THE MICHIGAN MY WEDNFSDAY. TtLlr 10. 1AAQ eo THI H G A A l - -.. , __ __.? . .r . w a ea_ r vca#++ M~xA A .J4' ' vId 1 IHOMAS L. STOKES: I American Isolationism pee WASHINGTON - A disturbing pattern of confusion of purpose and disunity that threatens our position of leadership in the world at a most critical time has revealed it- self recently. It deserves attention and some hard thinking. It is made up of a resurgence of isola- tionism, of McCarthyism, of economy. in the wrong direction, of bitterness and cyn- icism among our own people. There is pol- itics involved, and it is unfortunate that we have a campaign that lends itself to ex- ploitation just at this time, but it seems to go deeper than mere politics. It is hard for us, a nation comparatively new in a world role, to recognize what res- ponsibility that entails; to recognize how what we do, often in our careless, boisterous and frolicking way, now is watched intently all over the world and frequently misunder- stood. To perform our mission in the world, and we have a serious one, it is essential that we present a united front and demonstrate capacity to "stay put," so to speak, so. that our friends and allies can depend upon a firm, continuous and consistent policy with- out deviation or backing away and can de- pend upon us and have confidence in us. We cannot walk alone. EVER since our refusal to enter the League of Nations after the first World War and to cooperate with other nations in that era, European nations have had a fingers-crossed attitude about us. They have perhaps been more sensitive to our every whim than was justified. Unable still to understand our free and easy domestic politics, they have some- times magnified mnior political maneuvers of no real consequence beyond their true significance as indications that we wanted, to pull out of our assumed obligations. But it was not minor in the Senate last week, for instance, when only a tie vote defeated an attempt to slash half a billion dollars off the ECA-Marshall Plan appro- priation that was directed by one of our outstanding Senate and national leaders, and a candidate as well, for the 1952 Re- publican Presidential nomination, Senator Taft of Ohio; when a quarter of a billion Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: ROZ VIRSHUP dollars actually was cut out; when amend- ments were offered to shut off aid entirely to nations with Socialist governments, which embraces some of our most faithful allies, including Britain, upon whom we must rely. These last luckily were de- feated; - but they show the temper of the times. This is the same Senate that a few days ago voted a billion dollars for a "pork bar- rel" Rivers and Harbors bill designed, asp such measures usually are, to please the folks back home in an election year,. a form of political extravagance that could well be postponed in these hazardous times. IT must be hard, too, for our European friends to understand how a former Presi- dent of the United States, Herbert Hoover, would propose to throw Russia out of the United Nations and break up that organiza- tion that we, ourselves, initiated. It is stilb a unifying influence in the world, a source of many humanitarian endeavors of great and lasting value, and the only forum where our allies are continually able to stand up andereveal to the whole world their own atti- tude toward Russian designs which are con- tinually exposed there publicly. Isolationists have exploited Mr. Hoover's unfortunate pro- posal. Isolationism feeds, too, upon the reck- less campaign of Senator Joe McCarthy (R., Wis.), who still is trying to find a Communist somewhere in the State De- partment. It is not only breeding fear and suspicion among our people, shaking their faith with no reason whatever in their in- stitutions, but shows to the world the spectacle of a great nation torn and di- vided over a matter that a mature nation would handle quietly, as we have handled it quietly and effectively up to now, and without benefit of the McCarthys. It re- veals us as an inept, timorous people and to that extent shakes confidence in us be- yond our own borders. The hates and prejudices it has aroused are alarming. It is to be hoped that this dogs not persist to confuse the real issues that our country faces in the November election, issues afffecting our welfare as a nation and its role of leadership in the world. It is time to pause and take a look at our- selves. For, truly, we can not walk alone in the world of today. (Copyricvht, 1950, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) "One More Qeustion. What's Good In The Third Race?" t1 BARe$S1IQNAL - F . -~ ~r' a-.. ,1 w~M"Y - ! ___ - DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Cantinued from Page 3) the old and new cabinets. Guild members are welcome. All ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round WITH DREW PEARSON STUDENT government at Michigan suffer from what seems to be a universal weak- ness of student legislative bodies-the lack of long range, planning. With most legisla- lators wrapped up in specific projects to be accomplished immediately, the