PAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY r : TMMRSDAY, SETEMVEIL30,1948 -U II a _.. , _.R.! y ._....,t,,...e... ,,. , .., a. . For the Better... JTS interesting- to note, on looking back, that the administration's ideas on what students should or shouldn't do have changed somewhat since a year ago. The changes are for the better, on the whole. That is, University policy, as it now operates in the area whose center is aca- demic freedom, shows some decrease in the chronic fear of the State Legislature that used to afflict our administrators. Freedom and fear, most people agree, are incompatible. At a time when practically everything that's going on in Washington is based on fear rather than genuine desire for freedom it's encouraging to be able to list the following: The University has recognized that active participation in politics through local stu- dent clubs can be a significant part of mod- ern university education. President Ruthven last May came out strongly in favor of education for labor at a time when the University workers' education service was under political attack and it would have been much easier to hedge or to discontinue the program altogether; The Student Affairs Committee's power Editorials published in. The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: MARY STEIN was increased last year, thus giving students more to say about University policies; A University professor is now running for political office without being fired (as has happened elsewhere)-in fact a lot of other professors are working like beav-. ers for his election. The trend here seems to be away from regulation based on fear of what people may do and toward the realization that students and faculty can guide their own actions intelligently-in other words, replacement of "Do we dare allow this?" with "Why not?" In line with this general movement, here's what we still have to work on: We still have a lot of special restrictions on women and two deans' offices-a Dean of Students and a Dean of Women, as if women were special or inferior creatures; We still have a rule "preventing" the con- sumption of liquor by students, even though everyone knows students drink and even though the University of Wisconsin has for some years sold beer in its student union; We still have a rule against political speeches in University buildings; We still haven't any system for student evaluation of faculty. It looks like a long and difficult agenda. But these restrictions are what remains of a shell that former University administrators have been build- ing around themselves over a period of years. Once started, the process of outgrowing the shell should be rapid. -Phil Dawson. No War Cry SOVIET RUSSIA'S PROPOSAL for a cut in the military strength by the five great powers does not on the surface sound like the cry of a nation preparing for war. Andrei Vishinsky appealed to the Unit- ed Nations general assembly to ask for a one third reduction of the armed forces in a year in his speech last week. In his first address to the new session of the U.N., Vishinsky outlined a program of banning the atomic weapons "as in- tended for aims of aggression and not for those of defense." Both the atomic ban and the disarmament plan was to be con- trolled by the Security Council. The Western Powers turned on their us- ual cold reaction to the Soviet proposal, sim- ilar to one made last January. But they admitted that Russia had made a timely and effective propaganda thrust. Their refusal to consider the proposition is based on the following positions- 1. That universal disarmament must be accompanied by international inspection un- der the supervision of a United Nations agency. Russia has not agreed to this. 2. The disarmament program would be controlled by the Security Council-of which Russia is a member. So Russia could duck out any time she wished. These bases for non-acceptance of the arms reduction plan hardly seem valid. Since Russia made the proposal to the United Nations general assembly she would necessarily have to abide by that body's decisions if the program were to be carried out. But Russia made the first stab in a peace offer, so the Western Powers must refuse it to retain their prestige in the cold, cold war. -Janet Watts. News Of The World Letters to the Editor ... r W j .. .. .t " ,, - -- Y ..- - ;i '' . AVC Case N .-- --- 1- , ., A ...'