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No Withdrawal
1 OHN BULL IS A stubborn creature.
When the last British soldier picked up
is duffle and departed from Palestine, some
ptimists thought that Britain had actually
een the error of her ways-thanks to the
rgun and the Stern Gang-and was aban-
oning forever her imperialistic ambitions
a the Holy Land.
It seemed that at last the Arabs and
the Jews would be left to work out their
own answers to the problems which had
been plaguing them for so long.
From the beginning, however, it was ob-
ious that optimism about Britain was sad-
r-misplaced, for she showed no inclination
o pull her finger-or her arms-out of
he Palestine pie.
British officers led British-trained Arabs,
arrying British-made weapons in open war-
are against the defenders of the newly-
orn state. The Israeli, fighting with the
etermination of free men, proved more
han a match for the formidable Arab le-
ions, despite their vast numerical superior!
y. The Arabs, with all their help from
he British, suffered defeat after defeat,
ausing increased apprehension at Number
'en Downing Street.
It was one thing having the feudal-
istic, strife-torn Arabs in control of the
vital strip of land bordering the Mediter-
ranean, and quite another having the
ditorials published in The Michigan Daily
re written by members of The Daily staff
nd represent the views of the writers only.
same land in the hands of a
tious people, who refused to
under the British thumb.
free, ambi-
lie meekly
Whether or not the planes were shot
down within Palestine's borders or over
Egypt is not really of great importance. The
significance of the incident lies in tho
fact that Britain sent military planes over
an area where a truce had just been called.
Thus, just when peace in the Holy Land
appeared imminent, the British action made
the prospect seem more remote than ever.
At the same time the British concen-
trated warships and troops in the tense
Mediterranean area, sending soldiers to
the little Red Sea town of Aqaba, which
straddles vital British land routes in the
Middle East.
A road to Damascus which bypasses Pal-
estine starts at Aqaba. This road could be
used in wartime, in the event that the Suez
Canal were to fall into enemy hands, for
the overland transport of oil to the United
States and Britain.
Britain is also interested in keeping the
Jews out of the Negev, which is itself rich
in mineral deposits, because whoever con-
trols the Negev will also control the Red
Sea, with its wealth of potash, bromide,
magnesium, and phosphate deposits.
Britain will not easily relinquish her
extensive holdings in the Middle East, re-
gardless of the suffering she may inflict
upon the Jews, Arabs, or anyone else who
dares oppose her.
She has not yet learned that human lives
and freedom are more important than oil
lines and canals, and that a, world of
oppressed people is and must be a world
of war.
-Buddy Aronson.
NIGHrT EDITOR:
CRAIG H. WILSON
CURRENT MOVIES
At the State..
CANON CITY, with assorted convicts.
IF YOU LIKE prison breaks, this is your
cup of tea.
We're told that the film was shot at
Canon City Penitentiary in Colorado and
surrounding territory, with the real-life
warden and manyactual convicts partici-
pating.
And, we're happy to report, what might
have turned out to be a rather sloppy, set
up business has, instead, turned out rather
well.
In "raw, naked, terrifyingly true" style,
the camera follows a group of cons from
the conception of a break, the getaway,
and the inevitable recapture. We assume
that reenactment of the break was han-
dled by a group of law-abiding actors--
but the fact remains that we've never
seen any etiebefor
This anonymity is fortunate, inasmuch as
it circumvents the only possible barrier to
the picture's complete realism. The entire
Hollywood segment of the cast renders an
excellent series of underworld character
portrayals. I
The real warden of the Canon City
Pen, Roy Best, does a fair job of portray-
ing himself. He is outdone, however, .by
several genuine convicts who are given a
chance in the opening minutes oe the
picture to tell how they came to be be-
hind bars.
Save for the distraction of the State's
usual matinee complement of whoop-'n-
holler boys, we were well entertained.
Also Ran-a better-than-most cartoon, as
well as one of those musical shorts in which
they use up all the excess technicolor film
and hungry actors they can find around the
lot. This particular epic, "Catalina Inter-
Lude," features a fellow who is apparently
under the impression that he is the Prettiest
Man in the World. r
-Bob White.
*~ * * .
At the Michigan..
THE SAXON CHARM, with Robert Mont-
gomery, John Payne and Susan Hayward.
MATT SAXON is a man who has for-
gotten that people are people. His
warped and twisted personality is even
turned inward to his own destruction, and
his story could easily be the depressing un-
veiling of a soul rotten cynic. But "the
Saxon Charm" is a fascinating veil, and the
author of "The Hucksters" has given us
another character that you must laugh at
even while you loathe.
