THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Labor Diplomacy

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE William O.
Douglas gave a simple but practical an-
swer to the problem of good representation
for America abroad when he spoke at the
CIO National Convention in Portland, Wed-
nesday. Justice Douglas suggested that lead-
ers of the American labor movement go
abroad as our ambassadors in the fight
against totalitarianism because they would
have something in common with the labor
governments popping up all around us.
In an age when the representatives of
other countries at international confer-
ences and embassies are members of the
labor parties, Socialist Democrats, and
Socialists, all political parties with a labor
base, it seems inconceivable that the
United States continues the old practice
of sending top hats and canes with noth-
ing to recommend them but the fact that
they once did a favor for someone high
in the heirarchy of our major political
parties.
Individuals feel more at 'ease speaking to
someone with whom they can meet on com-
mon ground, and therefore we agree with
Douglas when he says that "labor is partic-
ularly qualified to bridge the gap that has
been growing between the United States and
Editorials published in The Michigan Daily
are written by members of The Daily staff
and represent the views of the writers only.
NIGHT EDITOR: CRAIG H. WILSON

Europe. New leaders have come to power
in the countries of Western Europe. In
almost every case their political strength
is in the labor movement."
It is impractical to expect our "career
diplomats" to deal with the, leaders of
European governments, who like Britain's
foreign minister Ernest Bevin, may have
come up through the Trade Union move-
ment.
We would like to see the reaction in
Pravda for instance to the sudden appear-
ance of Walter Reuther or Philip Murray
at the Kremlin as the United States am-
bassador. Certainly it would knock holes in
the current Pravda fairy tales about the
life of "American peasants" and it would
also show Europe that American labor is
behind the Marshall Plan and the Truman
Doctrine and had something to do with
their conception, thus dispelling the Soviet
created fears that American imperialists
were striving for power and cartels in the
western nations.
Of prime importance could be the ef-
fect on those nations which have been
led by Russian ideology into the belief
that Americans think that "war is the
only device that government can design
to give maximum production and full em-
ployment."
The CIO and AFL firmly believe in our
free enterprise system, but we can't expect
Vishinsky to believe that they do, when
his only sources of information are the pro-
nouncements of a silk-shirt diplomat.
-Don McNeil.

ruRRE NI'r MiOIES

I'D RATHER BE RIGHT:
Time Was
By SAMUEL GRAFTON
THE TWO MEN behaved as if they had not
seen each other for a long time They
followed out the ritual which prescribes
that if you have not seen a friend for a con-
siderable period, you must strike him several
times on the back, between the shoulder
blades.
This they both did, and then sat down
and ordered drinks.
"It must be twenty years," said one of
them.
"Long time," analyzed the other, in-
stantly.
"Lot has happened since," said the first.
"Sure has," said the other. "Depression
and Roosevelt and war."'
"If we could only have looked ahead,
back then in '28, when' we were seeing
each other so much," said the first.
"The gift of second sight," said the other.
"We wouldn't have been as happy as we
were, back then, if we'd have had it. Boy, we
thought it was the perfect world. Remem-
ber?"
THEIR DRINKS CAME.
"The gift of second sight," said the
first man. He seemed to like the idea, to be
reluctant to leave it. "Just to be able to
look ahead a bit."
He stopped, with an odd expression.
"What's the matter?" asked the other.
"Something wrong with your drink?".
"No," said the first. "I had a funny feel-
ing, just then. As if I really could look
ahead."
"What'd you see?" asked the other. "I'll
bet it was scary, if today is any sample."
"That's just it," said the first. "I had
the funniest feeling. As if nothing very
terrible is going to happen in the next
twenty years. We're going to go plugging
along, pretty much as we are now. The
labor unions will go right on; they won't
quit. Russia', go right on, and we'll go
right on. We won't get rid of them and
they won't get rid of us. But everything'll
be kind of all right."
"You didn't see any atomic bombs going
off?" asked the other man.
"'No."
"End of the world? Anything like that?"'
''No."
"Mankind starving? Big depression?"
"No. Rather prosperous. Just like now."
"It sounds eerie," said the other man.
"Weird," laughed the first.
They drank again.
"IT KIND OF MAKES SENSE," resumed
the first. "Back then, twenty years
ago, when you and I were Long Islanding
it every weekend, everything around us
was wonderful. Everything horrid lay
ahead, and we didn't know. We walked
right up to it and fell flat on our faces.
Now it's just the reverse. Everything dif-
ficult is right with us, and we know about
it. We figure it has to go on being tough,
or maybe get tougher. But maybe if we
could lift the curtain a little, we'd see
that we were being wrong again, in the
same way. We always think things are
going-to stay the way they are are, but
maybe things are going to be better."
"Here's to second sight," said the other,
and they drank.

