FAGE FOUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1949 4 Mythical Michigan Man THE DAILY'S SURVEY, which indicated that extra - curricular activities are manned by only 23 per cent independent personnel, would seem to indicate that the typical Michigan man lives a much more subdued life than is popularly supposed. He doesn't dash from one committee meeting to another, take time out for a coke date, zip down to the IM building to work out with the basketball squad, flash back to his room to change into a tux for a formal, somehow having found time to attend a class or two and grab a bite. Rather, his life tends to be a monastic sort of existence, about as exciting as a visit to Grandmother. The typical Michigan man lives in a rooming house or a dorm, in a room that is rather neat, simple, unadorned-perhaps a student loan print on the wall, a few photographs of girls back home, a bold calendar form the main decorations. The broken piece of a goalpost, the cowbell, the 32 college banners each hung at a differ- ent angle, the stolen street signs are all absent. He dresses neatly, but simply and not flashily. He may wear old GI clothes, or Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: ROMA LIPSKY slacks, an open shirt, a heavy windbreaker. He owns no tux. The Michigan man is probably not a very social individual. His friends are limited to the fellows in his rooming house or a few neighbors in his dorm, a few acquaintenances from classes, one or two from his home town. He may eat with these friends, and he may go to a movie or two a month with them, as well as most of the football games, maybe even several other sporting events. A gre- garious fellow may find himself in an occa- sional card game or even a bull session. He probably knows two or three women on campus well enough to date and may have two or three dates each semester. A trip or two home a term may form another highlight in his good gray life. He putters around quite a bit-reading magazines, rereading them, listening to records or the radio, taking short naps, or at times, just letting his mind wander far away. Probably the dominant activity in his life-certainly the one he considers domin.- ant-is studying. He spends most of his evenings studying in his room, a study hall or library. He may get something to eat be- fore closing his colorless day, usually close to eleven. The Michigan Man's life is moral, no doubt, but probably not a very full one. Cer- tainly it is a far cry from the conventional picture of Joe College's dizzy days. -,John Davies -F r ,* A ('AU R R E MCv I ES ;;G At The Michigan.. . SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON, with John Wayne and Victor MacLaglen. IF YOU CAN go into the theatre and forget about everything but the Technicolor photography, this movie is the Picture of the Decade. Filmed among the buttes of the South- west, the camera takes full advantage of the natural phenomena in numerous out- door shots. It is only when the actors be- come the subject of attention that the movie falls apart. Constructed in the best manner of Per- sonalized Documentaries on our Glorious Past, the story is nevertheless hopelessly be- fouled by the inevitable love interest. But even the inferior love story could have been painlessly worked in, had the lovers only been able to act. Such was not the case. Of the members of the cast, John Wayne, as the captain in an Indian-fighting outpost, and Victor Mc- laglen, lis alcoholic aide, are the only char- acters wio make any sort of an impression. Joanne Dru, the sole single woman in the outpost, does a boring job of acting tempes- tuous. But someone had to wear the sym- bolic yellow ribbon, and she does wear it capably. Her sweetie, John Agar, is apparently not in the habit of speaking complete sen- tences, judging from the lack of expression in his lines. At The State ... PAISAN . . . Roberto Rossellini's six- episodes from the War in Italy. "Paisan," now suffering from inexcusably stupid editing, runs the gamut from "met- tza-mettza" to magnificient. It is divided, as everyone knows by this time, into six separate war stories, the best of which is undoubtedly the last. This sec- tion, about a unit of OSS men fighting beside the Northern Italian Partisans in. the last days of the war, is one of the most powerful things ever filmed. Stripped of everything but action, only the camera editorializes. The men make no judgements, but simply try to stay alive. This scene features a flabby and fortish American army captain, who is, for me at least, the most memorable soldier ever pre- sented on any screen. While the other sequences do not ap- proach this last one, some of them are ex- cellent in their own right. The scene in Florence, (an American nurse trying to reach her pre-war lover, now a Partisan chief), is my own second, choice, with the scene in Naples, (the Negro Soldier and the Italian kid,) almost as good. The scene in the monastery suffers from the absence of professional actors. Else- where, the Rossellini technique, amateur ac- tors under Rossellini's careful direction, is successful, but the Monastery scene is one without action, and the incompetence of the three American chaplains hamstrings the effectiveness of what is meant to be a parable of simplicity. The butchers who cut this version of "Paisan" mutilated the Rome sequence