PAGE FOUR THE ITCiHAN DAILY ..r. ..r. ..... P .s '+ 17hI i y V PGili~m .--.-,*% 45TE5I4A,[N .1~p,l "I No Underground THERE WILL BE no need for business to go underground when the 81st Congress meets in January, since there is every indi- cation that the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Bill isn't going to be as violent in its effects as business might lead you to believe. President Truman hasn't forgotten the irresponsible acts of labor groups before the bill went into effect, nor have the more sensible labor organizations them- selves. The big weakness of the 80th Con- gress was its inability to give Unions credit for a little common sense and call them into conference before passing the bill. Union leaders like Walter Reuther are just as aware of the wrongness of jurisdictional and wildcat strikes as was Fred Hartley him- self. They will probably also go along on provisions requiring a 30 day cooling off period before strikes are begun. But what President Truman campaigned Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff tnd represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: ALICE BRINKMAN against and what Unions opposed were the punitive -measures in the bill-the re- strictions not on misused powers but on. basic rights of the Unions and Union members. The political endorsement ban deprived the Union of the right to buy time on a radio station or to buy advertising space to support the people for political office who would look out for labor's best interests. The Communist affidavit punished some- one for being something that it was per- fectly legal for him to be except under the provisions of the Taft-Hartley bill. A Com- munist could even go into business for him- self and if he had dealings with a Union, only the union officer would be required to certify he wasn't a Communist. It was this type of irresponsible legis- lation that brought about the downfall of the 80th Congress. It will be this type of legislation that brings about another or- ganized drive by labor in some future date. Labor has finally risen to a strong place in our political framework. It has acted wisely and strongly. It will not countenance inroads on its freedom, nor will it support the wrong actions of its members. -Don McNeil. . i I -+- MUSIC + AFTER OPENING with Wagner's blatant "Flying Dutchman" overture, the Cleve- land Orchestra and George Szell turned to more rewarding music in their Sunday night concert at Hill Auditorium. Their beautifully integrated and scintillat- ing performance of Haydn's Symphony No. 88 in G Major was a memorable experience. Under Szell's masterful conducting all the charm and delicacy of this work were real- ized through the warm and affectionate playing of the orchestra. The humor and sprightliness displayed throughout the sym- phony and especially in the last movement, were a pure delight to the listener. Ravel's "La Valse" started superbly and promised to be as satisfying as the Haydn it followed. Szell exploited all the poten- tialities of the opening, giving the waltz wonderful verve, and balancing the dis- cordant interjections from the woodwinds so that the bitterness of the final pages was lucidly foreshadowed. However, Szell continued to concentrate on the waltz and did not emphasize the caustic satire that is the crux of "La Valse." Through such an interpretation of the work he missed the urgency of the explosive cli- max, and lost much of the vigor and justification of the startling orchestral ef- fects. Schumann's "Spring" Symphony is diffi- cult to perform, There is a delicate balance between the lyricism and the orchestral im- perfection and dullness contained in the work. Szell did his best to make this sym- phony interesting and the orchestra, despite several unclean attacks, tried to bring to it the requisite lyricism. Unfortunately, the first and last movements had tempi that were too slow for the excessive reverbera- tions of the auditorium, so that the brilliance of the orchestra, which is a necessary qual- ity in this work, was frequently marred. The second movement was played with deep feel- ing and rich tone, and the humor Szell brought to the last section did much toward making this symphony enjoyable. The evening concluded with an unexpected encore, Berlioz' Rakoczki March, which was given a spirited and rousing reading. -R. E. Matlaw. Sounds Good PERHAPS everything that issaid by the politicians in the next three months should be taken with a small pinch of snuff but even then, some of the talk sounds pretty good. For instance, Senator Aiken, Republican from Vermont, in his letter to President Truman said that he and other liberal Republican Congressmen would like to go along with the new administration on, "forward looking legislation" in the in- terest of the nation. This sounds like the liberal wing of the GOP is really fed up with the conservative bosses. All of which may be so much talk, but then again .. . The motive that Aiken gives for his rather violent public action is purely