THE MICHIGAN DATTY Admissons Discrumination LAST YEAR President Truman's Com- mission on Higher Education stated in its report that "discrimination in the ad- mission of college students because of an individual's race, creed, color, national ori- gin or ancestry is an anti-democratic prac- tice which creates serious inequalities in the opportunity for higher education." This Commission decided that "discri- minatory practices deprive the nation of a great variety of talent, create and per- petuate serious inequalities, and generate dangerous tensions." When intolerant attitudes against mem- bers of minority groups are given support by our educational institutions, the fabric of democratic life is endangered. This University has proclaimed the non- existence of quota systems or other forms of discrimination. However, on the ap- plication blanks for almost every pro- fessional school of the University and to some extent for its undergraduate schools, there do exist questions pertaining to race, creed, national origin and ancestry. Discussions among members of organized campus groups as well as members par- ticipating in a "bull" session are making it increasingly clear that these questions can be of no use on application forms except for discriminatory purposes. All such informa- tion needed for statistical reasons can easi- ly be obtained after the student has been admitted. No uniformity in respect to these ques- tions is evident on University application blanks. The fact that one application contains none of them and another just a few, indicates that if some schools do not ask such questions, there is no plausible reason for their appearing on any applications. If asking them has become merely a matter of habit, the University has de- veloped some very bad habits, which ought to be discontinued, even if only for the sake of appearances. -Leah Marks. 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 Accord at The Hague HERE WILL BE general rejoicing in the free world over the Statute of Nether- lands-Indonesian Union which has come out of the conference at The Hague. The parley has been protracted. The arguments have been many and intricate. The statute re- flects give and take by both parties. Yet;, precisely because of the difficulty, the statute has the better chance of becoming a dy- namic charter of a new Dutch-Indonesian understanding, as well as a self-imposed covenant in the guidance of the new ship of state of the opulent and teeming archi- pelago. There is nothing quite like the present arrangement in the history of independence. The Republic of United Indonesia stands before the world with its full sovereignty re- cognized by its old metropolitan proprietor. But at the same time it voluntarily estab- lishes a partnership with that same pro- prietor called a Netherlands - Indonesian Union for designated purposes. These have to do with such matters as the facilitation of trade, conduct of foreign relations, and the maintenance of security. The achievement is a worthy testimonial to the accommodating attitude of Dr. van Royen on the Dutch side and Mohammed Hatta on the side of the Indonesians. And both of them, we feel, would attest to the third party genius of our Mr. Merle Coch- ran. Mr. Cochran, whose negotiating skill we have already praised, was American member of the U.N.'s Good Offices Commit- tee, and, we believe, is Ambassador-desig- nate to Pakistan. None can overrate his services to the parties at interest at The Hague. This must have been the way Mr. Cochran approached his task-always with the reminder that they were parties at in- terest, not parties at issue. -Washington Post. No Fool "ELLEN TERRY thought that when Watts kissed her she was going to have a child, and she was no fool, for many a graduate of a university knows nothing about birth or sex, and many know too much, which is equally bad." -George Bernard Shaw. Poverty "OR MY PART I hate the poor and look forward eagerly to their extermination. I do not want any human child to be brought up as I was brought up, nor as any child I have ever known was brought up." -George Bernard Shaw. A ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round WITH DREW PEARSON AM I N ITRAT«4 J SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1949. DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN WASHINGTON-Mum is supposed to be the word, but a secret resolution has been drawn up authorizing impeachment proceedings against President Truman-in case he lets the coal strike continue to a national danger point. The resolution was drafted by a hand- ful of Republicans and Dixiecrats just be- fore Congress adjourned and then locked in a safe deposit box. They plan to in- troduce it next January-if the national economy is seriously jeopardized by strikes. Ringleader of the impeachment move is Congressman Ralph Gwinn, New York Republican, with an assist from Gene Cox, the Georgia