THE MICHIGAN DAILY THOMAS 1. STOKES: Lie's Mission WASHINGTON - A man in a hurry is , Trygve Lie, for haste is needed. A man, too, of courage and faith. Mr. Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, is off this week on a mission to Moscow to try to open the way for Rus- sia's return to a full, active and working partnership in the UN. He believes that only through the UN can the cold war be ended and a hot war, the third World War, averted. It is well that Mr. Lie, who is above the battle, becomes the emissary. He represents no one nation, but all, with no axe to grind, no diplomatic maneuvers to perform for one as against another. He has talked with rep- resentatives of Britain and France in Europe and with our representatives befoi'e he went to Europe. His ultimate objective-and he thinks it might take as long as three months or more -is a meeting in Europe of the 11 nations of the UN Security Council to reinvigorate the UN so that, it can handle the major problems which are those involving hs and Russia and which it now finds itself power- less to do. HE FARES FORTH at perhaps the most critical stage of world affairs since the end of the war, and seemingly with little encouragement from those among the great nations directly involved in the impasse with Russia. It was his own idea. He was not encour- aged by our government which, however, did not try to discourage him. Our officlais told him they thought he would make little headway. Their position is that if Russia would stop violating the UN char- ter, she could come back into the UN and would be welcomed back, and that is the message he can carry to Moscow. What encouragement, if any, he received from Britain and France has not been disclosed. He goes on his mission, too, at a critical time for the UN, symbolized most drama- tically by Herbert Hoover's recent suggestion that Russia be barred from the UN, which would break it up as it now exists and as it was intended. There is no coincidence be- tween Mr. Hoover's proposal and Mr. Lie's current negotiations, for the latter had planned his mission a long time ago, and was already conferring with French and British officials when our former President spoke. The UN Secretary General's visit to Mos- cow came out of an invitation some months ago from Andrei Vishinsky who asked him casually to come to Moscow and visit him. Mr. Lie now has taken advantage of that invitation to try to save the UN. MR. HOOVER'S proposal, regrettable as it was coming from such an influential figure, nevertheless has had the effect of dramatizing the whole UN issue. Both Presi- dent Truman and Warren R. Austin, our re- presentative on the Security Council and former Republican Senator from Vermont, have deplored such an idea and thus set in motion a counter-reaction that should stir up people generally all over the world to the need for an effective organization that re- presents the whole world. Unfortunately, Mr. Hoover's proposal has encouraged nationalist and isolationist elements, though he, himself, had no such intention. After a conference with President Tru- man, Senator Austin said "the need for the United Nations is never greater than it is today. "The more we learn about the differences and divisions that exist in the world, the more determined we should be to keep the nations together in a single organization to work on those differences and divisions. The Soviet Union may violate and evade the charter of the United Nationsnbut nodaction of ours should ever assist the Soviet Union to escape from the principles for peaceful co-operation contained in that charter." Despite our government's passive attitude toward Mr. Lie's mission, it is hoped that if he gets something started public opinion here will induce our government to go along and explore the possibilities for, as the UN Secretary General said very pointedly, if the world is split into two camps, that would start a train of events that can lead only to war. (Copyright, 1950, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) CURRENT MOVIES At The Stag . . . CHAIN LIGHTNING, with Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, and Eleanor Parker. SPURRED ON by Yeager's efforts down at Muroc, Warner Brothers has run off this drama about jet-planes that soar through through the blue at 1400 mph., pi- loted by Humphrey Bogart. Thus, a large part of the film is devoted to flying shots, which, fabricated as some of them must be, are at least productive of a few thrills. But the bitter comes along with the sweet when action returns to the ground. For along with Bogart, who is just Bogart, Eleanor Parker plays the little girl who waits and remonstrates, sleep-walking through the plot while trying to look beautifully faith- ful and pathetic. To vary the diet, Richard From The U. N. - United Nations -- Remember?" DAILY OFFICIAL BU LLETIN j ,~ (T -4 l' C.fr . ", L ,j".. { p"q- /ttP4 TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the writer and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or libelous