selfish, and this gives his letter more validity than it would have otherwise. Aiken says that the only way the Republicans will ever be able to elect a President is by taking a more liberal course, so he and his pals are going to get the jump on the rest of the party by turning liberal now. This too sounds sensible. It is even possible that the Senator from Vermont has hit upon what the Demo- crats hope is a new political truth in the United States. Grudgingly the Detroit Free Press stated it the day after election. "Enough people in this country to elect a President and Congress have been con- verted to the New Deal philosophy." If this is the case, then Senator Aiken and his cronies are right and a Republican party based on the conservatism of the old guard is as hopeless a political risk as Henry Wal- lace. All of which, again, may be wishful thinking. But if we can assume that the labor- farmer coalition that elected Truman will continue to exist, then Senator Aiken's letter is very timely indeed. The fondest hope of the liberal Democrat of today is that his party will get a conservative label from the people who will write on these pages college editorials twenty years hence and that New Dealism will become such old stuff that a popular movement, cul- minating in the creation of a liberal party on the left of the Democrats, will take place. Remember, this is twenty or thirty years away. So, having disposed of the Wallacites and the Republicans, let's get on with the bus- iness at hand, namely, seeing that the Tru- man administration lives up to the pre- election talk and does nothing to blotch our beautiful picture. -Al Blumrosen. [Current Movies At.ilhe MiIchigani. TAP ROOTS, with Susan Hayward and Van Heflin. SOUTHERNERS against the South is a new angle to the Civil War, but the Dabney tap root is well watered with blood by the time Lebanon Valley succumbs to th Confederacy. And against this background of beautifully technicolored Mississippi and blood and thunder "the nation's most dan- gerous man" pursues "love's most daring rebel" right up to the final clinch, giving both the action boys and the sentimental females their fifty-five cents worth. There are a few illogical items and many irreconcilable moments-guns stay dry under water, swiftly currented swamps, a rather remarkable phenomena in them- selves color juicily red and stay that way as the blanks go off like a pre-war Fourth of July, and one of the Dabney daughters seems to be in the family and picture for the sole purpose of charming away Miss Hayward's beloved cad. But it's a HOL-LY-WOOD SPEC-TA-. CLE every foot of the film and when they call it a "torch touched to gunpowder" they provide the gunpowder, wet or dry, and torches to put the Diamond Match Co. to shame. Boris Karloff proves his versatility by doing quite nicely as a highly civilized and slightly English accented Indian, and Van Heflin looks good even with a mustache. -Gloria Tunter. .'* * At the Stae.. . ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, with Dracula, The Wolfman, and assorted nonentities. W E MIGHT HAVE enjoyed this affair more had we been able to hear the dialogue. There was, you see a great deal of screeching-not a little of it from cer- tain young ladies of the University. Nevertheless, who is so sophisticated that he doesn't enjoy a good old fashioned ses- sion with the Frankenstein monster? As for the ailing Abbott and Costello team, I can't help thinking they were trespassing here on sacred cinematic ground. The producers, I presume, simply succumbed to the thoroughly understand- able temptation to throw the supposed epi- tomes of hilarity and horror into one big pot. The result would have been something out of this world. Actually, it isn't. Matter of fact, it's kind of a weirdly botched ulp mess. Ilk, "im Spe-akUp into The Microphone" 4 i Sfl ' V r TJFy o r'iyr GHI' 'ycr' '" rf 0 DAILY OFFICIAL BULETIN No Cloister UNIVERSITY professors have always been accused of leading rather cloistered lives. It has been said that they place themselves in a timeless little world of their own-con- tent to sit back and hurl invectives at man- kind. Certainly the decision of Prof. Preston W. Slosson to step out of this somewhat select world to become a candidate for Congress was hailed by students and fac- ulty alike as a step in bringing the Uni- versity closer to the level of everyday life. Still there were skeptics. There were those who predicted that Prof. Slosson would con- duct a rather listless campaign, that it was hopeless because this has consistently been a Republican district. They argued that he lacked the personal drive to carry on a vigorous attack against his opposition. A lot of those critics are eating their words now. Although Slosson lost the elec- tion, he can hardly be accused of lacking the stamina to carry on a political fight. Without mincing any words he went right to the people and stated his stand on the controversial issues of the election. Particularly to be commended was his mo- tor tour of