THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949 . 11 -.' .c, t:. (9aGo -Eev w + J O u 3'- ohc. ."."- Pon-U £Speadit THIN by b. s. brown THIS MAY SOUND like treason, but I like Northwestern. Those who make the decisions at the Evanston institution have adopted an adult attitude towards the members of the fairer sex who attend their university. And the attitude helped to make a lot of Michi- gan men amiable after 4:30 p.m. last Saturday. It seemed as though half of the Michigan student body made the trek to the western shore of Lake Michigan for the game. At Willard Hall (one of the women's dorms-capacity 300), a quick glance at the expectant male faces revealed that old Stockwell- Mosher-Jordan-Cook-Newberry-Barbour-NWD look. And for good reason. Most of the men-folk were transported Ann Arborites. The Stevens Hotel was rocked by Michigan parties. Every major nite club in the Windy City-which is a mere fifty minutes from the Evanston campus-was invaded by the AA horde. Except for the out- come of the grid battle, the Michiganders seemed to be "Having Wonderful Time." There were hours for the Evanston lasses, but they were rea- sonable. Curfew tolled at two. It made the typical three-and-one- half-hour Ann Arbor date seem ridiculous. There were many Ann Arbor men who refused to discuss UM hours -they had begun to feel that Northwestern had something which could top Michigan besides a football team. How's this for a comparison? There are the 10:30, 12:30, 11:00, several 1:30 and two 4:00 curfews here. For the freshmen at North- western, the weekday sign-in comes at 10:00 but the weekends are at- tractive. It's two a.m. on Friday and Saturday and back to 10:00 on Sunday, BUT... ... the frosh fair ones get two 2:30's a month which can be taken at any time during the week except Sunday. In addition, they have two weekends a month during whtch time they can leave campus for boundaries untold and three nights a month which they can spend at any other house on campus. The sophs and upperclasswomen have better deals. Their week- end hours are the same, but they come in for more of those special hours than their younger dorm-mates. If I sound like Benedict Arnold, attribute my convictions to an envious, but appreciative, nature. I like Northwestern. ATTN JAZZ ADDICTS: I can't recall having seen the story, but the incomparable Sidney Bechet is no longer with us. The soprano sax champ of Dixieland jazz broke his contract with Jazz, Ltd., a very fine Chi nite spot, and incurred the wrath of the musicians' union when he hopped a boat for France recently. Though Jazz, Ltd. owner Bill Reinhardt, who does mighty nice things with a clarinet, was perturbed when he lost his star attrac- tion, he came up with one of the best trumpeters in the biz as a replacement--Muggsy Spanier. And what a combine Reinhardt had performing before a large, and nomadic group of Michi-ganderers. Lloyd Philips was at the key- board, Chief Moore, a guy who measures one yard from seam to seam, toyed with the trombone and effortless Big Sid Catlett displayed his usual-and remarkable-finesse on the drums. The keeper of the bar nodded at Chief Moore, a full-blooded In- dian from Arizona, last Sunday morning and said, "There's a guy who can play all day and all night. He's got two sets of lungs-uses one set at a time." ONE LAST WILDCAT fling: A bouquet to Willard Hall and. the Pi Phi house at Evanston. Lou, Evelyn and Helen, the Willards, and Sandy, the Pi Phi, are today's recipients. They admitted Northwestern was lucky to win. That covers everything for today. r It is this: That, amid the welter of assassination, intrigue and autocratic rule in this ancient cockpit, the prestige and power of the United States stands out like a gleaming beacon. The official related this episode to prove his point: Following the attempted slaying some months ago of the Shah of Iran, he imposed iron-handed martial rule. The Iranian press particularly felt the weight of the Shah's fury. Seventeen liberal, non-Communist newspapers were suppressed and their editors thrown into jail. He also ordered them tried on charges of subversive activities. To support these charges, articles dating back as far as 20 years were brought into court against the editors. Despite these extreme measures, only six Were convicted. U.S. Ambassador in Iran is John Wiley. An able, tough-minded career man, he has been an outstanding success in his delicate and arduous post. A firm believer in d'emoc- ra i and freedom6f the press, Wiley, pri- vately, was shocked by the autocratic per- secution of the editors. But because it was stirctly an internal affair, he meticulously *kept hands of f until after the editors were sentenced. Several days later, Wiley sent each of them a small package. It consisted of one pack of American cigarettes-with Wiley's per- sonal card. Nothing was written on the card. Also, there was nothing secret about Wiley's ac- tion. His chauffeur delivered the packages to the prison and turned them over to the warden to give to the editors. That was all there was to it. The shah; of course, was immediately in- formed. Also, he got the point. The following day, the editors were par- doned. NO MERGER EHIND-THE-SCENES, the most widely publicized merger between Amvets and AVC has gotten nowhere. Reason is strong rank-and-file opposition in both veteran organizations. At the bottom of this are two factors: Amvet membership is much more conservative than AVC, and a confidential memorandum was sent out by AVC comman- der Harold A. Keats. In this document, he stresses the financial benefits that will accrue to Amvets by absorbing the 35,000 AVC dues-paying members. AVC officials are aware that Amvet's headquarters is hard upand that its national officers draw $35,000 a year in salaries and expenses. V.P.'S "DOMESTIC AFFAIRS" tENATOR CONNALLY came up with an- other subtle crack about the widow from St. Louis when he introduced Vice President Barkley- "Barkley used to be a member of the Foreign Relations Committee," explained Connally, "but recently he has taken more interest in domestic affairs." The Senator from Texas lost his good hu- mor, however, by the time Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas rose to speak. The speeches had begun to drag, and Lucas suggested: "Mr. Chairman, I think it is about time for us to go. I don't have any- thing to say." "Well, if you feel that way, you can go!" snapped Connally. Lucas reddened, but went ahead with a two-minute speech. DEADLOCK 'YT T .fl A rm - I- 0..