eventual goal of self-government is a vague generality on which relatively little thinking has been done. When a student government asks for immediate and specific powers, the college administrator often cannot help but feel that the demands are made without ser- ious thought on their significance or how the students are going to carry them out. In contrast to student leaders, college ad- ministrators have approached the questioni of student self-government from a positive long range point of view. At the Natidohal Conference on Higher Education last year, faculty and administrators worked out three levels of student action which our own Stu- dent Legislature might well consider. Recommended were: 1-The widest possible autonomy for students in handling student enterprises. 2-Joint student-faculty operation in certain areas of policy formation and de- cision appropriate to such action. 3-A technique for reflecting student opinion and concern on matters of insti- tutional operation wherein students can- not justifiably participate actively. The National Student Association's stud- ies, also approaching the question with a view to long range goals, decided that stu- dent governments should determine the area in which they can operate effectively on the basis of the knowledge and experience of student leaders, the amount of cooperation they can expect from students and faculty and their willingness to take responsibility. These proposals seem sensible bases for work when any thought is given to them. As students, we have to decide what we want before we begin asking for it. Unfortunately, not only has little thought been given to the problem locally but we have seen some of our dead wood legislators actually balk at the idea of looking any further ahead than next fall's pep rallies. These representatives of the people questioned recently whether SL should take on the responsibility of cal- endaring student events-an indication of how they will react if given the chance to consider problems such as disciplining of their fellow students. A few legislators are attempting to take action intelligently and should certainly be encouraged by the student public. The need for planning is urgent if SL is not to regress from its present high pinnacle of respect and popular support. It has every- thing to gain by reorienting itself to its ul- timate objectives. -Don McNeil Movites IN his recent Daily editorial on the subject of movie reviewing land kindred topics, Larry Rothman made the statement, among others, that it would be more to the point to "see what can be done to bring better mo- vies to Ann Arbor, rather than to continually squabble over the relative value of movies, good or bad." In arriving at this nebulous suggestion, he seems to forget completely the function of criticism. The editorial seems to be based on three key assumptions. The first is that Daily criti- cism is always negative, the second that public opinion is always at odds with that expressed in these columns, and finally that the "war" between these two elements is serving to dissipate any coherent force of opinion which might help bring better mo- vies to Ann Arbor. The first assumption, that Daily movie criticism is always negative, falls rather flat in the face of these figures: of all the movie reviews appearing in the Daily from the beginning of April to the present time there were seven which found the picture re- viewed good to excellent, four which found it from slightly below to slightly above ave- rage, and only one movie that was actually panned. It would seem from this that Daily critics are quite open-minded about the whole mat- ter, and don't shirk from giving a good motion picture its sprinkling of laurels. At any rate, the current myth of the wrath of the Daily reviewers loses a bit of support if these figures are examined. The second point, that public opinion, or at least public opinion as expressed by stu) dents, is always in variance with these re- views, is not well shored up by fact. Although most students go jto the show on Saturday night just for something to do, and take sadistic delight in ripping reviews to pieces, in most cases they agree in essence with what the reviews have to say. Finally, we are told that the "war" be- tween public opinion and Daily opinion is causing neglect of a somewhat hvnothetica1 XetteA TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communicationsrfromcits 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 be condensed edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. WASHINGTON--It is now possible to give the complete facts in the Russian at- tack on the American Navy plane over the Baltic - an incident which literally made the capitals of Europe hold their breath. Most of the facts are now known to the Russians, so the American public should be entitled to know what the Russians know. In fact, the Russians knew of the plane's departure and the nature of its mission even before it left Port Lyautey in Mo- rocco, North Africa. They also knew that the plane was equipped with high-powered radar and electronics equipment capable of