2 PAGE FODU THE MICHIGAN DAILY 6t TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1940 _ _ _ _ By LEON JAROFF IT IS NOW generally conceded that CIO backing of any candidate running for mayor of Detroit is the equivalent of the kiss of death. Time and again since 1937, when the CIO first actively entered Detroit politics, its candidates have gone down to defeat under an avalanche of opposition votes. As an example of the negative effective- ness .of 0C0political action, take the case of former mayor Edward J. Jeffries. Despite the bitter opposition of the CIO, he was elected in 1943 and reelected in 1945, piling up large majorities in the process. So CIO chieftains decided to adopt the strategy of "If you can't beat him, join him." After several top-level conferences, the CIO announced that there had been a conciliation, that Jeffries and the CIO agreed substantially on important issues,j and that the union would support Jeffries for re-election in 1947. When the last vote had been counted, the once-popular mayor had suffered a crush- ing defeat-undoubtedly causecd largely by his CIO support. ** s WHAT ABOUT 1949? WILL HISTORY repeat itself this year? All indications are that it will. In the recent primary elections for mayor, City Council president, George Edwards, backed by the CIO, fell more than 50,000 votes behind front-running Alfred Cobo, the colorless city treasurer. Yet, in previous City Council elections, Edwards had proved himself to be Detroit's best vote-getter since Mayor (later Senator) James Couzens. - But now, with the November 8 election fast approaching, Edwards is conceded as much chance as a Democrat in Washtenaw county.x There are several reasons for the CIO's record of defeats, but the most important is the union's failure' to turn out the working- man's vote. In the September' primary, approxi- mately 35 per cent of Detroit's electorate went to the polls. Among the auto work- ers, however, the figure was as low as 10 per cent in many plants. On the other hand, CIO support of Ed- wards automatically turned Detroit's three newspapers and many voters (especially in the conservative, northwestern section of the citly) against him. CIO RESPONSIBILITY THE CIO assumed a responsibility when it indorsed Edwards-the responsibility of overcoming the anti-Edwards votes created by its support. But, so far, the CIO and its Political Action Committee have done very little to live up to that responsibility. Many workers didn't know until too late that a primary election had been held, let alone who was running. There was no con- certed educational drive, few posters and circulars, and not the slightest effort to explain why the union supported Edwards. The results were general apathy in the factories and shops and a small union vote at the polls. Unless the Political Action Committee of the CIO stages a miracle of organization and information before November 8, certain de- feat faces George Edwards, latest victim of the political kiss of death. Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: ROMA LIPSKY MUSIC EVERYONE HAD FUN at the Nelson Eddy "show" Sunday night at Hill Audito- rium. Mr. Eddy and his accompanist, Theo- dore Paxson, sent their audience off in smil- ing good humor after an evening of quips, informal folksiness, and some singing, too. As the star of the evening, Nelson Eddy made no attempt to detach himself from his audience in the guise of an extolled artist. Instead, he exhibited a warm and charming personality which most cer- tainly won a great many Ann Arbor friends. The evening's musical offerings were in- deed generous in number and idiom. There were American and Russian folk-songs, Ger- man lieder, French songs from the impres- sionist and romantic school, and perennial contemporary American recital songs-all delivered with a sizeable amount of charac- ter, musical understanding, and, in full agreement with all reports, excellent enun- ciation. Footh the singer and his audience revelled most heartily in the humorous songs like Strauss' "Fur funfzehn Pfennige," and; Hugo Wolf's "Der Rattenfanger." Enthus- iastically, the audience demanded to hear such Eddy-isms as "Rosemarie," "Shortnin' ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round Letters to the Editor . WITH DREW PEARSON q WASHINGTON-It's been a long time. since the U.S. Navy hung the son of the U.S. Secretary of War, John C. Spencer, "at the yard-arm of the Brig Somers for in- subordination and attempted mutiny," but there's always been a certain amount of in- subordination in the Navy not unlike that flaringin the headlines today. There was the case when the admirals, through their mouthpiece, the Navy League, called their commander-in-chief Herbert Hoover "abysmally ignorant." There was the case when the admirals, led by Hilary P. Jones, sabotaged Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson on 8-inch-gun cruisers. And