______ t o A- c Ti GA N 6AI UMT T wo Views I BILL MAiIJ)IN .. y . .... M....__._._.._ . ., ___- --- Edited and managed by students of the Uni- versity of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Contol of Student Publications. John Campbell.................Managing Editor Nancy Helmick................General Manager Clyde Recht ..........................City Editor Jean Swendemen .............Advertising Manager Edwin Schneider ................Finance Manager Stuart Finlayson ................Editorial Director 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..............,.irculation 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 mal matter. Subscription during the regular school year by carrier, $500, by mil, $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: ROBERT WHITE Bowl Films . .. PLENTY OP CONGRATULATIONS are in order for those who arranged and han- dled the Sunday showings of the Dose Bowl films in Hill Auditorium. It is much to the credit of Vive-President Marvin Niehuss, Dean Erich Walter and the Alumni Association that the films were scheduled for the earliest possible date. Fran Ivick's suggestion about the "ticket" of admission, the willing assistance of the Ann Arbor Junior Chamber of Commerce and enthusiastic student cooperation helped build a miniature mountain of food that is a splendid good-will gesture to Europe's needy. Bob Morgan, Bob Chappuis, Jack Weisen- burger, Howard Yerges, Howard Wikel, Ross Hume and Julie Franks did yeoman service as narrators for the four shows, as did the "M" Club members who took care of the ac- tual collecting at the door. Any possible student criticism of the clarity of the movies should be tempered by the realization that the 16 millimeter films projected at many times their normal dis- tance. The resounding cheers proved that arm- chair Bowl listeners thoroughly enjoyed the chance to actually see their champions. -Harold Jackson. T ax Cuts .. THE TAX REDUCTION problem will defi- nitely be one of the issues in the fall elections. At that time it will be up to the people to decide whether or not the Tru- man proposals are strictly political or are based on belief in the tax system advocated by President Roosevelt. The Republican tax stand was obvious long before Senator Taft spoke Thursday night. The Republi- can Congressman Knutson had made his party's proposals way back last year, and Truman vetoed it as unsatisfactory. Of the two party proposals, the Truman plan seems the most fair in the light of our present economic situation. While the Re- publican plan calls for an across the board percentage cut, more a boon to the large salary workers, the Truman proposal would affect those people who need a cut in taxes the most, the factory and white collar work- ers making less than five thousand a year. The reduction will not be notable in the higher income brackets, but then these people are not the ones who need the extra money in order to get the necessities of life. It must be understood that an in- come tax cut at the present date is not because of any treasury surplus or for a, political plum. It is to aid these people who are finding that they can't live on fifty or even sixty dollars a week if they've got a couple of children. The General Electric price cuts are in- dicative of the State of the Union. GE goods are becoming a drug on the market, for the simple reason that no one has much money left with which to buy them. That is what is going to happen to us before we everk catch up with the demand for goods. WeI Riihveun Prajis ... PRESIDENT RUTHVEN deserves high praise for his stand on universal military training. Emphasizing educational aspects of the proposed military insurance, he pointed out that warfare today requires specialisi.s in many fields. President Ruthven is "opposed to any form of universal military training that would interfere with the plans of youn men and women to get the education they are best fitted for." Meanwhile, Truman put the finishing touches on his budget message to Congress. The biggest item on it is $11 billion for national defense. If the hopes voiced by President Ruthven are fulfilled, most of this appropriation will go for specialists' education-UMT may be a tremendous aid to U.S. education. But, in spite of the usefulness of such help to education, universal military train- ing is being set up on a warlike basis which largely negatesits educational advantages. The. fact that Truman is asking for $11 billion for war preparations, and only $7 billion for European recovery is indicative of destructive fear which is overpowering the nation's better instincts. In peacetime, it would be considered foolish to draft 100,000 men in order to train them as lawyers. Yet that is the best we can hope for under the proposed UMT. If the 100,000 were trained as fighters instead of arguers, if they were taught to handle a gun instead of a briefcase, we'd be so much the worse off. President Ruthven's commendable pro- posal, which could transform an Lssentially destructive measure into a more construc- tive one, deserves careful