,. .. e rn THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1949 AIM Errs on the CED A IM'S RESOLUTION condemning CED tactics as immoderate, charging domi- nation by "ultra-leftist forces," and recom- mending that exclusive action on admissions discrimination be entrusted to the Student Legislature, involves more than one error in fact and judgment. IL see0s clear that AIM is disturbed over a rather wild pamphlet issued recently by the Young Progressives, a member of the CED. But if AIM representatives had attended more meetings, they would have known thit the Committee itself has ex- pressed disapproval of YP's pamphlets. j1OWEVER, THE BY-LAWS of the CED umortunatey grant every member or- ganization complete autonomy. YP alone is responsible for its actions. Its views cer- tainly do not represent those of the Com- mittee as a whole. CED's current policy has been most cautious. A motion calling for it to take an official stand on housing discrimina- tion has been unanimously defeated. That Y, has expressed its own opinion on this subject in its literature, obviously does not ommit the CED to its support. It is plain that the Committee is all that AIM would want it to be, in the way of a responsible and clear-headed group. It is equally plan that the CED must begin to ex- ercise more control over actions of its mem- bers which might reflect on the sole purpose of the Committee-the unqualified removal of discriminatory questions from admissions forms. AIM'S COMMENT on the political com- plexion of the CED is distinctly uncalled ditorial published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: AL BLUMROSEN for. The Committee is composed of all va- rieties of groups, including perfectly honor- able residence halls, a Greek-letter society, and religious clubs. That the Young Repub- licans are submerging fundamental political differences with YP to renew its membership on CED, should be proof enough of the Com- mittee's non-partisan character. * * * AIM'S PHILOSOPHY of reform is also open to question. It apparently believes that the entrance of a strategically placed, permanently body such as Student Legisla- ture into the field, renders voluntary and open movements such as the CED obsolete.. In effect, this asserts the inherent superior- ity of established organizations over popular campaigns based on the constitutional right to petition for redress of grievances. There is a place in reform efforts for groups like the CED, which is open to all individuals and groups, and whose sole reason for existence is the satisfaction of an immediate popular demand. There is of course also a vital place for the SL. Recognizing this, the CED has al- ready conferred with a representative from the Student Legislature, and voted to con- tinue its work in consideration of any ac- tion SL might take. One wonders what more the Committee must do to demonstrate its sense of responsibility. PROSPECTS OF ACTION by SL are re- served for the future. Until that time, there seems no reason for those who agree with the CED's objectives to abstain from supporting its reasonable policies fully, or from signing and circulating its all-impor- tant petition against discriminatory ques- tions on entrance blanks. CED remains the most responsible group working against these questions. It is the effective instrument of all those who want to help free Michigan from the suspicion of admissions discrimination. -Al Silver IFC's Chance INTER-FRATERNITY COUNCIL House Presidents tonight will be presented with an opportunity to issue a ringing declaration of fraternities' willingness to remove bias clauses from their constitutions. At the same time they can silence radical forces on campus who seek to impose a concrete time limit for elimination of such clauses. This double opportunity comes in the form of a motion asking the Student Af- fairs Committee to suspend any fraternity which does not, by a certain date, begin action to have its bias clauses abolished. The motion will be voted upon tonight. Critics of this resolution claim that it is a concession to pressure from outside the fra- ternities. They say that its passage would lead to loss of the fraternities' right to choose their own members. Let us examine the strength of these claims. The National Interfraternity Confer- ence, meeting in Washington last week- end, recommended that fraternities take "such steps as they may elect" to remove bias clauses from their constitutions. Furthermore, passage of the motion would forestall any attempts by campus malcon- tents and extreme leftwingers to impose a concrete time limit on removal of the clauses. Under a concrete time limit, any frater- nity having discriminatory clauses in its national constitution after a certain date would be suspended from campus. The concrete time limit is unfair to the local chapters, which have no power to force action by any national fraternity. Passage of the current proposal would provide for sincere, constructive work against discrimination by fraternities them- selves, beginning as it should at the cam- pus level. Such work, rather than coercion, is at the basis-of real social progress. -James Gregory OPE[ RA THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, with Bob Elson, Don Hostetler, Reid Shelton, Shirley Perloff, Carol Neilson, Bertram Gable -and Clarence Stephenson, directed by Donald Decker, conducted by William Foyer. THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN Society has, over the past three years, earned a reputation for bringing the engaging, non- sensical world of the Savoy Operas to Ann Arbor in a spirited, professional manner. Their current production of The Pirates of Penzance lives up to their reputation in every way. More or less a satire on the Victorian sense of duty, the 70-year-old opera is peopled with pirates, policemen, fair young maidens, their guardian, a major-general -a modern major-general, a pirate maid- of-al-work and a pirate apprentice. All sing and acted their way through a typically and delightfully unplausible plot which is almost impossible to follow. The acting and singing reached uni- formly a high level, the leads not only doing a very capable job of bringing their characters to life but also singing so that none of the witty Gilbert words slipped by. The choruses of pirates and maidens per- formed with gusto and clarity, but the high point of the production came when Clarence Stephenson, who acted the sergeant of po- lice, and his chorus of policemen held the stage with their song, "When a Felon's Not Engaged in His Employment." But more important than anything else about the production, the cast obviously en- joyed inhabiting the Savoyard world-and this exhuberance very rapidly infects the audience. --John Davies Under A Bushel v3Q DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN ''r r ...-z , C,: -":. ,t:,. ^' > ..:ka < ;% 44W uL& .e LaWg Xetter4~ TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all lettersrwhichsare 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. (Ed. Note-The brass ring, good for one free ride on the Washington Merry-Go-Round, to- day goes to Oscar Chapman as he becomes Sec- retary of the interior.) X ASHINGTON - A young -Navy veteran stood outside the Juvenile Delinquency Court in Denver, Colo., back in 1922. He had tried eleven times to get an appointment with Judge Ben Lindsay, the famed juvenile expert, and each time Lindsay's secretary had said no. But the young veteran persevered. Fi- nally he caught Lindsay as he went out to lInch, and shortly thereafter became his assistant probation officer. The young veteran was Oscar Chapman. And if he had not persevered both in Denver and in Washington, he would not be taking the oath as Secretary of the Interior today. Chapman has been a member of the "little cabinet" longer than anyone else in Washington. He became Assistant Sec- retary of the Interior in the first months of Franklin Roosevelt's bright and shiny New Deal back in 1933, and he has pa- tiently stuck it out for 16 years since. Cabi- net shifts have been made, new appoint- ments have been sent to the Senate, but Chapman has quietly kept on working. And just as he finally saw Judge Lindsay after having 'been rebuffed eleven times, Oscar has now come into the reward long overdue. When he takes office today, he will probably be the best qualified and experi- enced new Secretary of the Interior in his- tory. * *I * -BULL-MOOSE BOSSES- ITT MAY SHOW a trend of the times that the three men Oscar Chapman worked for most of his life have all been Teddy Rosecvelt Bull-Moosers. And of recent years thcse Progressive Republicans have been among the pillars of the Democratic Party. It was through Senator Ed Costigan that Chapmn happened to meet FDR and enter the New Deal. Chapman had managed Cos- tigan's campaign for the Senate in Colorado in 19930, and despite the fact that Costigan was a Bull-Mooser. Chapman elected him on the Democratic ticket. Later Costigan visit- ed Franklin Roosevelt, then Governor of Now York. and took Chapman along. They talked about conservation. "We must keep young men like this in government," Roosevelt said, referring to Costigan's assistant and also having in mind the probability that he, Roosevelt, would le the next President of the United (a tey. - After his election, FDR did not forget. He notilied Costigan that "a man named Ickes from Chicago" would be the new Secretary of the Interior; and that marked the be- ginning of the hookup between Ickes and Chapman--a hookup that has continued to this clay. LIIWERAL BATTLER- LD-TIME OBSERVERS say there are two inds of1 oliticians in Washington - those who watch to see which way the wind is blowing, and those who stand up and buck the wind no matter how hard it's blowing. oil crisis in the winter of 1947-48 warned the industry that they faced a shortage. Later, the big oil companies were actually run- ning advertisements urging consumers to use less oil. Early in the New Deal it was also Chap- man who led the fight against child labor in the beet-sugar fields. As a boy he had worked in the tobacco fields of Virginia, and knew child labor first hand. Chapman was also sent to the Far West as trouble-shooter when the Grazing Act was first passed in 1934. Ickes and RAosevelt had persuaded Congress to regulate the public domain in the