there was the bitter attack on Stimson'sxwar rec- ord, carried on sub rosa by the admirals. Looking back over the last three dec- ades, the Navy has battled much more vigorously against its Republican com- mander-in-chief than against the Demo- crats. This is partly because, under Frank- lin D. Roosevelt, a former assistant naval secretary, there was almost nothing the Navy wanted that it could not get. One reason the admirals are so irate to- day, of course, is that their inside drag with the White House is no more. Not only was Harry Truman an artillery captain during World War I, but his very close friend, Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan, is interested in the Army, not the Navy. * * * THE ADMIRALS STILL LEAK READING A BOOK written 17 years ago, I came across this paragraph: "Leaks are among the admirals' most ef- fective means of propagandizing. When a White House decision has gone against them, when the State Department is carrying on a negotiation which the admirals oppose, when they fail to get their full appropriation, then the safest and best strategy is to leak. "They do this to the press or to a dis- creet member of Congress. Both channels are effective. A furore is stirred up. The President or the State Department is pic- tured as stripping the country of its de- fense and baring its bosom to the enemy -and after all the furore has subsided, the admirals usually find themselves on top." The public has largely forgotten it, but twice the Navy has been given complete and lengthy hearings by Congress, and each time Congress ruled against the Navy. Fol- lowing which the admirals refused to accept the Congressional decision. BIKINI BOMB TEST IS KEY EARLY THIS YEAR, when the new unifi- cation bill was under consideration, it was proposed that naval officers have the right to transfer to the Air Force or the Army; but the Naval lobby opposed. Not much was said about it, and the report is still secret, but real trouble with the Navy today is the Bikini bomb test. When cruisers and battleships were found to have been radioactive months after Bikini, and finally had to be taken out in the sea and sunk you can understand why the Navy is getting out-of-date. Bikini vessels which came within range of the atomic fumes couldn't even be saved for scrap iron. That's the key to the admirals' woes. (Copyright, 1949, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) -Daily-Kirk Hampton DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN~ h .i la CURRENtI MCv I ES v At the Michigan: SUGAR CHILE ROBINSON, four other 'vodvil' acts and a movie called "One Last Fling," which really is. VAUDEVILLE has made an auspicious re- ' turn to the Ann Arbor boards and when you compare the five acts put on by the four-a-day entertainers to the movie, you begin to wonder why the cinema didn't fold instead. Let's dispense with the movie by saying that what there was of it belongs entirely to Ransome Sherman. There's very little justification for the cavorting of the vari- ous celebrities-simply a messy marital problem between Alexis Smith and Zach- ary Scott, with kibitzing by Ransome. The plot is held together rather loosely by coincidence, which is also the means to the resolution. But the stage show is well worth the price of admission. Little Sugar Chile Robinson is at home on the boards and his musical ability is phenomenal. He has a warm per- sonality and a wide smile which captivates the hearts of the onlookers. Jack Meyand is one of the best uni- cycle jugglers I have ever seen and his repertoire is amazing. Each time he per- forms a difficult maneuver, you're sure it's his last, the climax, but he comes back with more. Bredice and Olsen don't quite reach the level of entertainment of the other perform- ers but the former knows his way around the keyboard of the accordion andchis partner is an energetic little bundle of curves with s' knack of giving motion to a vocal. Barr and Estes go through a few old jokes, but they're refreshing now that vaudeville is back, and their dancing is a little on the unusual side. You'll like the impersonation of a college girl walking the streets-with and withqut a girdle. Finally, Alma Michaels puts a menagerie of canines through paces which are gen- uinely reminiscent of old-time vaudeville at its best. This you have to see to appreciate. In all, ,you have the odd feeling that these people have done nothing but practice and wait for this opportunity ever since vaude- ville suffered its unfortunate demise. There was only one person on the stage who looked old enough to have been a part of the great American stage tradition. -B. S. Brown. "At the State .. . NOT WANTED, with Sally Forrest, Keefe Brasselle, Leo Penn and numerous illegiti- mate babies. HIGHLY-TOUTED as a movie full of social significance and great lessons, "Not Wanted". emerges as what we should have expected-a grade B