THE ilCHIGAN DAILY TRmUhLS AY,- FERUARY 1 aI149 Fo r w ardSt ep FOLLOWING a recent wave of attacks from all quarters, Michigan fraternities have finally stepped out of their shell and taken the lead in a crusade to remove their discriminatory clauses, the focal point of the majority of the attacks upon them. The action is particularly commendable in that it marks one of the first spont~ane' ous movements in the country on the part of fraternities themselves to actively com' bat an institution which has drawn un- F reined criticism for years. of particular significance is the clause in the recently passed IFC resolution which re- quires the committee which has been set up to fight discrimination to submit a complete' report at the-end of this semester and then continue its work until completed. This clause is conclusive evidence that the fra- ternities have designed the committee to * constructively investigate the methods of removing discrimination and that it is not r just a stop-gap measure. But it should not be expected that this committee will work any immediate mir- acles. The problems faced by Michigan fraternities are the problems faced by fra- ternities all over the country-the prob- lem of powerful and prejudiced alumni groups and the problem of large numbers " of southern chapters whose sense of social R responsibility has been perverted since the Editorials published in The Michigan Daily' are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. institution of slavery. We cannot expect the IFC committee to remove these age- old obstacles to the elmination of dis- crimination overnight. It can be hoped, however, that the com- mittee can achieve several immediate goals. First, it can determine just how many fra- ternities have discriminatory clauses and how many have started proceedings to get rid of them. Second, it can investigate the greatest obstacles to removing these clauses. Third, it can study similar problems and at- tempted solutions in other universities, in- cluding a. thorough study of the Amfherst sit- uatibn. Fourth, it can submit a plan to each fraternity and the national inter-fraternity convention proposing the removal of dis- criminatory clauses through their national headquarters. The results of this committee's work will 'probably not seem too concrete for some time-possibly not for two or three years. But it probably will not be due to the com- mittee's inactivity. Rather it will be due to the Slow process of ratifying a consti- tutional - change through the national headquarters. And in some fraternities the solution may take even more time, due to the strong opposition from southern chapters. But the IFC's action, no matter how long it may take, is a real step forward. Campus fraternities have taken the lead in a cam- paign which is completely their own prob- lem: Whereas any outside group would prob- ably receive a cold reception in any attempt to investigate fraternity constitutions, this IFC committee will have the cooperation of every campus chapter -Jim Brown NIGHT EDITOR: JO MISNER .........____ ._. __ ,.__r .. __ f Mirror, Mirror MICHIGAN'S FRESHMEN lovelies stood staunch yesterday as their claims to pulchritude were being dynamited away by angry freshmen coeds at Western Reserve University-where collegiate newspaper fea- ture editor Morton Kanter spoke words not heard often enough on this campus: "Michigan coeds are the fairest of all," he said. Despite faint local grumblings about "Four out of Five . . . the Fifth goes to Michigan," and "Three to one, who's got a chance any- way," the struggle will undoubtedly be cli- maxed by a woman to woman combat on the Michigan-Ohio line. Whizzing lipsticks will blacken the air and anti-Chanel No. 5 gas masks will be used. Never underestimate the power of a wom- an-the foray will put to shame the Norman Conquest and the Eisler hunt for unmiti- gated bloodshed. Only one last hope remains for saving our coeds and those of WRU from the Elysian fields: Arbitration by a neutral panel of experts. The University's regulations against se- lecting queens on campus would surely not interfere with a full scale report and deci- sion replete with pictures or sketches of representative coeds by model agency ex- ecutives or other purveyors of the woman beautiful. Then when the decision is announced, editor Kanter would be free. WRU coeds would take their baseball bats to the arbi- trary panel! I -Craig H. Wilson. United Utopial TOM DEWEY issued another al lr iitv this week, this time in his own party. But there was a lot of logic in what he had to say. It is fundamental in our political system that two partiesV ar nIV es (:t-fy, mIn order to keep the party il power ider control. The elections proved that, l i' poe want action on social pohlelus 4it of t eh' natio ial goverliietl. but how i'm a . n exactly when was not hidicatd. '1w Veni ocratic Party won that elcticn beause the people were convinced that they w xmld get action from a eicinocratic reginme nor easily than they would from the Repub-- licans. The danger in socialistic e 4)eruimnt n however, as has been