Rocky Mountain States, where big sheep and cattle men had fenced in large areas of government land. Irate groups of cattlemen greeted Chap- man wherever he went; but after listening to his persuasion for half an hour, one cattleman got up and said: "We're all used to having the government in Washington crucify us; so this is nothing new. But it is new to have someone come out and consult us about the way we want to be crucified. This man yhapman is at least good enough to come and listen to our side. So I'm for him." * * * -SMART POLITICIAN- WHEN HARRY TRUMAN became Pres'- dent of the United States he scarcely knew the young man who today enters his Cabinet. Probably the first time he came to appreciate him was when Harold Ickes re- signed and Chapman accomplished the mir- acle of keeping all Interior Department executives from resigning in protest with their old chief. Later, Truman came to know Chapman even better when his whistle-stop cam- paign in the summer of 1948 got off to a miserable start. At Omaha, Truman spoke to a half-empty house. Crowds along the way greeted him with less than lukewarm enthusiasm. Suddenly Oscar Chapman was rushed to his home town, Denver, then on through the Far West ahead of the President's train. Chapman knew the West. Thanks to this knowledge and his political sagacity, the presidential trip which started like a funeral dirge, ended like a bandwagon. Playing his part backstage, as usual, Oscar had quite a bit to do with the political miracle that con- founded the pollsters in November 1948. (Copyright, 1949, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) 'The Acquisitive Society' "THE BURDEN of our civilization is not merely, as many suppose, that the pro- duct of industry is ill-distributed, or its conduct tyrannical, or its operation inter- rupted by bitter disagreements. It is that industry itself has come to hold a position of exclusive predominance among human in- terests, which no single interest, and least of all the provision of the material means of existence, is fit to occupy. Like a hypochondriac who is so ab- sorbed in the processes of his own diges- tion that he goes to the grave before he Curriculum Committee To the Editor: MEMO TO GEORGE WALKER:t Your recent editorial did a commendable job of pointing out the definite need for a com- mittee of 20 or so students who are interested enough in the edu- cational process to work on cur-, riculum evaluation with a view to suggesting possible revisions. ' The work of the Harvard Stu- dent Council in this field has gain-z ed it nation-wide respect and, in all probability, an improved edu- cational system. When a University of Michigan) administrator has indicated a faith1 in students and student opinions by going out of his way to encour- age Michigan students to work in the all-important field of our edu- cational process, surely there should be some response. When you were busy writing an editorial which bemoaned the fact that the student body's response was poor and condemned the Stu-: dent Legislature for having done nothing about it, you neglected to) discover or report the fact that; the Student Legislature voted two, weeks ago to set up such a com- mittee on Curriculum Evaluation and Revision and is -now looking) for some volunteers from the stu- dent body to work with that com-: mittee.: May I suggest, Mr. Walker, that) you try another editorial on the same subject. An appropriate theme for it might be: "I've just volunteered to work on the SL's Curriculum Evaluation and Revi- sion Committee. If you are inter- ested in this important project, why not join me?" In the meantime, I am sure that anyone interested in working on the committee will be welcomed with open arms if they call SL President John Ryder for further information about the committee. -Tom Walsh * * * Reply to Miss Scott ..-. To the Edtor: TO ALICE SCOTT and to all other women house presidents who attend weekly meetings with- out knowing why: 1. Please read the comprehensive pink pamphlet on Women Stu- dent's Government distributed to every house by Women's Judiciary Council. The first paragraph ex- plains the function that you have never heard of, Miss Scott. 2.hPlease listen to what goes on in the meetings you attend. There are clues in the agenda to show why you're there. Judiciary Coun- cil members often attend these meetings to discuss the rules with you. What better time is there to discuss rule changes? Implicite in the power to make rules is the power to change them. 3. Please think back a little over a month to the introduction of a new regulation: the blanket one- thirty permission. Every house on campus, through their president, voted on this suggestion, and be- cause the vote was favorable, the rule was changed. 