THE MICHUGAN DAILY This Farm Bill Mess MERRY-GO-ROUND: By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON-Only a few insiders know it, but President Truman has turned sour against his former secretary of agri- culture, Clinton Anderson. In faot, the other day the President hurled his favorite insult against Anderson, now serving in the Senate from New Mexico. He called him a "big-interest man." What prompted this bitter epithet was Anderson's fight against flat, 90 per cent farm supports. The President had long suspected that Anderson was quietly knifing the Brfnnan Farm Plan, but the clincher came when Anderson urged a "compromise" 75 to 90 per cent, flexible price-support scale. Anderson had spread the impression that' the President was backing his compromise. Puzzled, a Congressional visitor put the questions warily to Truman. "In the Senate," he said, "Elmer Thomas (of Oklahoma) quoted you as being for 90 per cent parity, while Dick Russell (of Georgia) said he understood you were against 90 per cent." "I don't know how Dick got that idea," Truman broke in. "Senator Anderson seems to have taken command," added the Congressman. "Per- sonally I don't care for Anderson's philos- ophy." "Well, Clint Anderson is a big-interest man," declared the President firmly. "As between Anderson's bill and straight 90 per cent parity," Truman continued, "I naturally favor 90 per cent because we campaigned on that basis." The President added that, of all the farm bills that had come out, he liked Congress- man Stephen Pace's the best, because the Georgia Congressman had included the pro- duction payment feature of the Brannan Plan. Referring again to Anderson, the Congres- sional visitor pointed out that big-interest men who pose as liberals ard much more dangerous than out-and-out reactionaries, "There is no question about that," agreed the President emphatically. (Copyright, 1949, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) * * * MATTER OF FACT: By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON-If it is to succeed at all, President Truman's welfare state will first of all demand exceedingly sober, clear- headed and practical political leadership. Editorials published in The' Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the. writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE THOMAS In this absolutely fundamental respect, the story of the agriculture bill' is far from reassuring. This enormous measure is exactly the kind of measure by which an increasingly planned national economy will stand or fall and to all intents, it has "growed" just as haphazardly as Topsy. There was nothing haphazard, to be sure, about the original bill proposed by Secre- tary of Agriculture Brannan. Except for the leftwing Farmers' Union, Brannan was not supported by any of the power of the farm lobby; and the potent Farm Bureau Federation actually led the envenomed attack upon him. Since Brannan had also made the re- markably foolish mistake of failing to con- sult any of the Congressional farm leaders, the Brannan bill was shortly sunk without trace. After considerable comedy, the House passed the Gore bill, guaranteeing the farm- ers particularly large and entirely rigid farm subsidies. In the Senate, Secretary Brannan's prede- cessor, Senator Clinton Anderson of New Mexico, then offered still another bill, pro- viding for subsidies on a sliding scale from 75 to 90 per cent of parity, according to the conditions of farm production and of the economy. Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas none the less got behind the Ander- son bill, together with the administration's other Congressional chieftains. The Ander- son bill looked like a moderate compromise, and all seemed to be in order-until the key vote on the amendment by Senator Russell of Geof gia, restoring the 90 per cent parity provision of the House bill. Senator Lucas, presumably acting for President Truman, actively dragooned the faithful into line. Senator Anderson made one or two concessions in his bill, to win a vote'here or there. By such means, Lucas and Anderson carried the day against the Russell amendment. Then, at this precise moment, President Truman chose to indicate that his own Senate leader shad been wrong all the time, and that he too preferred flat 90 per cent parity payments instead of the Anderson sliding scale. No explanation of why the unfortunate Lucas had been permitted to fight for the opposite policy was even hinted at. Nor was such an explanation needed. It was quite clear that the President had rather belatedly decided which scheme was the best politics, and had torpedoed his Majority Leader in order, to do what was politically expedient. The situation has been so roiled up that any prediction of the outcome has become foolish. One point has already become very clear, however. If the great decisions of the welfare state are to be taken in this hugger- mugger, politics - and - propaganda - ridden manner, the welfare state will run into trouble before it is even established. (Copyright, 