T THE MICHIGAN DAIL.Y .1: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 100 I I r u _ . _ 1 THOMAS L. STOKES: Big Dough & WASHINGTON-It is an axiom that pow- er, long held, has a slowly disintegrating influence. Among dther effects, the desire to keep it results often in compromises with principle. Suggestive are scenes that help to create atmosphere. Such as that vast feast here the other night of Democratic bigwigs-and such little wigs as could dig up a hundred bucks, and some of the latter sitting so far away they could hardly see Harry Truman at bat at home plate at the head table. The earnest, the sincere and the faithful were there, and, as they bit into those steaks rushed by truck from a big hotel kitchen miles away, it all must have seemed a bit incongruous if they thought of the hamburger folks they serve and represent, who are so numerous. But, incongruous as anything else, were the Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: JANET WATTS BOO0 KffS TAKE CARE OF MY LITTLE Peggy Goodin. E. P. Dutton & New York. 189 pages. $2.50. GIRL by Co., Inc., "IT'S A FILLED BOOK," the bookseller remarked as we discussed "Take Care of My Little Girl." This, she explained, is pub- lishers' jargon for a book with relatively few pages-one which is made to appear longer by the insertion of blank pages here and there. "I don't see how they can ask $2.50 for it," she confided. Nor do I think that "Take Care of My Little Girl" is worth the asking price. But my reasons are much less materialistic than the bookseller's: Not only is there nothing on the book's blank pages, there is little of worth on the printed ones. Peggy Goodin has chosen a subject worthy of Sinclair Lewis in his prime- college sororities-and attacked it with the style and penetration of a high school senior writing an English theme. Soror- ity women themselves can well lament her failure, since good satire carries a flattery all its own. Miss Goodin obtained her local color here at the University, where she was a member og Chi Omega a few years back. This fact, and the thinly-veiled' references to local scenes, give the book a certain novelty val- ue for University students. But there must be more to a novel than novelty. Apparently hoping to carry the book with her humor and social comment, Miss Good- in has provided only a skeletal plot. Liz Eric- son is a small-town girl but the daughter of a Queen, the Queens being a mythical sorority at a mythical university, Midwest- ern. When Liz comes to Midwestern as a freshman, she is immediately pledged by the Queens. All goes well until, as the blurb on the book's jacket lisps, "Liz begins to sus- pect that some of the rules of the game do not quite adequately cover all of the issues." Liz finally depledges. But not before she learns the major tenets of Miss Goodin's catechism: Sorority women are shallow snobs. They never think for themselves, but have this done for them by alumnae. Fraternity men are stupid, racially bigot- ed drunks. College-run dormitories are heaven. Living in a basement-la vie de Boheme-is even more wonderful than living in a dorm. Although the truth of these statements has not, as far as I know, been positively established up to this date, my criticism of the book cannot center on Miss Goodin's social views, to which she is certainly en- titled. It is the way in which the author ex- pounds her views that makes "Take Care of My Little Girl" a mediocre little novel. Getting back to Sinclair Lewis-the first chapter, describing Liz' home town and fam- ily life, is a poor imitation of the scribe of Sauk Centre. There are references to the local country club, Kiwanis, Rotary, hired girls, etc., etc., in the Lewis vein which was long ago mined out. Even Miss Goodin's attempts at minor humor-the cracks, the puns, the droll observations that play an important part in the success of any satire-fail to come off. Often she is merely cruel where she meant to be clever. Miss Goodin is fairly successful when she pokes fun at certain sorority customs. She manufactures amusing sorority song titles for the Queens: "Swing the Scepter, Sis- ters" and "Crown Her Gently, Gently." She notes the numerous fines imposed by the Queens, such as a fine for missing cocoa parties. There is a grim humor to the Grand Highest Queen's yell after a chapter meet- ing: "Cocoa party- in the kitchen. Everybody come to the cocoa party!" The characters are sketched in with a blunt pencil, and seem to exist only as ve- hicles for Miss Goodin's anti-Greek views. the Democrats I "fat cat" sort who also were there. They are rallying about the party in power, for it is the source, for the time being, of favors of all kinds, such as military contracts. * * * BIG MONEY, indeed, now is sidling up to the Democratic Party. On the other hand, af course, no one is fooled by the mock humility of the same "fat cat" sort who gathered a few nights before at another big hall with lots of earnest, sincere, faithful Republicans to show their interest in the "common peo- pie"by listening to speeches about Abe Lincoln and eating a dollar box supper. There were false fronts at both places. But, since the Democratic Party is now in power, it is the atmosphere of that feast that is important. It is a proper question to ask whether the cost of political campaign contributions from the nouveau-Democratic rich is, in the end, taken out of the hides of the people. * .