steamed up over. Sad part is that for once they had some good red meat for subject matter, but as usual, it is left to burn to a crisp. And the pic- turesque tale of the migration of jazz from New Orleans to Chicago deserves much bet- ter treatment. Our story, which is using the term loosely, opens in 1917 on a card- board Basin Street. At that time a predi- lection for this new music was considered musical treason, and we find our devotees skwlking down back alleys to indulge their shocking taste. A hackneyed love story is thrown in between Louis Armstrong jazz sessions, and later n Woody Herman turns up to tooot his clarinet. (Many anguished females wander through the narrative, most BARNABY.IIU r I IL 0 IF