Dixiecrat. Specifically, the secret resolution charges President Truman with "nonfeasance" of office. It is alleged that he neglected the CURRENT'MOIE 1I p. At the Orpheum.. .. TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE: Wal- ter Huston, Humphrey Bogart, and Tim Holt. PUT Walter Huston and son John to work on a tale which dates back to before Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale" and you comeout with a tremendously fine motion picture. The modern interpretation of the story of the three robbers and the treasure of gold emerges as "Treasure of Sierra Madre"; it's a hum-dinger. Although "Treasure of Sierra Madre" attains neither the artistic excellence of "The Red Shoes" nor the plot perfection of "Brief Encounter," it surpasses both as all-round entertainment by being above the mediocre in every detail. It's a joyous occasion when a critic happens upon a film such as this, which maintains a solid degree of excellence throughout. Not having what might be considered an orthodox, conventional plot, "Treasure of Sierra Madre" has, nevertheless, an absorb- ing action, logically motivated, which super- ceeds the necessity for a unified plot. Sus- pense, relief, and irony follow in a neat procession to teach the lessons of greed andt mistrust. It's a lesson one won't soon for- get. It's a long, long way from the Broad- 1 way production of "Knickerbocker Holi- day" and the "September Song" to gold- prospecting in the mountain wilds; but Walter Huston makes the transition with an ease and brilliance that attests to his exceptional gift as an actor. His por- trayal of the shabby-heeled Howard war- rants alone a trip to the Orpheum. As Hobbs, through whom the gradual building of mistrust and subsequent de- struction by greed are illustrated, Humphrey Bogart gives what is easily the performance of his life. I recommend without qualification this fine movie built around an absorbing theme and executed brilliantly. I -Jim Graham. Price of Fdame IN LEAFING THROUGH the perspicuous pages of the New Yorker the other day, we came upon an advertisement, inserted by the Max Littwitz Company, of New York, which extolled the virtues of white opaline cocktail napkins (no doubt made with Mr. Littwitz' own little hands), embroidered with a college seal in the appropriate colors. This in itself is not immensely inter- esting, but the list of colleges involved gives considerable food for thought. It includes Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Vas- sar, and, paradoxically, Michigan. The University is, in fact, the only western college represented on the list. What we wonder is, does the company include Michigan because it is on a par with Yale and Harvard as a drinking in- stitution, or because it is known in the East as a great college academically? Or is it a bow to Michigan's position in the inter- collegiate athletic world? The first possibility seems to be ruled out by the facts. Michigan students are not terrific drinkers, at least until they have passed the magic age set forth by state law. We have no Maurie's or Temple Bar, or anything with the atmosphere of such-and certainly no occasion for cock- tail napkins. We doubt if it could be Michigan's aca- demic reputation; in fact, we doubt if Mr. Littwitz would ever have heard of Michigan except for one disillusioning reason. It looks very much to us as if the Wol- verine football team has made it possible to obtain cocktail napkins with a lovely Maize-and-Blue motif. -George Flint. economic welfare of all the people in order to help a tightly organized minority-the labor unions. The resolution further points out that the president could have prevented "eco- nomic disaster" by invoking the Taft- Hartley Act. This constitutes neglect of duty, the resolution charges. Now that the steel strike is being settled, the wind has been taken out of the im- peachment plan, but it may still be revived in case John L. Lewis's coal strike gets worse. Should the resolution ever reach the floor of the House of Representatives, it would stand almost no chance of ap- proval. Gwinn is the congressman who mailed out 900,000 franked letters last year con- taining 2,250,000 copies of speeches against public housing, federal aid to education and rent control. He has been the chief Con- gressional megaphone for the Foundation for Economic Education, financed by some of the nation's largest corporations. * * * FEUDIN' SUPREME COURT IN WASHINGTON, where hostesses keep careful tab on who's feuding with whom, it would be an unforgivable boner to con- fuse the identity of the supreme court's two feuding justices, the Honorable Hugo Black and Robert Jackson. Yet that's exactly what happened the other day at no less an occasion than an of- ficial swearing-in. Justice Black got 'the assignment of administering the oath to Federal Trade Commissioner John Carson. As the ceremony reached its climax, FPC Chairman Lowell Mason