Robert Montgomery is the arrogant, de-
manding,. self-assured little God of the
theatiical world and writer John Payne
is the current fly in his web. Payne and
wife Susan Hayward, along with Saxon's
gal Audrey Trotter, take a painful Saxon
sleigh ride, but to anyone who only has
to watch and not feel the effects of his
antics, the pace is giddy and often gay,
with the dialogue including some laudable
gems.
The story is weakened by telling it
through the slightly stuffy Payne-Howard
slice of Saxon's turbulent career, and with
more Saxon and less poetic justice, it would
have been a real charmer. Yet the ending
is logical and dramatic for the particular
episode stressed; our pure pair learn and
leave in time, and Audrey Trotter departs
the Saxon menagerie with smoking tongue,
rather than the much overused gun, leaving
other gullibles to the prey of "the Saxon
charm."
-Gloria Hunter.
Relgion Course
THE LITERARY College Executive Com-
mittee's recent decision to increase the
number of courses in religion emphasizes
once more the separation of the church and
the state.
Certain pressure groups will cry that if
religion is as important as English and
political science, a special department in
religion must be established. Men with
some actual religious background are the
only ones qualified to teach in that. de-
partment, these groups say. '
But the executive committee found after
extensive study that the only way to keep
sectarianism out of such courses is to teach
courses about religion instead of in religion.
The executive committee appointed a spe-
cial faculty group to find out all the angles
of religion courses before making their de-
cision. They looked at schools which listed
searate religion departments. At the Uni-
versity of Iowa they found the department
controlled by a committee composed of a
Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi and a Prot-
estant pastor. But they also found that most
of the courses in the catalogue were of the-
ological or sectarian nature.
Then the committee looked at the sit-
uation at Michigan in order to ascertain
the special need here. They found that
though the catalogue listed many courses,
relatively few of them were actually being
taught. The men long connected with
these special courses had died or re-
tired.
So the faculty committee drew up a re-
port on their findings, which the executive
board accepted. The biggest improvement
suggested by the report is a central commit-
tee to oversee all religion courses which will
be scattered throughout various depart-
ments in the college.
In addition, the college will hire men
who are especially qualified in the field of
religion to teach. The qualifications of those
who teach the courses have long been an
object of questioning by those who criticize
the University system.
The final bright spot in the report is the
addition of several new courses. Students
have asked for a course in comparative
religion for years. And the great religious
books course will probably equal the pop-
ularity of the still young humanities
course.
The literary college has drawn up a
program that will teach religion as an in-
tellectual discipline, not a sectarian pro-
gram that should be kept out of a state
university.
-Janet Watts.
Budget uttng
THE BLOW has come, and the President
has put his annual bite on the Amer-
ican taxpayer for government funds for the
next year.
It is a very big bite, too-to the tune
of $41,858,000. Of this astronomical total,
approximately three-quarters is ear-
marked for expenditure on our foreign
aid program, national defense, and the
after-effects of past war.
The remaining quarter-about $10,000,-
000,000-will be used for domestic expendi-
tures. Of this total, government admninis-
tration of programs will eat up its usual
sizable chunk.
Perhaps more significant than the budget
itself was the reaction to it. Immediately
after its presentation, congressmen began
debating how they could cut the domestic
expenditures. Never once was the sugges-
tion made even to examine the budget for
foreign programs and nuational defense.
This seems a very dangerous trend,
distinctly un-American trend in the sense
that the people's elected representatives
who are supposed to guard the people's
money are letting their anti-Commuunist
zeal get the better of their common sense.
In view of this, it would be wise to re-
examine why we are spending such a
colossal sum of money, and what we expect
to gain from it.
Tha Marshall Plan was originally set up
to provide economic aid to war-devastated
countries to rehabilitate their economic sys-
tems. The Truman Doctrine was established
to "stop Communism" in Greece and Turkey
by providing military and economic assist-
ance.'
Our national defense program was
launched when the Communists took over
Czechoslovakia with the idea of prepar-
ing for instantaneous war with Russia.
How have our plans worked out?
The Marshall Plan, in addition to provid-
ing aid to Western European countries, is
now being extended to include South Amei
ica, Ethiopia, and other nations thousands
of miles from the nearest battlefield.
The Truman Doctrine, which was sup-
posed to "stop Communism" in Greece, his
resulted in more Communist guerillas now
than a year ago.