letters, and letters which for any reason are not in good taste will he condensed edited or withheld from nublication at the discretion of the (Continued from Page 3) e oru. editors-. China . { 0 0 - ----- -- --- - ''1 W ASHINGTON-Most dramatic event in the Washington visit of Chilean Presi- dent Gabriel Gonzalez Videla was his off- the-record meeting with top U.S. labor leaders- The democratic-minded "good neighbor" invited heads of the AFL, CIO, and Rail- way Brotherhood to the Chilean embassy, addressed them briefly, and then answer- ed searching questions for an hour. The engaging Gonzalez Videla won his guests right away with the story of how he fought the Communists without endanger- ing basic civil liberties. "After the war," exylained the Chilean president, "I thought, as did many other leaders, I could work with the Communists. I accepted their political support. I put Communists in my cabinet. Then, I dis- covered they owed allegiance only to the Kremlin and were plotting with foreign embassies to create chaos in Chile. Where- upon I threw the Communists out of the government, and asked for legislation to curb the fifth column. This was a case of democracy protecting itself from those who would destroy democratic systems in obe- dience to foreign dictators." President Gonzalez Videla emphasized that he considered free trade unions a bulwark for democracy, and that his ad- ministration was trying to raise the stan- dard of living and institute social security for Chilean labor. Asked why he had taken the unusual step of meeting with American labor leaders, Gonzalez replied, "I want to build better understanding with labor." (Copyright, 1950, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) To the Editor: CONCERNING YOUR report in The Daily of April 27 on the subject of UN seating of Com- munist China: It was said that I as the United Kingdom delegate came to the defence of UN recognition of Com- munist China. That I could scarcely have done, since the UN has not yet given such recogni- tion. It is said further that I 'declar- ed that Communist China is the only true "democratic" govern- ment of China and that its lead- ers have the full support of the people.' Never at any time did I either explicitly or by implication make such a statement. The main theme of my argu- ment was since the Communists had de facto control of China with a reasonable degree of per- manency their delegates rather than those of the nationalists should be seated. On the question of popular sup- port for the Communists I said I had not heard of any recent Chi- nese elections. At the same time I said that in view of the unenviable predicament of the Nationalists they can scarcely claim such pop- ular support. Just how these remarks can be interpreted as your reporter has done I am at a loss to conceive. I write this in the hope that you will impress on your reporters the gravity of misrepresenting facts in the public press. --Geoffrey S. R. Davey Art ... To the Editor: THIS IS TO express violent dis- agreement with remarks in The Daily for April 28, under Art. There is an unstated implication that many of the objects now on display at Alumni Memorial Hall are pure design, whatever that is, and so not 1-enduring; 2-pro- found; or 3-deeply moving. The works of Legar, le Corbu- sier, and Mondrian at least are profound and are deeply moving. (Their endurance is hard to gauge now.) If some examples are, like the one on Mr. Enggass' wall, merely decorative, then they are, like it, ludicrous failures as works of art, because: Works of art are the points of contact through which experience, complete with attitudes, emotions, and perceptions is communicated by one mind to another. (Decoration means whatever is applied to render something elde less ugly. Its only use is to cover the poor design of those things to which it is applied.) All the non-objective works shown are intended works of art. If some fail that is nothing against the others. If some succeed that proves my point. It is my experience that most of these succeed. --D. Vance a. Pnfl wa c . ne UINU C4It* V1 Luc "Discrimination .. . To the Editor: IN THE DAILY of April 19, there was a letter from Sam Plice pertaining to the potentially dis- criminatory questions on applica- tion blanks. Mr. Plice did not seem to have any faith in the Stu- dent Legislature Sub-Committee set up to handle the matter. The reason for this lack of faith he says is because, "-this cannot produce the desired result of rid- ding the University and the coun- try of prejudice-" The purpose of this letter to The Daily is to clarify the Sub- Committee's policy for Mr. Plice as well as the rest of the campus. The Sub-Committee is working on the basis of two words, Dis- crimination and Prejudice. Pre- judice is something in the mind. It has to be learned and, except within very narrow limits, cannot be removed by rational reasoning. Discrimination on the other hand is a specific, material thing; like keeping Negroes out of washrooms or restaurants, and