U- THE MICHIGAN DAILY' SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1195O _______________________ U I Baltic Question C ONTROVERSY OVER the United States navy plane lost over the Baltic on April 8, although it has been featured in the front pages for over a month, still has not been forgotten. And recent developments indicate that ,there is perhaps much more to the whole incident than either the Russians or the Americans have let on. Indeed, it is now quite plausible that this dispute - which at first appeared to be nothing more than an exchange of hot indignation over trespassing between the two countries - might have far- reaching ramifications. Certain reliable sources have come up with very pointed suggestions that the United States was perhaps not nearly so much the innocent party in the affair as it has professed. For instance, it is now known that this plane very likely had on board high-power- ed radar and electronics equipment; that Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: PAUL BRENTLINGER The Weekend the Russians probably inferred that it was on a radar mission, because of information the navy mistakenly made public; and that the Russians were undoubtedly awaiting the navy plane, which was headed toward Li- bau, a suspected Russian naval base. That the navy plane was shot down by the Russians was authenticated by the British, who claim to have witnessed the entire encounter through a radar screen. This evidence makes it clear that the United States plane was shot down by the Russians, as the State Department charged, but it does little to vindicate the contention that the plane was not on a spying mission. But this revelation is not the only one that has come into the open recently: 1. Scandinavian fishing vessels have been disappearing in such a large number that to write them off as being "lost" would be sheer naivete. 2. The Swedish government declares that it is in no doubt as to what happened to three of her ships, and that it will soon send a stiff note of protestation to Russia, claiming the detention of two ships and the "harassment of another." 3. Denmark, which has four ships miss- ing, intends to send a similar note, claiming that these vessels were seized in internation- al waters, and are still being held. Aside from the strong possibility that the American navy plane actually was on a spy- ing mission, the disappearance of the ships cited in the three cases above provides ser- ious cause for concern as to just what is going on in this Baltic area. And indignant notes to the Russians asking for explanations will do little to ameliorate this situation, for the only response the Russians make to these is to shrug them off. If theRussians are conducting military maneuvers, or using this area as a secret testing ground, then quite naturally they do not want any observers. However, as these developments indicate, it is time for a thorough investigation of the matter. For it is just this sort of undercover military activity that could very well explode into a problem of alarming concern. -Larry Rothman Rail Strike ONCE AGAIN the country is in the throes of a major strike. Locomotive firemen on four key railroad systems, carrying more than a third of the nation's rail passengers and a fifth of its rail freight, have walked out in defiance of two Presidential fact finding boards. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men and Enginemen demanded an extra fireman on multiple Diesel locomotives and on small switch Diesels now operated by a single engineer. No compromise is possible, they said. This despite the fact that the two fact finding boards ruled against the second fireman on big Diesels, because they are not necessary for safety. In refusing to compromise, the locomotive firemen have shown that they are not really concerned with safety, but are ac- tually striking to increase their power and put more of their men into jobs where they are not needed. Not only are the firemen guilty of hypo- crisy, but of selfishness as well. For the train strike's effects have already been felt in the postal service, and unemployment is soaring in coal mines and factories. The trouble and expense of forming ex- perienced and presumably impartial fact finding boards, bearing the prestige of the Presidency, is wasted if the board's find- ings are flaunted-especially when, as ii this case, there are two boards involved and both agree on their findings. In the past year, a series of major strikes has spread waste, and disorder throughout the country, with unfortunate consequences for workers, management and the general public. The Chrysler strike cost workers more that $86,000,000 before it dragged to an infamous close last week. The nationwide coal strike last winter brought the coun- try to the brink of paralysis and seriously damaged the national economy. Until public opinion against these econo- mic outrages makes itself° felt, and until more stringent labor control laws are passed by Congress, the unions' organized selfish- ness will continue to wreak periodic havoc throughout the nation. -James Gregory "Fire t" ' ' DAILY OFFICIAL BULEI Irs' ,Y1 r f! In Town EVENTS OF INTEREST