watching Russian amphibian maneu- vers and the flight of Russian rockets over the Russians' most secret rocket- testing ground-the Baltic. Just how they knew this is not known. But Franco [T was by a thin seven-vote margin-42 to 35-that the senators defeated a Mc- Carran proposal to cut Spain in for $50,000,- 000 of Marshall Plan aid. Yet they did de- feat it. What is beyond debate, though, is the fact that aid to Franco ought not be ex- tended through the Marshall Plan. That plan operates through a council of partici- pating nations to insure there will be no grounds for charges of American imper- ialist domination. Decisions as to participation in the plan are left, then, to the nations themselves- and the nations of Europe want no part of Franco. Their attitude isn't a particularly strange one. To them Spain is not just a country, and Franco is not just another ruler; to them Spain and Franco are sym- bols, larger than life, of the fascism that Europe fought so desperately to defeat. They don't want now to give any room for the suspicion that they are crawling into bed with the ancient enemy. Britain's Labor government would prob- ably fall tomorrow if it tried to sanction aid to Spain. France's shaky Third Force cabinet would probably disintegrate if the proposal were even given favorable con- sideration. It is not our place to force on these other nations an inclusion of Franco in the western European plans. -St. Louis Star Times Corrction .. . is might have been from the list of navy personnel posted on the bulletin board at Port Lyautey before the plane took off. The bulletin board was posted in a public place, and the navy made the mistake of giving the ratings of all 10 members of the plane's crew. This showed they were specialists in electronics, and could have tipped off the Russians that the plane was on a radar mis- sion. * * * THIS particular plane flew from Morocco to Wiesbaden, Germany, stopped for fuel, then proceeded to the Baltic, and was about 30 miles off the Latvian coast headed to-t ward the secret Russian naval base at Libau when four Russian fighter planes came into sight. What happened from this point can be told with almost complete accuracy, be- cause the entire incident was witnessed by the British through a radar screen. The four Russian fighters, obviously ly- ing in wait for the navy plane, ordered it to land. However, the American crew had strict orders not to let their highly classified elec- tronics equipment get into foreign hands, so they put out to sea. The British radar observation showed the privateer swerved sharply, with the Russian fighters in hot pursuit. The plane was shot down almost immediately. THE FACT that British radar witnessed the incident was why the State Depart- ment wasso positive in replying to the Russian note. The United States was also quick to identify the four Russian pilots who received the order of the Red banner as the pilots responsible for shooting our plane. British radar was the reason. What surprised U.S. officials at first was that the Russians announced the event to the world in a note of protest. Reason for the publicity, U.S. officials now conclude, is that the Russians knew the plane had been observing Russian rocket maneuvers and determined to put the United States on the spot. Since the incident occurred, the recovered life rafts and submerged wheel have con- firmed the British radar's estimate that the plane was definitely 30 miles off the Lat- vian coast. Examination of the rafts shows that the plane hit the water with an impact. The holes in one raft, however, are not bullet holes, so the crew, if they got into the rafts, were not fired on. Speculation still continues as to whether rfYW 1 i WgiNyi T N ' 'oiY' . Fraternities ... To the Editor: WHILE THE MERITS of Greek- letter houses are a constant campus issue, those on both sides have often tended to wax partisan to the neglect of calm and con- structive thought. The matter vitally concerns the entire atmos- phere in which higher education is conducted; it deserves a more dispassionate treatment. It should first be realized that fraternities are the natural re- sult of the kind of anonymity and impersonality engendered by large,' over-crowded universities. Their existence is a measure of some universities' inevitable failure to provide for warm and intimate living. . Anti-fraternity students contribute little if they attack the entirely legitimate forces which lead men to seek each other out in small groups. It is not an accident that fra- ternity men are disproportionate- ly active in the University. Resi- dence in stable groups, with their patterned systems of rewards and reinforcements, and their empha- sis on the student as an indivi- dual, lead to higher motivation and lend more meaning to college experience. This is all to the good. But it is clearly not necessary that stu- dents, in forming smaller groups for a fuller life, should segregate themselves along racial and relig- ious lines, and many fraternities should insure this dicisive trend by maintaining vicious and insult- ing discriminatory clauses. It is not