\ . , a , x s:". ,. ... - .,+ ,, 1 r ;; , , .., s h j -. '° . ,tG twitT; 4'4MGa .DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ID RATHER BE RIGHT: Historic Crisis_? By SAMUEL GRAFTON ANOTHER REQUIREMENT for the man who would make peace in the world to- day is that he must believe in the reality of the crisis. This may seem an odd state- ment right now, with every active and pro- fessional voice on earth bellowing crisis at top decibel. But there is a difference be- tween merely admitting there is a crisis, and fully admitting that the crisis is real, that it is historic, that it was probably unavoid- able, that it cannot be waved away by a flip of the hand. One can start at either end of the equa- tion, but to start at the further, those who follow the Russian position and who feel that the West is needlessly alarmed by re- cent events in Europe, that it is uncouth of the West to react to these events, that the West should take something for its nerves and laugh it off, do not really admit the deep historic reality of the Ivorld erig sand to this degree they put themselves outof position as peacemakers. They are not making peace, they are only using the crisis to prove that Western capitalism wants to make war, and that is very different from peacemaking. In pursuit of this propagandist goal, such argufiers shade off into unreality, -as when they declare that Western industry prefers making munitions to making peace-time goods, though much the same voices used to say during the late war that Western industry was delaying the victory because it preferred making peace-time goods to making munitions. Those who will not admit that the crisis is truly historic, that the West must in point of fact react to the Russian rise, and be profoundly unsettled by it, cannot make peace, they can only make propaganda. In the same way, those in the West who feel that Russia should turn its face to the wall and be quiet, that it should give up its fears, that it should, in a well-bred way, ignore the atomic bomb, does not admit that what has happened in Eastern Europe during the last thirty years has really hap- pened, that a massive uneasy new interest has risen in the world. Such persons do not try to solve the crisis, they try to use it as a hokus-pokus which may, if handled right, make the enemy disappear. They are not trying to make peace, they are trying to make magic. But it is peace we must try to make, an imperfect peace if you like, between conflicting realities, each of which has the right to exist, and the right to be afraid. And those who would deny these rights to either side, those who find the moralities of the situation extremely easy, the rights and wrongs uncomplicatedly clear, to that degree deny the reality, the real reality, of the crisis, and render themselves helpless to solve it. The peace- maker will be the one who understands just how real this crisis is, its historical validity, its unavoidability, and he will try for the imperfect, useful answer, for an outcome untouched by perfectionism, magic or disdain. The U.N., more than any other agency, is qualified to take this approach. But to do so it must rise above the crisis, it must detach and separate itself from the contest- ants, as much as it can, and speak up for the realities with the same vigor with which each contender now speaks for itself. There- fore the suggestion is repeated that the, U.N. should instruct the West and Russia to make peace in Berlin, that it give them a limited time, say thirty days, to do so and report, reminding each side in the sternest, most objective terms, of the dangers of fail- ure. Only thus can the U.N. force us all to focus on the realities, only thus can the U.N. become the channel for the world's wish for peace. And only thus can the commca anguish of mankind find expression on a level equal to that enjoyed today by self- justification, anger and fear. Copyright, 1948, New York Post Corporation) CINEMA At Lydia Mendelssohn . ,t "THE IDIOT," with Gerard Philippe and Edwige Feuillere. FOR THREE REASONS, we went to see this French screen play anticipating something noticeably above the average movie. It is among the many well-received foreign efforts, it is an adaptation of the Dostoyevsky masterpiece, and it comes to the campus with a remarkable background of "rave" notices. We looked for something exceptional- and that is exactly what we saw. Although it would be well to approach the Lydia Mendelssohn with an idea of the original story and a passing under- standing of French, the picture is, never- theless, immediately striking. Even to the linguistic and literary layman, it is obvious that the acting in this picture is un- usual. The title role is played by Gerard Philippe with a depth of understanding and an emotional realism seldom found in do- mestic productions. In the part of man so filled with humility, sympathy, and simple wisdom that he is considered mad, Philippe gives a characterization that is unforgettable -almost haunting. Edwige Feuillere, in the part of a wom- an lost beyond redemption, presents a character of violently contrasting emo- tions-evoking contempt, horror, and eventually pity. She is vividly colorful against the drab, materialistic setting for the tragedy. Philippe is simple and humble in a world of confusion and false pride. As previously intimated, the subtitles are not entirely adequate, and one might wish that some of Hollywood's technical prowess might be shared overseas. Still, when inspired acting