I1 PAE ot THE MIC IGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1949 I I Repu blcan Prose AMERICANISM (good, old-fashioned, 100 per cent) has in the past, infected some of our country's worst minds. Of late, how- ever, this malady, sometimes known as Mc- Cormick Madness, has been less prevalent. It is far fron dead, though. Its aroma is definitely not that of a decomposing corpse. With the defeat of a Republican Party scored as too "me toish" by its more conservative elements, "Americanism" may even be making gains in the direction of again taking over the GOP. One symptom of' this possible renaissance was recently reported from Chicago where a group calling itself the National Republi- can Roundup Committee held a two day .meeting. At conclave's end they put their gripes on the table: They issued a statement of "Republican fundamental principles." Among the nineteen engagingly ancient principles the committee enunciated were opposition to further grants and loans to other governments, "a complete morator- ium on immigration for the present," op- position to government aid in housing, education and medicine, opposition to such bodies as the Tennessee Valley Authority, "unreserved condemnation" of the FECP, opposition to-well, you get the idea. They say that reciprocal trade agreements "confer upon the executive the power arbi- trarily to destroy an American industry." And the bi-partisan foreign policy. The GOP should frame its own policy "on the premise that the interests of its own country should come first." That last bit about sums up their whole crooked philosophy-to hell with you (only if need be, of course); ME FIRST. Let it be known that this is in no way an official body of the GOP. The party has lib- eral elements too, the liberal elements are quick to point out. But it makes you sort of wonder when you realize that the members of this committee paid their respective ways to Chicago from 32 states and the District of Columbia to mouth the afore-quoted deathless prose. Men who would pay money to travel long dis- tances and then meet in such a town must deeply believe in what they're doing, must be willing to fight hard for these beliefs. This group has also set up machinery to implement their deep convictions. Be- sides putting down what they thought, they've set up a permanent organization in Chicago. Furthermore they've named a committee to meet with Guy Gabrielson, Republican national chairman. Presum- ably, they will do more than just play poker. In addition they've ever -so diffidently stepped out and offered their "help" to the National Committee in winning the elections in '50 and '52. Well, there are the horrible facts. You can't tell what this group's activities will lead to, of course, but whatever happens, you can't say that you weren't warned. The throwbacks have dug themselves out of their caves and are once more on the prowl. As Hamlet said, "Look to it!" -Davis Crippen MATTER OF FACT by JOSEPH ALSOP IWASHINGTON-Jack Kroll, chairman of the .CIO's Political Action Committee, paid a private, unannounced call on Presi- dent Truman last week. Other recent callers have been Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan and Interior Secretary Oscar Chap- man. CIO president Philip Murray is expect- ed to make a similar visit to the White House shortly. And the chief purpose of all these callers is the same-to persuade President Truman that Ohio farm leader Murray Lin- coln is the best man to beat Senator Robert A. Taft in the crucial Ohio election next year. The White House calls represent the cul- mination of the efforts by the liberal and labor groups to find a strong candidate to oppose Taft. Except for a run-of-the-mill politician, State Auditor Joseph Ferguson, and a few political eccentrics, none of Ohio's leading Democrats has been eager to take on the redoubtable Taft. 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 Change in Diet BECAUSE HE CORRECTLY predicted that Herbert Lehman would defeat John Fos- ter Dulles in the New York senatorial race, George Gallup of the Gallup Poll says, "I feel that I can now quit eating crow and try a little pheasant for a change." But . Gallup predicted that Lehman would get 57 per cent and Dulles 43 per cent. Lehman got 52 per cent and Dulles 48 per cent. This is an error of 5 per cent-one more than the 4 per cent "permissible er- ror" Gallup gives himself. And... Gallup predicted that Lehmann would have a majority of more than 350,000. Lehman's majority was less than 200,000. If on the basis of these.comparisons Mr. Gallup wants to serve himself pheasant, that is his own affair. But we suggest that h keep a little crow in the ice box to nibble on every once in a while just to keep in practice. --St. Louis Star-Times ALL POETS WHO, when reading from their own works, experience a choked