making them ride in the rear seats of buses. Discrimination can be eliminated by reducing specific cases of dis- crimination. As discrimination is reduced there is the inevitable re- duction in prejudice. The S.L- Sub-Committee is working on the assumption that certain questions on the applica- tion blanks of the various schools of the University are potentially discriminatory in nature and the removal of these questions will be a step toward reducing prejudice in the country. Don Abramson Sub-Committee Chairman Student Legislature Atom Article .. . To the Editor: T HE latest issue of "Scientific American" contains an article by Hans Bethe, an eminent atomic physicist. There's a story behind that article that every American, particularly students, should be aware of. The Atomic Energy Commis- sion forced the magazine to stop1 its presses, delete portions of the article by Dr. Bethe, and burn 3,000 copies that had already been printed. Had the material involved been "secret" or "classified," there would have been justification for this action. The fact is that even though Dr. Bethe and SA could prove that the objectionable por- tions had previously been "de- classified" and published else- where, the AEC still was able to prevent the publication of an ar- ticle sharply critical of administra- tion policies with regard to the H- Bomb! Hanson W. Baldwin, in the NY Times, stated, "The material that was deleted and destroyed...seem- ingly contained no facts that had not previously been published... This somewhat frightening epi- sode was preceeded by what amounted to warnings from the AEC. ..not to discuss "technical information" about the hydrogen on Thurs., May 11, to interview June graduates for a position with their company. They are looking for a man to take over the duties of Secretary-Treasurer. Applicants should have a background in ac- counting. A representative of the Northern Life Insurance Company, Seattle, Washington, will be at the Bur- eau of Appointments on Thurs., May 11 to interview men interested in a career in life insurance. They are interested in men in the De- troit area as well as many others. A representative of the Owens- Illinois Glass Company will inter- view at the Bureau of Appoint- *ments on Thur., May 11. They are interested in mechanical engi- neers for training in their manu- facturing operations. Applicants must be in the upper third of their class and show tangible evidence of good human relations. For further information and ap- pointments for interviews, call at the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administration Bldg. Lectures "The Physiology of Vision and Its Application to Clinical Fluor- oscopy." Dr. W. Edward Cham- berlain, Professor of Radiology, Temple University, Tues., May 9, at 8:15 p.m., Kellogg Auditorium. Open to public. Academic Notices Engineering Mechanics Semi- nar: Dr. Paul F. Chenea will dis- cuss the "Method of Character- istics in Plane Plastic Problems," Wed., May 10, 4 p.m., 101 W. En-. gineering Building. All interest- ed persons welcome. Zoology Seminar: Today at 7:30 p.m., Rackham Ampitheater. Mr. I. Eugene Wallen will speak on "The Direct Effect of Turbidity on Fishes." Mr. Burton P. Hunt will speak on "A Study of the Life History, Ecology and Economic Importance of a Burrowing May- fly, Hexagenia limbata (Serville), in Certain Michigan Waters." Doctoral Examination for Em- ory Guy Simmons, Botany; thesis: "Culture Studies in the Genera Pleospora, Clathrospora, and Lep- tosphaeria." 2 p.m., today, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg. Chairman, A. H. Smith. Doctoral Examination for Rob- ert Paul Holston, Social Psychol- ogy; thesis: "Some Effects of Mo- tivation on Visual Discrimination." 3 p.m., today, West Council Room, Rackham Bldg. Chairman, H. R. Blackwell. Doctoral Examination for Nor- ton B. Knight, Psychology; thesis: "The Interaction of Positive and Negative Motivation in Problem Solving: An Evaluation of Theories of Excitation Value, Tension Re- duction and Frustration." 4 p.m., Wed., May 10, East Council Room, Rackham Bldg. Chairman, N. R. F. Maier. College of Engineering: Students who expect to attend the Summer Session should notify the Secre- tary's Office, 263 W. Engineering Building, as soon as possible. Freshmen and Sophomores, Cl- lege of L.S.