is brought to bear on a great story, the result can hardly be less than sensa- tional. -Bob White. (Continued from Page 2) Nov. 1, Raymond Gram Swing- "History on the March"; Nov. 10, Rebecca West--"Famous Trials"; Nov. 19, John Mason Brown - "Broadway in Review"; Feb. 24, Cornelia Otis Skinner - "Wives of Henry VIII"; March 3, Eve Curie - "France-Struggle for Civilization"; March 10, Herbert Agar--"England Today." ,Lecture: Jean Stoetzel, Profes- sor of Social Psychology at the Uniyersity of Bordeaux and Di- rector of the French Institute of Public Opinion will speak on "World Crisis and European Opin- ion," Fri., Oct. 1, at 4 p.m., in Kellogg Auditorium; auspices of the Survey Research Center. Academic Notices Correction: Students, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts: Courses may not be elected for credituafter the end of the second week. Friday, October 1 (not Sat- uriday, October 2, as previously reported), is the last day on which new elections may be approved. The willingness of an instructor to admit later will not affect the operation rule. The Seminar in Applied Mathe- matics: 4 p.m., Thurs., 247 W. En- gineering Bldg. R. V. Churchill will speak on "Introductions to Sturm-Liouville Expansions." .Makeup Examination, Econom- ics 51,52,53,54: Thurs., Oct. 7, 3 p.m.,'207 Economics Bldg. Any student expecting to take this ex- amination must leave his name with the departmental secretary before the examination. Mathematics Seminars: The following seminars have been or- ganized in the Mathematics De- partment: Topological Groups (Prof. Sam- elson), Mon., 3 p.m., Room 3018 A.H. Lie Groups (Mr. Rabson), Tues- day, 3 p.m., Room 3209 A.H. Geometry (Dr. Leisenring), Wednesday, 3 p.m., Room 3001 A.H. DifferentialmGeometry (Prof. Rainich), 1st meeting Wednesday, Oct. 29, 4:30 p.m., Room 3001 A.H. Banach Spaces (Prof. Hilde- brandt), Thursday, 3 p.m., Room 3014 A.H. Applied Mathematics (Prof. Churchill), Thursday, 4 p.m., Room 274 W.E. Topology (Prof. Wilder), Thurs- day, 4 p.m., Room 3010 A.H. Algebraic Numbers (Prof. Brauer), Thursday, 4-6 p.m., Room 3201 A.H. Orientation Seminar (Prof. Rainich), Thursday, 7 p.m., Room 3001 A.H. Probability (Dr. Woodbury), Saturday, 10 a.m., Room 3004 A.H. Statistics (Prof. Craig). Those interested are asked to leave their schedules and preferred hours with Prof. Craig. Events Today Tau Bet Pi: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 3505, E. Engineering Bldg. International Center weekly tea, 4:30-6 p.m. Hostesses: Mrs. Wil- liam Geifel and Mrs. Josephine Davis. U. of M. Varsity Band: First meeting of the semester, 7:30 p.m., Harris Hall, Rehearsal once a week until the end of football season; thereafter, twice a week. Open to all students interested in band music. Michigan Union Opera Com- mittee Meeting: 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Sept 30, Rm. 3-A, Michigan Union. Persons interviewed last spring who were not contacted person- ally are invited. Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Full rehearsal of principals and chorus, 7:30 p.m., Michigan League. Bring eligibility cards. American Ordnance Association meetin: 7:30 p.m. Rackham Am- phitreatre. Mr. R. L. Biggers, President of Chrysler Corpora- tion's Fargo Division, and indus- trial associates will present col- ored moving pictures of a Carrier Task Force Maneuver and War- time Automotive Testing. La p'tite Causette: 3:30 p.m., Grill Room, Michigan League. Zeta Phi Eta, Speech Arts: Business meeting, Rm. 4203 Angell Hall, 7:30 p.m. Bring eligibility cards. To the Editor: TOM WALSH, "AVC member," seems either to have failed to inform himself of all facets of this little gem of disruption in AVC, or he is taking advantage of a situa- tion to do a little name calling. In his letter published in The Daily of Sept. 25, he used Daily quot.a- tions of "party line resolution," "packed," and "hard core." Mr. Walsh, during a phone call on the evening of Sept. 25, ad- mitted he had not read the text of the resolution; that, as he stated in The Daily, he was not present at the meeting, and that any additional information he re- ceived came from Mr. Babson, who, having made the charges of Communistbpacking, can be ex- pected to be biased. I would like to ask Mr. Walsh to substantiate his charges that the resolution was party-line, that the twenty-six persons who voted in favor of it were either packed into the meeting or, by voting for the resolution, automatically be- came supporters of Ed Schaffer. Mr. Walsh in his fourth para- graph also states that when the vote was taken only about forty ! members were left. This implies that many had left, leaving the reader to judge how many, for Mr. Walsh also lists the member- ship as being over 100. Mr. Walsh must know from his infrequent presences at meetings that around 40 members is normal attendance at the meetings that are not elec- tion meetings. The possibility that some mem- bers still believe