all the outlying communities. Taking a band and trio with him, he proved conclusively that he has not placed himself on a pedestal above the common voter. The support given Slosson by many of his University associates is also a healthy sign. Realizing that there is a real need for Congressmen with intelligent and lib- eral views like him, they went right out and campaigned with him. Prof. Slosson may have lost the election but he did win his battle to prove that college professors are capable of actually fighting for what they believe. We sincerely hope to see the same courage displayed again in 1950. -Jim Brown. (Continued from Page 4) will discuss "Treatment of Neo- plasms with Microbes and Mi- crobic Products._ Geometry Seminar: 3 p.m., Wed., Nov. 10, Rm. 3010 Angell Hall. Mr. G. L. Thompson will discuss "Geometry of Linear Iso- tropic Spaces." Orientation Seminar: 4:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 10, Rm. 3001 Angell Hall. Mr. Seymour Ginsburg will continue to discuss Transfinite Ordinal Numbers. Concerts Faculty Recital: Paul Doktor, violist, assisted by Marian Owen, pianist, will be heard in the first School of Music faculty program at 8:30 p.m., Tues., Nov. 9, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. The pro- gram will include Sonata in G Minor, by Pietro Loatelli Son ata in A. by Franz Schubert, Sui e ini 1, byJusewpli 1-lussig (Dedica,- ed to Paid Dokto w), and 11Sonata in ' Fiat, Op. 120. No. 2 by 1rahmus The general public is ivitd, Exihi biwn s Michigan on Canvas, Rackham Galleries, through Nov. 11, daily except Sundays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The public is invited. Museum of Art, Alumni Memo- rial Hall: Contemporary Paintings from the Albright Art Gallery. Nov. 4-24, Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sundays, 2-5 p.m. The public is invited. Events Today American Institute of Electrical Engineers and Institute of Radio Engineers; Joint Student Branch: Joint meeting with the Electronics Group of the Michigan Section, AIEE. Rackham Amphitheatre, 8:30 p.m. Dr. Andrew Gemant, of the research department of De- troit Edison Co., will speak on "Electrets." IFC House Presidents Meeting, 7:30 p.m., IFC Office, Michigan Union. Agenda: Social, Coordinat- ing, Housing. Sigma Rho Tau: Meeting, 7 p.m., 2084 E. Engineering Bldg. The Gilbert and Sullivan Socie- ty: Rehearsal for "Yeoman" for all chorus and principals, 7:15 p.m., Michigan League. Room will be posted. Remainder of cast will be measured for costumes. Mathematics Club: 8 p.m., West Conference Room, Rackham Bldg. Professor Richard Brauer will speak on "Hilbert's Zero Theor- em." Quarterdeck meeting, Michigan Union, Rm. 3 L and M 7:30 p.m. Member panel on Merchant Ves- sel Operation. Club Europa: Guest meeting, 8:15 p.m., International Center. Committees meet at 7:30 p.m. Wolverine Club: Meeting, 7:15 p.m., Rm. 3D, Michigan Union. Agenda: Discussion and planning of future club activities. All in- terested students welcome. Letters to the Editor ... Le Cercle Francais: 8 p.m., Hussey Room, Michigan League. Short informal talk on "le surrea- lisme," by a student from France. Papular French songs, social games. Admission of new mem- bers. Pershing Rifles: Business meet- ing and drill, 7 p.m., R.O.T.C. Rifle Range. All members must make uniform deposit. Pledges Will at- tend. Polonia Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., International Center. Stu- dents of Polish descent invited. IZFA Study Group, Rm. 3A, Michigan Union, 7:45 p.m. Square Dance Group: 7:30 p.m., Lane Hall. Understanding World Faiths Seminar: 7:30 p.m., Lane Hall. Christian Science Organization: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Upper Room, Lane Hall. AX.C.: Executive Committee ieeting 7::0 p.m., 3rd floor, Michigan Union. Consideration of prospective committee chairman. All interested members urged to attnd. Coming Events Music Forum, "Planning a Teaching Career," Dr. Clyde Vro- man of the University School of Music Faculty, chairman of panel composed of : Mr. Charles E. Lut- ton, Clark-Brewer Teachers' Agency, Chicago; Dr. William R. Sur, Michigan State College; Mr. Haydn Morgan, Michigan State Normal College; Miss Marguerite ,Hood, University School of Mu- sic; and, Mr. Luther Purdom, Uni- versity Appointment Bureau; sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. 