1949, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) A&P Ads T HE LATEST inanity to appear in the form of a national advertisement is that the government wants to put a firm out of business because its prices are too low. By this absurdity, the Atlantic and Pa- cific Tea Company-the great A&P chain -is trying to whitewash a new govern- ment anti-trust suit being brought against the company. And this isn't the first time A&P has been accused of unfair and monopolistic practices. In 1944, the government brought the same charges against the company which are out- lined in the present suit-charges for which A&P was tried and convicted. A&P appealed the case to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which sustained the -con- viction. Then, rather than risk a Supreme Court verdict, they paid the $175,000 fine. But they blithely continued the same monopolistic practices which had been found illegal by two courts. Evidence introduced at the 1944 trial showed that A&P had obtained $21,714,000 from 1935 to 1944 by short-weighting, short- changing and over-charging its customers. To maintain its monopolistic hold on the retail food industry, A&P has con- sistently lowered prices in areas where competition is heavy, only to raise them again when the competitors are forced out of business, the courts found. The size and position of the A&P chain in the food industry (6,000 stores across th- country) enables it to force dealers to grant secret preferential prices, special rebates, and cut prices to the A&P stores. These unfair trade practices have had the effect of setting up a two-price structure in the food industry-a lower price for A&P stores, and a higher rate for all other re- tailers. The A&P company was found guilty of all of these charges, but apparently the company's directors did not consider that sufficient incentive to reform. Cone- quently, the government is again bringing suit against the company-for exactly the same reasons which have already caused a conviction. And the company, realizing the truth of the charges, has decided to carry on its de- fense in the advertisement columns of the nation's press rather than in the court room. With no judge to rule, no opposing at- torney to object or challenge, A&P can say anything it likes, as long as it pays the advertiser's rate. The result has been a national advertising program costing the company over a million dollars, and completely falsifying the charges. "Do you want your A&P to go out of business," the first ad asks. It proceeds to charge the government with prosecuting A&P because its "prices are too low" (this from a company already con- victed of overcharging!) and says that if successful, the suit will mean "Less food on every dinner table and lower standards of living." Perhaps a lower standard of living for A&P directors who have been reaping tremendous profits by monopolistic prac- tices, but certainly not for the rest of the country. Commenting on the full-page advertise- ments, Attorney General J. Howard Mc- Grath said: "It would appear that A&P is now making an appeal to the public by the expenditure of 'large sums in a publicity campaign seek- ing special treatment accorded no one else under the anti-trust laws." "It seems odd," he continued, "that A&P should now publicly advertise the same argu- ments repudiated by both the District Court and the Court of Appeals." It seems odd to us also. -Roma Lipsky. Beta Mu FOR THOSE TIRED of awaiting basic re- forms from tradition-riddled fraterni- ties, there is positive action in the formiation of the Beta Mu Club, which hopes to gain fraternity status in June upon approval of IFC and the Administration. Beta Mu is refreshingly different. It in- tends to tone down ritualistic mumbo- jumbo and give meaning to the frequently juvenile pledge period. Most important, it is thoroughly inter-racial, inter-religious and international. The frightening extent to which Beta Mu is needed could not be more painfully illus- trated than by the concern of many groups and individuals that it might have Commu- nistic leanings! When democracy is con- fused with totalitarianism, we have fallen into the most dangerous kind of social myopia. Only the healthy light shed by open and enthusiastic living of principles more talked about than practiced, can give us the clear vision demanded by our times. The skeptical, the timid, and the un- willing must be shown democracy in ac- tion, to the end that that wretchedly neg- lected ideal will cease to languish at the door of many a Greek-letter house. At present, Beta Mu has little more than the spirit and working faith of its few members, most of whom, as seniors, do not have much to gain from fraternity ranking this spring. But whether Beta Mu survives or not will be a matter of immense significance to all who are disturbed by the insidious paradox of tolerated social injustice on an American Letters to the Editor ., _ ,.... .:F..,.. i # + / : '' / A . "Let's Not Carry This To Far." DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN II CURRENt_ MOVIES5 At the State... OUTPOT IN MOROCCO ... with George Raft. A SCRIPT LIKE THIS ONE would seem to be enough to make any self respect- ing actor run off and join the Foreign Le- gion, but alas, what's done can not be un- done. George Raft, the great stone face, is cast as an officer of the Legion, selected for a dangerous assignment because he rates as the greatest lover in the area. It seems that the daughter of a trouble- some Arab chieftain requires an escort and the Legion high command figure that Raft's talent might be put to good use in finding out the old boy's plans, through his daughter, of course. We then follow super-lover Raft through a series of scenes designed to prove that he is also a super-soldier, and a super-swell guy. Most of the cliches in Hollywood's vast repertoire are dragged into this clambake. The plot is a collection of warmed over baloney that already was distressingly fa- miliar about the time sound was intro- duced. The acting is not much better than the script. A newcomer, Marie Windsor, does her futile best to prove that she can out- dead-pan Raft, while Akim Tamiroff, or- dinarily a fine actor, turns in a hammy per- formance. The photography is in keeping with the rest of the production. Aside from a de- tailed study of Miss Windsor's backfield, (more or less illegally in motion), in a dancing scene, and one cavalry charge, the man behind the camera seemed as bored as everyone else. This is strictly a quickie they slapped to- gether because someone thought it was about time for another Foreign Legion pic- ture. -Kirk R. Hampton. At the Michigan ..., BLACK MAGIC, with Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff and a gallery of hypnotized bit players. A SOUPED UP biological film on the no- torious Cagliatro, pre-Revolution French hypnotist, "Black Magic" is a great success in htat it succeeds in hypnotizing the audi- ence into a state of dream-like slumber- sometimes called boredom. Spear-headed by amateur magician Or- son Welles and Nancy Guild, the film is one unqualified flop. Welles, as the twisted hypnotic patholigical hypnotist, goes through every scene like a seven-year-old boy who got a chance to show off before an audience. He is unquestionably a great actor, but his talents seem to have de- serted him in this movie. Nancy Guild, a recent Hollywood "find," should go back to her native college campus. As the young girl Lorenze, whom Welles hypnotizes into marrying him and doing all manner of foul deeds against the crown, Miss Guild performs like the typical C student in an elementary drama course. With the above duo are a legion of sup- porting players who either fall under Welles' evil spell or seek to oppose him in his efforts to get the French government under his control. Akim Tamiroff, as Welles' co- hort, is outstanding as the only actor who plays his rolle well, within the limits of the highly romantic plot. -Fran Ivick. (Continued from Page 3) early as possible so that registra- tion may be completed by the date indicated. Approved Student Sponsored So- cial Events for Coming Weekend Fri., Oct. 14 Couzen's Hall, Phi Gamma Delta, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Wes- ley Foundation, Women's Phys. Ed Club. Sat., Oct. 15 Adams House, Adelia Cheever House, Alpha Kappa K app a, American Chem. Society, Cooley House, Greene House, Phi Sigma Kappa, Tyler House, Tau Delta Phi. Sun., Oct. 16 Alpha Rho Chi, Sociedad His- panica. Academic Notices Doctoral Examination for Joseph Green Sheehan, Psychol- ogy; thesis: "The Experimental Modification of Stuttering Through Non-Rein forc em ent ," Fri., Oct. 14, West Council Room, Rackham Bldg., 10 a.m. Chairman, E. L. Walker. Master's Degree in History: A foreign language examination for the Master's Degree in history will be held in Room C, Haven Hall, Fri., Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. Those who intend to take the examina- tion must register in the History Office, 119 Haven Hall by Oct. 20. History Makeup examinations: Rm. C, Haven Hall, 9-12, Sat., Oct. 15. In order to be admitted to the examination, students must pre- sent written permission from their examiner. Geometry Seminar: Fri., Oct. 14, 4 p.m., 3001 Angell Hall. Mr. Jesse Wright will speak on Meta-Pro- jective Geometry. Concerts The Vienna Choir Boys will give the second program in the Choral Union Concert Series, Sat., Nov. 15, 8:30 p.m., HilluAuditorium. Pro- gram: Super flumina Babylonis (Palestrina): 0 bone Jesu (Ingeg- neri); Exultate deo (Scarlatti); "Alleluia" from "Exultate, jubi- late" (Mozart); Offenbach's oper- etta "Herr und Madam Denis"; Schubert's Serenade; Cradle Song (Roger); May Now Shines (Mor- ley) ; Josef Strauss' "Pizzicato Polka"; and Johann Strauss' "Tales from the Vienna Woods." A limited number of tickets are available at the offices of the Uni- versity Musical Society in Bur- ton Memorial Tower. Faculty Recital: Harold Haugh, tenor, will present the first facul- ty recital at 4:15 Sunday after- noon, Oct. 16, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, and