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At the State . ..1

THE BLACK ARROW, Louis Hayward,
Janet Blair and Edward Buchannan.
HAD HOLLYWOOD spent a good deal
more time, money and effort on this
depiction of 15th century England, the net
results might have been a very enjoyable
picture, instead of a mediocre time-killer.
For Robert Louis Stevenson's novel does
have dramatic possibilities, but the director
of this medieval western leaves them un-
exploited.
Readjustment of the modern GI would
appear an easy task to the problem fac-
ing Sir Richard Shelton, returning vet-
eran of the War of the Roses. Richard
came home to find his neighbor's estate,
Sedley Manor, completely destroyed, his
uncle and cohorts in possession of his own
ancestral estate, and his father dead. To
this, is added the further misery of play-
ing host to Joanna Sedley, daughter of the
very villain who murdered his father. A
black arrow, shot from the bow of an
outlaw Lancastrian, bears, a sinister mes-
sage warning Richard of treachery. Well,
Richard, in the form of dashing, tooth-
flashing Louis Hayward disregards the
message, and the complications begin.
From then on, more arrows fly, more
swords flash, and more fiery red wine is
guzzled than in anything since "Pobin
Hood." The wine almost proves the undoing
of Lawless, the 'well-named outlaw who
provides some well-needed laughs, but the
weapons in the end save Richard.
Janet Blair, who as Joanna is supposed
to provide the romantic touch, should
stick with the 20th Century set; she is
pretty unconvincing as the refugee from
a nunnery.
You will like this, though, if you can
overlook the botching of technicalities and

the distortion of history. It does move,
and at times is pretty good entertainment.
Maybe it was the suspicious similarity be-
tween the Yorkest soldiers' helmets and
those worn by the villains ina recent "Spider
Lady" serial that spoiled it for us.
* * * *
At the Michiga .. .
MR. PEABODY AND THE MERMAID,
William Powell, Ann Blyth and Irene Her.-
vey.
IT ALL BEGINS when Mr..and Mrs. Pea-
body drop everything in Boston and
settle down in the tranquility of a British
West Indian island. Mr. Peabody is on the
brink of 50, and like every red-blooded
American of that age is subject to romantic
illusions. In this case, the illusion-that he
has caught a mermaid-isn't an illusion at
all, and there is plenty of proof for this
in the curvaceous form of Ann Blyth.
Peabody, of course, is no fool, and he
transports the blithe creature home to
Mrs. P., depositing her in the bathtub.
Naturally, complications arise, especially
when Mr. P. goes shopping for the top
half of a two-piece bathing suit. Add to
this another woman, a genuine one this
time and you can imagine the plight of
poor Mrs. Peabody, who finally, torn be-
tween wild tales of an aquatic angel and
several clues of human competition packs
up and goes back to the home of the cod.
Although light to the point of thinness
in spots, an entirely enjoyable picture. The
wonderful, though fantastic, situation com-
pensates for the not overly witty dialogue.
But there are plenty of laughs, and some
creditable acting on the part of William
Powell.
Ann Blyth, incidentally, doesn't say a
word. But she's terrific anyway.
-George Walker.