-. .LL.t K-Kenneth Bialkin. MATTER OFFACT by STEWARt ALSOP ' 1 BATAVIA, Dutch East Indies-A new state is now almost certain to be born here, perhaps before the year ends. The United States of Indonesia will have seventy million people, and the richest resources of any na- tion in the world, save the United States and the Soviet Union. The birth of. this nation will rank in importance with the freeing of India and the Communist victory in China. What will the new state be like? In trying to answer that question, the first place to look is at the men who will hold power. By and large, these are men of stature. President Soekarno (who has no first name, to the discomfiture of American journalists) is a magnetic orator. Some ob- servers believe that, like most orators, he is somewhat dazzled by his own genius. But he is an authentic leader, and a useful sym- bol of unity. Vice president and Premier Mohammed Hatta is less colorful, but he is probably more capable. AMONG THE LESS well known figures there are good men, like the Sultan of Jogjakarta, who will play an important role in the new regime, and Mohammed Rum, a shrewd diplomat who is now negotiating suc- cessfully with the Dutch. - Soekarno's most likely rival for first place is the former President, Sutan Sjahrir, a brilliant man with delicate hands and cautious eyes, who has recently been remaining carefully in the background. Sjahrir is a socialist, and he will provide the leadership for what the new state will certainly need-a left-wing non-Communist opposition. All the Indonesian leaders have one thing in common; they all call themselves "Doctor" to signalize their academic achievements. They are all intellectuals, in the European sense of the word. They are men of intelligence and character. Yet they are in some ways hardly more equipped for the task which confronts them than the intellectual editors of, say, "The New Republic" are equipped to run the United States. For these intellectual Indonesians will be faced with some downright appalling prob- lems. T TNDER SUCH circumstances, it is senti- imin, his chief lieutenant, and Sjarifoedden, a Republican renegade, were the key fig- ures in this attempt. All three have been shot by the Republicans. But Communism is hydra-headed, and Indonesia is the rich- est prize in Southeast Asia. There is no doubt at all that sooner or later Moscow will try again. In view of all this, why is the United States now firmly supporting the Na- tionalist movement here? For one thing, there is no practical alternative. But there is another, and better reason. In a sov- ereign United States of Indonesia the Communists will be deprived of their two most deadly weapons in Asia, nationalism and land hunger. Indonesia will be free, and (for this the Dutch can take credit) there is very little absentee landlordism in these islands. There are further grounds for hoping that American policy will pay off. The In- donesian leaders are intelligent enough to see their own weaknesses. They are expected to ask the capable Dutch technicians and civil servants to stay on. With the Dutch technicians and Indonesian leaders working together, it should be possible to prevent administrative breakdowns, see that these islands' vast resources are wisely exploited, and go forward confidently with the task of building the new nation. First, of course, there will be a period of intense disorganization. But this country can have a stable government and a stable economy on one condition. The United States, which has played so large a part in this new nation's birth, must continue to give Indonesia aid and support. And this must be done as part of a new, broadly planned American policy in Asia, which will need to rely on a prosperous, anti-Com- munist, free Indonesia as a major barrier to the Kremlin's Asiatic designs. (Copyright, 1949, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) Looking Back Members of the Graduate Faculty: Application for Summer Faculty Research Fellowships for the Sum- mer Session of 1950 should be filed in the Office of the Graduate School by Mon., Oct. 24. Applica- tion forms will be mailed or can be obtained at 1006 Rackham Building, Telephone 372. School of Education Scholar- ships: Applications may now be filed at the Office of the Dean of the School of Education for Gen- eral Scholarships. These scholar- ships are available to students in need of financial aid, enrolled in the School of Education, and whose scholastic record in the Uni- versity is relatively high. Applica- tion blanks may be obtained from 1435 UES and should be filed on or before Nov. 1. Parking Areas on Campus: Stu- dent drivers are reminded that their driving tags or "M"stickers secured in the Office of Student Affairs are NOT PARKING PER- MITS and do not give them per- mission to park in the restricted campus parking lots. These re- stricted areas, so designated by means of signs at the entrance to the lots, are reserved for faculty and staff personnel of the rank of instructor or above and disabled students, who have received park- ing permits from the office of the Secretary of the University. Per- sons parking in these