8:30 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 11, Rackham Assembly Hall. Open discussion. The pubic is invited. Engineering Council: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Wed., Nov. 10, W. En- gineering Bldg. A.S.M.E.: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Wed., Nov. 10, Rm. 348, W. Engi- neering Bldg. Dr. R. O. Fehr, re- search director of General Elec- tric, will talk on "The Fight Against Vibration and Noise." All those interested are invited. Modern Poetry Club: 7:30 p.m., Wed., Nov. 10, Russian Tearoom, Michigan League. See Gerald M. Hopkins' poems, in Oscar Wil- liams' Anthology. Institute of Aeronautical Sci- ences: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Wed., Nov. 10. Rm. 3 R-S Michigan Union. Prof. W. C. Nelson will speak on the subjects, "Aviation Job Opportunities," and "Some Aircraft Developments in Great Britain." Group picture for the 'Ensian will be taken. All Aero students and faculty invited. Delta Sigma Pi, Professional Business Fraternity: Business meeting, 8:30 p.m., Wed., Nov. 10, Chapter House. Pledges meet at 7:30 p.m. Toledo Club: Meeting Wed., Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Michigan League. Discussion of Operations Christ- The Daily accords its readers the privilege of submitting letters for publcation in this column. Subject to space limitations, the general pol- icy is to publish in the order in which they are received all letters bearing the writer's signature and address. Letters exceeding 300 words, repeti- tious letters and letters of a defama- tory character or such letters which for any other reason are not in good taste will not be published. The editors reserve the privilege of con- densing letters., Election Thoughts To the Editor: IN MY LETTER to The Daily of October 30, I expressed my faith in Tom Dewey together with the assumption that he would be- come the next President of the United States. I do not retract that faith in Governor Dewey. Though he did not win the presidency, I sincerely hope that his ability, his honesty, and his courageous ex- ample will bear much influence upon national affairs in the fu- ture. At the same time, I must ex- press my warmest admiration for Missouri's Harry Truman who stuck out his chin at everybody in- cluding the "powers that were" in the Democratic Party, licked the odds, won the ears of grass-roots voters and took the prize. It's Harry Truman's show. He doesn't owe anybody anything ex- cept the American people who elected him and who have asked a unified foreign policy, some anti- inflation and housing legislation, and a continued progressive cap- italism to keep the nation pros- perous. While expressing this feeling about the man who defeated my own candidate, I must direct any bitterness which I have toward Colonel McCormick, his Illinois machine, and the other isolationist reactionaries who have dragged the elephant's snout through the dirt and who may have cost us the election. Not the least of McCor- mick's list of disgraceful acts was knifing his party's nominee in the back in his Tribune editorials last Thursday. The GOP will never tri- umph until the McCormicks, the John Tabors, and Iallecks are re- jected by the party. The fact of the matter is, both Truman and Dewey were superior to their respective party organiza- tions. May the high quality of both candidates inspire the Amer- ican people and may the great- ness of American popular govern- ment renewed on Nov. 2 make the enemies of the western democ- racies tremble in their boots. -Howard Hartzell. * s To the Editor: IN A RECENT editorial Mr. Blumrosen speculated that among the results of the recent election would be that (1) "the get tough with Russia policy will be modified slightly" and (2) "the Eighty-First Congress will not re- new the draft." I do not pretend to know exactly what Mr. Blumrosen meant by this observation, but his words, as they stand, might imply that the Dem- ocratic vote will surely mean some softening toward Russia and abandonment of our military pre- paredness. I would like to make some comments on that point. The Democratic party, Mr. Tru- man, the A.D.A., Mrs. Roosevelt, etc., have led in the broad anti- Russian policy. As articles in a recent New Republic pointed out, the British socialists now regard the interests of democratic social- ism as depedendent on the support of the U.S. against Russia. The Democratic left in Europe is now more united in accepting the ur- gency of immediate rearmamer against Russia. No liberal can ai ford to defend the imperialism ( the Soviet Union. The recent vote, in no sens can be taken to imply that a want to stop rearmament or I adopt a soft Russia policy.. American reactionaries, on tl- other hand, are divided on th issue, but the McCormick rigi wing of the Republican party wit its old isolationist line more ofte than not opposed the foreign al program. A Republican victoi with Taft and Tabor at the helh might well have meant less Ma] shall Plan aid. Dewey would doubi less have had a battle with Tabo I venture to say that even muc of the Wallace vote did not su port Wallace's attitude towar Russia. Just how much, I leas to the pollsters. -Keith McKean. 