T H E MIC HIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1948 Worthy Indiscretion PERTINENT NEWS ITEM-Senator Taft (Rep., Ohio) rejected claims by Russia and her satellites that the American people chose President Truman because a Repub-. lican victory would have increased chances of war. * * * Taking a negative psychological approach, it is interesting that Senator Taft found' these charges worthy of an answer. The usual policy, when the Kremlin gives forth with its 'propaganda,' is to politely ignore them or mumble something about 'damn commies.' This time, when prodded by re- porters, the Senator was indiscreet enough to open us. Perhaps this commentary on the Amer- ican political scene by Russia's Drew Pear- sons merits study. Certainly the attitude taken by GOP on the so-called spy investigations has not helped create good feeling with tli1e Soviet. Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: PHIL DAWSON. However the methods used by the Callahans and Thomases are being repudiated by the liberals who won support in the election. Some labor leaders are even calling for com- plete abolition of the House Un-American Activities Committee. And on an ideological asis, a more fra- ternal attitude between the two great powers is likely to appear under a thoroughly demo- cratic regime because the two nations will face the fact that each faces the same prob- lems of government. The friction that has come about because we believe in a capital- istic concept and they a communistic one, ,will be lessened. A democratic government Is committed to many socialistic legislative steps-moves that are similar to many Russia has taken. In turn, the Russians have found it neces- sary in past to resort to some capitalistic measures. The small business proprietorships and partnerships still exist-or at least did before the war. Changes in this structure are hard to visualize.- Although it is difficult to be optimistic about the present world situation in face of a continued Berlin blockade, agitation in many border-line nations and the seemingly impossible problem of China, when optimism becomes impossible fighting begins. --Craig H. Wilson. .. (1 R ENT MQ'/I cS t Oi111 1I1111 y At the State... THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, with Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Harold Russell and Teresa Wright. A MOVIE REVIEWER is, by definition, probably the lowest species in the critical family. By trade, he is accustomed to being insulted with greater regularity than the average movie-goer. Perhaps that is why he stands in abso- lute awe when the screen reflects a film that is honestly great. He wishes that he might render it the greatest possible trib- ute: humble silence. Realizing that our opinion can mean little when it concerns a motion picture that has won an unprecedented nine academy awards, we respectfully urge all who have not seen this picture to see it. To those who have seen it, we can only assert that it has held much for us on three occasions--and we are ready to see it again. Great in conception and in production, The Best Years of Our Lives contains more than can be grasped at once. In its first run across the country two years ago, it was judged great because people saw in it a reflection ofthemselves and their most intimate emotions. Now, through the war-born maturity that has come to America, 'it will again be judged great-this time because we have gained the perspective to read from it a message that may never have been knowingly in- cluded. At first a genuine appeal to the emotion, it is now a moving documentary of a fleet- ing past, and an urgent appeal for a better future. Again we must say see it . . . live it .. . appreciate its new meaning. -Bob White. * * * A t the Michigan . . APARTMENT FOR PEGGY, with Jeanne Crain, William Holden and Edmund Gwenn. " A PARTMENTFOR PEGGY" is almost as pleasant an experience as finding one of those mythical places for yourself. It is amazing how such a good movie can be so bad in spots, but as the bubbling Peggy, worrying husband Holden and priceless pro- fessor Gwenn work out their share of the typical problems facing this generation they always recover from the too deep plunges and bring everyone up laughing. Peggy takes a bit of getting used to, with her "leap-frog" thinking, hep patter and airy references to motherhood, but the Johnston office could afford to be lenient on anything as wholesome and lightheart- ed as her story. Edmund Gwenn, as the rationalizing old philosophy teacher steals scenes and sympathy with the aplomb of a Barry Fitzgerald, and when he and Bill Holden attempt to follow the "so simple a child can do it" directions for the Tiny Tot Tub, it is a slice of side-splitting cinema. Aside from the housing shortage, any resemblance between their campus and Michigan is purely coincidental, but if you get too watered off with life in general, take a couple of hours out for "Apartment for Peggy." -Gloria Hunter. No Democracy THE BATTLE