consideration by Congress. --Phil Dawson hi ruman itPlan. PRESIDENT TRUMAN has called for prompt action on the bill for universal military training, declaring that the mea- sure is "vital to the security of this nation a'nd to the maintenance of its leadership" In the same message he pledges full Amer- ican support to the UN and to all cooperative cf-forts toward peace. Right now, at this point in international relations, this country has a good opportun- ity to assert its leadership in the cause of peace by committing itself wholeheartedly tc a program of universal disarmament, and by taking decisive steps in that direction. Put on the other hand, if we follow blindly, Glong in the paths of militarism, our world status on this issue will be reduced to one of subservient adherence to the armament principle. In the final analysis, leadership is measured in terms of intelligent states- manship rather than in the sheer weight of numbers. UMT is a very big number. Truman says that universal military train- ing is vital to the security of this nation. But the goal of the UN, to which he also pledges support, is peace, or the security of all nations. The two aims are not irrecon- cilable, but the nationalistic desire for secur- ity can only be realized through an inter- national organism with real functioning powers. , A bill for universal military training is not a cooperative effort toward peace. If this country, in its position of world leadership, continues to give positive approval to mea- sures of such narrow, nationalistic scope, world peace will never be achieved. Pat James ef. a fti 't. "All right, all right-here's a lime. Take your toast down to the store and have them butter it for you." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (continued from Page 2) I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: .O.P. Suicide' Letters to the Editor.. By SAMUEL GRAFTON A FAINTLY SUICIDAL tendency seems to be creeping into the Republican cam- paign. The big noises in the G.O.P. have be- gun to declare that Harry Truman is just as far left as Henry Wallace, that his ad- ministration has turned New Dealish again, and that the man from Missouri is as hot- eyed a radical as you are likely to find any- where in a double-breasted grey suit. But this can only have the effect of persuading independent, liberal-minded voters who might otherwise vote for Wallace that per- haps they had better vote for Truman. What are Republicans trying to do, lose the election? If the Republicans really want to mur- der the Democrats, they ought to praise them. The Truman candidacy can stand almost any calamity but that. For it is the bored left-or far-left voter, who be- it CURRENT MOVIES L At the Michigan . ,. THE FOXES OF HARROW, with Rex Harrison and Maureen O'Hara. THE FOXES OF HARROW is a pretty ex- hausting affair that would hardly be mistaken for a first-class movie. Rex Har- rison and Maureen O'Hara act very well, but the rest of the cast makes it rather obvious that they are performing for finan- cial remuneration. As for the plot, Rex can't seem to make time with Maureen for love or money, and he exhausts his supply of both. However, she finally winds up in Rex's arms, and the movie, after making a complete mess of two or three lives for four or five years, ends with startling suddenness, quicker than you can say, "I'm bored." If it had ended about two hours sooner, it would't have been bad. S* * At the State... A FIGHT TO THE FINISH, with Mighty Mouse. AIDED by dramatic background music and brilliant technicolor, this suspense-filled cartoon will keep you on the edge of your seats throughout. The story concerns the heroic attempts of Mighty Mouse to save the beautiful Pearl Pureheart from the clutches of Oil-Can Harry, who has ab- sconded with her. The villain is disposed of in short order, and the narrator then presents the burning question: Can Mighty Mouse save Pearle Pureheart, who is lying on a log approaching a whirling buzz saw? I'll let you guess, but suffice it to say that the ominous note of doom is finally stifled by the fortitude of our hero, little rat that' he is. Also on the program at the State this week is a full-length feature, 87 minutes of nonsense called "Something in the Wind." --Harvey A. Leve. lieves that both major parties are virtually the same, who will vote for Wallace, and thereby let the Republicans win. The Re- publican line concerning the Democrats ought to be: "That's a great little party, just like ours," and they'd win in a walk. Something like the same faintly suicidal tendency shows up on the left, too, where earnest liberals, instead of arguing that one of the great parties shows marked liberal tendencies and can be saved, prefer to de- clare that they stand alone, in a little Gideon's army. What's so good about that? Why the great urge to be alone? Both right and left show it. Each stares at the huge complex called the Democratic party, with its vast appara- tus and its millions of devoted followers, and each says sourly: "Ah, go on with. you! You belong to the other side. We have no time for you. We're