feeling, are major. For that matter, all poets who read from their own works are major, whether they choke or not. All women poets, dead or alive, who smoke cigars are major. All poets who have sold a sonnet for $125 to a magazine with a paid circulation of 400,000 are major. A sonnet is composed of fourteen lines; thus the payment in this case is $8.93 a line, which constitutes a- poet's majority The truth is, it is fairly easy to tell the two types apart; it is only when one sets about trying to decide whether what they write is any good or not that the thing really becomes complicated. -E. B. White, in "How to Tell 4 Major Poet from a. Minor Poet" LINCOLN himself has shared this reluc- tance, although he has been the labor groups' favorite from the beginning. Lin- coln's reluctance has sprung largely from two sources. In the first place, he is a reg- istered Republican, and lie feared that he would not get real support from the White House and the national Democratic organi- zation. In the second place, he feared that lacking this support, Ferguson, who has a considerable personal organization in Ohio, would beat him in the primaries, before he had his crack at Taft. The labor groups and their liberal allies are convinced that only Lincoln, who is an excellent, colorful speaker, and who has a real farm following, has a chance to beat the detested author of the Taft-Hartley act. Hence the calls on the White House, which are part of the determined cam- paign to overcome Lincoln's hesitations. The White House calls are reported to have elicited no more than guarded expres- sions of sympathy for the Lincoln candidacy. However, AVilliam Boyle, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, now plans a trip to Ohio in the next week or ten days, during which undoubtedly he will delicately convey the President's preference for Lincoln as the man to beat Taft. AS FOR LINCOLN, he has been subjected to an avalanche of persuasion. He made a hugely successful speech at the recent CIO convention in Cleveland. At the convention, all the top CIO leaders, including Murray, Kroll, auto workers chief Walter. Reuther, and treasurer James Carey descended on him in a body to urge him to challenge Taft. Moreover, the efforts of the labor men have not been limited to persuasion. As soon as Lincoln indicated in Cleveland that he was tempted, but was worried by the rivalry of Ferguson, the beat-Taft strategy committee in Ohio went into ac- tion. This committee, which includes the AFL machinists, and the railway brother- hoods as well as the CIO, put renewed pressure on Ferguson to bow out. The betting is now very high that as a result of all this Herculean effort on his behalf, Lincoln will run whether or not Fer- guson withdraws. He will not announce his candidacy until after he confers with Boyle, and he will certainly want assurances of all- out support against Taft despite his vaguely Republican background. But the chances now are that these assurances will be forth- coming, and that Lincoln will announce his decision to run, probably early in December. * * * A LINCOLN-TAFT contest will be the most exciting, and deeply significant, election in many years. The two are diametrically opposed on foreign as well as domestic poli- cy, and the emotional, slightly consciously Lincolnesque Lincoln will make a dramatic contrast to the dry, downright Taft. But more than this, Lincoln, despite the fact that his farm background and his farm sup- por are major assets, will be pre-eminently the candidate of the labor groups. His candi- dacy-if he is at last persuaded to make up his mind to run-will be a measure of the extent to which the Democratic Party is now on the way to becoming an authentic labor party. (Convrieht. 1949. New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) MERRY-GO-ROUND: Parnell Thomas ASHINGTON - Unfortunately it is not illegal for a Congressman to keep a sol- dier from seeing combat duty - and then collect a political campaign fund from his family. If this were illegal, Congressman Parnell Thomas would be tried for another offense in addition to taking kickbacks on the salaries which Uncle Sam meant for his office staff. In 1944, when Congressman Thomas was up for re-election, he received a contribu- tion of $250 from Herman Kimmel of Long Beach, N.Y., which is, of course, outside the Congressman's New Jersey district. Again in 1946, when the congressman faced a primary election, he received an- other $100 from the same Kimmel. New Jersey votersthad no way of knowing what was behind these two contributions, but here are the interesting, un-American facts. Most people have forgotten it, but Thomas was not only chairman of the Un- American Activities Committee, but also a member of the House Military Affairs Committee, which passed on Army legis- lation. Therefore, he had