picture. It could have been a fine film, with the potentially dynamic subject-matter of un- wed mothers who are victims of heredity, environment, and themselves. But what re- sulted from the effort is a highly-exag- gerated, almost farcical movie with a high grade moron as its heroine. The result of it all is that the only lesson the audience can pick up is: If you are blessed with a dull-witted daughter, be kind to her and try to understand her. The responsibility for all this wasted effort rests largely with the script and direction. Sally Forrest, as the unwed mother, seems to do all that is expected of her, as do Keefe Brasselle, who redeems her from dis- honor, and Leo Penn, the pianist who caused the trouble. They join with the lesser members of the cast to kick up a terrific ruckus, probably trying to help one forget what caused it all. The total effect is one of unreality. The 19-year-old Sally, bravely carrying her child, could also pass for a dope addict as she goes through scene after scene in a blank-faced daze. As a young waitress who finds love with a transient pianist, she sur- vives his departure and falls into the arms of a filling-station manager before she learns that she is pregnant. Her redeemer's behavior is just too up- standing for belief. In toto, the only believ- able scene in the movie 'is that in which Sally speaks to, and cries over, the'unfor- tunate child from whom she will soon have to part. Main fault is the basic fallacy in the plot: a girl as naive and slow-witted as Sally would have resignedly kept the child and never batted an eye. -Fran Ivick. Those persons who are burning to display heroism may rest assured that the course of social evolution will offer them every oppor- tunity. -Havelock Ellis (Continued from Page 3) Commmission announces openings for Junior Professional Assistant, ,Junior Management Assistant, and Junior Agricultural Asst. The clos- ing date for applications is Nov. 8. Junior Professional Assistant in- cludes openings for economist, mathematician, social science an- alyst and statistician, and several of the sciences. Junior Agricul- tural Assistant includes all the natural sciences applying to agri- culture and forestry. Students who will receive their degree by June 1950 may apply. Age limits, 18 to 35. Additional information may be obtained at the Bureau of Ap- pointments, 3528 Administration Building. The Detroit Civil Service Com- mission announces an examina- tion for Technical Aid. Filing pe- riod expires Oct. 21. Additional information may be obtained at the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administration Building. Placement Registration: Univer- sity Bureau of Appointments and Occupational Information will hold its annual registration (see schedule below) for February. June and August graduates as well as graduate students or staff mem- bers who wish to register. It is most important to register NOW because the Bureau contin- ues to serve its registrants after graduation by helping them secure better positions. There will be only one registration period dur- ing the academic year. Registra- tion material will be given out at the meeting. No material will be distributed before the meetings. The Bureau has two placement divisions: TEACHING and GEN- ERAL. The TEACHING division covers all types of teaching posi- tions as well as other positions in the educational field. The GEN- ERAL division includes service to people seeking positions in busi- ness, industry and positions other than teaching. It is important to register NOW because employers are already asking for February. and June graduates. There is no fee for registering at this time. After the regular enrollment, a late registration fee of $1:00 is charged by the University. On Mon., Oct. 17, at 4:10 p.m. a meeting will be held in the Rack- ham Lecture Hall for those inter- ested in GENERAL placement. On Tues., Oct. 18, at 4:10 p.m. a meeting will be held in Rackham Lecture Hall for those interested in TEACHING. Those interested in registering in both divisions are invited to at- tend both meetings as different material will be covered in the two meetings. Lectures Architecture Lecture: Marcel Breuer, internationally known contemporary architect, will lec- ture on modern architecture Thurs., Oct. 13, 4:15 p.m., Archi- tecture Auditorium. The public is invited. Academic Notices Notice to all freshmen who missed any or all of the tests giv- en during orientation week, Sept. 23 and 24: The make-up examination for all who missed any part of the tests given Friday afternoon, Sept. 23, will be given on Thurs., Oct. 13, Rackham Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. The make-up examination for all who missed any part of the tests given Saturday morning, Sept. 24, will be given on Wed., Oct. 12, Rackham Lecture Hall, 7 p.m. Students who missed the entire testing program will be required to report