'Greetings' To the Editor: COPY OF cablegram sent to t Student Council, University Moscow, U.S.S.R. on November 1948 by a group of people, most University of Michigan students; FRATERNAL GREEETING FROM AMERICAN STUDEN'I ON THE THIRTY-FIRST ANN. VERSARY OF YOUR REVOLt TION.AWE PLEDGE OURSELV TO FIGHT FOR AN ERA 0 PEACE AND UNDERSTANDIN BETWEEN OUR TWO GREA PEOPLES. - (Signed) Ed Shaffer, Joe Harrison, Harvey Schwartz, Er. nest Ellis, Patricia Ellis, Jacki Berner, Leon Rangor, EddiE Yellin, Ruth Wong, George Sar- ver, Al Millstein, Martin Berko. witz, Jim Murdoch, Nick Dat. sko, Sid Sherman, Donald Mac. Mullan, Henry Schmer, Milli Quon, Mary Dang, Carol Rohi Bill Carter. Banking Practice To the Editor: IS THERE any reason why t Ann Arbor Bank should di count Government (G.I. subsisi ance) checks at such an exhorb tant rate? Their current char is $.25 for cashing the populi $102.50 sum received by the ave age single veteran on campus th week. In nearby Detroit the san check circulates at par and is wil ingly cashed for its face valu or within $.05 thereof. Is it thi the poor little Ann Arbor Ban can't offer such service? I don think so. It is one of our countri largest banks and experiences t same Clearing House expens that the Detroit banks do. Figure, it out, approximately S 000 vets will cash their checks a a cost of $.25 this week. Someor makes 6,0000 x $.25 equals $1 50 Maybe it is a legitimate bankir practice, but I don't like it. William T. Door. lMi6 i at Fifty-Ninth Year? I'D RATHER BE RIGHT: N ow Rationalize By SAMUEL GRAFTON T SEEMS to me that many observers of the election are still trying to fit what hap- pened into their former conceptions, in- stead of realizing that these conceptions need changing. Thus we have one school which intones that Truman won, after all, by only a small majority, less than two million votes, that a slight change of senti- ment in a very few states would have put Dewey in, etc. and that therefore Truman has no mandate to be stridently liberal, and had better go easy; that is, act as if he had lost. The members of this school are entitled to whatever comfort they can obtain by hugging a small, cold statistic to their breasts but the plain truth is that in a campaign as heavily given over to defeat from the beginning as this one was, every vote in Truman's majority has the signifi- cance of ten in normal races, for this majority had to be built from the bottom up, in blood, sweat and tears. While you can say, if you want to, that liberalism did not win overwhelmingly, a somewhat fairer interpretation would be that liberalism is now so deeply established, in American life that it can win a national election under the hardest possible circumstances. There are other schools which hold that the Republicans lost because they did not write good enough campaign literature, and lost the footrace because he had only one leg. True enough, as far as it goes, but it still leaves him in a one-legged condition. What we have here is an effort on the part of certain conservative elements to carry their howling pre-election error over into the post-election period. They are hanging desperately on to what made them go so wrong. Instead of throwing away the warped ruler, they intend to prove it is just as straight as can be; it's only the world they're measuring that has, for some incalculable reason, gone off. The plain truth is that there has been an overturn. To take one example, for almost ten years there has been the clear assump- tion going around that the public, especially labor had better watch its step, or some Congressmen were going to get mighty sore. I think that changed on last Tuesday to the assumption that our Congressmen had better watch their steps, or the public will get mighty sore. The election error made by so many this year was not a spot error, a one-shot, but the accumulated result of ten years of previous error, self-insulating, self-separating, self-isolating, until error fi- nally became the climate of everyday living and the truth broke as a great astonishment. It is dangerous to become so separated as this. But many of the election interpreta- tions are in themselves proof that the great election error was not a single incident, but a reflection of a way of thinking, a con- mas present, holidy dance, election of officers. We will start our speaker series. and also Phi Lambda Upsilon: First stu- dent-faculty luncheon, 12:15 p.m., Michigan Union, Wed., Nov. 10. All members invited. Square Dancing, sponsored by the Graduate Outing Club. 8 p.m., Wed., Nov. 10, W.A.B. Everybody welcome. Small admission charge. United World Federalists: Gen- eral meeting scheduled for Wed., Nov. 10 has been changed to Wed., Nov. 17. UWF Roundtable on World Government will be held Thurs., Nov. 11, instead of Nov. 18. Sub- ject: "World Government and In- ternational Law." U. of M. Dames: General Meet- ing, 8 p.m., Nov. 10,'Rackham As- sembly Room. This meeting will be a White Elephant Kitchenware Sale, Xmas wrappings and cards will be on sale. Edited and managed by student$ the University of Michigan under authority of the Board in Control Student Publications. Editorial Staff" Harriett Friedman ...Managing Edl Dick Maloy ................City Edits Naomi Stern........Editorial Direc Allegra Pasqualetti ... .Associate Edit Arthur Higbee......Associate Edt Murray Grant ...........Sports Edit Bud Weidenthal ..Associate Sports ! Bev Bussey ..S..Sports Feature Wit Audrey Buttery...... 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