great weight with the 'War Department. In 1943, Private Edward Allen Kimmel, serial no. 32801902, son of the above Herman Kimmel, faced shipment overseas to combat duty. So Congressman Thomas telephoned the Second Service Command in New York and informed them that young Kimmel was an undercover agent for the Un-American Committee, therefore had to be kept close to the New York area. Accordingly, Col. C. E. Miller, Director of Personnel for the Second Service Command, transferred Kimmel from Camp Upton, N.Y., and assigned him as an investigator of the Internal Security Division in New York. * * * ARMY GETS SKEPTICAL A FEW DAYS LATER, Coionei Miller asked Kimmel to drop in to see him and seemed surprised that he was only 18 years old, had no experience as an investigator, in fact was merely a student at New York University before entering the Army. Skeptical, Colonel Miller telephoned Congresman Thomas's office, reported that Kimmel said he had never met Thomas, had never worked for the Un- American Activities Committee. To patch up these crossed wires, the Con- gressman immediately sent Ray Rockefellar, an investigator for the Un-American Activi- ties Committee, to see Colonel Miller. How- ever, Colonel Miller remained skeptical. He kept Private Kimmel in Internal Security only 18 days, but did not transfer him over seas. Instead, he was assigned to the Broad- way Central Hotel in New York--a tempo- rary Army barracks - and later to Camp Blanding, Fla. Private Kimmel did not go overseas. His buddies did, many never to come back. Waiting a very scant time after perform- ing this priceless favor, Congressman Thom, as attempted to cash in on it. The Congress- man also operates an insurance agency o:, the side - "Thomas and Godfrey"-so, on Sept. 30, 1943, he wrote a letter to Private Kimmel's father, introducing his insurance partner. "This will introduce my partner, Spencer K. Godfrey," Thomas wrote to the father of the boy who had been saved from overseas duty. " . . . I know that Godfrey can be helpful to you; at least, I would apprceiate any courtesies which you may care to extend him." The letter got no results. Godfrey sent it back to Thomas with a notation scrib- bled across the bottom: "This man refused to talk-said he doesn't know you." Later, however, Kimmel overcame his dis- cretion. And when the Congressman who had kept his son out of combat duty came up for re-election, Kimmel contributed a total of $350. THOMAS'S INSURANCE RACKET THE ABOVE INCIDENT was not the only time the Congressman from New Jersey used his insurance firm to cash in on favors. For instance, Thomas helped Joseph J. Bru- netti, a New Jersey contractor, recover some $40,000 held in escrow by the Federal Hous- ing Administration. Later, when Brunetti started a huge apart- ment project in Maywood, N.J., the Con- gressman wrote him a letter and was re- warded with the insurance on Brunetti's business. The Congressman also used a neat scheme for printing stationery for his in- surance firm. It was done by the Govern- ment Printing Office, paid for out of his Congressional stationery a 11 o w a ri c e. Christmas cards for the firm of Thomas and Godfrey also were printed and paid for by Uncle Sam in tihe same way. Thus did the gentleman who posed as a great American chairman of the Un-Ameri- can Activities Committee squeeze the dollars not only out of his office staff on salary kickbacks but out of the government at every turn. (Copyright, 1949, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) If I Were Dean . To the Editor: A LETTER to Dean Keniston: Because you want this Univer- sity to be the greatest, you invite a letter; because I want this Uni- versity to be the greatest, I write a letter. Our common denominator is a mutual interest in Michigan's welfare. Why, to begin with, we've a lot in common. So as one friend to another, I'd like to slip in a suggestion here and there if I may : I-Revision of Catalogue. A. More complete, specific des- cription of course's intentions and coverage. B. Encouragement of truth-ele- ment in description. (Personal Interpolation No. 1: I took a course my freshman year at another University whose cata- logue suffered from the same mal- ady of misconception. The course was entitled "Early Morning Bird Calls." Well, had 1 known just how early these birds called before I enrolled, I'd have gotten more sleep that semester. Needless to say, I dropped the course and have never risen at four o'clock in the morning since!) II-Convening for one week of all classes prior to official regis- tration. A. Instructors c o u1 d outline course and better convey its inherent meaning, intentions, requirements, a n d signif- icance to potential enrollees. 1. Instructor expected to pass out mimeographed sheet in- eluding general outline of course's coverage. 