for both testing sessions. English 149 (Playwriting) will meet in 315A Haven Hall, instead of 304 South Wing, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Doctoral Examination for Har- ry James Aroyan, Chemical Engi- neering; thesis: "Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in the Hydrogen, N-Bu- tane System at Temperatures from 75 to -200 degrees F and Pressures from 300 to 8,000 pounds per square inch," Wed., Oct. 12, 3201 .East Engineering Bldg., 3 p.m. Chairman, D. L. Katz. Preliminary Ph.D. Examination in Economics will be held during the week beginning Mon, Oct. 31. Each student planning to take these examinations should leave with the Secretary of the Depart- ment not later than Sat., Oct. 15, his name, the three fields in which he desires to be examined, and his field of- specialization. Makeup examination for Philos- ophy 33 (Logic) and Philosophy 34 (Types of Philosophy) will be held this Thurs., Oct. 13, 7 p.m., 1020 Angell Hall. AE 160 SEMINAR meets in 1504 E E on Wed., Oct. 12, 4:15 p.m. Mr. K. Segal from the Aerophysics group of the Aeronautical Re- search Center at Willow Run Air- port will speak "On problems in fluid dynamics in the upper atmos- phere." Visitors welcome. Engineering Mechanics Semi- nar: The second of a series of seminar meetings sponsored by the Engineering Mechanics De- partment will be held Wed., Oct. 12, 4 p.m., 101 W. Engineering Bldg. Mr. Robert W. Peach will discuss "A Solution of a Plate Problem by Relaxation Methods." All interested persons welcome. Chemical Colloquium:'Dr. C. C. Templeton will speak on "Water- Salt-Organic Solvent Systems," 1400 Chemistry, 4:15 p.m., Wed., Oct. 12. All interested persons in- vited. ,Graduate Students expecting to receive the master's or doctor's de- gree in February 1950, must hav6 their diploma applications in the Graduate School Office by Sat- urday noon, Oct. 15. A student will not be recommended for a de- gree unless he has filed formal ap- plication in the office of the Grad- uate School. Concerts The University Choral Union will hold its first full rehearsal Tues., Oct. 11, 7 p.m., Haven Hall. All members will please come suf- The Daily accords its readers the privilege of submitting letters for publication in this column. Subject to space limitations, the general pol- icy is to publish in the order in which theyare received all letters bearing the writer's signature and address. Letters exceeding 300 words, repeti- trous letters and letters of a defama- tory character or such letters which for any other reason are not in good taste will not be published. The editors reserve the privilege of con- densing letters. Literary Magazine .. . To the Editor: THE UNIVERSITY takes pride, and justly so, in its reputation for providing rich fields to nourish and develop talent in the various arts. Its record speaks for itself; one has only to scan the impres- sive list of nationally and often internationally recognized writers and artists that it has produced to be convinced that this reputa- tion is valid. But at the same time this pres- tige does obscure a very signifi- cant flaw in the general program; namely, the promulgation of the creative and critical work being done. Even the two publications on campus which supposedly serve this purpose are, by their very na- ture, limited. The Daily supplies space for few critical articles and those which do appear are usually concerned with a local concert, movie or play-at times more an impressionistic comment than an objective criticism. The Gargoyle absorbs a few short stories and poems, but its purpose- is primarily that of a humor rather than a literary mag- azine. Consequently, the amount of published criticism and creative writing is almost negligible when compared to the amount produced by students. The student literary magazine is conspicuously absent at Michigan. Furthermore, I know of no organ on campus which re- produces the work of art students and arcitects, or which publishes critical papers by students in these two fields. The development of modern dance here has suffered because of the general unaware- ness of students and administra- tion alike of its importance in the contemporary scene. The more closely we examine the situation, the more limits and voids appear. The obvious answer to this problem is the formation of one ficiently early as to be seated on time. The Chorus will perform Han- del's "Messiah" in two Christmas concerts, Dec. 10 and 11, under Conductor Lester McCoy; and will perform three choral works under the baton of Thor Johnson with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the May Festival. Events Today Le Cerele Francais: First meet- ing, 8 p.m., League. Election of of- ficers. A short talk by Prof. Charles E. Koella, of the Romance Language Department: "L'Europe a vol d'oiseau." All students on campus are invited to become members. I.Z.F.A.: All song