&A.: Those students who will hve less than 55 hours at the end of this semester and whoshave not yet had their elec- tions approved for the Summer Session or Fall Semester should bomb, even though such informa- tion was not classified as secret, and even though it had been pre- viously published.. .In a demo- cracy, the people is sovereign; yet, if the people is spoon-fed facts by the government in just the cor- rect dosage decreed by the gov- ernment...there can be little fu- ture for the democratic process- es..." Gerald Piel, Editor of SA de- clared that "strict compliance with the commission's policies would mean that we could not teach physics." Why this secrecy then? The Bul- letin of the Atomic Scientists gave the answer in their March is- sue; "There is little doubt that the administration is disconcerted by the publicity given the 'hydro- gen bomb' and would like to see all discussion ended." The Sen- ate-House Atomic Committee is now in session behind closed doors. Write to Sen. McMahon, chairman of the committee, and request open hearings so that the public may be heard. -Hy Bershad make an appointment at the Ama- demic Counselors' Office, 1210 Angell Hall, at once. Since the Counselors will not be available during the examination period, this will be the only opportunity to have this done before the re- gistration periods. Concerts Student Recital: Barbara Mutch Anderson, student of piano With Marion Owen, will be heard in a recital at 8:30 tonight in the Architecture Auditorium,,present- ed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree. Compositions by Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Bloch and Chopin. Open to the public. Student Recital: Marie Roth, soprano, will present a program at 8:30 p.m., Wed., May 10,, Archi- tecture Auditorium, in partial ful- fillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Music. A pupil of Arthur Hackett, Miss Roth will sing groups of Italian, German, French and English songs. The public is invited. Exhibitions Rackham Galleries - 27th An- nual Ann Arbor Artists' Exhibi- tion, through May 17, weekdays 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Events Today Christian Science Organization: Testimonial meeting, 7:30 p'n., Upper Room, Lane Hall. Mathematics Club: 8 p.m., West Conference Room, Rackham Build- ing. Mr. D. K. Kazarinoff will speak "On Linear Systems of Con- vex Bodies." University Choir: First meeting this week, 3 p.m., Rm. 'B, Haven Hall. Will rehearse Holst, Bach and Verdi. School of Education Student- Faculty Mixer, sponsored by the Student Undergraduate Advisory Committee of the School of Edu- cation. 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Univer- sity Elementary School Cafeteria, 1430 U.E.S. Other interested stu- dents invited. Michigan Education Club: Meet- ing, 7:30 p.m., League. Club offi- cers will be elected for next se- mester. All members are urged to attend. Honors petitions due at this meeting. Union Opera: Meeting for selec- tees to Mimes, Michigan Union, 7:30 p.m. p 4 Citizens Committee Hoover Report meets p.m., Union. :0 for the at 7:30 1 'x A, Deutscher Verein: M e e t i ni g, 7:30 p.m., Union. Speaker: Prof. Clarence Pott. Topic: Holland. Movie. Election of officers. (Continued on Page 5) p 4 * I+ MUSIC +7 .1IGHSPOT in the May Festival series came Sunday afternoon with the perfor- mance of Nathan Milstein and the Phila- delphia Orchestra. As a violinist Mr. Mil- stein has few equals and only one of two peers, and his splendid work in the jBrahms D Major Concerto Sunday contributed ap- preciably to the high quality of this May Festival. Milstein's tone is smaller and less brilliant than 'some, but it is also sweeter and purer. It is never forced, and its carrying power is considerable. His finger and bow control are impeccable and he plays in tune more consistently than any violinist I know. His interpretive work is on an equally high plane. The Brahms is a number which can easily slip into sentimentality and medio- crity, but Milstein played it with unfaltering good taste. He managed this by reducing it to utmost simplicity, by his tasteful choice of tempi and dynamics and by his unerring sense of line. In fact the only blemish in the performance was the soloist's whim to keep the conductor guessing. This was rather un- fair of him, I thought, and very unfortunate; but surely everyone realized that the resul- tant inflexibility in the accompaniment was not the fault of Mr. Johnson. The woirrk of the Cfhoral Union iuatq.if anv- UGENE ORMANDY was smiling broadly at the end of the sixth and last May Festival concert, and rightly so-for he and his orchestra had come through with flying colors, finishing up appropriately enough by encoring with Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever." Not such good music, but brilliantly per- formed was the way the concert sounded to us. Through the whole program, from Pro- kofieff's tricky "Classical Symphony" to Respighi's flashy "Pines of Rome," the em- phasis was on external appearance rather than internal worth- In contrast to the orchestra, soloist Ma- rian Anderson chose to perform lesser known, less spectacular works; but, like the orches- tra, she made the most, of her material. In fact, the only outstanding music heard Sunday evening were Miss Anderson's two encores-the spirituals, "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" and "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." The famed con- tralto showed her well deserved eminence in this field in the sincerity and feeling with which she rendered the songs. Fifty-Ninth Year Edited and managel by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of -Student Publications. 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