announced solemn- ly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Carson will now take the oath, administered by Mr. Justice Jackson." The assembled dignitaries howled at the mistake. Chairman Mason turned a sunset crimson. Ex-Senator Jim Mead was appointed to another vacancy in the Federal Trade Com- mission. Mason got on the phone to ar- range the ceremony, invited Justice Jack- son to give the oath. Jackson agreed, then added: "By the way, this will give you a chance to call me Mr. Justice Black." * * * KEEPING THE RECORD STRAIGHT HERE ARE SOME interesting quotes from the life and works of John Foster Dulles, famed internationalist: SPEECH BEFORE DETROIT ECONOMIC CLUB, March, 1939-"Only hysteria enter- tains the idea that Germany, Italy or Japan contemplates war on us." World War II started five months later. STATEMENT, Oct. 21, 1930-"Germany has made great progress under the Dawes Plan. Her national income and government income have grown to a point where the reparations charge constitutes a readily bearable percentage." One year later Dulles was retained by Brown Brothers-Harriman to salvage something out of the German bond wreckage. He cauld salvage nothing. STATEMENT ABOUT GERH'ARD WESTRICK, the Hitler agent who came to New York in 1940 after the war started: "I don't believe he has done anything wrong. I knew him in the old days and I had a high regard for his integrity." PAGE 690 OF WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA states in Dulles' self-penned biography that he was "Secretary of the Hague Peace Con- ference in 1907." The records of the Hague Conference list 20 secretaries, but Dulles' name is not among them. He was then only 19 years old. Who's Who also states that Dulles was "member, Reparations Commission and Supreme Economic Council, 1919." Records of theBCommission state that its members were Bernard Baruch, Norman H. Davis, Vance McCormick, Ellis Dressel, alternate. Dulles is not listed. He was then only 31 years old. Note-Who's Who biographies are always submitted to the individual for proofread- ing. * * * CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES McGRATH on personal rights-Attorney General Howard McGrath has laid down the law to Justice Department subordinates on civil liberties. He wants no one's con- stitutional toes stepped on in the fight against crime. McGrath will wage war on crime, but has made it clear that he would rather let a crime go unpunished than violate constitutional rights. "Indivi- dual freedom," he says, "is the backbone of democracy." SUPER A-BOMB-Russian and American scientists are now racing desperately to de- velop a super-super atomic bomb. This dire news was broken by Senator Brien Mc- MahonsChairman of the Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee. "The question," he said gravely, "now is who will get the super bomb first. If Russia gets it first, we will have to sign on the dotted line. If we get it first, Russia will have to sign on the dotted line." (Copyright, 1949, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) /ette,'4 TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the writer and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or libelous letters, and letters Which for any reason are not in good taste will be condensed, edited, or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. Subversives . . To the Editor: SINCE RESPECT for our Ameri- can judicial system has cloud- ed the minds of our press, and imbued them with a sacrosanct re- spect that does not allow them to speak the filthy truth when it stares them full in the face, the time has come for the private citizen to speak up forthrightly. Rarely cited as "arch-reaction- aries," the decision by Judges Han, Frank and Swan granting bail to the Reds is full testimony to the reason for this phenomenon. Never has one man worked so painstakingly to produce justice as has Judge Medina in his ordeal of nine months duration. Never has one man suffered such abuse as has this pillar of freedom. And because the American people and press recognized his patience and legal ability, the federal court of the second circuit, motivated by USSR News ON ANY BASIS of reciprocity, Russia has a right to exclude any American correspondents it happens not to like. The United States excludes most Russian cor- respondents and probably for much the same reasons. Just the same it was foolish of the Soviet Foreign Office to deny a re-entry permit to Joseph Newman, Moscow representative of the New York Herald Tribune. And if the action was, as Mr. Newman asserts, part of a delib- erate policy of forcing all Western newspapermen out of Russia, it is as stupid as the other policies that have been packaged under the label "iron curtain." DOES THE Soviet government really think that by limiting the outside world to such Russian news as its own official agencies grind out it will put an end to what it considers