* * O BE SPECIFIC, is there any connection between that banquet scene and a spirit of compromise lately noted among Demo- crats in high places and in Congress toward "the special interests" which now, as always, are active to get something for themselves? Such as, for instance, big oil and the more amenable attitude in the Senate toward the bill, up for decision this week there, which would deprive the Federal Power Commission of regulatory authority over interstate sale of natural gas which it long has exercised to protect the con- sumer. It would open the way to hike rates of the 40,000,000 consumers-quite a large segment of "the people" about whom both Democratic and Republican stump speakers declaim so righteously. Big oil, which owns a big share of natural gas reserves, and which now is making handsome profits, should be able to do ev- en morehandsomely by this gadget. This bill, or variations of it, has been kicking around for four years. Twice the House has swallowed it, but up to now the Senate would not even let it on the floor. * * * A VERY POWERFUL Democratic figure is chief sponsor of the current measure, Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma. Senator Kerr, who is an oil man him- self, knows the problems of the oil and gas industry, and can be most persuasive about the need of this bill, and can explain how the bad features of previous bills have been removed, and how it is designed only to let the FPC do what Congress originally intended it should do about natural gas. It is now reported about the Senate that he has satisfied President Truman who op- posed the natural gas bill of the last ses- sion. But the Oklahoma Senator has not satis- fied some Senators, including such newcom- ers as Senators Douglas (D., Ill.) and Ke- fauver (D., Tenn.) who will stage an uphill battle to beat it. * * * . SPEAKING OF OIL, another measure spon- sored by oil interests that also has- been kicking around a long time is moving for- ward again. Just the other day a House Judiciary subcommittee approved a measure to give control of oil-bearing tidelands to the states instead of the federal government. The banquet atmosphere is very conducive to good fellowship. (Copyright, 1950, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Psychiatrists PSYCHIATRISTS may be overestimating their own powers. Suspicions of this first began when a psychiatrist analyzed Whitaker Chambers at Alger Hiss' trial. The psychiatrist, a witness for the defense, testified that Chambers was mentally ill. This illness supposedly kept him from telling the truth because Chambers really believed his own lies. This brilliant analysis was made after weeks of watching Chambers in the court- room. Suspicions increased when Carol Paight, who murdered her cancer-stricken father, testified that she did not remember a thing about the murder. A psychiatrist came to her rescue by testifying that it is possible to repress all memories which are painful to remember. Carol Paight might very pos- sibly have forgotten the "incident." Now, Dr. Klaus Fuchs, prominent Brit- ish physicist has confessed to transmitting information about the atomic bomb to the Russians. But a person cannot even con- fess to a crime any more. Dr. Ralph S. Baney, psychiatrist, after reading the con- fession stated, "The confession itself has to be looked upon with suspicion." It has always'been a recognized fact that an analysis should be made after long study of the patient. Psychiatrists are making themselves look extremely silly by trying to do in a day what should be done in months of serious study. -Leah Marks ity sister. But all these are drawn in a single dimension. The City Editor's SCRATCH PAD By AL BLUMROSEN "THE AFFAIR of Dr. Sullenberger" has provoked more rumors and vague statements than you can shake a reporter at. A list of the rumors is enough to make anyone who is interested in learning the truth wince and give up. While the wheels of justice are grinding swiftly toward Dr. Sullenberger's trial for assault and bat- tery against Mrs. Louise Philpot, let's take a quick look at some of these rumors. I-That Dr. Sullenberger has not been discharged from the hospital or that he has been discharged and then rehired in anothe part of the University. II-That the hospital destroyed copies of The Daily on the days when stories about the incident appeared. III-That the Doctor was fired, but only after some high level back-biting in the hospital. IV-That the whole situation regarding hospital employees is very touchy. V-That Mrs. Philpot is a trouble maker and was really responsible in a good measure herself for the incident. THERE IS a partial list of rumors. Some of them are