that membership in AVC, a non-political organiza- tion, should not be decided on po- litical grounds does not seem to have occurred to Mr. Walsh. That a fairly large majority of the membership at a normal meeting thought so, seems in Mr. Walsh's mind to categorize that majority as Communists. Mr. Walsh, this is a serious charge, one for which I am sure you have ample substantiation. If you will name those 30 supporters' of Ed Schaffer who were packed into a meeting to push through a party line resolution, I am sure you will be doing the AVC a great service; one that will be almost as great as attending meetings and taking part in the activities of AVC. If you feel the importance of maintfimng AVC, I am sure you will be happy to again become a member in action as well as in name. nain "'= -Paul Williams. * * * To the fdhtor: A V1RY FUNDAMENTAL ques- tion', was raised by William Young in- his letter of September 25; and -that is, should AVC talk civil liberties, or should AVC act civil liberties. In other words, is it more ef- fective as, a political tactic to dis- cuss what is wrong with the Uni- versity ;n (on speakers under Federal" indictment) or to actually fight the. ban? Certainly it is correct to discuss civil liberties, but a discussion should lead to action, and from a tactical point of view, now is precisely the time to institute action. As co-chairman of the AVC committee to fight the speakers ban I would like to summarize the plan of action which we are taking. Last year AVC passed a resolu- tion protesting the ban, but no furtherraction was taken. This year AVC was to have sponsored a forum concerning civil liberties and the indictments of the twelve Communist leaders. The University refused to allow one of the in- dicted Communists, Carl Winter, to speak at the forum. When the news was given to the member- ship at the last meeting, we felt that if AVC held the forum, we would become a party to the sup- pression of civil rights, since a basic concept of democratic jus- tice has been violated. Namely, a man is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Rather than hold a forum pro- testing such a ban, AVC felt that a better tactic would be to cancel the forum and publicize the rea- sons for so doing. In other words we would tell the student body: "We are very sorry that we cannot hold the forum because the University, through its undemo- cratic ban refuses to allow an in- dicted man to defend himself. It is the University and not AVC which is responsible for calling off the forum, because we refuse to become a- part of the University's suppression of speech and demo- cratic justice." An analogous situation would be the refusal of Henry Wallace to speak before segregated Jim Crow audiences. I'm sure all liberal minded people supporters and non-supporters of Henry Wallace respect him for such a stand. We in AVC did not, as Mr. Young states, vote to cancel the forum because of motives other than civil liberties. 'We cancelled the forum because we thought it would be the best method of dra- matizing, and waging an all out fight to allow indicted men to speak and present their case. -Eddie Yellin. * * * To the Editor: AS AN ELECTED member of the executive board of the Uni- versity chapter of the AVC I wish to repudiate the charges made by Chairman Babson and others that the past meeting was packed by Communists and their sympathiz- ers. I formally challenge any per- son to specifically name in print those persons whomnthey accuse of being either "Communist, Com- munist sympathizers, or cohorts of Mr. Ed Shaffer." Furthermore, I contend that anyone who states that this past meeting was delib- erately packed is misrepresenting the facts, deliberately or other- wise. Apparently, there are some peo- ple who have difficulty believing that an issue can be voted upon on the basis of its merits or weak- nesses, regardless of who does not support that issue. In this case, a small minority within AVC are using an issue of civil rights as a means of maintaining their dim- inishing power. The meeting of the University chapter of AVC last Wednesday was a reflection of the disgust of rank-and-file membership in the violation of civil rights by the minority lead- ership of AVC nationally. How- ever, a small block of local mem- bers who uphold the reversal of AVC principles by their ruling clique, in national AVC, on find- ing themselves defeated by the majority membership of the chap- ter, have chosen to adopt the tqc- tics employed by the national mi- nority in dragging a red herring across the trail. I charge that those members who have issued a call for packing at the next meeting are destroying this chapter of the AVC as well as contributing to the destruction of AVC as a national veterans or- ganization. I wish to issue a call to all mem- bers of this chapter of the AVC to attend the next meeting for the purpose of letting your voice be heard on these vital issues con- fronting our organization. I call for all members to attend, regard- less of how you stand on these issues. --John H. Sloss. t -fI i A.V.C. . Executive meeting 4:30 p.m., 3rd igan Union. .Committee floor Mich- Young Democrats meet p.m., in Michigan Union. 