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 Presaent, Room 1021
Angell Hall, by 3:00 p.m. on the day
preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Satur-
days.)
SATURDAY, NOV. 27, 1948
VOL. LIX, No. 57
Notices
School of Business Administra-
tion: Disciplinary action has re-
cently been taken by the Academic
Committee in three cases of dis-
honesty in examinations. Two stu-
dents were given zero grades in
an accounting examination and
placed on probation because of un-
premeditated dishonesty at the
close of the examination period.
One student was dismissed from
the School for a premeditated at-
tempt at fraud in connection with
a statistics examination.
Interviews will be held by BELL
AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
(Buffalo, N.Y.) on Tues., Dec. 7,
Rm. 2501 E. Engineering Bldg.
(Electrical Engineering Depart-
ment).
Interested in February Electri-
cal Engineering graduates. Princi-
pal requirements - in Electronics
for advanced development work
on missile programs. Prefer ad-
vanced degrees or top quarter un-
dergraduates. Have openings for
Masters in Mathematics, Physics,
Aeronautics in Aerodynamic Mis-
sile Design and Helicopter Design.
Also wish to consider top quality
people in Mechanical Engineering
or 'Applied Mathematics for po-
sitions in Servomechanisms De-
velopment.
Application blanks may be ob-
tained in Rm. 2501 E. Engineering
Building. Sign interview schedule
posted outside the -same office.
Pre-medical students at the
University of Michigan making
application for admission to the
1949 class of the Medical School
of the University of Michigan are
required to act through the office
of Prof. Alfred Stockard, pre-pro-
fessional advisor, Rm. 210 Univer-
sity Hall. Appointments should be
made with Dr. Stockard by phon-
ing extension 2530. Separate let-
ters from individual instructors
are no longer required.
Wayne Whitaker
Secretary, Medical School
University Community Center
Willow Village
Sun., Nov. 28, 10:45 a.m., Inter-
denominational church program:
church service, followed by coffee
hour. Nursery;
4:30 p.m., Discussion;

5:30 p.m., Pot-luck supper.
Mon., Nov. 28, 8 p.m., Sewing
class; Art Group-business meet-
ing.
Tues., Nov. 30, 8' p.m., Bridge
night. Everyone welcome.
Sat., Dec. 4, 8 p.m., Faculty
Wives' party for members and hus-
bands.
Scholarship announcement:
Applications are open for the
Laurel Harper Seeley scholarship
of $500. Awards will be made be-
fore the springcsemester by the
Alumnae Council. Women stu-
dents are eligible to apply and
awards will be made on the basis
of academic 'standing, citizenship
and need. Blanks maybe obtained
in the Office of the Dean of Wom-
en. Applications will be closed
December 15, 1948.
Academic Notices
Orientation Seminar: Mr.
Charles Carr will discuss The Ir-
rationality of Pi on Mon., Nov. 28,
2 p.m., Rm. 3001 Angell Hall.