undoubtedly unfounded, but they have come to us from several dif- ferent sources. We tried, but have not been able to check on their validity or inaccuracy. These rumors have persisted for almost two weeks now, mainly because the au- thorities at University Hospital have been unwilling to dispel them. Prime offender here has been Philip Olin, personnel director of the hospital. Shortly after we returned to school, the inevitable student delegation went to see him, to con- front him with some of these rumors. He refused to see them. I talked to him later and all he had was an official "No comment." He felt that every- thing had been said in the two Daily stories and that there was no point in raking the issue over the coals any longer. This, it seems to me, is very bad public relations policy. If some group or newspaper wants to know the score, if they present a rumor for veri- fication or denial, it is far better for the ad- ministrator to take a little of his precious time out to explain, and explain again, put- ting forth all the facts in their proper or- der until the situation is cleared away. Hospital authorities evidently feel that by clamming up, they can quell any dis- cussion or investigation of the matter which is unfortunately embarrassing to them. But their position is not sound. They defeat their own purpose. Their own silence is conducive to further investi- gation, because, rightly or wrongly, it indicates to the average person that the hospital is hiding something. I hope they are not, and that they will vigorously deny or explain away all the rumors listed above very soon. As for Dr. Sullenberger, he has been guilty of the same sin of omission. When the story first broke, we attempted to get his side. We will print it now if he will talk to us. But Dr. Sullenberger has re- fused to comment. And in so doing, has given a vivid illus- tration of his temperment.. It happened this way: After we printed the first report about the alleged attack, we received rumors that the doctor had been fired, then reemployed by the University to do research. Trying to check on this rumor, I called Dr. Sullenberger at his home and asked him about it. First, he said it was "none of my business," and when I pointed' out that the affair was already public property, he muttered something about the "trash" that we had been writing and branded us "a bunch of dirty Communists." I disagreed and he hung up. More poor public relations. * * * NVOW, we have two activities taking place in regard to the episode. The doctor's trialnon charges of assaultand battery is coming up and student groups are trying to get Mrs. Philpot's week's pay back. (She was laid off for a week without pay after the incident.) The central issue at the moment is not the fact that Mrs. Philpot lost her week's pay, but that the case for assault and battery is settled fairly and that the law against such forms of violence is enforced. In this light, the fact that Mrs. Philpot is a Negro and that Dr. Sullenberger is from somewhere in the South is completely irrelevant. The law cannot and should not take this into consideration. But above and beyond the law involved here are some moral judgments on the part of the hospital. Dr. Sullenberger has been fired, and fairly, I think. An institution like the University should have no place fcr a man as socially inept as the doctor ap- pears to be, despite the fact that there are a lot of people who respect him as a person and as a surgeon. The hospital has also deprived Mrs. Phil- pot of a week's pay. This may be vindicated when Dr. Sullenberger makes his defense at . - } T I I ," "' 4- 9 THE wwxrryG",*( tO. ar cc. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued from Page 3) fraternity members; but they should be well-qualified students, working towards degrees, who show promise of becoming valu- able citizens in their future com- munities. The Delta Delta Delta Commit- tee on Awards shall be the sole judge of the respective merits of the applicants. The successful candidates will be notified after May 15, 1950, and the scholarships will be forwarded to them at the beginning ofrthe term for which the awards are made. Applications blanks are avail- able at the Dean of Women's Of- fice, until March 15, 1950. Kappa Kappa Gamma Graduate Fellowship Award: Women stu- dents are informed that informa- tion on Kappa Kappa Gamma Graduate Fellowship Award of $500 is available in tie Dean of Women's Office. It is available to any woman student not over 30 years of age who has received her bachelor's degree, or will obtain it prior to July 1 of where a chap- ter of this fraternity is located. Applications will be received in the Dean of Women's Office until March 1, 1950. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Man- ville W. M. Sloane, Anatomy; the- sis: "The Diencephalon of the Mink: The Nuclear Pattern of the Dorsal Thalamus." 