4. What girls are you defending, Miss Scott, when you say that some girls do not have a house president to represent them? The only girls who do not live in or- ganized houses with presidents are (1) girls whose homes are in Ann quite the opposite. Progress comes slowly. The SL has come a long way in the last few years, but it can choke itself by usurping too much power while it is yet too young to handle this power. I don't want to see that happen. -Marian S. Trapp * * * Discrimination .. . To the Editor: OF LATE, there has been much ado on campus about discrimi- nation. As always in the processes of the cure of a social evil, some- one must serve as the scapegoat. Here it happens to be the Greek letter societies and certain de- partments of the University it- self; elsewhere it is labor unions and sundry other organizations and individuals. I do not think this entirely justifiable, in that it is a social evil, created and in- doctrinated by society in general and not by any isolated minority in particular. It might be well for those who sincerely desire to terminate this evil to consider the elements of human nature involved. First of all, men do not like to be culled out from society and held up for public disapproval. Conciliation be- comes permanent only when peo- ple meet with a willingness to solve the problem and part with mutual feelings of amiability. The methods now being applied are hardly the framework to foster these conditions. And secondly, let us consider the net result if these high-pressured tactics do abolish the external signs of discrimina- tion. Can anyone possibly hold that people will cease to discrimi- nate because tangible evidences have been removed? No, I don't believe the problem will be solved under conditions of resentment and defiance, even though these be hidden to avoid further public disapproval. The solution lies in the slow process of public education and the individ- ual, personal acceptance of equali- ty. Until this condition is com- pletely satisfied, there will con- tinue to be "much outcry and little outcome." -Patrick Allen. * *,* Un-American Security . . To the Editor: THERE IS a tendency to rep- resent security as something evil. It's the old idea that you should have some pike in the pond to keep the carp from feeling too secure. Security leads to the wel- fare state, and we can't have that Mussolini was not original when he came to the conclusion thai wars are necessary to preserve th vitality of the people. After all war is the biggest competition there is. Cooperation makes u feel secure, and that's bad. You may join the Army and make your future secure, but th only man who has real security i the man in the penitentiary. H lives in the welfare state. W others would rather live in wha we may call, for lack of a bette term, the illfare state. I feel impelled to suggest tha Congress investigate all forms o insurance and take steps to eli- minate all insurance policies im mediately, if not sooner, for be ing un-American. The busines man who pays life insurance pre miums is providing security for hi Continued from Page 2 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. Theology Forum: 8 a.m., Lane Hall. Rev. John Burt, speaker. U. of M. Theatre Guild: Full re- hearsal, 6:30 p.m., practice stage, Ann Arbor High School. Young Democrats: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room C, Haven Hall. Discus- sion of plans for speaker on Dec. 8. Inter-racial Association: Meet- ing, 7:30 p.m., 18 Angell Hall. Con- sideration of affiliation with N.A.A.C.P. and delegation to Lan- sing. Everyone invited. Alpha Phi Omega: Meeting, Kalamazoo Room, League. Action will be taken on pledges. Office Machines and Supplies Exhibit: Twenty-one companies exhibiting at the Fourth Annual Office Machines and Supplies Ex- hibit. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 1 and 2, School of Business Ad- ministration, Rooms 41 and 46. Hours: 1 to 5 p.m., 7 to 9 p.m. Ad- mission Free. Student-Faculty Hour: Honor- ing the Zoology and Botany De- partments, 4-5 p.m., Grand Rapids Room, League. Druid: Meeting, 10:30 in Union Tower.- Electrical Engineering Research and Journal Discussion Group: 4 p.my, 3072 E. Engineering. Mr. Floyd Schults will discuss The Electro Magnetic Scattering of a Prolate Ellipsoid. Office Procedure Films: 146 School of Business Administration, 3 p.m., Thurs., and Fri., Dec. 1 and 2. Public invited. Student Legislature Meeting: Union, Rm. 3S, 7:30 p.m. AGENDA: I. TUG WEEK REPORT II. RECEPTION OF CERTIFI- CATES-NEW MEMBERS III. REPORT ON BUDGET IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS ELECTION REPORT NSA: SL RETREAT V. OLD BUSINESS VI. NEW BUSINESS I.Z.F.A.: Meeting. Speaker on events leading to UN decision on partition of Palestine. Refresh- ments. 8 p.m., Hillel House. Everybody welcome. International Center Weekly Tea: 4:30-6 p.m., for all Foreign students and American friends. IFC Glee Club: 7:15 p.m., Rm. 3-G, Union. La P'tite Causette: 3:30 p.m., Grill Room, League. Spanish Play: Tryouts, Thurs. and Fri., Dec. 1 and 2, 4 to 6 p.m., 408 Romance Languages. Job Application Letter: Miss Dorothy Greenwald, Assistant Pro- fessor of Business Reports, will lecture on how to write a job ap- plication letter and a personal data sheet. 