7:30 Deutscher Verein first meeting of semester, 8 p.m., Michigan Un- ion. Afternoon Tea Dancing, 3 p.m., B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. B'nai B'rith Hlillel Foundation Football Practice: 3:30 p.m. every' day. All men students invited. European Club: First meeting of semester, 8:15 p.m., Interna- tional Center. All European stu- dents invited. Fifty-Ninth Year Student Religious Council will meet at Lane Hall. Association 7:30 p.m., MATTER OF FACT: Dunn's Dilemma By JOSEPH ALSOP S PAUL, MINN.-Mr. Roy Dunn, best known nationally as Minnesota's Re- publican National Committeeman, is a po- litical landmark of this city. He is well-made for a landmark, being a huge, craggy-faced, slow-moving, slow-spoken man, with an ap- pearance of assured authority that is only enhanced by his manner of being a solid farmer at a county fair. Back in the 1930's, when the Farmer-L4- borites took over Minnesota, Roy Dunn per- suaded the state's almost hysterical business- men to keep cool and let him handle the situation. He handled it with great effi- ciency, using funds contributed by the quak- ing business groups for a successful cam- paign to recapture the state legislature. He has controlled the legislature ever since, al- though Harold Stassen would certainly have liked to break his power if possible. Roy Dunn's constituents are still the Min- nesota farmers who elect him and his faithful followers to the legislature, and the Minnesota businessmen who pay the Republican party's bills. In a way, this is a very happy time for Roy Dunn. The departure of Harold Stas- sen to the larger opportunities of Penn- sylvania has left a vacuum in Minnesota. dilemma which also afflicts many compar- able but much less likable Republican po- tentates. As is natural in view of his background, Roy Dunn strongly favors the New Deal's farm programs, while taking a highly con- servative position on labor, power and other great domestic issues. In the same way, many Eastern Republican leaders are relia- tively amiable toward labor, but ungenerous to the farmers and conservative about power; and Northwestern Republicans are progres- sive about power and reclamation policies, friendly to the farmers, and violent about labor. Roy Dunn's dilemma can be simply stated. If the issues listed above and the others like them were submitted to a free vote by the Republicans presently in Con- gress, shifting majorities would give the victory to the conservative point of view in each case. The effect in Minnesota would be, primarily, further impairment of the government farm programs, along the lines of the grain trade lobbyists' raid on the Commodity Credit Corporation at the last session. In other words, their party's coming to power will confront men like Dunn with an unpleasing, largely unexpected choice: Looking Back IL 20 YEARS AGO TODAY: The recorders office announced statistics show that literary college students have a 19-1 chance of passing their courses. 95 per cent of all grades given the previous semes- ter were D or better. Journalism, fine arts and music were called pipe courses. 10 YEARS AGO TODAY: The engineering council voted unani- mously to amend its constitution and abolish all existing class offices in an attempt to eliminate all abuses from class elections. 5 YEARS AGO TODAY: Daily columnist Larry King offered a plan for evading the auto ban: Get a taxicab license and permission from Dean Rea to earn your way through school as a cabbie. Put a card "flat rate cab" in the window and seat your date in the back. At destina- tion remove card and chauffeurs cap and join young lady. COVERNOR DEWEY has made his posi- Foreign Student Football Orien- tation program, sponsored by NSA and ISA, 8 p.m., International Center. Mr. Howard Leibee of the Physical Education Dept. will ex- plain the game of football with the aid of the Rose Bowl movies. The public is welcome. Inter-Racial Association: Open- ing meeting, Michigan Union, 7:30 p.m. Nominations of officers and business of I.R.A. Coming Events Society for General Semantics: Meet at 3 p.m., Sun., Oct. 3, An- gell Hall steps. Delta Epsilon Pi, National Hel- lenic Fraternity: First meeting of semester, Fri., Oct. 1, 7:15 p.m., Rm. 3D, Michigan Union. Students of Hellenic descent and Phil-Hel- lenes are invited. German Coffee Hour: Fri., 3- 4:30 p.m., Michigan League 6oke Bar. All interested students and faculty members invited. Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control 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 Harold Jackson.......Associate Editor Murray Grant.......... Sports Editor Bud Weidenthal .. Associate Sports Ed. 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