unfriendly and lying re- ports? The contrary is true. With even a few honest news- papermen in Russia, men like Newman himself, the exagger- ated Hearstian reports of Soviet horrors and imminent break- down are offset by factual sto- ries, in so far as the Russian censor allows. Shut out the newsmen, and the world's reactionary press will have a field day. Propaganda from Soviet press offices will be dropped in the wastebasket; for a government- sponsored story is useful only if an independent reporter is on the spot to check it and fit it into its' news background. * * THE OVER-ALL result of a pol- icy of exclusion is to create the im- pression that a country has so much to conceal that it cannot risk prying eyes or a truthful report. And this is an impression Mos- cow can less easily afford than the effect of many unfriendly dis- patches. -The Nation judicial jealousy, has upset the apple cart of justice he so labori- ously assembled. But jealousy alone does not ex- plain the action of Judges Hand, Frank, and Swan. Who appoint- ed these men to the bench? Why have they never been attacked by the Daily Worker? Something more evil than gratification of their personal egos motivated their decision, and the American people are entitled to know what that is. -Norman Rappaport, '49 * *. * Course in Hebrew.. .. To the Editor: THE PAST two years has wit- nessed the creation of the new state of Israel. This infant coun- try is imbued with all the charac- teristics that go to make up a na- tion. One of the most important of these traits is a vital and fast growing language. Hebrew is no longer the tongue of the ancient Bible, but it is a living, modern language fast adapting itself to a modern world. The colleges and universities of America are beginning to feel the need for its inclusion in their school curricula. It is to this end that this letter is being written. There are many people that I know of who want to study Hebrew as a part of their regular programs under University sponsorship. Among these students a petition is already circulating and it is to be given to Dean Keniston who has agreed to speak for us on this mat- ter before the necessary officials. Others who are interested in taking a course in Hebrew can contact me, as representative of this group, at the address stated below, so that all who are inter- ested can sign the petition. The petition reads as follows: We, the undersigned are inter- ested in having a course in mod- ern, conversational Hebrew intro- duced into the curriculum of the University. We agree to include this course in our own programs as soon as it is made available to us. -Betty Ellenport -* * * On Poetry ... To the 'Editor: P OETRY needs meaning and, if possible, music. With a pre- ponderance of meaning it can re- semble what Michigamua gave you for page one. With no mean- ing whatever it can resemble this: Buffalo and Erie County Forestry and Conservation Students living in League Houses, U. of M. Unesco Council, Full rehearsal, 7:15. Doctoral Examination: "Studies on the Mechanism Of Resistance-Lowering Action Of Commercial Gastric Musin." Go on from here. Question of Usage: How much more powerfully is a concert post- poned if it is "postponed until a later date" ?? -Norman Anning Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Office of the Assistant to the President, Room 2552 Administration Building, by 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Saturdays). SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1949 VOL. LX, No. 36 Notices School of Business Administra- tion: Students from other Schools and Colleges intending to apply for spring admittance should se- cure application forms in 150 School of Business Administration, as soon as possible. Women students living League Houses: Room and board pay- ments for the second half of the fall semester are due to the house- mother on Nov. 14. Presidents of fraternities and sororities are reminded th at monthly membership reports are due in the Office of Student Af- fairs, 1020 Administration Bldg. on or before Nov. 5. Martha Cook Applications for February must be brought to the Building immediately. Any sopho- more or junior women without housing contracts for the spring semester may apply now. Call 2-3225 during the day for an ap- pointment. The United States Civil Service Commission announces an exami- nstion for the position of Inspec- tor Strategic Materials. Closing date for examination, Nov. 20. Additional information may be ob- tained at the Bureau of Appoint- ments. Representatives of the U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, In- yokern, California, will be at the Bureau Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 7 and 8, to interview students who will be receiving Ph.D. or Sc.D. degrees within the next year in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Engineering (chiefly Mechanical and Electri- cal Engineering); for