around campus. LECTURE PAINTING TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE. Gallery talk by Prof. Jean Paul Slusser, of the architecture and design college, on the current exhibit in Alumni Memorial Hall. This is one of the most interesting exhibits to be shown this year. It contains works by Picasso, Hans and Jean Arp, le Corbusier, Kandinsky, van Doesburg, Mondrian, and most other contemporary greats of ab- stract art, including a splendid mobile by Alexander Calder, inventor of this form. At 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, the last day of the exhibit. COMIC OPERA IOLANTHE, by the incomparable Gilbert and Sullivan, is being presented at 8:30 p.m. today and 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. See review on this page. ettei' 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 be condensed edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. THOMAS L. STOKES : ULN Humanitarianism * CONCERTS THE COLLEGIUM MUSICUM, directed by Prof. Louise Cuyler of the music school, will perform some of the finest compositions of the pre-Bach era at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Hussey Room of the League. Program includes Gregorian chants, sacred music of the 15th and 16th centuries, Burgundihn and Flemish music of the 15th century, and other attractive offerings. ART CHORALE, an organization of en- thusiastic and well-trained amateurs, will give its annual spring concert, MaynancL 'lein conducting, atr8:30 p.m. tomorrow in Hill Auditorium. MEN'S GLEE CLUB presentst its 92nd annual spring concert at 8:30 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. Special Mother's Day selections. WASHINGTON. - When the Vishinskys break out in vituperative blasts in the United Nations and our representatives and those of other nations join debate and talk back, or when the Russians stage a huffy "walk-out," you read about it and hear about it, for it is front page news. But you have perhaps heard only vague- ly, if at all, of other really much more important and enduring events - as to how, for example, 20,000,000 children in Europe have been tested for tuberculosis and 8,000,000 vaccinated in carrying out a United Nations program that eventually will reach 50,000,000 children in Europe, Asia and Latin America; how 3,000,000 have received a pair of shoes and clothing; how 8,000,000 are getting needed milk and cod liver oil every day; how doctors and social workers have been trained to help in saving the millions of under- nourished and haggard children, dere- licts of the war in devastated lands. This is news, too, real news, but routine, of course, going on day after day under di- rection of one of the specialized agencies 1. . MOVIES THE LONG VOYAGE HOME. Eugene O'Neill's story of the men on a British mer- chant ship in wartime is presented with ex- pressive acting and good, gloomy O'NeI! drama of the sea. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. today in Architecture Auditorium. PERFECT STRANGERS. Concerning a Jury in action, this film is better than it have been. The story centers around a love affair between jurors Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan. Today, at the Michigan. FREE FOR ALL. The plot involves a young, idealistic chemist who has invented pills which turn water into fuel, and who runs afoul of evil machinations plotted by powerful interests. But the whole thing comes off pretty well. Today at the State. THE GREAT WALTZ. Advertised as "the musical with the thrill." Today and to- morrow at the Orpheum. BEAU GESTE. Famous thriller involving the French Foreign Legion, with Gary Coop- er. Today and tomorrow at the Whitney. REFORMER AND THE REDHEAD. This one, according to the ads, attempts to ans- wer the question, "Does the reformer reform the redhead or does the redhead reform the reformer?" With June Allyson and Dick Powell. Tomorrow at the Michigan. THE OUTLAW. "Too startling to des- cribe," they say in the advertisement. With Jane Russell. Tomorrow at the State. Di RA MA I SPORTS BASEBALL. Purdue vs. Michigan, 2 p.m. today at Ferry Field. Ed Grenkoski, star Wolverine hurler, is slated to take the mound in this important Big-Ten contest against the seventh-place but ever-danger- ous Boilermakers. TENNIS. Illinois vs. Michigan, 2 p.m. to- day at Ferry Field. Michigan will be shoot- ing for 20 straight in this'Conference match. GOLF. Ohio State vs. Michigan, 1 p.m. today at the University Golf Course. Tpb Wolverines, who seek to extend a string of victories, face rugged opposition from the smooth-stroking Buckeyes. No Rainbows? JERSEY is about to be treated to a spectacle no Jerseyite shoud miss. For . 