lots illegally or improperly are notified by means of a card which is placed on the windshield. Beginning Oct. 24, fines will be imposed for using these restricted areas without proper permission. First offense will bring a fine of $1.00, second offense $2.00 and third offense $3.00 along with possible loss of driving privileges. Students may park in the fol- lowing areas at any time as long as their cars are parked properly and do not block any entrance or the path of another parked car. 1. East of University Hospital 2. Catherine St., north of Vaughan Residence Hall 3. West Quadrangle area at Thompson and Jefferson Sts. 4. Michigan Union Area 5. College St. between East Medical and East Hall 6. Lot behind University Mu- seum adjacent to Forest Ave. 7. Behind Museum Annex 8. Behind East Hall off College Ave. 9. Any street which is not closed by police order. (Continued on Page 7) THE SUBJECT of discrimination because of race, creed or color on campus is not a pleasant one, but it is one that must be faced. On last Thursday the Executive Board of the Young Democrats took a positive step toward the facing of this question. They de- cided to put on the agenda of their organization the question of whether the Student Legislator should place upon the ballot in the forthcoming campus election a referendum on whether student organizations recognized by the University of Michigan should be permitted to maintains constitu- tional provisions which discrim- inate because of race, creed or color. There will be a meeting tonight of the Young Democrats at the Union at 7:30 p.m. in Room 3B. We cordially invite any interested parties to attend this meeting to approve or disapprove of this sug- gestion. -Lyn H. Marcus, Chairman, U. of M. Young Democrats. Library Rule .. . To the Editor: I NEED A BOOK from the Main Library, but this book is now in circulation. A faculty member has it for months. He already re- ceived three or more post-cards informing him that someone wants that book. I am sorry to say that as there is no other incentive for a Faculty Member to bring back a book but good will, I just have to wait. For a faculty member is en- titled to keep a book as long as he wants without incurring any penalties. I suppose this rule is based on the idea that faculty members are reliable and conscious of their duties, but it appears to be different, why do not they pay' as the regular students. After all it would be more democratic and the Library's books would not be used only by a small group of people. -Claude Meillassoux. * * * Nonsense Jinx.. . To the Editor: I CANNOT HELP thinking that maybe the Wolverines' unfor- tunate situation is due to the re- vival of so-called traditions and the spirit of rah-rah, otherwise known as nonsense. While I have nothing against harmless nonsense, I feel that the god of football may be offended by such outlandish practices. Be- fore that Army game, there was a torch-lit parade and rally that had all the mass hysteria of a mass meeting of the Ku Klux Klan or the National Socialist Party. Tlie next day, the West Pointers shocked Michigan. The Northwestern game was played in Illinois, so the Union held a mixer,complete with five- piece orchestra that sounded like fifty. There was such a crowd that one girl managed to sneak out the front door. But when one member of the distaff expressed the desire to watch the game on the tele- vision screen downstairs, she was told that the (half-filled) cafeteria was only for men. Needless to say, the Wildcats upset the Wolverines. Perhaps, if we returned to sanity and stopped following all traditions slavishly we could win some more football games. m-John Neufeld. "Depraved ... To the Editor: THE WHITNEY Theatre of Ann Arbor usually presents lower "Grade B" Westerns and crime melodramas as its bill of fare and hence student patronage is slight. Occasionally, however, the Whit- ney presents a film which attracts a considerable number of students and such was the case Saturday evening when a production starring James Mason and Robert Ryan was given. The companion to this was a mere Whitney pres- entation-an Alaskan adventure with one of Hollywood's cowboy actors transformed into a Cana- dian Mountie. While the latter picture was being shown, the University stu- dents in the audience gave such an exhibition of callous, uncivil and discourteous behavior that the feelings aroused in me at the time were such as to warrant the pen of a Jonathan Swift to express. These depraved students, these de- graded sophisticates of your fra- ternities must jeer, stamp and ap- plaud at .instances in the film which held the theatre's usual, regular patrons in emotional en- thrallment. They must display their ability to recognize naive dramatics - they must express their learned little asinine selves though they tear down the theatre in so doing. What is it about your educa- tional / processes which siphons from a human being the small de- gree of sensitivity and awareness toward humanity in general that he had to begin with? -George Conrad, "DEAD SOLDIER," old collo- quillism for empty bottle, is possibly in recognition of the fact that the spirits have departed. 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 Jaroff.........Managing Editor Al Blumrosen............City Editor Philip Dawson.. 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Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second-class mal matter. Subscription during the regular school year by carrier, $5.00, by mail, $6.00. A- :;- ,2 BARNABY I 4 1~~ 25 YEARS AGO: AMONG THE USUAL gullible freshmen lined run to buy their "library tickets" II Now Barnoby, there aren't really any haunted houses. That television . . _ I don't know why they'd go to the trouble of broadcasting I Hello, Mr. O'Malley. How was the movie? ( Ps( ciatru hnscome a long m I 11 r.