research po- sitions. Call the Bureau-Ext. 371 for appointmentsor come to the office, 3528 Admiistration Bldg. Hours 9-12 and 2-4. Academic Notices Mathematical Logic Seminar: 7:30 p.m., Mon., Nov. 7, 3217 An- gell Hall. Mr. Thompson will re- port on the application of recur- sive functions in diophantine equation theory. Mathematics Orientation Semi- nar: 3 p.m., Mon., Nov. 7, 3001 An- gell Hall. Mr. Davey will discuss "Continued Fractions." Organic Chemistry Seminar: 7:30 p.m., Mon., Nov. 7, 1300 Chemistry. Speaker: William Spliethoff. Topic: The Addition of Maleic Anhydride to Olefins. Concerts The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, conductor, will give the fourth program in the Choral Un- ion Series, Sun., Nov. 6, at 7 p.m., Hill Auditorium. Program: Over- ture to c"Anacreon" by Cherubini; Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra; and Brahms Symphony No. 2. Tickets may be purchased until noon Saturday at the offices of the University Musical Society in Bur- ton Memorial Tower; and after 6:00 o'clock on the day of the con- cert in the Hill Auditorium box office. Carillon Recital by Percival Price, University Carillonneur, 7:15 p.m., Mon., Nov. 7, and Wed., Nov. 9: German chorales: Raise High the Gate, O Sacred Head, Had I a WHEN FRITZ CRISLER, ath- letic director at the Univer- sity of Michigan, suggests that it might -be a good idea to pay col- lege football players, this is nobly described as a "tongue-in-cheek" statement. Obviously nobody thinks that Mr. Crisler believes in such de- pravity. He only wants to pay players if it would eliminate cheat- ing. And this is a remarkable idea. In the first place, cheating might be defined as paying college play- ers. Mr. Crisler's remedy would be to pay college players. Moreover, he assumes that players are not often paid, which is an assumption contrary to the status quo. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch DO YOU KNOW . . . . that Charlie Lentz's three pass in- terceptions against Minnesota equalled a modern Big Ten re- cord?, Thousand Tongues; Prelude 11, Air in D, Schlage doch, gewunschte Stunde, and Choral prelude "Jesu, Joy," by J. S. Bach; Andante can- tabile for carillon by J. Denyn; F. Schubert's Rosamunde: Ballet se- lection and Marche militaire. Events Today Wesleyan Guild: Hamburg fry after the game, Pine room. Saturday Luncheon Discussion will meet at Lane Hall 11:30. Res- ervations for lunch must be made before 10 on Saturday. Congregational-Disciples Guild: Open House following the game. Westminster Guild: Weiner Roast following the game, Presby- terian Church. Coming Events Meeting of the Michigan Society for Quality Control: 7:30 p.m., Mon., Nov. 7, Union. Speaker: Mr. N. R. Meagley, Manager, Statisti- cal Quality Control, Willys-Over- land Motors, Inc., Toledo. Subject: "Statistical Quality Control at Willys-Overland." Visitors invit- ed. U. of M. Hot Record Society: Jelly-Roll Morton Documentaries from the Library of Congress, 8 p.m., Sun., Nov. 6, League Ball- room. Everyone invited. r Inter Guild Council: Sun., Nov. 6, 2:30-4 p.m., Lane Hall Library. I.Z.F.A.: Hebrew Circle, meeting, 11 a.m., Sun., Nov. 6, Union. U. of M. Hostel Club: Sun., Nov. 6. Work trip at Ann Arbor hostel. Call John Amneus, 250075 by to- night. Phi Iota Alpha presents MAJOR EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN LATIN AMERICA, a round table discussion by students from Argen- tina, Guatemala, Peurto Rico, the United States and Venezuela, 2:30 p.m., Sun., Nov. 6, Union. Every- body welcome. Journalism Society: 7:45 p.m. Mon., Nov. 7, Newsroom, Haven Hall. Prof. Emeritus John L. Brumm will speak on "The Com- munist Trial and Its Effects on Civil Liberties." All journalism students invited. Graduate Outing Club: Meeting, Sun., 2:15 p.m., Northwest en- trance, Rackham Bldg. Paper chase, and supper. UWF Seminar:, Study Group, 8 p.m., Sun., Nov. 6, 530 Thompson Rd. Topic: "Approaches to World Government; People's World Con- stitutional Assembly." Visitors wel- come. U. of M. Hostel Club will use space on north bulletin board in Lane Hall for organization of un- scheduled events. tar~galt:43 ttl 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 Bumrosen.............City Editor Philip Dawson...EditoriaP' Director Mary Stein...........Associate Editor Jo Misner...........Associate Editor George Walker ........ 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Y BARNABY This is just perfect, Mrs. Baxter-Exactly the setting we want for the telecast-We I Gus? Where are you? I There's an important Let's look around upstairs- This old place fascinates me. Here we are, Barnaby-Anxious I to meet your producer friend- Gus is the host here, Barnaby! If that oroducer wanted to look throuah the house I/ rPretty cavalier treatment. Who do these producers think they are? Come, Gus.. . 1 . Gosh, now you've done it, Mom! Who, Mr. O'Malley and Gus the Ghost I me?I II