will be accompanied by Ava Comin Case. Program: works by Mozart, Rossini, Res- pighi, Bizet, Hugo Wolf, and two groups of English songs. The pub- lic is invited. Carillon Recital by Percival Price, 7:15 p.m., Fri., Oct. 14, and Mon., Oct. 17: The Swan by Saint- Saens, four Greek popular songs, Andante cantabile for carillon by DeGroot; four English airs, and Waltz (Serenade) by Tchaikovsky. Events Today Visitors' Night, Department of Astronomy: Angell Hall. Dr. Free- Man D. Miller will give an illus- trated talk at 7:45 p.m., in 3017 Angell Hall entitled "How Many Stars"? Following the talk the student observatory, fifth floor, Angell Hall, will be open until 10 p.m. for observations of Jupiter and double stars provided the sky is clear. Children must be accom- panied by adults. Geological-Mineralogical Jour- nal Club: First meeting, 3055 N.S., Dr. John Clark will speak on "The Geology of Part of Central Asia." Congregational-Disciples Guild: Treasure Hunt. Leave the Guild House at 7:30 p.m. Lutheran Student Association: Hay-Ride at 8 p.m. at the Student Center. Baptist students who will be partying at the I.M. Bldg. be at the Guild House at 8:30 p.m. Bath- ing suits and shorts are in order. Friday evening services: 7:45 p.m., Hillel Foundation, Rabbi Ly- mon will lead a discussion group. SRA Coffee Hour: Lane Hall, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Canterbury Club: Open House and reception for Rev. W. H. Mel- ish, 4-6 p.m. Rev. Melish will speak on "A Way to Secure World Peace." Hoe Down: Square Dancing, 8 p.m., recreation hall, Presbyterian Church. SRA Creative Arts committee: Meet at Lane Hall, 7:30 p.m. Friday Frolic: 8-12 p.m., Wom- en's Athletic Building; everyone invited; small admission charge. German Coffee Hour: 3:15-4:30 p.m., League Cafeteria. All stu- dents and faculty members in- vited. Coming Events Daily Double..., To the Editor:s COMMEND the efforts of Prest Holmes to set the second guess-t ers and armchair quarterbacks at ease in behalf of John Ghindia,c but I certainly do not think he hasI done Ghindia any service at all.( In fact Holmes has substitutedt sentimental, almost silly argu-i ments for a more careful appre- ciation of the art of quarterback-t ing ...i Holmes states first that Ghindiac "would be justified that at leastt the law of averages would finally1 catch up and this one would beg complete." Now football is not a dice game. You can keep throwings the ball all day with phenomenalI success, and likewise with very1 little success, but the completions2 or lack of them are caused by1 very definite occurrences . . . Luck or probability figures occasionally,c but no quarterback, not even oft the armchair variety, can countt on the law of averages being in his backfield .. . Next Holmes tells us that "thec quarterback never figures that at pass is going to be intercepted."E This is sheer folly as far as I amt concerned. Mind reading is the quarterback's business. He knows the situation, the attitude and strength of his players and of his opponents. He knows what he can get away with, and certainly how iar he will be justified in tempting the opposition. I am not suggest- ing that Ghindia was passing in the face of a sure interception. But I do suggest that Ghindia be giveni credit for something more than ai blissful naivete . . . If Ghindia could' not appraise a situation,1 taking into account all things thati might develop to his disadvan- tage, then he would not have been playing the number one back po- sition this season. We proceed, as Holmes proceeds, to the play itself. We learn that "it gets harder and harder to make yardage on the ground when the ball is inside the 20." This is just half the story. It's just as hard, if not harder to make yardage through the air inside the 20.. Why? Consider first that the of-_ fense is passing into something of a trap or box. You can't throw those herculean passes that travel forty or fifty yards, and your ends can't run the hundred waiting to pull the ball in. You're con- strained. Your aim has to be pin- point, your throw fast and low, your ends shifty. Consider secondly that the defense has less ground to cover and consequently can maneuver between its line and its tertiary with relative ease . . And consequently the defense can afford to be ready for either a run or a pass .. . My whole point in relation to Holmes' analysis of the play is that he left out the most logical reason for Ghindia's calling it, which is that Ghindia, from in- formation he himself was able to collect from his teammates, and from his own observation of Army's defense, strength, and morale, decided that the pass was the right play for the situation at that tine . . . I'm confident Ghindia called the only play he thought would work at that psy- chological moment, and he called it because he was possessed of in- formation which we in the stands could not know. That Army foiled the play is more a tribute to Army's alertness and second-guessing than a cn- demnation of the man who called it. And so some of