4 p.m., 131 Business Administration School. All stu- dents invited. Sponsored by the SBus. Ad. Council. Panel Discussion, "Is Business Education Preparation?" represen- tatives from business and School of Business Administration par- ticipating, 7:30 p.m., 131 School decided to take this medium of suggesting another campaign, in the event anyone should run ou I of ideas. My objective is to foster a cam- -paign against the "bicycle menace' which is endangering the lives an Z safety of each and every pedes- t trian student, and especially in the e earlier hours of the morning. I hardly seems fair that these "two- wheeled maniacs" should be al- s lowed to use the Diagonal, ant other walks, as bicycle speedways J and particularly since the sea. e son of icy pavements and side- s walks is now with us. e I fully appreciate the utility o e the bicycle for those who are be- t yond walking distance of campus r but at the same time I believe that a few less "daredevil" tactics or t campus would be appreciated, ant f especially by those who have al- - ready been hit. - By fostering such a campaign - I fully realize that I may becom( s a target as "one who preache - discrimination, (against bicy s clists)," but after having beer of Business Administration. The public is invited. Polonia Club: Meeting and so- cial evening, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., In- ternational Center. Refreshments. All students of Polish descent in- vited. Michigan Crib: Meeting, 8 pm., Angell Hall. Round table discus- sion of the various activities in Law School. Everyone welcome. Deutscher Verein: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Rms. K, L, M, N, Union. "A report on Germany" by four visiting German students. Stu- dents and faculty invited. Puppet Group: 8 p.m., Lane Hall. Coming Events Hillel Social Committee: Meet- ing, 4:15 p.m., Union. Plans for this Sunday's "Bagel C Lox" Sup- per. All welcome. U. of M. Theatre Guild will pre- sent "Romeo and Juliet," five act tragedy by William Shakespeare, Sat. and Sun., Dec. 3 and 4, Pat- tengill Auditorium. Tickets on sale in the lobby, Administration Bldg. Party: All forestry wives get to- gether, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 2, Lane Hall. German Coffee Hour: 3:15-4:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 2, League Cafete- ria. All students and faculty mem- bers invited. Geological-Mineralogical Jour- nal Club: 3056 Natural Science Bldg., Fri., Dec. 2. Dr. John Chronic will speak on the "Strati- graphy Along the Alaska High- way." Westminster Guild Squirrel Cage: Snow Party, or if no snow an IM Party. Meet in recreation hall at 8:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 2. To All Members of the Faculty: On Sat., Dec. 3, the Intramural Sports Building will be open from 8 p.m. on for the exclusive use of members of the teaching staff (full or part time) and their wives. Swimming, badminton, volleyball, squash, golf, basketball, etc. Since continuance of this fac- ulty sports night depends upon the turn out, all those interested are urged to attend or call Mrs. Eite- man, 5474, and register for future possible evenings. Michigan Acturial Club: Open meeting, Fri., Dec. 2, 4 p.m., 2013 Angell Hall. Prof. Robert Mehr, Economics Department, University of Illinois. "I don't know anytling about acturial science, but . . . Everyone invited. Graduate Outing Club: All-day outing, Sun., Dec. 4, 10-6, at the Michigan Fresh-Air Camp. Bring winter clothes and equipment, and cars if possible. Meet northwest entrance, Rackham Bldg., 10 o'clock. Tryouts for the French Play: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, Dec. 5, 6 and 8, 3:30 to 5:15 p.m., 408 Romance Language Bldg. Any student with some knowledge of the French language may partici- pate. Exhibits in the University Mu- seums building will be open to stu- dents and the public from 7 to 9 p.m., Fri., Dec. 2. Natural history motion pictures: "In the Begin- ning" and "Beach and Sea Ani- mals," Room 3024, 7:30 p.m. Hawaii Club: Meeting, Fri., Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m., Glee Club Room, Un- ion. Election ofvofficers, picture taking and movie. i 'I f DR AMA FAMILY PORTRAIT: by Lenore Cof- fee and William Joyce Cowan, produced by the speech department, and directed by Prof. Valentine Windt. HONORS GO TO the actors in this pro- duction of a warm and human charac- terization of the family of Jesus. Prof. Clari- bel Baird, of the speech department, and Virginia Campbell very successfully bring to life the purity and goodness of Mary, and the frankness and loyalty of her sister, Mary Cleophas. And ,James Reason, Bruce Huff- man and Nafe Katter ably round out the picture with their foiled characterizations of the three brothers of Jesus who for prac- tical or ethical reasons have little or no use for Him. Briefly, the play tells of Jesus' early popularity with the people away from Nazareth, describes his failure upon his homecoming, tells of his death, and the life of his family afterwards. A definite highspot is achieved toward the end in the acting of Margaret Bell as Mary Magdala. Making the most of a small, but well written part, Miss Bell conveys with strength and sincerity Magdala's feeling of "rebirth" through her faith in Jesus. The playwright's failure to bring Jesus on stage to complete the "family portrait" Fifty-Ninth Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. 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