9 a.m., Sat., Feb. 25, 4556 E. Medical Bldg. Chairman, R. T. Woodburne. History 50, Section 5, Wed., at 1 p.m., will meet in Rm. 110 Tappan Hall. Mathematics Orientation Semi- nar: 3 p.m., Mon., Feb. 27, 3001 A.H. "Factoring of Polynomials of More than one Variable." Prof. G. Y. Rainich Graduate Students expecting to receive the master's degree in June must file diploma applications with the Recorder of the Graduate School by March 2. No student will be considered for the degree unless he has filed such applica- tion formally. Concerts Student Recital: Jacqueline Ro- senblatt, pianist, will be heard in a recital at 8:30 p.m., Mon., Feb- 27, Rackham Assembly Hall. Pre- sented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music, it will include compositions by Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, and Brahms. Open to the public. Miss Rosenblatt is a pupil of Joseph Brinkman. Events Today SRA Council Retreat. 2 p.m., Lane Hall. Freshmen and New Students: Michigan Christian Fellowship in- vites you to a sleigh ride party. Meet at Lane Hall, 7 p.ni. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation: "Hatchet Hop," Lane Hall, 9 p.m.1 Admission free. Refreshments. Ev-' eryone welcome. U. of M. Rifle Team. Shoulder to Shoulder match with the Uni- versity of Detroit. Transportation will leave at 12:15 p.m. from ROTC range Bldg. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Open dance, "Festiva Baile," 9-12 p.m., "Club 211," 211 S. State St. Every- one invited, and requested to dress according to the Spanish theme. U. of M. Hostel Club. Portage Lake, Skate or Hike. Meet at Lea- gue at 12, with lunch. Call leader, Bob Duval, 2-0609, about trans- portation. U. of M. Hostel Club. Square dancing at Jones School, 8:15-11 p.m. Everyone invited. Sociedad Hispanica: Open house, International Center, 8 to 12, sponsored by the I.S.A. All mem- bers invited. International Students' Associa- tion: Open House, 8-12 p.m., In- ternational Center. All American and foreign students invited. Inter-Arts Union: Meeting, 1 p.m., 500 BMT. Interested persons welcome. Coming Events Michigan Society for Quality Control: Rm. 35, Union, 7:30 p.m., Mon., Feb. 27. Dr. J. H. Toulouse, Chief Engineer, Quality and Spe- cifications Department, of the Ow- ens-Illinois Glass Co. will speak on "Quality Control in the Glass In- dustry." All interested are invited. Social Research Group: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Sun., Feb. 26, Rm. 3-S, Union. Topic: Employee relations with union and with management in a large corporation. Speaker: W. W. Charters, Survey Research Center. Ballet Club: The Club will not meet on Mon., Feb. 27, as many members of the Club will be at- tending The Ballet Russe de Mon- te Carlo at the Michigan Theatre. All are urged to attend the follow- ing meeting, Mon., Mar. 6, 7 p.m. The Residence Staff Institute, Spring, 1950, for staff members of women's residence halls, sororities and League houses, will be held in the League, Wednesday mornings, March 1, 8, 15, and 22 at 10 a.m. General topic of all meetings: "Group Living." Operation Beacon: Second organ- izational meeting for all students from Commonwealth of Nations and British Dependent Empire, 2:30 p.m., Sun., Feb. 26, 3R, Un- ion. U. of M. Hot Record Society: "Old Time Jazz Revival," League Ballroom, Sun., 8 p.m. Everyone invited. U. of M. Theatre Guild: Meet- ing and election of officers, 2:30 p.m., Sun., Feb. 26, League. Grad Outing Club: Meeting, Sun., 2:15 p.m., northwest en- trance of Rackham for skating, hiking, coasting (with or without sleds). All grads invited. Inter Guild Council: Meeting, 2:30 p.m., Sun., Lane Hall Library. "You Fellows Mind If We Start The Ball Rolling?" U.S. SENATE u\ INA -a. ACV$? rNATIONS ' t . a,/ _4 Student Rights . . To the Editor: HOWEVER divergent' may be our roles in the University community and our attitudes to- ward student activities, all of us should be able to agree on the fundamental idea of a student bill of rights. Three years ago students from schools throughout the country who founded the National Student Association adopted such a "Bill of Rights" in an attempt to define the status of the student in the educational community. Such a definition, once agreed upon by the University communi- ty and adopted by the school as a basic policy declaration, could be a tremendous step in eliminating many of the tensions which exist between students and the school administrators. The NSA Bill of Rights, while it provides a statement of ideal ob- jectives, has provenhimpractical in the sense that it has not been adopted by many college admini- strations. Consequently the Student Legis- lature's Bill of Rights Conference from 1 to 5 p.m. at Lane Hall this afternoon will be consider- ing the problems involved in a Student Bill of Rights with a view to reaching policy conclusions about the major areas in which student and administration dif- ferences occur. In addition to a basic policy declaration which can be sugested by students, faculty and administration members as a Regents by-law and also proposed to the NSA Congress this summer, the conference will be concerned with implimentation of this policy declaration