Holmes' reason- ing is unnecessary, and certainly of the variety which helps to make his column more daily drivel than Daily Double. --Louis L. Orlin. * * * To the Editor: A FTER MEDITATING on Pres DLuHolmes' sports column, "Daily Double," I am convinced that the title should be changed to "Weekly Rubble." Holmes stated in his col- umn in The Daily that John ("In- tercepted Pass") Ghindia is not the goat of the week. I am con- vinced now that Ghindia really isn't-Holmes is. I shall only deal here with the most flagrant fluffs in his article, since mention of the minor muffs would leave the byline untouched. I might justify Ghindia's deci- sion to pass, as friend Pres did, on the illogical basis that "the law of averages would finally Dance, Sat., Oct. 15, Jones School, 8-11 p.m. Everyone welcome. SRA Intercultural Retreat will be held this weekend, Oct.15-16. Group will leave Lane Hall at 5 on Saturday. Reservations should be in by 6 on Friday. catch up, and this pass would be complete." But then might I not also assume that I can afford to flunk a dozen bluebooks-since the law of averages will enable me to pass the thirteenth? Mr. Holmes claims that "the quarterback never - figures that a pass is going to be intercepted." Could this be the reason for Oos- terbaan using a new quarterback in next week's game? There is' an old adage that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Mr. Holmes, on the other hand, apparently believes that chancing "a ball in the wrong hands is worth two downs on the ground." I do agree with Pres, when he states "the pass play was a sur- prise," but a surprise on the same level a's punting into Army's end zone at that point might have been. I hereby apply for the position of Daily sports co-editor. I feel that I possess the main qualifica- tion necessary; namely, I know absolutely nothing about sports. At the same time, I have no qualms regarding Pres Holmes' fu- ture in writing. He will undoubt- edly be swamped with offers to be the gag-writer for Crosby, Hope, and the boys, after they've glanced at his column. -Stan Challis. * * * To the Editor: FEEL THAT the indifferent driver should, at least, have an idea about what goes on in the mind of the more conscientious motorist. Perhaps the following verse expresses one of the common reactions: Take your half in the middle, friend, I don't begrudge your little spree. But there is a fervent hope, friend, That you'll wind up 'round a tree! -Earl D. Jelneck. * * * To the Editor: HERE ARE SOME words which I have concocted with the idea of coming up with a mildly de- risive song in the manner of Yale's "Good Night, Poor Har- vard": Pray, --' pray! A hungry Wolverine will greet you. Hoo-rah, hoo-ray! The Maize and Blue is after you, We've got you on the run. Poor, -team! You haven't got a chance today With the prowling, scowling, growling, howling Fighting men of Michigan. Perhaps by publishing this you could offer it to anyone who would like to weave it into a melody which a Michigan throng could get its teeth into. -Stanley R. Saunders, '31. -1 4 ?1 rj A 4 A Westminster Guild: party, 3rd floor lounge, rian Church, Saturday time. Listening Presbyte- at game I.Z.F.A. Dance Group: hearsal, Sat., Oct. 15, 1:30 League. Re- p.m., SRA Saturday Luncheon group: Meet at 12:15, Lane Hall. Reser- vations must be made by 10 a.m. Saturday. Football game broadcast parties for the Northwestern game, Oct. 15, 2:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. for the fol- lowing men's residences: Acacia, Anderson House, Alpha Kappa Kappa, Delta Sigma Delta, Lambda Chi Alpha, Prescott House, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Theta Chi, Victor Vaughan House, Winchell House. U. of M. Hostel Club: Photo and work trip, leave Michigan League at 7 p.m., Sat., Oct. 15 for over- nite at Pinebrook Hostel. Call Margaret Thompson (8803) for transportation reservation. U. of M. Hostel Club: Square E Fifty-Ninth Year Edtdand managed 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...Editorial Director Mary Stein...........Associate Editor Jo Misner............. Associate Editor George Walker........Associate Editor Don McNeil........... Associate Editor Alex Lmanian...... 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Cold Feet No More WE SIGH IN SORROW to see the passing of another fine old institution-cold feet. Time was when the possessor of a frigid. foot came in for much sympathy. If the bipeds were tired, there was no end to the legitimate complaining a man could do and the eyes and mouth, and now, feet being mechanized: Society has been dealt another stab in the . . . feet. These home accoutrements are guaranteed to "put pep in your step" according to their advertisement in a leading New York news- BARNABY So the Chamber of Commerce thinks we should try to bring the Truth or Mayhem Halloween broncadst here to our town? That ramshackle old structure would make a good haunted house at that- Gloomy old mansion.. .Eerie lights. .. And we positively guarantee the personal .innr - 4'rno.f.n., -. Pr a