exclusive." But in this strange competition in being different, or being exclusive, the Republi- cans have an advantage, if you can call it that. They can move rightward faster than anybody else can move in any other direc- tion. Even at a time when the Democrats were moving right, by bouncing all the Roosevelt holdovers out of their jobs in Washington and glumly accepting the end of price control, the Republicans easily out- distanced them by going on to the Taft- Hartley act, by demanding a wild tax cut at a time when we were in trouble because we had too much money in circulation, and so on. Whenever the Democrats sit down beside them, the Republicans move further away. And when the Democrats take a turn to the left, as in Mr. Truman's message, the gap between the parties suddenly shows like open water. The plain truth is that the Republican Congressional leaders can't tell the inde- pendent voter from the great auk. They hope to catch his eye and his interest by finding some scandal in war contracts, etc., but they have really convinced themselves that he doesn't mind inflation very much, and that he will coo over high bracket tax cuts, etc. In spite of Mr. Wallace's best efforts to convince the independent voter that there is no great difference between the Democrats and the Republicans, the Republicans are going to show him other- wise, if they have to hit him on the head to do it. (Copyright, 1947. New York Post Syndicate) AM MOST GRATEFUL to the Foreign Press Association for granting me its Award in appreciation of my modest efforts on behalf of a great cause. My happiness is dimmed, however, by a consciousness of the menacing situation in which human so4- ciety-shrunk into one community with a common fate-finds itself. Everyone is aware of that situation, but only a few act, accordingly. Most people go on living their everyday life; half-frightened, half 'indif- ference, they behold the ghostly tragi-com- edy that is being performed on the interna- tional stage. -Albert Einstein in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Training School will have a rep- resentative here on Thurs., Jan. 15, to interview young~women in- terested in training for Police- woman. Applicants should special- izing in sociology and social work experience is helpful. 22 to 28 is age range. Salary is $2,986.00 for first year. Complete list of quali- fications may be obtained at the Bureau. For complete information and appointments, call extension 371. Undergraduate Men , Students who are presently living in the outlying area of the city and the environs of Ann Arbor, and are not under room contract for the second semester may apply imme- diately in Rm. 2, University Hall, for space in the Residence Hails. State of Michigan Civil Service Commission announces an exam- ination for Adult Education Con- sultant IIL, salary range $355- $395 per month. Closing date for filing applications, Jan. 28. For further information call at the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Ma- son Hall. Merrill-Palmer School, Detroit, Michigan, announces a number of Graduate Student Assistantships and Fellowships for the academic year 1948-49 for both men and women. For Further information call the Bureau of Appointments, 201 Mason Hall. University Community Center, 1045 Midway Place, Willow Run Village: Mon., Jan. 12, 8 p.m., Creative Writers' Group. Discussion of plots. New members welcome; 8 p.m., Faculty Wives' Meeting. Dis- cussion of current problems led by Miss Marion Wilson, FHA Di- rector of Project Services. New faculty wives in the Village in- vited. Tues., Jan. 13, 8 p.m., Student Wives' Club Meeting. Election of officers followed by a bridge party. New members welcome. Wed., Jan. 14, 8 p.m., Natural Dance Group. Miss Irene Silco directing games and activities for women. New members are invit- ed. Thurs., Jan. 15, 8 p.m., The New Art Group - for both beginners and advanced students. West Lodge Activities: Jan. 12, 6:45 p.m., Bowling at Willow Run Bowling Alley; 7:30 p.m., Badminton. Jan. 13, 6:45 p.m., League bas- ketball. Jan. 14, 8 p.m., League volley- ball finals. Jan. 15, 6:45 p.m., League bas- ketball. Jan. 18, 6:45 p.m., Rose Bowl football pictures; 8 p.m., Civic Orchestra Concert; 4:30 p.m., Cof- fee hour. Academic Notices Business Administration 123: Meet in Kellogg Auditorium, Tues., Jan. 13, 3 p.m. Mr. A. R. Doud, As- sistant Disbursement Manager for the Michigan Bell Telephone Company will speak on the Uses of Punched Cards in the Michigan Bell System. Anyone interested is invited. Doctoral Examination for LeonardrAdrian Waters, English; thesis: "Coleridge and Eliot: A Comparative Study of their Theories of Poetic Composition." Wed., Jan. 14. 