proven in Earope, lies in the denial of political rights which brve usually followed the gantin of economi rights. Under the check and balance ystem of the United States, providing we have a strong "go slow" minority, it i poslhie that we can come as close to Utopia as it is pos- sible to get, and keep both types of rights. So long as there is a minority party in office, we have the check. But if the RYepublican Party contines down the disgraceful path begun at Omaha, when it tried to throw the burden of its faults on the Presidential candidate, and. advocates the privileges of mimorities over the rights of the majority, rather than accepting certain basic New Deal palcies which the people have already ac- cepted, we are truly in danger of a ine- party potentially totalitarian state. While the people will accept slowness, re- action is becoming o t-dated, and thlut mi- nority has as much chance for survival as the proverbial snow hal in hell. -DoinN MvNeil I'd Rather Be Right: Our Unemnploy/ed By SAMUEL GliAFTON WONDER if there i..anybody aroundt ' ho still believes ia the old, prs-Rooevelt a- gument that unemployment is due to some kind of moral delinquency on tme Ia rt of te unemployed. About 700,000 Americans lost their jobs in January, aecording to the Census BIu- reau. If moral delinquency is the reason, sloth, unwillingness to work, inebriety, etc., it is very strange that 700,000 citizens should have been so grievously stricken in the psyche all in the same month. Must be cosmic rays, or something. Obviously, these 700,000 citizens are as helpless against the trend as 700,000 gallons of water in a spring flood. Their virtue has almost nothing to do with their continuance in their vocations. They are riding a trind which was clearly ioVesewti months (nO by many economists and business men. ''icre is no way in which these new unemployed could, by the exercise of any personal quali- ties whatever, have avoided, as a group, what is now happening to them. They are completely helpless human beins. That is why, as I have said before, the chief question of our day is the almost un, spoken one: Who is going to pay for the deflation? These 700,.100 are paying for it now, paying a tax of 100 perent of their incomes, less whatever benefits, usually small, they may receive as unemrovnment compensation. But the deflation is a na- tional experience. The bill for it, should be justly charged to the nation. It is, morally, as absurd to make these 700,000 pay for the deflation by themselves as it would be to select 700,000 other citizens at random and tax them to pay for the hay- lift which is today rescuig the snowbound ranchers of the West. And these are the blameless unemployed. I think even in the old days we used to feel there was a moral challenge in unemploy- ment, which is why we used to comfort our- selves with the theory that the unemployed were lazy, shiftless, stupid, wasteful and un- kind to their children. The indictment let, us sleep. We had to be unjust to te unerm- ployed to make the univer;e rem just. But we can't let ourselves off so easily this ,time. We know that the unemployed are helplessly riding a trend, like a roller- coaster; they can't stop and they can't get off. And whereas during the Hoover defla- tion we asked each other merelAy: "What can we do to help the unemployed a lit- tle?" in this deflation we must ask deeper questions: "Why should there be any un- employment at all? Row can we stop it?" The answer to unemployment is jobs. In a country which is so scandalously at the mercy of wind, weather, erosion and flood, there is more than enough work to be done. President Truman has budgeted almost no- thing for the purpose of providing work, but he should reconsider and budget again There is one mcre point. It We do not, adopt some such program we may soon find ourselves the only large country with unem- ployment. Thatt we cannot t elemate. That we just can't let happen, a< this stage of the world argument, no matter rwha, the price. (Copyrighl, 1949, New Yor P ;,'C i rp rati IA The fact is that American ste(l production has not yet revived from the stagnation of the 1930's. If the industry had rebuilt at the rate at which it expanded from 1884 to 1934, itm - oni -mild hp n ? um ilor. 51;11 11 44'. C: N > 7 7'6 'wy;' 44 IMĀ£ PL I& L.&~ "..,q w w.ra 'wr DAY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 1low to Iunreaucracy -f- "N. 