Our' defense program is being built up
on a near-war basis when ton State De-
partment experts on Russia (includng,
Charles Morgan writing in the current
issue of Foreign Affairs Quarterly) be-
lieve Russia will not risk war for 15 or
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tained in advance from the Chair-
man of the Department of Bio-
logical Chemistry, 317 W. Med.
Bldg.
Room assignments for German
1, 2, 31, 32 final examinations,
Tues., Jan. 18, 2-4 p.m.
Berg, B HA; Bergholz, 2003
AH; Bernard, 101 Ec.; Bigelow,
2225 AH; Eaton, 1025 AH; Fueh-
rer, B HH; Gaiss, 1025 AH; Goet-
tler, D AMH; Graf, B HH; Hal-
ley, 25 AH; Hascall, 25 AH; Heil-
bronner, 1025 AH; Mertens, E HH;
Neumann, G HH; Norton, 2231
AH; Packer, 203 UH; Pott, 2003
AH; Reed, 3017 AH; Reichart,
201 UH; Thurber, 205 MH; Wil-
ley, 2225 AH; Yates, 25 AH.
History 11, Lecture Course II
(Prof. Slosson): Final examina-
tion will be given in Waterman
Gymnasium.
History 49-Final Examination,
Tues., Jan. 25, 2-5 p.m; Adams-
Griffin, Rm. B Haven Hall;
Hagelin-Zwickey, West Gallery,
Alumni Meniorial Hall.
Political Science I-- Exam Loca-
tions :
Sec. 1-Waldby, 2--Kallenbach,
3 - Houston, 4 - Houston, 5 -
Waldby in 1025 A.H.
6-Ecker, 7-Ecker in 1035 A.H.
8-Beaney, 9-Beaney in 1035
A.H.
10-Leu, 12--Leu in 35 A.H.
13-Thomas, 14-Thomas in
3017 A.H.
15 - Grace, 16 - Grace, 17 -
Grace in 231 A.H.
18-Peek, 19-Peek, 21--Peek in
25 A.H.
20--Vernon, 22-Vernon in 2003
A.H.
23---Eldersveld in 2203 A.H.
Political Science h-Exam Lo-
cations:
Sec. 1-Lane, 2-Lane, 3-Ward
in' 205 Mason Hall
5-Abbott, 6-Abbott in 2225
A.H.
Political Science 52: Final Ex-
.amnination
Fri., Jan. 21, 9 a.m.
Section 1, (Knappeni) will meet
in 16 A.H.
Sections 2 and 3 (Mdersveld)
will meet in 229 A.H.
Section 5 (Bretton) will meet in
6 A.H.
Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8 (Vernon
and Abbott) will meet in 1025
A.H.
Politial Science 67-Rooms for
Final Exam:
Jan. 17, 9-12 a.m., 240 T. C. B.;
Manion (31-15), Jan. 18, 9-12
a.m., 4203 AH; Sattler (31-3) Jan.
19, 9-12 a.m., 4208 AH.
Speech 35 will have final ex-
amination Jan. 25, 2-5 p.m., 25
AH.
Speech 135: Final
Wed., Jan. 26, 9-12
3209 A.H.
Speech 305: Final
Mon., Jan. 24, 2-5
3231 A.H.
examination,
a.m.-Room
examination,
p.m.--Room
*1
Zoology Seminar: 7:30 p.m.,
Thurs., Jan. 20, Rackham Amphi-
theatre. Mr. Van T. Harris will
speak on "Habitat Selection by
Peromyscus." Mr. Harold Broad-
books will speak on "Behavior and
Populations of the Western Chip-
munk." Open Meeting.
Lectures
Mathematics Lecture: Profes-
sor Lamberto Cesari of the Uni-
versity of Bolognd, Italy, and at
present Visiting Professor at Ohio
State University, will give a lec-
ture on Double Fourier Series, 4
p.m., Mon., Jan. 17, 3011 Angell
Hall.
Concerts
The Paganini Quartet--14enri
Temianka and Gustave Rosseels,
violins, Robert Courte, viola and
Adolphe Frezin, violoncello-will
give three concerts in the Ninth
Annual Chamber Music Festival,
in the auditorium of the Rackham
Building, Fri., Jan. 14 at 8:30;
Sat., Jan. 15, at 8:30; and Sun.,
Jan. 16, at 2:30.
Friday evening the Quartet will
play the Schubert Quartet in E-
flat major; Beethoven Quartet in
F major; and the Mozart Quartet,
in C major. Saturday evening the
Haydn Quartet in G major, Jacobi
Quartet No. 3, and the Beethoven
Quartet in E-flat major, will be
heard. Sunday afternoon's pro-
gram will consist of the Beethov-
en Quartet in B-flat majior, No.