2. Instructor able to tell per- sonally what is expected of students enrolling in his course, thus possibly avoid- ing confusion on this mat- ter later on. (Personal Interpolation No. 2: This procedure would encourage instructors to organize their ma- terial and thus obligate him-in a flexible sense-to approximate some orderly presentation of that material throughout the semester. This sounds awfully confining; but as long as students are expected to write an organized examination which determines the bulk of their grade, then instructors should likewise be expected to produce their stuff in an organized fashion ro be uniformally belched back to them in a bluebook.) B. Students could with better accuracy determine course's worth in relation to his curri- cular or personal needs. 1. Some students have no choice as victims of mo- d e r n specialization and group requirements but are none the worse off for knowing what they are re- quired to know. 2. Students who have choice could better choose in ac- cordance with his or her reaction to the class pre- sentation during that week. C. Students could not only gain a little insight into the course's proposed activities but also into the teacher. (Personal Interpolation No. 3: I, like many others, am a 'relative "Oh-Oh, We May Need A New Building For This One" FR4: F- { ' FRST (N~fNTGYPTIA14 TSmIT ontTC roUio mats of etsTO T HE E DITOR 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. student'-relative insthat I'm "as good as my teacher is" ... be that bad or a boon. Many a basically good teacher would suffer un- necessary feelings of inferior- ity if their worth were de- termined by my accomplish- ments in their classes; so admittedly, this is not an absolute formula for improvement. But I sincerely insist that if I were able to select my teachers-all of them -a selection based on my person- al reaction to him or her, then my performance, contribution, and in- terest in the course involved would be more notable. Each person dif- fers-to quote an obscure proverb -so the selections, being subject- ive would differ, too. There's an undefinable kindling by kindred spirits ... or ... how conceited an approach to education can one student have? Yet I think it's jus- tified.) D. The Deans of each school and the heads of the departments could better gauge the success of a course and the worth of an instructor. 1. COURSE: get rid of it, al- ter it, or keep it. 2. INSTRUCTOR:' get rid of it, alter it, or pay him more money and keep him! E. Save everybody tiresome pro- cess of dropping and adding courses due to misunder- standing of course's intent or impossible ideological conflict between student and instruc- tor' III-Abolition of Attendance Rec- ord. A. Distracting waste of valuable time and in some instances, money. B. Insult to instructor's ability, course's appeal, and student's self-realization and purpose. Well, sir, I gotta go study in hopes of passing some of my more satisfying courses. Thank you for your patience and attention. Good1 luck. Hoping and waiting for the time that Michigan soon becomes the greatest University in the world, I am sincerely, -Adele Hager THE PEOPLE of India are poor,' but the country is rich in nat- ural resources. Two thirds of her wealth is estimated to be still un- tapped. She has heavy deposits of iron, coal, manganese, bauxite, mica, and numerous other miner- als-even a fissionable substance, thorium. New coal fields and de- posits of iron, bauxite and other ores have been recently located. Her farms, though starved of fer- tilizers and in cultivation for cen- turies, are still able to give not one but two, and sometimes three, crops a year. In the Himalayan snow and the water of her rivers she pos- sesses hydroelectric power of sev- eral million kilowatts and irriga- tion for millions of acres. And she has an industrious population, un- skilled in modern industry but capable of being swiftly trained in highly complicated operations. This was shown during the war when India became the arsenal of democracy in the East. -Atlantic Monthly (Continued from Page 3) major, Op. 88. The public is in- vited. Faculty Recital Postponed: The piano recital by Mischa Meller, Assistant Professor in the School of Musc, previously announced for Mon., Dec. 12, Lydia Mendels- sohn Theatre, has been postponed until Feb. 14. Organ Recital: Final program in the current series of organ recitals by Robert Noehren, University Or- ganist, 4:15 pm., Wed., Nov. 30, 1 Hill Auditorium. Compositions by Couperin, Bach, Franck, Vierne, Maleingreau, Honegger, Karg - Elert. Open to the public without charge. Student Recital: Shirley Fry- man Goldfarb, student of piano with Joseph Brinkman, will pre- sent a program at 8:30 p.m., Wed.. Nov. 30, Rackham Assembly Hall, in partial fulfillment of the re- quirements for the degree of Mas- ter of Music. Compositions by Haydn, Prokofieff, Bach, and Samuel Barber. Open to the pub- lic. Exhibitions Photographs by Walker Evans from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Lobby, Architec- ture Bldg. Events Today Social Ethics Discussion: 7:15 p.m.' Lane Hall. Canterbury Club: 7:30-10 p.m., Rev. and Mrs. Burt are at home to all Episcopal students. Wesley Foundation: 4-5:30 p.m., Do-Drop-In. Re- freshments. Lounge. 