of the sexes has reached new heights at the University. The second and third floors of the League will no longer provide a haven for "males lonely." Only men with women escorts are being permitted on these floors except on week-end nights. League officials explain that the ruling is intended to prevent coeds from being crowded out of their own institution. Somehow or other, such regulations al- ways seem to smack of totalitarianism. This one looks especially so since cursory wan- derings through these floors of the League at various times during the day generally reveal vacant chairs and desks. Nevertheless, unescorted males are hastily bundled off to the lower regions of the League, though there may be room to spare. Wouldn't it be better to make the ruling apply only during the hours when the rooms and lounges are almost always crowded? Or better yet, couldn't League officials rely on gallant Michigin men to yield their strongholds on these floors to the women when it becomes crowded? Such a plan would no doubt prove sat- isfactory, especially if large signs were post- ed in conspicuous places requesting unes- corted men to leave when these floors be- come crowded, and several monitors were stationed about the premises to urge cooper- ation. League officials insist the regulation is not intended as a measure of retalia- tion against the restrictions imposed on coeds at the Union. Then perhaps they are sticking to the ruling when these floors are not crowded in hopes of: 1. Eventually securing a refuge for coeds who are "just too bored" with the 2.4 ratio; or conversely. 2. Encouraging pick-ups on the first floor of the League where the lighting is ad- mittedly better. Whatever the reasons are for strict en- forcement, it is bound to result in con- fusion. One problem in particular raises itself. Will coeds be forced to escort their gentle- men friends to water fountains as well as other places on these floors? The possible ramifications of such a sit- uation make us blush. -Jo Misner. Only Ways. By SAMUEL GRAFTON ONE TROUBLE with our new belief that we can save the world by means of our military strength and economic power is that it causes us to lose faith in all other methods. China is in crisis, and our only answer is to rush in some more boatloads of arms and supplies. We don't seem to know any other an- swers any more. We are becoming cult- doctors, condemned to use only one par- ticular method, in our efforts to produce a cure. Power is our specific; if China is failing it must be because we have not supplied her with enough power. Double the dose, says the doctor. We ask ourselves in agitation what can be done to save China. But since only one answer is considered proper theserdays- more force-the discussion is rather fruit- less. The answer comes as from an answer- machine; it is ready before the question is posed. More arms, more power, military and economic, more aid; double the dose that has failed; let Congress add to the $400,000,000 already appropriated and large- ly spent. But one may doubt that the tan- gled human, political and military situation in China will be rectified by an Act of Con- gress or that it will respond to the writing of a check. This is the simplex world that has been created for us by our new philosophers of power, the one-level, single-idea-analyst planet, wit honly one problem in it, Rus- sia, and only one cure, money. The fact that this cure is failing in China does not at all lead such thinkers to con- cede that perhaps they were wrong when they said it didn't matter what sort of leader Chiang was, or how corrupt his gov- ernment had become, or how reactionary. If anything, these minds are more content with their thinking than before, and even more disdainful of those who have disagreed with it. They ask for a redoubling of the policy of blind support of Chiang, on the unanswerable ground that it has failed up to now. And few voices rise to quarrel with them, for our China policy has, on the whole, won much more of a success at home than abroad. Not to our minds, they say in effect, must we look for the answer to China's problems, but to our pockets. China's fu- ture will be found in our change-purse. Look again; for it isn't there. For if there is such a thing as a peculiar- ly American insight into politics at all, we must know that there are times in human affairs when ten cents' worth of proper democratic policy can be morerpowerful than a billion dollars in arms. It may be too late, for it is one of the things about good medicine that it may indeed be offered too late, a possibility which doctors of bad medicine will rarely admit in connection with their specifics. But at least we would begin to talk once 7-3 v Dwn Stairway (Continued from Page 2) ferred for spring vacancies begin- ning next week, present residents are advised to discuss the matter with their housemothers immedi- ately. Space will be held as soon as the signed contract is received in the Office of the Dean of Wom- en. Aeronautical