1 IOLANTHE by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Presented by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society at Pattengill Auditorium. LAST NIGHT'S sprightly if not entirely professional performance of "Iolanthe" proves once again how really good Gilbert and Sullivan can be if given half a chance. As a general rule, the works of this brilliant on-again off-again team are rele- gated to the netherlands of high school music festivals and amateurish theatrical companies while such affairs as "Show- boat" and "Naughty Marietta" monopolize the professional boards. Hence, the average theatre-goer is likely to form a rather poor impression of Gilbert and Sullivan after sitting through a very few of these productions. In Ann Arbor, we are fortunate in having a group which at least makes a good try at doing justice to the lilting airs and tongue- tangling lines of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. The Society's staging of Gilbert's at- tempt to reform the House of Lords via an excursion to Fairyland was unevenly paced and a trifle inaudible at times but de- serves a general round of applause for all concerned. Hampered by a limited stage area, the large chorus didn't have quite the zing which one usually expects of Gilbert and Sullivan's Lords and Ladies. And the orchestra, though generally satisfactory, was mainly respon- sible for a rather slow opening. Individual performances from James Ueberhorst, Gloria Gonan, Reid Shelton, of the UN, and going on, too, in countries behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet orbit -Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia-among many others. This humanitarian enterprise un- doubtedly would be stopped if Russia were banned from the UN and that organization broken up, as some are proposing. Also the work of this agency-UNICEF, United Nations International Children's EmergencyuFund-creates good-will behind the Iron Curtain to counteract the rantings of Mr. Vishinsky and his colleagues about the "capitalist, imperialist, war-mongering" nations, etc. For those people know that otj country is providing a large part of this help. I * * * l NICEF, which was esttablished by the UN General Assembly December 11, 1946, is supported by contributions from 36 govern- ments and from voluntary fund-raising ef- forts in some 46 countries and territories. The real meaning of its work is well des- cribed by Maurice Pate, its executive direc- tor, who says: . "It has drawn together, with a common purpose, nations and peoples throughout the world. A sense of accomplishment must* now be theirs as they reflect upon the fact that through their united effort help has been brought to millions of the world's sick and hungry children. And, having this experience behind, them, it is likely they will now look ahead to what needs to be done, and what might be done, through the United Nations to give more and more of the world's children their rightful opportunities." School lunches are part of the program and some very touching letters of thanks have come to UNICEF from school children in Czechoslovakia, all emphasizing that they will strive for cooperation with other na- tions to attain lasting peace. * * * UNICEF is an issue before Congress right now. Congress two years ago authorized $100,000,000 for our contribution on a match- ing basis of $2.57 for every dollar contributed by other nations. Already it has appropriated $75,000,000 of that amount. A bi-partisan group, headed by Senator Robert A. Taft (R., O.) got an amendment in the ECA bill last week appropriating the remaining $25,- 000,000 which will free matching funds from other nations, and extending from tlry June 1 to June 1,1951, our participation in the fund. The State Department continually has opposed the UNICEF appropriation favor- ing instead a project much more restrict- ed, with activities limited largely to tech- nical assistance instead of direct aid, and with a much reduced expenditure-$3,000,- 000 to $5,000,000 annually-to be raised by assessments on every UN member. The Senate again rejected the State Depart- ment idea in approving the amendment; but final enactment depends on what hap- pens in conferences on the ECA bill in House and Senate. Coeds . . To the Editor: WE READ THE letter by Misses Sally Johnson, Janet Moore, and Carole Phillips with a great deal of forboding and alarm. We wonder if their attitude is indica- tive of the feelings of a represen- tative element of the feminine population of this campus? If so, we feel it our unshirkable duty to contribute to the utmost of our respective and collective abilities to removing the causes of their unfavorable impressions. Toward the accomplishment of this end we pledge ourselves to the follow- ing acts (apparent requisite be- havior for male members of this campus): We will "exert ourselves," "swal- low our pride," guarantee that no "girl with personality, looks and money" shall "sit home and study on weekends," not "bore our dates with tales of the numbers of wom- en we have seduced, or the fabu- lous places we have been," "help girls on with their coats," carry "a copy of Emily Post" at all times, "open doors and walk on the outside," and dress in the best approved manner. We are also fully aware of the fact that none of the above named writers of the letter with which this answer is concerned are list- ed in the Student Directory, but resting on the hope that springs eternal, feel certain that this was due either to an oversight on the part of the University, or to the fact that these girls are first-half freshmen. It did not occur to us that the girls would not use their real names. Feeling secure in the power of the press to