7:30 p.m., West Council Room, Rackham Bld. Chairman, C. D. Thorpe. Albebraic Geometry Seminar: Tues., Jan. 13, 4:15 p.m., Rm. 3010, Angell Hall. Dr. Leonard Torn- heim will speak. Chemistry Colloquium: Thurs., Jan. 15, 4:15 p.m., in Rm. 303. Chemistry Bldg. Dr. C. E. Crou- thamel, of Iowa State College, will speak on "The Electrolytic Separ- ation of Cadmium and Zinc" or "Gas Analysis by Velocity of Sound Measurements." Differential Geometry Seminar: Tues., Jan. 13, Rm. 3001, Angell Hall, 2 p.m. Mr. Fred Gehring will speak on a Family of Curves Normal to a Given Curve. Engineering Mechanics Semi- nar: The Engineering Mechanics Department is sponsoring a series of seminars. Meeting, Tues., Jan. 12, 4 p.m., Rm. 406, W. Engineer- ing Bldg. Mr. R. L. Hess will dis- cuss topological methods in non- linear mechanics. Correction in Spring Semester Time Schedule Mathematics 277: In the Spring Semester Math 277 will be offered MWF at 10. English 1-Final Examination- Monday, Jan. 19, 2-5 p m. Amend, 18 A H; Barrows, 212 A H; Bennett, 2013 A H; Burd, 1007 A H; Coit, 1035 A H; Damon, 1035 A H; Donaldson, 1035 A H; Eastman, 35 A H; Eliot, 35 A H; Engel, R. C., 3011 A H; Engel- hardt, 3209 A H; Gluck, 2003 N S; Green, 2215 A H; Haien, 3231 A H; Hawkins, 2235 A H: Howard, J., 2014 A H; Howard, M.,D, A M H; Huntley, D, A M H; Karsten, 2231 A H; Kelly, A. J., G Haven; Kelly, J. B., 213 Ec; Kleinhans, 2203 A H; La Zebnik, 6 A H; Markman, 16 A H; Marshall, 1020 A H; Mascott, 1018 A H; McCue, 25 A H; McMillin, B., Haven; Moon, 2016 A H; Newman, 2029 A H; Park, B, Haven; Pearce B, Haven; Riepe, B, Haven; Rob- ertson, B, Haven; Ross, E, Haven; Scott, 2219 A H; Shedd, J., W. Gallery, A M H; Smith, 1025 A H; Stanlis, A M H; Stevenson, W. Gallery, A M H; Swarthout, W. Gallery, A M H; Van Syoc, W. Gallery, A M H; Walcott, V., 1025 A H; Weaver, C, 1025 A H; Weim- er, 1025 A H; Wells, 25 A H; Wikelund, P., 202 Ec; Wolfinger, 207 Ec; Wunsch, A., 25 A H; Wunsch, E., 225 A H English 2-Final Examination- Monday, Jan. 19, 2-5 p.m. Clark, 102 Ec; Curto, D, Haven; Edwards, 2003 A H; Everett, 3017 A H; Madden, 2054 N S; Mark- land, 2013 A H; McKean, 205 MM; Savage, 2225 A H; Shedd, R. G., 2082 N S; Sparrow, 205 M H; Stanlis, 3017 A H; Walt, 2003 A H; Wikelund, D., 2225 A H EDITOR'S NOT: ecause The Daily_ prints~ every letter to the editor re- reied (w~rh is signed, 300 words or less in lenth, and in good taste) we remind our readers that the views expressed in letters are those of the, writers only. Letters of more han :50~ word'are shortened, printed or omit ted at tire di'sret ion of 1 hre edi- tmiai diretotr. r "*r To the Editor: T'S ABOUT TIME students be- gan to sound off on legislation that will directly affect youth. Here we sit. with the drums beat- ing, and it's not the marching band. In a short while there will be national showdown on the question of Universal Military Training. Key leaders in both parties have endorsed UMT as "must" legislation. The American Legion is developing the most ter- rific pressure campaign in its his- tory in support of the measure. Most of the nation's press had ed- it orilly favored UMT, with Hearst making a jingoistic cru- sade of it. And the brass hats have been pleading loud and often for "enabling" legislation. On the other hand, most relig- ious denominations, important ed- ucational organizations and both Inajor labor unions have gone on record in opposition to such a program. Henry Wallace has said that UMT is the critical issue for the liberals to fight on today. But youti aid students organizations have been dismally silent. AYD, AVC and the Student Federalists have opposedt LMT nationally; but how many of their members know it, or, are doing something about it? The proposed legislation would provide for an expenditure of nearly two billion dollars an- nually. That's more than our present. budget provided for the operation of our entire Federal government. How about using that dough for expansion of education- al facilities and opportunities, in- creased subsistence for vets and scholarships for non-vets, expan- sion of recreational and health facilities and increased appropria- tions for scientific research? Nearly everyone, including the Truman Administration, expects a severe economic crisis in the near future. Does Truman propose to solve an unemployment problem by drafting the youth? A nation's strength is based on the soundness of its economy, the happiness of its people and its friendship with otherhnations. Will we achieve that with a pro- gram that can only make other nations suspicious of our objec- English Concentration (General Program) The English Concentration Ad- visers, General Program, will keep special office hours during the week of January 12th for students who wish to arrange their pro- grams for the second semester. All students who are able to see their advisers in the week of January 12th should do so in order to lighten the advisory load during registration week. English concentrators (General Program) are assigned to advisers alphabetically, as follows: A-G Morris Greenhut, 3216 A.H. H-P, H. V. S. Ogden, 3220 A.H. Q-Z, Karl Litzenberg, 2212 A.H. Each adviser has posted special conference hours on his office door. Mathematics Concentration Ex- amination: Students intending to concen- trate in mathematics in the Col- lege of Literature, Science, and the Arts are reminded that the requirements are as follows: 1. 60 hours of academic credit. 2. Completion of the Group Re- quirements. 