'e PASSAGE of a measure designed to give President Truman sweeping powers to reorganize executive department agencies by the House of Representatives is a step for- ward in the struggle for an efficient, effec- tive national government. As the report of the Hoover Commis- sion shows, our present executive depart- * nent is plagued by myriads of overlapping agencies and by a lack of clear-cut lines of authority and responsibility. This sit- uation undoubtedly results in unnecessary governmental expenditures at the same time that it hampers the efficiency of * our government in performing the services a expected of it. * Perhaps one of the most important of the e Commission suggestions to receive House approval is that which would establish a def- inite "chain of command" running from R the President through the department heads and down to the subordinate units. For many years successful industrial and mili- 9 tary organizations have made use of this "chain of command" principle to insure that all officials and subordinate employes know * exactly what they are responsible for and over whom they are to exercise authority. * Adoption of this principle by the govern- Sment should lead to improvements both in morale and efficiency. The measure passed by the House would permit Congress to veto Presidential reor- ganization proposals within a 60 day period. This veto power is in line with our democratic traditions which allow our frequently elected legislatures to have the final say regarding executive action in most cases. Let us hope that Congress will use a considerable amount of discre- tion in applying this veto power, as indis- criminate use of it could stifle the whole purpose of the reorganizational program. Certain agencies, such as the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have been ex- empted from most of the provisions of the reorganization plan. This exemption can be justified because of the unique position of many of these agencies. They perform legislative and judicial functions along with The Communists intend to use the peace conditions and the black lists to reshape the face of China. There has been much mean- ingless controversy over whether China's Communists are full-fledged Stalinists or merely agrarian democrats. Stalin himself nourished the illusion of their democracy by telling the American envoy, Donald Nelson, that Chinese Communists were "like rad- Not i h Chailge hI Temperature ^ - At Ltters to the Editor... their administrative duties, and would hard- ly fit into the "chain of command" set-up recommended by the Hoover Commission. The plan, if adopted, can surely improve the efficiency of our government at a time when world affairs demand that the gov- ernment of this nation be most effective. For this reason alone it would be justified. At the same time, the plan should result in substantial savings in the cost of gov- ernment. This is quite important at a time when many people are concerned twith the effects of mounting government- al expenditures. The welfare of the nation and the world makes it almost imperative that the Senate follow the House's example and add if, stamp of approval to the recommendations of the Hoover Commission. -Paul Brentlinger. I e Loo king cj 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: The 1900 Junior Hop was declared "not a brilliant affair" by The Daily. Only about 175 couples showed up to a gymnasium decorated in colors of blue anal an orange "that would have done credit to the Uni- versity of Illinois." Five students were burned out of their rooms when a local house caught fire. The students rescued their books but lost all their clothes and other personal property. 30 YEARS AGO TODAY: The University announced the enrollment for the second semester of 600 students in the Literary College, 275 in the Engineering College and 91 in the Law School, the high- est in Michigan's history. The University beat the U.S. Naval Train- ing Detachment from Detroit 67-7 last night in basketball. ,After July 1, (1919) it will be "See Amer- ica Thirst." 20 YEARS AGO TODAY: Stephen Leacock, internationally known humorist and educator, will speak at Hill Auditorium tonight on "Frenzied Fiction." The governor of Michigan said that if he had the authority he would immediately appoint Paul V. McNutt as president of the University.; 10 YEARS AGO TODAY: Thousands thronged St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome to mourn the death of Pope Pius + X I. (Continued from Page 2) lost the scholarship for academic reasons may apply to Mr. Ivan Par'.er, Office of Student Af- fairs, 1020 Administration Build- ing, for consideration on rein- statement of scholarship provid- ed a significant improvement has been made in academic record. All petitions must be filed by Feb. 18, 1949. MIlademoiselle's College Fiction Contest: Information has been recei'. ed r a iding Mademoiselle's college fiction contestoffering $1,000 in prizes to women under- graduates. Details may be secured in tle Office of the Dean of Wom- Katharine Gibbs School an- nounces two Memorial Scholar- ships for the year 1949-50aconsist- ing of full tuition, with a special course for college women, and a cash award of $300. Applications are considered on the basis of acadiemic record, personal qualifi- cations and fitness to benefit from secretarial training. Appli- cations must be filed by April 1, 1949. Further information is av-ailablee in [he Office of the Dean of Wonewil. Summer Jobs: Detroit Civil Service announces examinations for playleaders (male and female) for summer playground work. Filing period through February 18. Residence required. For further information call at 3528 Administration Build- i g. Representative from Camp Daggett (Organizational), Petos- key, Michigan will