communicate this pledge to the women concerned we remain, dedicated, Pledges and Actives of the Delta Chi Fraternity. Esperanto . IN The Daily for today appears an article about Esperanto by Don- na Hendleman which is misleading and in some respects inaccurate. The author seeks to bury Esper- anto somewhat prematurely for both in Europe and America this movement is probably as strong as it ever has been. I doubt wheth- er Esperanto organizations ever had two million active members; today the Esperanto Association of North America has about 1000 members and The Universal Es- peranto Association (exclusive of national organization and on this side of the iron curtain) has about 17,000 members (report of Sec. of EANA, Aug. 1949, and "Esperanto," Jan. 1949). I would estimate that there are nearly a million Esperan- tists in the world today, mostly in the central European countries. The EANA has about 380 books available (in print) and new ones are being published every month. Esperanto congresses have been held every year since the war both in this country and abroad, the 1949 congress was in Bournmouth, England, the 1948 congress at Mal- mo, Sweden, etc. Perhaps the only real criterion for the vitality of a language is personal use, and this I can em- phatically verify. In the three years since I wrote my term paper for English II about Esperanto, I have carried on lengthy correspon- dance in Esperanto with pen pals in Bulgaria, Germany, and Czecho- slovakia, none of whom spoke any English. The subject matter of these letters has often been tech- nical and yet I have not missed understanding one word. -John T. Van Der Weele ** ,* Co-eds , To the Editor: MESDEMOISLIS Johnson, Moore, and Phillips are suf- fering from a misapprehension of cause and effect. It isn't pride that prevents the campus Milque- toast from calling a campus love- ly seven days out of the week. It's simply common sense. That a coed, and admittedly there are many, who has looks, personality, and money, would en- joy receiving an invitation from an impoverished student, who has neither looks, personality, or money, is unthinkable. Such a re- quest would reflect unfavorably on the co-ed's charm. For if the poor middlewestern Don Quixote were serious enough to ask for a date, it would be an indication that the co-ed queen was suffi- ciently his equal, at least, to give him a polite turn down. Rather than insult, our hero curbs his natural impulses, and admires the flock of gorgeous women at a distance. Far from being jealous of the bright and beautiful Michigan co- eds, or of speaking of them depre- catingly, I for one am very happy that they are on campus and making valuable suggestions con- cerning the utilization of time. -Oscar Smith, '54 * * * Esperanto ... To the Editor: " HOPE most of your readers maintain a properly skeptical attitude while they read your col- umns, else your Don'ha Hendleman may have done the cause of world unity a great disservice. In the May 6 Daily she declared Esper- anto dead. She says, "Around the turn of the century, however, ac- tive Esperantists numbered more than two million." The reader is left to infer that~this was the peak of Esperanto popularity, a height long since lost. But is this true? The National Education Associa- tion in its Personal Growth Leaf- let No. 183 says: A petition urging the United Na- tions to consider the interlanguage problem and to help spread the use of Esperanto had obtained 12,- 420,295 signatures by January 1949. Signers include Vincent Au- riol, President of France; Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Joseph Cyrankiewicz, Prime Minister of Poland; and many other prominent statesmen; also legislators, writers, educators, clergymen, scientists, business ex- ecutives, and labor leaders. By January 1950, the number of signers exceeded 16 million. Es- peranto looks very much alive. The same leaflet says further: Millions of people have studied Esperanto. Hundreds of thousands are using it for a great variety of (Continued from Page 2) Fellowship (Interdenominational ); 10:45 a.m., Church and Sunday School;.4:30 p.m., Discussion; 5:30 p.m., Pot-luck supper. 3-5 p.m., Cooperative Nursery: Art Exhibit and Tea. Mon., May 15, 8 p.m., Modern Dance;.Water-color class; Coop- erative Nursery, General meeting. Speaker: Mrs. Belle Farley Mur- ray, U of M Lecturer in Family Relations. Topic: Guiding and Counseling the Child. Visitors wel- come. Tues., May 16, 8 p.m., Wives' Club. Speaker: Dr. Byron O. Hughes, U of ,M Assoc. Prof. of Child. Development. Topic: "Here- dity." New members welcome. Wed., May 17, 8 p.m., Great Books Group - Hamlet; Wives' Club Farewell Party Committee; Ceramics. Thurs., May 18, 8 p.m., Choir; Ceramics. Fri., May 19, 8 p.m., Wives' Club Fibber McGee Sale Lectures Lecture on Mathematical Sta- tistics: At the second meeting of the rotating Seminar in Mathe- matical Statistics, Prof. Abraham Wald, Columbia University, will speak on the Theory of Statistical Decision Functions at 2 p.m., Sat., 3011 Angell Hall; auspices of the Mathematics Department. Inter- ested persons ipvited. Academic Notices Mathematics Orientation Sem- inar: 3 p.m., Mon., May 15, 3001 A.1H. Mr. Getoor will talk on "Philomatic Study of Rain." Doctoral Examination for Ro- bert Mitchell Biggs, Economics; thesis: "The Classical Theory of Capital; its Origins, Development and Modifications." 