6 p.m., Pot-luck supper. 7:15 p.m., Bible Study Group. Currently discussing the idea of "God." 8:30 p.m., Cabinet meeting, Lounge. Everyone welcome. Orthodox Student's Society: Meeting, 7:30 9m., downstairs conference room. Michigan Christian Fellowship: Prayer meeting, 7 p.m.; Bible Study Groups 7:30 p.m., Upper Room, Lane Hall. Tea 'N Talk, 4-6 p.m., third floor lounge, Presbyterian Church. Acolytes Meeting: Prof. Palmer Throop. "Historical Causation and Value Systems." 7:30 p.m., East Confer- ence Room, Rackham Bldg. Open to public. :Family Portrait: 8 p.m., Lydia Mendessohn Theatre. The play will be presented by the Depart- ment of Speech Wednesday through Saturday. Special student rates for performances tonight and tomorrow night. Good seats for all shows on sale now at Men- delssohn Box Office, open from 10 to 8 daily. Phone 6300. Anthropology Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., 3024 Museums Bldg. En- trance to building by rear door. Prof. George G. Cameron. "Ra- cial Contacts in the Near East." Refreshments. Chess Club: Regular meeting, Room 3D, Union. Election of offi- cers. A rapid transit tournament will also be held. Hiawatha Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Grand Rapids Room, League. U. of M. Rifle Club: Postal match with Mich. Tech. College, 8 p.m., ROTC rifle range. Practice from 7-9:30 p.m. Sociedad Hispanica: Poetry Reading contest and entertaing ment by Latin-American quartet, 8 p.m., Hussey Room, League. Young Progressives of America: Membership meeting 7:30 p.m., changed to League. Report of 2nd National Convention by Michigan delegation. Plans for further ac- tion on existence of quota system. I.A.S.: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 3A, Union. Wright Aero. Corp. Film, "Powerhouse of Aviation." 'Ensian picture will be taken at 7 p.m. ULLR Ski Club: Organizational meeting, 7:30 p.m., Union; new members welcome. Skiing movies. West Quad Radio Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m. in the "shack," 5th floor, Williams House. Phi Lambda Upsilon: East Con- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETINi ference Room, Rackham Bldg. Business meeting, 7:30 p.m. Speak- er at 8 p.m. Prof. James M. Plumer will discuss Japanese Art and the American Occupation. ADA: Meeting of the Executive Committee, 3 p.m., League Cafe- teria, Coming Events Women's Intramural Basketball Tournament: Practice space will be available on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:15 and 8 p.m. Sign up for space on reservation sheet in Barbour Gym- nasium. Young Democrats: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 1, Room C. Hav- en Hall. Discussion of plans for speaker on Dec. 8. U. of M. Theatre Guild: Full 'e- hearsal, 6:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 1, practice stage, Ann Arbor High School. Hillel Social Committee: Meet- ing, 4:15 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 1, Un- ion. Plans for this Sunday's "Bagel & Lox" Supper. All welcome. Wesley Foundation: Thurs., 5:30 p.m., Kappa Phi dinner and meeting. Wesley Lounge. Fri., Wesleyan Guild will spon- sor the Fish Pond at the W.S.C.S. Christmas fair. Fair lasts from 10 a.m. till evening. Steak dinner, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Make reservations in the office by Wednesday, phone 5555. 7:30-11:30 p.m., Square dan- cing in Room 214. Inter-racial Association: Meet- ing, 7:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 1; 18 Angell Hall. Consideration of af- filiation with N.A.A.C.P. and dele- gation to Lansing. Everyone in- vited. Student-Faculty Hour: Honor- ing the Zoology and Botany De- partments, Thurs., Dec. 1, 4-5 p.m., Grand Rapids RoomnLeague. Druid: Meeting, Thurs., Dec. 1, 10:30 in Union Tower. International Center Weekly Tea: 4:30-6 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 1, for all Foreign students and Amer- ican friends. Electrical Engineering Research and Journal Discussion Group: Meet Thurs., Dec. 1, 4 p.m., 3072 E. Engineering. Mr. Floyd Schults will discuss The Electro Magnetic Scattering of a Prolate Ellipsoid. Deutscher Verein: Meeting, Thurs., Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Rms. K, L, M, N, Union. "A report on Ger- many" by four visiting German students. Students and faculty in- vited. Alpha Phi Omega: Meeting, Thurs., Dec. 1, Kalamazoo Room, League. 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