be here Sat- urday morning, February 12 to in- terview men and women for gen- eral counselor positions. Split ses- sion-boys four weeks, girls four weeks. For further information and appointment, call at 3528 Administration Building. Mr. C. O. Nimtz, Deputy Re- gional Scout Executive, Chicago, Illinois and Mr. J. Juncker, Ann Arbor Executive of The Boy Scouts of America will be at the Bureau of Appointments, Febru- ary 10, to interview men interest- ed in Scouting as a profession. For appointment, call Extension 371. The Schools of Modesto, Cali- fornia are in need of a number of teachers for Kindergarten and First Grade. These positions will start in September 1949. For fur- ther information, call at the Bu- reau of Appointments, 3528 Ad- ministration Building. The Children's School of the Vassar College Summer Institute is offering teaching assistantships to college students who have ma- jored in Child Study, Child Psy- chology or Home Economics whose undergraduate work included practice teaching at nursery school or primary level. For fur- ther information, call at the Bu- reau of Appointments, 3528 Ad- ministration Building. Academic Nouices lDoctoral Examination for Rob- ert Creighton Crooks, Chemical Engineering; Thesis: "Reaction Rates in Sulfonation of Benzone by Sulfuric Acid," 4 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 10, 3201 E. Engineering Bldg. Chairman: R. R. White. Seminar in Applied Mathemat- ics: 4:15 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 10, 247 W. Engineering Bldg. Prof. C. L. Dolph will speak on "Eigenvalue problem for non linear Sturm- Liouville systems." Coffee. Concerts The University Musical Society announces the following artists and organizations for the fifty- sixth annual MAY FESTIVAL (6 concerts) which will be held in Hill Auditorium May 5, 6, 7 and 8: PIA TASSINARI, soprano, Met- ropolitan Opera Co.; SHIRLEY RUSSELL, soprano, Royal Co- vent Garden Opera; GLADYS SWARTHOUT, contralto, star of opera, concert and radio; TANN WILLIAMS, Welsh-American contralto; SET SVANHOLM,'ten- or, Metropolitan Opera; HAROLD HAOGH, American tenor; MAR- TIAL SINGHER, baritone, Met- ropohltan Opera; ERICA MORINI, violinist: GREGOR PIATIGOR- SKY, Violoncellist; and BENNO MOISEIWITSCH, Pianist. PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA, EUGENE ORMANDY, conductor, and ALEXANI.ER HILSBERG, associate conductor; UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION, THOR JOHN- SON, guest conductor, and LES- TER McCOY, associate conduc- tor; FESTIVAL YOUTH CHOR- US, Marguerite Hood, conductor. All season tickets, not previously ordered, are now on sale at the offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Memorial Tower. Student Recital by Patricia Pierce, pianist, at 8 p.m., Thurs., in the Rackham Assembly Hall, in partial fulfillment of the re- quirements for the degree of Master of Music. Her program will include compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Aaron Copland, and Maurice Ravel, and will be open to the general public. Miss Pierce is a pupil of Joseph Brinkman. Events Today International Center weekly tea for all foreign students and American friends, and get-ac- quainted tea for all new students, 4:30-6 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 10, In- ternational Center. Hostesses: Mrs. Robert P. Briggs and Mrs. Esson M. Gale. Michigan Crib, Pre-law Society: Meeting, 7:45 p.m., Architecture Auditorium. Circuit Judge James R. Breakey will discuss the career of a Justice of the Court as "the Judge Looks Down." Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Organizational meeting, 7 p.m., Thurs., Michigan League, for all persons interested in working on the forthcoming production of "Patience." Singers, actors, musi- cians, stagehands, technicians of all sorts are needed. Principal tryouts will be signed for. Arts Chorale (Literary College Chorus) : First meeting of semes- ter, 7 p.m., 506 Burton Tower, to plan for spring concert. Positions open for men and women singers. Forester's Club: 7:30 p.m. Kel- logg Auditorium. An illustrated The Daily accords its readers the privilege of submitting letters for publiation 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 Wrter's signature and address. Letters esceeding 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. Religion Courses To the Editor: TOO BELIEVE that the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Lit- erary College should be commend- ed for their proposal to increase the number of offerings in relig- ious courses under the Degree Program; however, I am disap- pointed that the expanded pro- gram will fall short of a depart- ment. The history of the Degree Program shows that it rises and falls with cooperation extended to it by the several departments. The only way to guarantee adequate intellectual treatment and effi- ciency of administration is to grant it full departmental status. It would also encourage the men in the department to give scholar- ly treatment and conduct re- search. I too believe that religion courses should be kept free from a proselyting