3. Completion of Mathematics 54. 4. Passing the concentration ex- amination. The Concentration Examination covers undergraduate mathemat- ies through calculus. The student is not expected to make any spe- cial preparation for this examina- tion which will next be offered on Wed., Jan. 14, 4 p.m., Rm. 3011, Angell Hall. Co..rtcerts Recital of French Songs: Prof. Arthur Hackett, of the Vice De- partment, School of Music, will give a recital of French songs to- day at 4:10 p.m., Rackham As- sembly Hall; auspices of Le Cer- cle Francais. The public is invited. University Symphony Orches- tra, Wayne Dunlap, conductor, as- sisted by the University of Michi- gall Choir under the direction of Raymond Kendall, will present a program at 7 p.m., Sat'., Jan. 17, Hill Auditorium, as a feature of the Midwestern Conference for School Vocal and Instrumental Music being held in Ann Arbor, Fri., Sat., and Sun., Jan. 16-18. The orchestra and choir, with Wil- tives, that will provoke another armaments race, undermine #bg UN, impose a major burden on our economy and establish milltarisp as a dominant feature in Amer- ican life? --Bll Carter. Senior Photos To the Editor: THE SENIOR PCTURE situa- tion as handled by the John Henderson Studios is totally in- efficient and the finished pictures are of an inferior quality. It dis- plays extremely poor orgai za- tion, or inability of the studio to handle an order of this magni- tude. The finished photographs a compared to those samples dis- played are of a quality no where near that which was advertised. Retouching and finishing of the pictures is by far inferior to that work expected of a supposedly "dependable" studio. Christmas gift pictures were promised by Dec. 19 as a hoax to promote larger sales, and many of those promised have not been de- livered yet. The most obvious conclusion is that the John Henderson Studios are passing off inferior workman- ship and false promises under the security of an aforesigned con- tract with the Michiganensian. -James C. Berry Al,,y; ~~p* * * Alum ni Praise . To the Editor: - . - It is needless for me to express the general satisfactlonl that abounds among Michigan alumni and supporters over the showing made by the Unversity of Michigan throughout New Year's Day. The team's perform- ance was truly reflected by the score. The Michigan band cer- tainly did itself proud, and brought forth great approbation for the University to some 2,000,- 000 people who viewed the parade and to all who viewed the game. Today, an interesting observation was made by one of Pasadena's important figures at the Pasadena University Club. This individual was near the end of the four- mile march and noticed partiu- larly that most of all other band members and other walkers in the parade gave evidence ,of consid1- evable fatigue, yet the Michigan band stepped along as gingerly as though the parade had just start ed. He then stated: "The charac-; ter, appearance and performance of that Michigan band .left no doubt in anyone's mind as to who would win the game." -W. B. Etheridge, 125. Palestine. . . To the Editor: IT WAS rather astonishing to me to read the letter published by The Daily on Jan. 9, '48, by our young lady Judy Laikin, who is a University student, therefore, a member of highly educated body; and she should have some respect for the mentality of the people whom she was addressing in her letter. Our young lady tried to cancel the praise given to Egypt by Mr. Winston Churchill in his speech to the House of Commons, February, 1945, by asking what about his speech to help the Jews. I do not see how the latter speech could change the facts about the Arab war contributions. Then she says "All right, so Egypt did declare war-long after they had been in- vaded." The following letter proves that Egypt fought an un- declared war long before the U.S. entered the war. In a letter from General Wavell to the Egyptian premier, January 1941, the general states: " I would like to thank you for the collaboration and as- sistance given to the military au- thorities during our campaign in Libya. The great assistance ren- dered by the Egyptian army have made easier for the Empire armies under my command the task of defending Egypt ... " And we have a score of letters by American authorities praising the Afab war efforts. Then our young lady writes about Arab democracy and states that in Egypt "three-fourths of the population is kept illiterate." Well, figures show the contrary: the U.S. spent less than 2 per cent of its budget on education; the Egyptian government spent 12 per cent. Then she says that Mr. El- Gamal-a graduate Arab student attending this University-is go- ing back as Minister of Public Works on account of his father being a senator. Let me tell the young lady, in Egypt where more than 7,000 university students graduate every year and where the government sends about 500 grad- uates-like Mr. El-Gamal and my- self-to the U.S. and other Euro- pean countries to keep up with _-. * i I i 4 BARNABY-.... All the reporters seem to be in those I want to cooperate with the press, TASS iJE A tr