and dance group meet at 8 p.m., Union. Everybody welcome Sigma Rho Tau, engineering speech society: Annual SMOKER, 7:30 p.m., Union. Speaker: Prof. Lay. All freshman and transfer students invited. Gilbert and Sullivan Society: Rehearsal for all chorus and prin- cipals, 7:30 p.m., League. Wolverine Club: Regular meet- ing, 7:30 p.m., Union. All interest- ed students, coeds included, invit- ed. :Bring eligibility cards. Russian Circle Meeting: 8 p.m., International Center. Visitors in- vited. Polonia Club: Meeting and pro- gram, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 3B, Union (not at International Center as previously announced). Visitors invited. U. of M. Midshipman's Club: Meeting, 7 p.m., Rm. 3-D, Union. Complete chorus and cast re- hearsal of Tug Week's "Soph Sa- tire": 4-6 p.m., ABC Room, League. Christian Science Organization: Testimonial meeting, 7:30 p.m., Upper Room, Lane Hall. NSA: Congress delegation to meet 4 p.m., Union. Varsity Debate: Meeting, 4203 (Continued on Page 5) magazine to represent the five ma- jor arts. The Inter-Arts Associa- tion would appear to be a logical sponsor of this magazine. How- ever, a venture of this magnitude would also require the support of the student body and administra- tion to.underwrite a portion of the initial investment. The publication of such a quar- terly is decidedly germane to the interests of the University. It will provide a central outlet for the promulgation of original work and at one stroke remove the prev- iously mentioned deficiencies. It will serve as a general stimulus for the young writer or artist to supplement the individual one that he receives in class. It will restore much of the intellectual ferment that will be lost by the mass exodus of veterans in June. And finally, it will be a concrete fruition of the concept of liberal education to which the University is dedicated. -Ted Solataroff. * * * 'Last Chance' .. . To the Editor: LETMGM take some of the credit for bringing out "The Search," but let us try to give everybody his due share. Perhaps your reviewer Jim Graham would be less puzzled over Hollywood's motivation if he realized that the film was due to a joint effort of MGM and Praesons A. G., Zurich, the Swiss Company that did such excellent jobs on "The Last Chance" and "Marie Louise," movies which concern themselves with the fortunes of civilian victims of the war, with- out openly favoring any side and without indulging in politics alto- gether. "The Last Chance," or "Die Gezeichneten" as it is called in German, was filmed in Bavaria, most of it in Nuernberg. David Wechsler, who worked on the script and also collaborated in the writing of "The Last Chance," came to America to arrange about showings of the film. Dr. Wechsler stopped in Ann Arbor in March 1948 and gave a talk on Switzer- land, at the Rackham. Unfortunately the picture failed to reach a great American audi- ence despite the sympathetic per- formances of Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon, opera singer Jarmila Novotna (whose screen debut this was, I believe) and little Ivan Jandl, a Czech refugee who plays the boy's part. Somehow, the DP problem has not been driven home to Ameri- cans as a whole. Senator McCar- ran is much more concerned with importing Spanish shepherds for the sheep ranches of his Nevada than providing a haven for the survivors of extermination camps, who still see the gas chamber as the destination of every bus ride. -William W. Stephenson, Jr. -. A ' MATTER OF FACT by JOSEPH ALSOP Fifty-Ninth Year Edited and managed by students of the University. of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Leon Jaroif...........Managing Editn? Al Blumrosen.............City Editor Philip Dawson...Editorial Director Mary Stein.............Associate Editor Jo Misner...........Associate Editor George Walker........Associate Editor Don McNeil............Associate Editor Alex Lmanian......Photography Editor Pres Holmes........Sports Co-Editor Merle Levin .......... Sports Co-Editor Roger Goelz.....Associate Sports Editor Miriam Cady .......... Women's Editor Lee Kaltenbach.. Associate Women's Ed. Joan King.............. 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Our defense has not been balanced since the war; it is not balanced today, and if present plans are followed, it will not be balanced for a long time to come. This is so because our civilian political leaders have chosen to gamble on the de- strategic aviation plus an atomic stockpile represents an attempt to escape both of the dilemma's extremely uncomfortable horns. By the standards of modern war, it is only moderately expensive to maintain the nec- essary groups of B-29s and B-36s and to push forward with the atomic energy pro- gram. Yet it can be (and is) argued that the Soviet Union will never risk aggression, while the masters of the Kremlin know their coun- BARNABY i -4 t I r I -I