on our own campus. The Conference's goal should be of interest to every member of the University community. Every- one is welcome to participate in the discussions. -Tom Walsh. * * * Campus Politics,... To the Editor:' I WAS JUST terribly impressed by Mr. Mcllhenny's letter in Saturday's Daily. I was glad to see that somebody has finally sug- gested what we should do about these people who are tarnishing the name of Michigan. All last year I watched with growing ap- prehension the subversive activi- ties of those groups who are trying to undermine our American Way of Life. I don't think the Medical School discriminates unfairly and besides I don't think that the Young Re- publicans ought to let themselves be drawn into such a thing. You can't legislate tolerance. My Uncle George says that Republicans who let themselves be drawn into things are not much better than traitors to their country and to the American Way of Life. We must all stick together. Like Mr. McIl- henny says, we are taking part in the biggest robbery in the world. I believe in complete freedom of opportunity because I don't believe in Communism or any other un- American "isms." I think, Mr. Mcllhenny, that we ought to take some real concrete action against these subversive mi- norities which are giving our school such a bad name. After all, a good reputation is the most im- portant thing for an individual or a university to have. We ought to do something about these people who don't believe in the American idea that real democracy is be- lieving what everybody in the ma- jority believes. I want to know, Mr. Mellhenny what I can do to help! -Phyllis Sutton To the Editor: [N GERMANY before the war the citizen who saw something wrong with the country could ease his conscience by saying that it was not his responsibility but the Fuhrer's or the Party's. Here, however, things are rather differ- ent; every citizen is his own Fuhr- er and what happens in the coun- try is, in a sense, his own doing. The people who, according to Mr. McIlhenny's letter in Saturday's Daily, are giving the University a bad name with big business have seen things which look wrong to them. They feel their responsibil- ity and are trying to remedy the situation, as he pointed out, by impressing their view on "a vast number . . . the laggards, the do nothings, (and) the uninterested." This has always been the way to1 get something done in a demo- cratic state; almost every change has originated with a relatively small group, and it seems likely that in our republic this will con- tinue to be the rule. Even the American Revolution and the Re- publican Party, two movements in our history of which I am sure even Mr. Mcllhenny approves, were conceived by a few people. The small number of "very ac- tive people" carry on their activi- ties at considerable cost to them- selves for they are cutting them- selves off from that "future of great promise" with "high incomes and high living standards" which big business offers. As Mr. Mcfl- henny has said, "Big business does not like the pinks, it does not like the extreme liberals, it wants men and women whom it can trust to further all of its interests. It will not hire people who are apt to be rabble rousers . ." These little bands are devoting time and en- ergy to their various political ac- tivities with much less hope of material return than Mr. MI- henny's "robbed," who do nothing but keep their noses clean that they may present themselves pure and shining at the employment office of some great corporation. The groups on the list and all the others Mr. Mcllhenny hasn't heard about yet are an essential part of the democratic society and I admire and applaud all of them. -Clay Bredt Opportunity State.. . To the Editor: ORCHIDS TO The Daily for pre- senting the pros and cns of the "Opportunity State" explo- sion! I'd like to add a few pen points. A period of watchful waiting is advised for observers who are in- clined to dismiss the YR's "Op- portunity State" as another term to be bandied around by the poli- tical sensationalists. Judging by the reaction of a good many independents and level headed Democrats we've talked to, the "Opportunity State" mani- festo is already a going concern. The title was affixed after the platform was written and unani- mously endorsed by the club. So, it is not a "term to replace the platform so badly needed by a healthy party." I should suggest further that if the "Opportunity State" truly out- socializes the welfare staters, we shall in being consistent have to class even Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio as a socialist. He, too, suggests federal-state health and federal assistance to education programs and backed the Housing Bill. Important distinctions are to be made, however. Those are inaccurate, who charge "me too" at the progres- sive Republicans who are con- sidering our social and economic (Continued on Page 5) ftrtgat1Bll 4 (. IteP4 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. 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