necessary that fratern- ities should failrto give their mem- bers the opportunity to acquire skills essential for democratic liv-I ing, through life with students of all backgrounds. It is not neces- sary that they reinforce and per-" petuate old attitudes, more thanl they educate for citizenry in a na- tion of minorities. In failing to meet these responsibilities, fra- ternities cannot be too strongly condemned. Whether the fraternities' efforts to correct their faults are com- pletely successful since is contro- versial. But it is certain, in any case, that the difficulties are many, and that progress in terms of solid accomplishments has beent slow. We of Beta Mu Club believe that reforms will best be stimulated by the pressure of example. We in- tend to prove that a fraternity rejecting the black-ball system and practicing inter-racial and inter-religious living, is a closer realization of the true fraternal ideal - the brotherhood of allJ men - than the fraternity systemE as it stands now. We hope to showt that there is nothing necessarily evil or anti-democratic involved in 'fraternity life as it can anda should be, and that the advantages of the system can be a valuable as-a set in the continuing struggle for improved education. Allan Silver, for the Executive Committee,' Beta Mu Club I ** * Voting Age .. . To the Editor: I am a student at the University of Michigan and would like toa -make a comment on Governor Williams' suggestion that the legal voting age be lowered.- The main question is how much to lower the legal voting age. I do notknow where the stopping point should be; there should be a lot more study given to that by our law makers. One way to con- duct this study would be to le- galize the voting age of the 20- year-olds first and see what in- terest they take. This study should continue for two or three years, and if their interest is great enough, go on to the nineteen- year-olds and follow the same procedure. Then step this process up every two or three years until the right stopping point is found. No doubt the young people of today are more mature and their intelligence has been better cul- tivated than the young men and women of thirty to forty years ago- With this in mind, I think the young citizens of today deserve a chance to express themselves le- gally at the polls. -Robert C. Raham * * * Debate .. . To the Editor: THOSE who are disturbed by progressive tendencies of The Daily may find some consolation in itsreporting of the debate on you know what. I receive the impression that ex- cept for a brief reference to a chant of "We want Phillips," the article in The Daily ascribes un- animity of behavior to the crowd in the street. The chanting was done by less than half the crowd. The call for one of the speakers was almost inaudible to those in the rear of the crowd. The loudest' chant was, "We want a loud- speaker," and even that was com- paratibely mild. I think the reporting of the speech to the crowd by one of the debaters was slightly melodrama- tic. A similar speech, pointing out the dangers from fire and panic in an overcrowded building, had already been temporarily ef- fective. The enthusiasm of the crowd alternately swelled and waned both before and after the incident reported by The Daily. I am glad The Daily did credit the speaker with his effective and laudable reference to the use of Hill Auditorium. -Martin Farrow * * * [ House Plan.. .. To the Editor: IN last Tuesday's article of his series on the Michigan House Plan, Davies mentions the atti- tude of a staff man toward "dead- heads." According to him these "completely inactive" residentsJ are given a "period of grace" af-1 ter which, if they do not become active, they are regarded as mere-] ly taking up space. Whether the inference is that the "deadhead" should be asked to leave or that he should be left to take pup1 space, it seems to me that such an attitude is inconsistent with1 the spirit of the Michigan House Plan-to provide a home away] from home.< If apathy were a general char-1 acteristic of "deadheads," the Supper Discussion at the Guild House. 438 Maynard. 5:30. Call Reservations to 5838. Congrega- tional - Disciple - Evangelical & Reformed Guild. Baptist Students will meet to- day at the Guild House for a weekly "Chat" and fellowship, 4:30-6 p.m. Westminster Guild: 4-6, Tea 'n Talk. Women of the University Fac- ulty: Tea, .4 to 6 p.m., fourth floor clubroom, League. The Student Affiliate of the American Chemical Society will have a meeting at 7 p.m., Rm. 1400 Chem. Bldg. The main speak- er will be Dr. W. R. Collins, Vice President and General Manager of Dow-Corning Corp. West Quad Radio Club: Meet- ing, 7 p.m., in the shack. U. of M. Rifle Club: Annual meeting and club match. Election of officers, 7 p.m., ROTC rifle range. American Society of Civil En- gineers: Meeting, 7:30 phl., Room 3-KLMN, Union. Speaker: Mr. N. G. Damoose, city manager of Ypsilanti. ; Subject: "City Mana- ger's Problems." Meet the Profes- sor: J. A. Borchardt. Square & Folk Dance Club Meet- ing: 7:30-9:45 p.m., Barbour Gymnasium. Everyone welcome. A.S.M.E. Open meeting, 7:30 p.