between the. GI and the prostitute so that it makes very little sense. But even this "expurgated" "Paisan" is well worth seeing. - -Kirk R. Hampton MATTER OF FACT: Tax Increase? By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON-The present status of tax policy is another good example of the Truman Administration's increasing tenden- cy to take the comfortable road. Some weeks ago, the President himself told his press con- ference that he would ask Congress for sub- stantial tax increases, in order to cover part of the expected Federal deficit. Forward es- timates of the deficit are currently floating around $6 billion. Yet it now appears quite probable that no drastic tax rises will be proposed after all. To be sure, President Truman's decision on this important aspect of his 1950 program is yet to be made. Before leaving for Key West, he asked both the Treasury and the Council of Economic Advisers to prepare memoranda on tax policy, for his use while on holiday. The final verdict will be given after these memoranda have been digested, when the President goes to work in earnest on his budget message. MEANWHILE, however, it is already pretty apparent that the President will have to reverse his advisers, if he keeps to his press conference promise to demand a heavy tax increase. It is very rare indeed for Sec- retary of the Treasury John Snyder and the present senior member of the economic ad- visory council, Leon Keyserling, to agree on any subject. But the signs suggest they do agree for once (although for very different reasons) that important new taxes are un- desirable at this time. As between these two men, Snyder's po- sition is the least certain. Within the Treasury staff, there are two fairly well marked schools of thought. One school favors early budget-balancing, by raising taxes if need be. The other places its main emphasis on the discouragement of fur- ther taxes to the business community. Snyder himself has always been intensely hesitant to do anything that displeases the businessmen. Those who should know ac- cordingly assert that he strongly inclines to- ward the second Treasury school, opposing immediate heavy tax rises. And this o course fits neatly with his recent surprise testimony, depreciating the sterner sort of budget-balancing, and defending deficit fi- nancing as healthy at certain times. AS FOR THE POSITION of the economic advisory council, the theory that pre- vails there is familiar. In brief, Keyserling and his colleagues assert that the budget should be balanced, not by increases in taxes, but by increases in the national income, which will be automatically reflected in lar- ger tax yields from existing taxes. Tax rises at this time will be deflationary, and will therefore impede the expansion of the na- tional product and income. Hence they are to be avoided. Of course, even if the Treasury and the economic advisory council give the indi-, cated advice, and even if the President accepts this advice, some changes in tax rates may well be proposed. The question is, not whether taxes will be raised, but whether they will be raised enough to make much difference in the size of the projected federal deficit. The latter is the real point presently in dispute. On the former point, it should be remem- bered that the economic advisory council last year urged selective removal of certain of the wartime-excise taxes. The Treasury then successfully opposed this project. This year, however, removal of some at least of the excise taxes appears fairly probable. If this is decided upon, the President will al- most certainly, wish to impose other levies considerably more than compensating for the loss of excise revenue. Gifts and inheri- tance taxes and the corporation tax are the most likely sources. FROM THIS brief and inadequate review of present tendencies on the tax issue, a far from re-assuring picture dimly emerges. The President cannot be accused of being self-indulgent merely because he may change his mind about a big tax increase. The wisdom of such an increase is at least very questionable. The self-indulgence lies, rather, in the obvious failure to come to grips with the underlying issue of basic eco- nomic policy. If the President were really to adopt and act on the Keyserling theory, he would not only propose no important new taxes, he would also have to raise the present crip- pling limitations on defense spending and do certain other things to stimulate ex- pansion of the national product. And he would have to fight bitterly for this the- ory before the Congress and the country. On the other hand, if the President were really to adopt and act on the Snyder the- ory, he would equally have to reduce many popular expenditures which he now plans to increase. But there is no coherent, dominant theory. Instead, the Administration is trying to avoid all the uncomfortable things, and only do what is comfortable. Going down this road is very pleasant for a while, but only for a while. (Copyright, 1949, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) ant, with their two wives. Neither are Tex- ans. Of course, Jesse Jones, when head of the powerful RFC, did not hesitate to accept trips in a private car on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at a time when he was lending RFC money to that road. And it will be in- , _- .. .r>T_ l^n,- nlc ,- .