Letters to the Editor ...
The Daily accords its readers the rupt Athens government wou
privilege of submitting letters for last without the hundreds of m.
publication in this column. Subject ;osinuAme unrm dsfm
to space limitations, the general po1- lions in American arms and su
icy is to publish in the order In which plies? A government whichi
they are received all letters bearing three years has executed over 2
the writer's signature and address. 000, has imprisoned or exiled ov
Letters exceeding 300 words, repeti- 60,000, which has made the rig]
tious letters and letters of a defama-
tory character or such letters which for a worker to strike punishab.
for any other reason are not in good by death and which has sold i
taste will not be published. The economy to Wall Street baror
editors reserve the privilege of con- is going to fall under the crushi
densing letters. * * blows of an increasingly aroust
WantsWoodsGreek people.
-Ernest Ellis,
To the Editor: * *
WE'VE GOTTA face it-though Misunderstood
the groundsmen work very To the Editor:
hard on our lawns and parts of THE AMERICAN public has be
them look very nice, there are lied to and misinformed abo
other parts that just arent's beau- the Soviet Union ever since it w
tiful. They're too sandy and walk- founded. The Russian revoluti
ed-on. was portrayed as the work of "wi
We've gotta change our policy. unruly mobs" incited by "cu
Either give up the lawns or really throats, criminals and degene
tie into it. ates"; the Red Army was an "u
Seems to me, we could just disciplined rabble"; Soviet eco:
plant a few more trees and call it omy was "unworkable" and Sovi
a woods. Forget the grass. What's industry and agriculture were "
wrongN with leaves? People can ~a hopeless state of anarchy." T
wron Soviet people were just waiting f
walk on them. And plant some war to rise in rebellion agai
wild flowers. their "ruthless masters in M
Why not face it? Woods are a cow."
lot nicer than the scrubby grass When Germany attacked t
we :walk on now. Soviet Union many so-call
-Alex Horton. American authorities said Rus
* * * couldn't last a month. On Ju
On Amherst 24, 1941, Congressman Martin Di
said, "Hitler will be in control
To the Editr: Russia in 30 days." This sort
RE: MISS FRIEDMAN'S edito- niisinformation is still prevale
rial on Wednesday, November today.
24 and other comments published We in Ann Arbor are fortun
recently. that on Nov. 30, Reverend Hewl
If the facts were open to gen- Johnson, the Dean of Canterbu
eral knowledge it would be found will speak here. He has spent
that there are fraternities both great deal of time in the Sov
at Michigan and on a national Union studying its economic a:
level who have moved towards the political life and is the author
removal of restrictions where two famous books on Russia.
they exist. The motivation for The press has seen fit to a
such moves has arisen entirely tack and malign the De
within the organizations con- dubbing him the ."Red" Dean
cerned. It is a fact of experience Canterbury. We should reme
that external attack has served ber, however, that it was not R
only to harden the core of oppo- Johnson 'who underestimated S
sition. viet strength during the Seco.
There really are some people World War, but these very sa.
among the Greeks who aren't newspapers which now attack hi
complete reactionaries. Why make I wish to urge everyone to co
the problem even harder for them and hear Rev. Hewlett Johns
to solve by heaping coals on the when he speaks in Ann Arbor
dying embers? In the final an- Nov. 30.
alysis, the problem of race prej- -Ed Freeman
udice can be solved only by edu-
cation, not by legislation.
-Joe Wimsatt.
Greek Dilemma
To the Editor: "
MR. DAWSON, you refer to the
situation in Greece as the
"Greek Dilemma." Would it not
be more correct to term it "Wall Fifty-Ninth Year
Street's Dilemma?" How else,
when, in over three years' of fight-
ing against British and American -
sponsored fascist armies, the "~
armies of the Greek democrats =
have increased greatly in num-
ber, their arms, their maneuver- 't r
ability, their popularity among
the peasants of the country and
the workers of the town has grown
immeasurably. In short, the Amer-
ican-backed fascist government in Edited and managed by students
Athens is facing a crisis precisely the University of Michigan under
Athensauthority of the Board In Cotrol
because it has failed miserably to student Publications.
suppress the people of Greece and
to sell them out completely to Editorial Staff
American finance-capital. Harriett Friedman ...Managing Edi
You say, Mr. Dawson, that the Dick Maloy...........City Edi
attitude of Russia is basic? You Allegra Pasqualetti ....Associate Edi
say it is basic because the armies Arthur Higbee ........Associate Edi
of Free Greece are led by Com- Murray Grant.........sports Edi
munists. Is this logical? Was the Bud Weidenthal ..Associate Sports 
attitude of Russia basic during Bev Bussey ......Sports Feature Wri
the occupation of the Nazis when Audrey Buttery .......Women's Edi
Bess Hayes ..................Lirari
the resistance was led by Commu- Business Staff
nists? Or, rather was it the atti- Richard Halt .......Business Manai

tude of the common people of Jean Leonard ....Advertising Manal
Greece that was basic and which, William Culman .....Finance Manai
today, remains basic in the over- Cole Christian ....Circulation Mana
all relationship of forces. Telephone 23-24-1
It is easy enough for you to say Member of Phe Associated Prea
that the existence of the Demo- Mebrhe Associated Prs secusiv
cratic Army depends upon a "ha- enieAssociatedus or repubicati
yen beyond the northern borders of all news dispatches credited to it
for its continued survival" yet you otherwise credited to this newspap
give no concrete evidence. If this All rights of republication of all Ott
army depends upon the north for matters herein are also reserved.
itmysdpiens, how ohyoraccothrEntered at the Post Office at A
its suplies, how do you acco t Arbor, Michigan, as second-class m
for its strength in many of the matter.
islands off the coast of Greece, in subscription !uring the regi.f
central Greece, etc.? school year by carrier.$3.00, by mi
While speaking of supplies, let ".00.
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MATTER OF FACT:
The Kremtint Pays

By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP
WASHINGTON-Every reasonably well-
informed person knows that the Soviet
Union gives financial support to the world
Communist movement. Yet very little has
been known of just how this is done. It
is this which makes so interesting the spe-
cific details of Soviet financial support for
the French Communist party which came
to light during the recent French coal strike.
Some of the facts were revealed a few
days ago in the French Assembly by the
leftwing Socialist Jules Mosh, the French
Minister of the Interior. Others have be-
come available since. The facts concern
the role played by a peculiar financial
*institution which is known as "the Com-
mercial Bank of Northern Europe."
Ostensibly, this is just a bank like any
other bank. In fact, it is the main channel
for money given to the French Communist
party by the government of the Soviet Un-
ion.
It is organized as a French company, and
it occupies respectable quarters in the Rue
de l'Arcade, in Paris. However, of its 100,-
000 shares of capital, 99,700 are owned by
two .Soviet banks, which means of course
that the bank is owned by the Soviet 'gov-
ernment. Its manager is a former Russian
citizen, Charles Hilsum, now naturalized,
and it has a select board of directors, con-
.0,nx o R sian.oneOtrovskv. and