6; the Milhaud No. 7; and the
Franck Quartet in D major.
Tickets are available at the of-
fices of the University Musical
Society in Burton Tower during
the day; and one hour preceding
each concert in the lobby of the
Rackham building.
Concerts. The University Musi-
cal Society announces concerts for
the second semester, as follows:
Horowitz, Pianist-Friday, Feb.
11, 8:30 p.m.
Heifetz - Saturday, Feb. 19,
8:30 p.m.
Milstein, Violinist - Friday,
March 4, 8:30 p.m.
Indianapolis Symphony, Fabien
Sevitzky, conductor - Sunday,
March 13, 7 p.m.
Chicago Symphony, Fritz Busch,
guest conductor--Sunday, March
27, 7 p.m.
A limited number of tickets are
available at the Society's offices
in Burton Memorial Tower.
Exhibitions
Exhibition of Student Work in
Architectural Design in the
Carnegie Institute of Technology.
Second Floor, Architectural Build-
ing, January 6-21.
Letters 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.
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Commended
To the Editor:
AY I PROPOSE a vote of com-
mendation for the Executive
Committee of the Literary College
for its constructive action in en-
larging the University's coverage
of religious subjects.
To those of us who feel that a
knowledge of at least the basic
tenents of other major religions is
almost imperative for the stu-
dent's understanding of the large
part of the world which lies out-
side of the Judo-Christian sphere,
the addition of a course in Com-
parative Religion is particularly
good news.
This course which had, as far
as I can disover, the unanimous
support of all of the divergent
groups interested, should be a val-
uable addition to the University's
curriculum.
Important too in the Commit-
tee's little-publicized action was
the decision to name a central
committee to oversee all religious
courses and the announced policy
of adding new faculty members to
teach religious courses who are
qualified to teach a traditional
subject as well.
Both actions should be val-
uable in producing a non-parti-
san, or rather non-sectarian, de-
velopment of religious instruction
at the University.
Religious instruction at a state-
supported institution is always a
ticklish proposition and the astute
decision of placing policy respon-
sibility in a committee and using
faculty members who are pri-
marily educators rather than re-
ligious practitioners should elim-
inate the existance of criticism
of sectarianism in this program.
-Tom Walsh.
Sunday Study
To the Editor:
ANYONE WHO studies or tries
to study at the library on
Sundays will know the urgency of
my plea. However fine this Uni-
versity is, it neglects to take care
of the poor, lost sheep who upon
arriving at 2;30 on Sundays at the
library can find no place to sit.
It not only irritates them, but dis-
tracts the people who were fore-
sighted enough to arrive at 2 and
have found a place to study.
You may say our powers should
be better, but, have you ever tried
to concentra'te with groups of peo-
ple shuffling by discussing the in-
adequacy of. the library? It isn't
easy, and everyone would be much
happier if one more room were
Museum of Art: Work in Pro-
gress in Michigan, through Jan.
30; Art Locally Owned (Ann Arbor
Art Assoiatlon), through Jan. 26;
Alumni Memorial Hall, daily 9-5,
Sundays 2-5. The public is invited.
Events Today
Naval Research Reserve: In-
stallation' of the University of
Michigan unit of the Volunteer
Research Reserve, 8 p.m. East
Conference Room, Rackham
Bldg. All Naval reserve personnel
interested in research are invited.
Uniforms are appropriate but op-
tional
German Coffee hour; 3-4:30
pau., Michigan League Soda Bar.
All students and faculty members
invited.
Roger Williams Guild: Open
house, 8:30 p.m.
Student Religious Association:
Coffee Hour, 4:30 p.m., Lane Hall.
Art Cinema League presents
"Our Town" by Thornton Wilder;
also Charlie Chaplin in "Easy
Street," 7 and 9 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Architecture Audito-!
rium. Tickets at University Hall.
Coming EventsI
Graduate Outing Club: Meet
Sun., Jan. 16, 2:15 p.m., Northwestj
entrance, Rackham Building for
ice-skating and hiking. Sign sup-
per list at Rackham checkroom
desk before noon Saturday. All
graduates welcome. Outings will
be held on the Sundays of the
exam and registration periods.
opened to take care of the 2:30
stragglers.