1:30 p.m., Sat., May 13, 105 Economics Bldg. Chairman, S. Peterson. Doctoral Examination for Mo- hamed E-Said E-Gindy, Zoology; Thesis: "Biology of Schistosoma- tium douthitti (Cort, 1914) Price 1931, (Trematoda) in its Hosts." 8:15 p.m. Mon., May 15, 1562 East Medical Bldg. Chairman, G. R. LaRue. Doctoral Examination for John William Atkinson, Psychology; thesis: "Studies in Projective Mea- surement of Achievement Motiva- tion." 9 a.m., Mon., May 15, East Couicil Room, Rackham Bldg. Chairman, D. G. Marquis. Docstoral Examination for Dwight Maxwell Teague, Biological Chemistry; thesis: "The Aromatic Amino Acids of Native and Deam- inized Proteins-Spectrophotome- tic Study." 1:30 p.m., Mon., May 15, 313 W. Medical Bldg. Chair- man. H. B. Lewis. Doctoral Examination for Lynn Ulfred Albers, Mathematics: the- sis: "An Application of the Leray- Schauder Method to Quasi-Linear Partial Differential Equations of Parabolic Type." . 4 p.m., Mon., May 15, East Council Room, Rack- ham Bldg. Chairman, E. H. Rothe. Intermediate Tests for College Students. Persons taking the In- termediate Tests for College Stu- dents are to report to 271 School of Business Administration at 8:45 a.m. today. Medical College Admission Test. Candidates taking the Medical College Admissions Test, May 13, are requested to report to 130 School of Business Administration at 8:45 a.m., today for the morning session. The afternoon session will begin at 1:45 p.m. Candidates must be present at both sessions. Directed Teaching Qualifying Examination: All students expec- ting to do directed teaching at purposes as a world auxiliary lan- guage or interlanguage. Its prac- tical use is expanding in every field of endeavor. Take an afternoon and learn to read Esperanto. See why so many want it adopted and spread by the United Nations. Inteligenta persono lernas la interlingvon Es- peranto rapide kaj facile. (An in- telligent person learns the inter- language Esperanto rapidly and easily.) Learn with your room- mate; it's easy, it's fun, and more hep than bebop if the compari- son needs to be made. For more information and a'list of available books, send a postcard to The Es- peranto Association of North American, Inc., 114 West 16th St.., New York 11, N.Y. -David C. Firestone Y the secondary school level next fall are' required to pass a qual- ifying examination in the subject in which they expect to teach. This examination for all fields will be held on Tues., May 16, 7 p.m. Students will meet in the auditorium of the University High School. The examination will con- suine about three hd'urs time; promptness is therefore essential. Bring bluebooks. Coming Events A.S.C.E. North Central Confer- ence of Student Chapters: Busi- ness meeting at 9 a.m. and Panel Discussion on "Fair Labor Stan- dards Act and the Engineering Profession" at 10:30, both at Pub- lic Health Auditorium. Luncheon at 12:30, Union, .with Mr. Van- Atta, American Concrete Insti- tute, speaker. Everyone invited to all events. Student Council of the Music School will meet at 1:15 p.m., 406 Burton Tower. All school of music students invited. Inter-Arts Union: Meeting, 1 p.m., 500 BMT. IZFA. Picnic. Panel discussion, sports, and wiener roast. Meet at WAB at 2 p.m. Everyone welcome. U. of M. Hostel Club. Square dance at Jones School every Sat- urday night from 8:15-11 p.m. Events Today Naval Research Reserve: Mon., May 15, 7:30 p.m., 18 Angell Hall. Speaker: Dr. James Wilson. "Seis- mology and the Interior of the Earth." Membership in, the Naval Research Reserve is open to all naval reserve officers engaged in advanced work in the sciences and engineering. Intersted facul- ty and graduate students invited to attend and to discuss member- ship application with the Execu- tive Officer. Young Progressives of America: Meeting, Mon., 7:30 p.m., Union. Discussion on the relationship of Jim Crow to world peace. Several state YPA officers will be present. U. of M. Hot Record Society: A record-lecture program on the "Musical Highlights of Louis Arm- strong." Sun., 8 p.m., ABC room, League. Everyone invited. fZ.F.A., State Day Celebration. Program: Presentations, speakers, singing. Sun., 7:45 p.m., Hillel House. Everyone welcome. Michigan Gothic Film Society. Final meeting of the season, Mon., 8 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Grand Illusion (French). All mem- bers who plan to rejoin the So- ciety next fall please be present. Members who wish to bring guests should contact either president Hampton or treasurer Whan, ext. 2784. 4 u I . 1 .y 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 Staff Leon Jaroff.........Managing Editor Al Blumrosen.............City Editor Philip Dawson....... 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Subscription during regular school year by carrier, $5.00, by mail, $6.00. 1. I BARNABY We'll start taking our census in the woods back of your house, You can be a big help to your Fairy Godfather. While I'm conducting the I~~En sjanockree!~~ I o tnfhe i okia