were taxed a proportion of their wages.
The rubles thus collected from the hard-
pressed Russian miners were then ex-
chanied into francs by the Soviet gov-
ernment (which ordinarily guards its for-
eign exchange like an anxious mother)
and turned over to the French Com-
munists. The Soviet satellite states obed-
iently followed suit, and the total thus
contributed came to a little over $900,000
in the franc eqgivalent.
The fact is of course that the coal strike
was in many ways justified by the desperate
economic squeeze on the French miners.
But this should not be allowed to obscure
the fact that, through the Moscow-con-
trolled bank the Soviet government inter-
vened drastically in the internal affairs of
France. The coal strike is now over. But
in terms of heavy pressure brought to bear
against the French government and the par-
tial wrecking of French recovery, the So-
viet investment in the strike no doubt paid
off handsomely.
Moreover, similar investments will un-
doubtedly continue to be made in the
future. There is every reason to believe
that Soviet financial support for the
French Communists will continue, and
that the campaign of "rotating" strikes,
ordered by the Kremlin for the purpose
of bringing French recovery to a halt, will
go on.

"Still at the old office?" asked the first, as
they made ready to break up.
"No," said the other. "I put my money in
some real estate, stuff that'll last, you know.
and go up with inflation. How about you?"
"Annuity," said the other. "I wanted to
make sure, no matter what happens."
"See you," they each said, as they parted.
(Copyright, 1948, New York Post Corporation)
CIINIEMA
Ati the Orpheum ...
CONFESSIONS OF A ROGUE-Louis
Jouvet and Suzy Delair.
LIKE A GOOD champagne kick after
Hollywood's stale-beer who-dunnits,
this French film- pits the cleverest swindler
ever to sell the Champs D'Elysees against a
Charlie Chaplinish innocent. A bell-hop dis-
covers their facial similarity, and the old
saying, 'similarity is only skin deep,' still
holds, resulting in a- unique situation.
As the local gendarmes and bewildered
damsels traipse along, the rogue collects
most of the loose cash laying around and
the innocent grapples with his conscience
over the cinderella job of serving as an
automatic alibi for his double.
Unlike the fairy tale, the shoe winds up
on the wrong foot and everyone who stands
for all things good lives happily ever af-
ter.
Louis Jouvet should hear the patter of
tiny oscars for his portrayal of the rogue,
the innocent Dupon, and several bit parts
he juggled with wig and moustache in
hand. Unlike Betty Davis and all the
other people to try acting two roles, Jouvet
made them entirely unlike in appearance
at first and then carefully blended them
into almost one. He also acts with his
knees-which is good. Miss Delair, who
couldn't get a job typing in Hollywood,

Concert: The University Musi-
cal Society will present Clifford
Curzon, distinguished British pi-
anist, in the Choral Union Series,
8:30 p.m., Satu., Nov. 27, Hill Au-
ditorium.
Mr. Curzon will play the Haydn
Andante and Variations in F
minor; Beethoven's Rondo a ca-
priccio, Op. 129; Schumann Son-
ata in G minor, and Four Im-
promptus, Op. 90 by Schubert, in
the first half. He will close the
program with the Liszt Sonata in
B minor.
A limited number of tickets are
available at the offices of the Uni-
versity Musical Society; and will
also be on sale on the night of the
concert after 7 o'clock at the Hill
Auditorium box office.
Student Recital: Emil Raab,
student of violin under Gilbert
Ross and concertmaster of the
University Symphony, will pre-
sent a recital at 8:30 p.m., Mon.,
Nov. 29, Rackham Assembly Hall,
in partial fulfillment of the re-
quirements for the degree of Mas-
ter of Music. The program, open
to the public, will include compo-
sition by Locatelli, Bach, Ives, and,
Lalo.
Exhibitions
Elements of Design from the
Museum of Modern Art, New York;
through Dec. 3, Lobby, Architec-
tural Bldg.
Events Today
Bill of One-Act Plays, presented
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preparations for the exorcism in
Merrie's house last night. What
was the Ghost doing all that time?
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