approach or any se- tarian 'stigma. If such a depart- ment worked in close cooperation with other departments through joint study committees and cross listing of certain courses, there would be no room for suspicion of sectarian treatment. In addi- tion under a department there is more room for expansion of the program and offering' survey courses and electives. Allow me to recommend the program offered at North Car- olina. Under a departmental pro- gram ,there are twenty offerings, giving broad intellectual, non sec- tarian treatment. The faculty has been chosen on the basis of schol- arship, and are paid out of the University funds. The subject matter covers (1) Biblical litera- ture, history, and theology, (2) the N~S ory of religion in Western Civi ia~ln, (3) Biblical languages and' textual study, (4) religion in other cultures, (5) certain courses in philosophy, English and soci- ology are cross listed and taught by men from both departments. talk will be given by two students on .their trip to India to study Falconry for the National Geog- raphic Society. All are welcome. La p'tite causette: 3:30 p.m., Grill Room, Michigan League. U. of M. Rifle Club: Meeting, 7 p.m., ROTC range. New members welcome. Alpha Phi $)mega: First meet- ing of the semester, 7 p.m., Michi- gan Union. All former members are urged to attend. Prospective pledges invited at 7:45 p.m. I.Z.F.A.: Conducted tour ex- plaining the "Know Your Israel Week" display at Hillel Founda- tion, 7:30 p.m. Everybody wel- come. Young Democrats: Election of officers, 7:30 p.m., Garden Room, Michigan League. Members only. Art Cinema League presents "The October Man" at 8:30 p.m. Thufsa ,Fri., and Sat. at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Box office opens 3 p.m. Coming Events Geological -Mineralogical Jour- nal, Club: First meeting of the second' semester, 12 noon, Fri., Feb. A1, 3054 Natural Science Bldg. Dr. F. Gordon Smith of the Dept. ofGeological Sciences of the University of Toronto will speak on "Hypothetithermal Ore De- posits." At 4:15 p.m. in 2054 N.S., Dr. Smith will speak on "Phase Changes in Magmas." All inter- ested persons are invited. Zeta Phi Eta, Professional Speech Arts Fraternity for Wom- en: Initiation service and ban- quet,-- 5, p.m., Feb. 11, League Chapel. Dr. Nash who is head of the de- partment visited our campus sev- eral years ago and endorsed the degree program. In a recent in- terview I had with him (in De- cember) he stated that he could never have developed the pro- gram he has if he had not been given a department. He is very in- terested in seeing that the new program at Michigan is given de- partmental status. -Allen K. Wildman. * * Comment Needed? To the Editor: [ HAVE A FRIEND, recently drafted, who wrote the follow- ing letter: "Had a pretty fair trip down here. Came down in Pullman cars and we were served excellent food on the train. "I was rather disgusted at the induction station. I saw the first example of intolerance there. All Negro inductees were assigned to Camp--and all white induc- tees went to Camp-. When this was announced by the sergeant, I was talking to a colored boy. I could see his disgust at the situa- tion, and I was rather embar- rassed as soon as it was an- nounced. "The enclosed paper is another example of intolerance in the Army. These were issued to us during our processing at the in- duction station. We were instruct- ed that any member of any or- ganization listed would have to sign an affidavit annuling your membership. During the process- ing the girl that was typing my forms out asked me if I were a member of any of these organiza- tions, and asked me to sign a paper saying no. At first I refused to sign, protesting to the dan- gerous inclinations of such an act of the Army. I then spoke to the officer in command and he told me that if I refused to sign, I would be 'subject to five years in jail, so I signed. That's quite a choice isn't it. You have to go to the Army, and if you happen to be a member of one of those organizations you go to jail no matter what, unless you think the way they want you to think. "Well, it's getting rather late. Lights out in about 10 minutes, so, write soon. Tell me what's going on. Hope to see you after Basic Training." Is it necessary to comment on President Truman's plans for Uni- versal Military Training, or his refusal to write an executive or- der abolishing Jim Crow in the Armed Services? -Alfred Milistein. t i 3tI 3jf Fifty-Ninth Year 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 Eidtor Dick Maloy............City Editor Naomi Stern ........Editorial Director Allegra Pasqualetti ...Associate Editor Al Blumrosen.........Associate Editor Leon Jaroff ..........Associate Editor Robert C. White ......Associate Editor B. S. Brown...........Sports Editor Bud Weidenthal . .Associate Sports Ed. Bev Bussey..Sports Feature Writer Audrey Buttery.......Women's Editor Mary Ann Harris Asso. Women's Editor Bess Hayes ..................Librarian Business Staff Richard Hait .......Business Manager Jean Leonard .... 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