and Civil Engi- neering Graduates: Mr. R. J. Hel- berg, of Boeing Aircraft Company (Seattle Division), and Mr. Ray- mond Hoffman (Wichita Division) will interview Aeronautical and Civil Engineering Graduates in Rm. 1079 E. Engineering Bldg., Dec. 2. Civil engineers should sign the schedule on the Aero. Engr. bulletin board. Application blanks in Rm. 1079 E.E. Occupational Information Con- ference: Mr. T. A. Schmidt, Indus- trial Relations Department, U. S. Rubber Co., Mishawaka, Ind., and Mr. W. E. Simmons, a merchan- dising manager of The J. L. Hud- son Co., Detroit, will discuss op- portunities and positions for col- lege graduates in their respective fields, Wed., Dec. 1, 4:10 p.m., Rm. 231 Angell Hall. All students in- vited. There will be opportunity for questions and discussion. Spon- sored by University Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information. Bureau of Appointments an- nounces the following interviews for February graduates: December 1. The U.S. Rubber Co. will have a representative here to interview candidates for positions as junior credit men, sales correspondent, production control, accountants, office methods, sales production coordination, footwear salesmen, production, industrial engineers, chemists or chemical engineers, and mechanical engineers. The J. L. Hudson Company will have a representative here to in- terview men and women for their executive training program. December 3. The American Sugar Refining Co. will have a representative here to interview primarily for accoun- tants and a few positions in sales. The General Electric Co. will have a representative here to in-. terview men for their business training program, including such positions as personnel, employee relations, production, and market research. Further information and ap- pointments may be obtained at 201 Mason Hall or by calling Ext. 371. The Naval Ordnance Division has sent some announcements and application blanks for juniors for their positions of chemist, physi- cist,, metallurgist, mathematician, and engineer (all branches except civil). The student aid trainee pro- gram is included in this announce- ment. Both those interviewed and others who are interested may send in applications. Blanks may be obtained at 201 Mason Hall. Lectures The William W. Cook Lectures on American Institutions. Fifth series, "Characteristically Ameri- can." Second lecture, "The Devel- opment of Thought in America." Dr. R. B. Perry, Harvard Univer- sity. 8 p.m., Tues., Nov. 30, Rack- ham Amphitheatre. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Academic Notices Forestry 194 Examination: 8 a.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Rm. C Haven Hall. English 149 (Advanced Play- writing) will meet in Rm. 2019 Angell Hall, Tues., Nov. 30, Bacteriology Seminar: 8 p.m. Wed., Dec. 1, Rm. 1528 E. Medical Bldg. Mr. Edward A. Van Eck will discuss "The Vi Antigen." Botanical Seminar: 4:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Rm. 1139 Natural Science Bldg. Paper: Plant Dis- tribution in the Marshall Islands by Wm. Randolph Taylor. Open meeting. - Geometry Seminar: 3 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Rm. 3010 Angell Hall. Mr. G. L. Spencer will continue on "Projective Measurements." Zoology Seminar: 7:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Rackham Amphi- theatre. Mrs. Lucille Farrier Stickel will report on "Populations and Home Range Relationships of the Box Turtle, Terrapene caro- lina (L)." Open meeting. Concerts Student Recital: Patricia Shields DeLoof, organist, will present a program at 4:15 p.m., Tues., Nov. 30, Hill Auditorium, in partial ful- fillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music. It will include compositions by Clerambault, D'Aquin, Bach, Wi- dor, Clokey, and Vierne, and will be open to the general public. Mrs. DeLoof' is a pupil of Frederick Marriott. Student Recital: Marie Haefli- ger, pianist, will be heard in a re- cital at 8:30 p.m., Tues., Nov. 30, Rackham Assembly Hall. A pupil of Joseph Brinkman, Miss Haefli- ger will play Bach's Toccata in D Major, Schubert's Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 122, Brahms' Varia- tions on an Original Theme, in D Major, and Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree, the recital will be open to the -public. Events Today Graduate Education Club: Bus- iness meeting, 4:15 p.m., Elemen- tary School Lounge. Students and faculty invited. Ordnance Gaging Project: First meeting of Ordnance ROTC stu- dents interested in obtaining a working acquaintanceship with gages, 7-9 p.m., Gage Laboratories, Rm. 2300 E. Engineering Bldg. Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Full rehearsal of chorus and prin- cipals, 7:15 p.m., Michigan League. Room will be posted. Movies, presented by Phi Lamb- da Upsilon for chemistry and chemical engineering students, 4:15 p.m., Rm. 1400 Chemistry Bldg. Movies: 1) Colloids, 2) Mag- nesium Metal from the Sea, and 3) Oxidation-Reduction. Undergraduate Physics Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 2038 Ran- dall Laboratory. Dr. McCormick will speak about the activities of the Physics Dept. Student Religious Association: 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. U. of M. Young Republicans: 7:30 p.m., Michigan Union. U. of M. Dames Interior Deco- rating Group: 8 p.m., West Con- ference Room, Rackham Bldg. Mr. Harold Barrett, owner of the House of Beautiful Furniture, Ann Arbor, will speak on 'Floor Cov- erings." Coming Events University of Michigan March- ing Band: Band MIixer, 7:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Harris Hall. Pro- gram: presentation of awards, motion pictures, refreshments, and shop talk. The American Society for Puli- lie Administration: The Michigan Chapter of the ASPA will meet on Wednesday, December 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the East Conference Room of the Rackham Building. Mr. Floyd M. Jennings, Planning Di- rector,, City of Grand Rapids, will be the speaker. All those inter- ested in public administration are invited to attend. Delta Sigma Pi, Prclfessional Business Fraternity: Open meet- ing, 8 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, 130 Busi- ness Administration. Mr. Kenneth I. IMinirger,' President of the Michigan Junior Chamber of Commerce, will speak on a topic concerning consumer economics. Business meeting, 7:30 p.m. Pledges meet at 7:30 p.m. American Institute of Electrical Engineers and Institute of Radio Engineers; Joint Student Branch: Mr. W. H. Bodle of the Square D Company will discuss and dem- onstrate "Overcurrent Protection." 7:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Rm. 1400 Chemistry Bldg. New members in- vited. Sociedad Hispanica: Intermedi- ate and advanced students of Spanish will participate in a poetry reading contest. Members of the faculty will present a poetry recital entitled "Temas en blanco y negro," 8 p.m., Dec. 1, Hussey Room, Michigan League. Modern Poetry Club: 7:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Russian Tearoom, Michigan League. Subject: Mem- bers' poetry. Ullr Ski Club: First meeting of season, 7:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1., Rm. 3K Michigan Union. Movies. Everyone interested in skiing in- vyited. Pre-Medical Society: Meeting, Wed., Dec. 1, Rm. 3D, Michigan Union. Committee members bring all material. The new Pre-Profes- sional Advisor program and field ,trip will be discussed. United World Federalists: Meet- ing, 7:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Hen- derson Room, Michigan League. Students and faculty members in- terested in becoming members of reorganized UWF Speakers Bureau invited. General meeting sched- uled for Wednesday has been can- celed. Women of the University Fac- ulty weekly tea: 4-6 p.m., Wed., Dec. 1, Michigan League. I.Z.F.A. Song and Dance: p.m., Hillel Foundation. Speaking Society : 7 p.m., Rmi. 2084 E. thgineering Bldg. The first round in a series of tournament debates between the various cir- cles within the organization will be featured. Topic for debate: "Resolved: That the Taft-Hart- ley Law Should Be Repealed." The public is invited. Wolverine Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Michigan League. Chemistry and chemical engi- neering undergraduate students in- terested in forming an American Chemical Society affiliate chapter are invited to meet with Prof. Peter A. S Smith, Rm. 1400 Chem- istry Bldg., 4:15 p.m. Association of Independent Men: Meeting, 7 p.m., Rm. 3C, Michigan Union. Le Cercle Francais: Meeting, 8 p.m., Hussey Room, Michigan League. Songs and games. All members are requested to attend. Michiganensian picture will be taken. Polonia Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., International Center. All members must attend. Students of Polish descent invited. 7:451 TO THE EDITOR The Daily accords its readers the privilege of submitting letters for publication 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. Impractical To the Editor: WITHIN THE last week The Daily has printed letters from several gentlemen on this campus. They all advocated that students vote only for candidates they know will do an honest job as student legislators. This is a fine principle, but one which is not practical. The Michigan campus with a population of 21,000 students has assumed the size of a fairly large city. Thus, it is impossible for any student to know more than a small proportion of the other students. This brings up an important ob- jection to the present method of choosing our Student Legislature. With such a long list of candidates available, one student can not be expected to know and vote in- telligetly for more than a very Ae.And it would be an impossible undertaking for both the voters and candidates to get to know one another sufficiently well to rem- edy this disadvantage. Therefore, perhaps the whole present system of choosing student representatives should be thrown out in favor of a more practical method: election by districts of the campus. Places of student res- idence would provide the logical basis for tmese districts. Men and women in dorms, either in single member or multiple member dis- tricts, would select a number of representatives in proportion to their number. Sororities, fraterni- ties, league houses, and boarding houses would do likewise. This would do away with two evils at once: that of either affiliates or independents campaigning to pack the legislature, and that of stu- dents not knowing enough candi- dates to vote wisely. Such a change in election meth- ods would call for a tremendous amount of work to institute the new procedure. But in the inter- est4 of better and more represen- tative student government, I feel that such work would well be worth any time, inconvenience, and effort it might cost. Eva Kellogg SINCE THE WAR'S END, the United States government has granted Italy more than two bil- lion dollars in gifts and loans and is currently financing her at the rate of $600-$700 million a year. -Current History. MATTER OF FACT- Thunder at Left lirlgan Fifty-Ninth Yea? 1 By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON--The labor groups and their Northern liberal allies now clearly intend to make a genuine effort to trans- form the Democratic party. Their objective is a party in which the labor-liberal faction, which claims credit for Truman's reelec- tion, will speak with a dominant voice in such matters as appointments, legislation, and party strategy. What labor wants, in a word, is a Democratic party which will be in some measure a labor party. And if labor does not get what it. wants, there is suime to be trouble ahead for President Harry S. Truman. There are signs of trouble already. For one thing, the Cabinet shakeup which Truman's labor backers expected after the election has conspicuously failed to occur. Truman's enthusiastic assurances to his conservative Treasury Secretary, John Snyder, have particularly failed to please the labor groups. Yet the most interesting aspect of the struggle for the soul of the Democratic party arises in the Congress. Those in whom labor and the liberals have real confidence in both houses are by and large the junior members, of the stripe of Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota, or Paul Douglas of Illinois. On the other hand, much of the power which derives from seniority and committee assign- ments rests with the older conservatives, and particularly the Southerners, men like Geor- gia's Walter F. George, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and North Car- olina's Robert L. Doughton, chairman of Ways and Means in the House. The labor-backed liberal Democrats are in a big majority, and they intend to get an equivalent share of power. Already it is clear that this situation will give rise to a bitter struggle for power in the' the Republicans and three Southerners, Cox of Georgia, Smith of Virginia and Colmer of Mississippi, could stop labor-backed leg- islation in the House dead in its tracks. The labor-liber-l contingent is deter- mined that this shall not happen. It could be prevented in a Lumber of ways. A Committee on Committees controlled by the liberals could disregard seniority and pack the Rules Committee. Or the rules could be changed, so that the Rules Com- mittee could no longer bury legislation. Or a purge of the Democratic party, which would take care of Cox and possibly Col- mer, could be undertaken. Among labor and liberal groups, there is much 'talk of such a purge. Indeed, a purge list has already been drawn up. The list includes as a minimum such unques- tioned Dixiecrats as Eastland in the Senate and Cox, Davis, Rivers, Battle, Hobbs, Boy- kin, Rankin, Williams and perhaps Colmer in the House. The liberals agrue that the Southerners must be disciplined, and that the disciplining should be accomplished right away, as an object lesson to less conspicuous bolters. In this impending struggle for power in Congress, the key figures are Vice-Presi- dent Alben Barkley, and more especially, House Speaker Sam Rayburn. It is a reasonable guess that the Bark- ley strategy will bp, at least initially, one of conciliation and delay. In all prob- ability, no purges will be undertaken. The Southerners, including the overt Dixie- crats, will be allowed to keep their com- mittee places. In the meantime, the pres- sure from the Northern labor-backed Con- gressmen can be used, by Rayburn espe- cially, to prevent the Southerners from hamstringing the Administration program, Thus there is a fair chance for a short Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Qpntrol of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Harriett Friedman ...Managing Editor Dick Maloy ..............City Editor Naomi Stern .........Editorial Director Allegra Pasqualetti ....Associate Editor Arthur Higbee.......Associate Editor Murray Grant..........Sports Editot Bud Weidenthal ..Associate Sports Ed. 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