- m., Kellogg Auditorium. Prof. H. E. Keeler will speak on "Profes- sional Registration of Engineers." Delta,Sigma Pi. Business meet- ing, 7:30 p.m. Inter-Racial Association. Meet- ing, addr ess by Rev. Robert Brad- by, "Detroit Race Relations," 7:30 p.m., Uniin. Sigma Xi: Annual initiation. May 10, 7:30 p.m., Rackham Lec- ture Hall. Address: "The Cosmic Abundance of the Lighter Ele- ments," by Professor Lawrence Al- ler, Department of Astronomy. Lecture is open to the public, 8:15 p.m. Chess Club Meeting, 7:30' p.m., Michigan Union Speed tourna- ment to be held. All chess play- ers invited. Bridge Tournament-The last master point game will be held at the Union Terrace at 7:30. This is the last game of the year and a financial statement will be made. Play will be resumed again in the fall. Sociedad Hispanica: Meeting, 8 p.m., League. Election of off i- cers and presentation of scholar- ships to Mexico. great majority of them would pro- bably avoid coming to the Univer- sity of Michigan where they would be forced to undergo a degree of competition quite inimical to such apathy. If they did come, it would be unlikely that they would per- sist or at least that their dead- headedness would persist beyond the freshman year, which I assume to be the "period of grace." If the "deadheadedness" still continues, it seems to me that there are probably good reasons for it. The condition will not be helped by either asking the "deadhead" to leave or by merely allowing to continue to take up space. If the staff man cannot (or does not take enough time to) discover the reasons for the "deadhead's" ap- athy, there are excellent consul- tative and therapeutic facilities in the University to which he might be recommended. Perhaps much "deadheadedness" can be explain- ed by the psychological mechan- ism of projection, in which the person's hostile attitudes toward himself (maybe due to academic disappointments) are unconscious- ly expressed toward other. Perhaps in many instances it is simply a case of misunderstood rugged in- dividualism. Whatever the reasons, the attitude expressed by this staff man will not be beneficial. For- tunately, it does not seem to be shared by all of those whose pur- pose is to help the student in his adjustment to college and dormi- tory life. --Melvin Bulkley Coming Events Special 1Veeting of Union Mem- bers to take action on the propos- ed constitutional amendments, Tues., May 16, 7:30 p.m., (instead of Wed.. May 10, as previously an- nounced.). Graduate School Student Coun- cil. Meeting Thurs., May 11. W. Lecture Rm., Rackham Bldg. All members requested to attend. Committee for Displaced Stu- dents: Meeting of all representa- tives, Thurs., 4 p.m., Lane Hall. Planning for fall semester D.P. program. International Center Weekly Tea: 4:30-6 pm., Thurs., May 11. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. United Jewish Appeal Solicitors' Tea Thurs., 4:15 p.m. Please bring all mondy collected and all pledge cards completed. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. Social Committee meeting Thurs., 4:15 p.m. Anyone interested in working on the U.J.A. Carnival come to the Foundation for this meeting. Young Democrats: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thurs., May 11, Rm. 3A, Union, preceding the YD-YR debate at 8:15 p.m. The English Graduate Journal Club will meet Thurs., 8 p.m., in the E. Cbnference Rm., Rackham Bldg. Mr. Lyon Richardson, pro- fessor of English at Western Re- serve University, will discuss The Scholar and American Literature: Notes on Methodology Election of officers. The Student Science Society: Meet Thurs., May 11, 7:30 p.m., 1300 Chem. Bldg. Dr. N. E. Hart- weg, of the Museum of Zoology, will show movies of the Mexican volcano Paricutin. Meeting open to public, but members who have not yet done so bring eligibility cards U. of M. Young Republican Club: Membership meeting, May 11, Thurs., Union, at 7:30 p.n. Short businkss meeting followed by a debate with Young Demo- crats on the Congressional In- vestigations. UNESCO: Thurs., May 11, 7:30 p.m., South Lounge of the East Quadrangle. Business and dis- cussion meeting. Cabinet members please attend. American Chemical Society Lec- ture. Fri., May 12, 8 p.m. Rm. 1300 Chem. Bldg, Prof. W. A. Noyes, Jr., of the University of Rochester and Editor of the Jour- nal of the American Chemical So- ciety, will present "Free Radicals in Photochemical Systems." 1 { A :. A Ai r' -. Fifty-Ninth Year Edited and managel by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of student Publications. Editorial Sta." Leon Jaroff............Managing Editor .Al Blumrosen................City Editor Philip Dawson ....... Editorial Director Don McNeil .............. Feature Editor Mary Stein..........Associate Editor Jo Misner.............Associate Editor George walker........ Associate Editor Wally Barth........Photography Editor Pres Holmes .......... Sports Co-Editor Merle Levin...........Sports Co-Editor Roger Goelz.... Associate Sports Editor Lee Kaltenbach ....... Wonmen's Editor Barbara Smith.. Associate Women's Ed. 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