-Midge Minnis.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Library offi-
cials explain that because the cost
of operating Sunday service is high
and because the librarians who su-
pervise the rooms accept assign-
ments on a volunteer basis, the li-
brary attempts to meet only the
minimum needs of the campus. It
is not, of course, officials point out,
the only place where students can
find facilities for study on Sunday
afternoons and evenings)
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'Irratiotal Distortion'.
To the Editor:
IN WEDNESDAY'S Daily appears
a letter written by one Richard
Schultstwhichtsharply points up
one of the most dangerous aspects'
of the indictments and forthcom-
ing trials of the twelve Commu.
nists. The letter contains irration-
al distortions of the facts.
Mr. Schults. for example, at-
tempts to justify the indictments
by stating, "These men have been
indicted by the Grand Jury be-
cause they consider enough evi-
dence to exist to prove that these
men were engaged in subversive
activities and had plotted to over-
throw the government of the U.S.
by force and violence." Mr. Schults
has a grand imagination, because
the indictments do not charge any
subversive act, nor any plotato
overthrow the government. In
fact, the same Blue Ribbon Grand
Jury to which Mr. Schults attrib-
utes such success, was in session
for over a year trying to pin 'es-
pionage charges on these men.
The FBI spent three years and a
half million dollars trying to es-
tablish the same thing. They
couldn't. The Grand Jury was dis-
missed, and recalled a short time
later to indict these men, not for
acts of violence, plotting espion-
age, or any such business, but for
organizing a political party ( a
heinous crime, indeed!) .and
teaching and advocating the prin-
ciples of Marxism-Leninism.
Mr. Schults further 'refers to
the recent Supreme Court refusal
to drop the indictments. The ap-
peal to the High Court was based
on the contention that a fair t 4i
in an atmosphere of anti-Co-
munist hysteria is impossible. The
fact that Mr. Schults has already
convicted these men in his pwn
mind, without even the slikhtcst
knowledge of the charges against
them, demonstrates the validity of
the appeal.
Mr. Schults may be willirg to
concede to a criminal court .of
twelve men the right to decide
which ideas he may or may not
hold, to which political party :he
may or may not belong, and
whose pr'opaganda he mayor:may
not read and discuss, but there
are millions of other Americans
who will fight to preserve these
hard-won rights.
-Marvin H. Gladstone.
Fifty-Nith Year
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__ ART + -
OMETHING NEW in art projects, the
S Detroit Institute of Art's "Work in Prog-
ress in Michigan," is now having its Ann
Arbor introduction in South Gallery of
Alumni Memorial Hall. Planned as a series
of travelling exhibits, each show concen-
trates on a few artists of similar style.
One of the outstanding features of the
Institute's project is the plan of show-
ing more works by fewer artists. It is one
of the few exhibits in which one has the
opportunity of viewing even more promi-
nent artists.
In the exhibit here, sculpture by Marshall
Fredericks, paintings by Sarkis Sarkisian
and Zubel iachadoorian, and ceramics by
Maija Grotell, are included.
Looking Bach
30 YEARS AGO TODAY:
Completion of the new University Library
was expected within three months. The
building was to be an "excellent example
of the new 'Michigan' style of architecture
illustrated in Hill Auditorium and the Na-
tural Science Building.
The city of Ann Arbor installed 600 mazda
street lights for the first time.
Frederick's sculpture varies from a real-
istic portrait, "Head of a Japanese," to
the highly stylized bronze figures of three
clowns. Between these, are some animal
fountain heads which bear the influence
of Carl Milles, famed locally for his now
boarded up fountain near the League, and
three architectural reliefs, also of animals.
These latter are very well-designed,
making the most of the space in which
they are created. Frederick's best work
in the exhibit, though, is the small un-
labelled sculpture of a woman. It has the
smoothness of line of the more stylized
work, yet it has a much greater rhythmic
feeling and depth.
The primitive touch is added to the show
in the paintings by Sarkis Sarkisian. He
has most effectively integrated it in "Afri-
can Lament," a stark head and hand in
bluish-black, against an orange and yellow
background.
The flat, decorative style of the artist
shows up also in "Figure," an excellent
design, with shapes in a very pleasing
arrangement. Modigliani's influence is
apparent in two other of Sarkisian's
works, "Nude" and "Clio," which some-
how are less satisfactory. -
Somewhat similar in style, and yet with
an entirely different effect, are the oils of
Zubel Kachadoorian. His "Head" reminds
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BARNABY
What a job getting home!
Snow tied up everything!
He had a little trouble
stopping the snow after
he started it, Pop, but-
Does he know that he's cost
the taxpayers an estimated
$300,000 for snow remioval?
And ask him who'll shovel
our walk and driveway-
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