- tril. "^ d f 1 :-t 't -7-- o.,.. eei'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. "And Some Day You lI Have A Real One" DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN, Facts on AIM Continued from Page 2 . . . a a ti The important plot, yellow ribbons to the contrary, is still the cleaning up of recalcit- rant Indian tribes in 1876. The story isn't great by any standards, but the excellent Technicolor makes the show well worth see- ing. -Fran Ivick To the Editor:-, IN REGARD to a recent Letter to the Editor by Mr. Mort Sim- ons, I would like to take an op- portunity both to answer some questions he raised regarding the nature and function of AIM, and to make clear to any other inde- pendents just how AIM is related to them. I infer from the tone of Mr. Simon's letter that he supposes that AIM is, or should be, an or- ganization with a general mem- bership, such as the Young Repub- licans, Young Progressives, et al. Such is r4ot the case; without go- ing into detail, The Association of Independent Men can be describ- ed as a representative group, com- parable to the Student Legislature, The Interfraternity Council, etc., which, like AIM, are composed of elected or appointed representa- tives. Specifically, AIM is an exe- cutive council, with each mens' dormitory on campus electing or appointing a representative. Fur- ther, though the representation of "outside" independents is still in an embryonic stage, AIM does have three additional representa- tives from rooming house "dis- tricts", with an added constituency of about 750. To the extent that many men living in rooming houses are as yet unorganized in- to districts, AIM admittedly does not speak for all independent men. Briefly, AIM's function is two- fold: To perform service functions for independent men, and to at- tempt to aid them in political expression. Mr. Simons 'may be familiar with some of the service functions which we attempt, such as the promotion of A-hop, in cooper- ation with Assembly, movies, and the like, sometimes on an all- campus basis, sometimes on a ba- sis of individual districts. An ad- ditional service was provided last year with the sale of athletic equipment at wholesale prices-at no profit except to the men buy- ing the equipment. The members of the executive council are legally chosen repre- sentatives of each of the dorms and outside districts. As such, their official actions on political mat- ters are legitimate. AIM has al- ways recognized that the average independent man has little op- portunity to make his weight felt on campus; for this reason, it of- ten acts as a sounding-board for independent opinion. Mr. Simons may not know, that, in this con- nection, he or any independent man may present motions to the council for their consideration. Even when an organization is perfectly representative, there is always the possibility that it may take action to which 49% of its constituency may object. To those independent men who, like Mr. Simons, may disagree with AIM's policies, I ask you to register your disagreement to your AIM repre- sentative, or by selecting next se- mester's representative with a view to their agreement with you. If you live outside of a dormitory in an unorganized district, I ask for patience and co-operation un- til the tedious and difficult work of organizing districts is complete. The interest and criticism of any independent man is always wel- comed by AIM representatives. I hope this letter may clarify the nature of AIM to Mr. Simons and anyone with similar questions. -Walt Hansen, President, Association of Independent Men. .9 * +K Purchase Cards . To the Editor: EXPLANATION OF POLICIES of the NSA Committee in regard to the current sale of Pur- chase Cards should be made clear to the student body. National Student Association Purchase Cards are being sold by the NSA Committee of the Stu- dent Legislature for $1.00 during this week in the Administration Building. PCS Cards are honored in 20 national areas at stores con- tracted by the NSA with discounts ranging from five to 25% over a variety of merchandise. Cards are valid until September 15, 1950. Only the Detroit Area is being given emphasis in the PCS card sale this week since it is the only complete area list in the hands of the SL's NSA Committee. When future up-to-date lists are received from other national areas, they will be mailed to card holders and further opportunity will be given to buy PCS Cards. Lists of Detroit stores accompany card sales. No NSA Purchase Card con- tracts have been signed in Ann Arbor this semester. The Ann Ar- bor Chamber of Commerce has not cooperated in the Purchase Card System although every at- tempt has been made to show the value of PCS to both merchant and student purchaser. Every dollar collected by 'NSA from the sale of PCS Cards is al- located accordingly: 65c to the local student government treasury (Student Legislature); 20c to the National Office of NSA; 10c to the Regional Office of NSA; 5c to the Area Office of NSA. The last three delegations of funds covered PCS operation exclusively. PCS Card purchasers are urged ot contact the PCS Chairman on this campus when any questions or criticisms arise concerning the system. -Leonard A. Wilcox, Chairman PCS, NSA Committee. A Wrd on Abbrev.s . * To the Editor: Home Economics. For appoint-( ments call the Bureau of Appoint-N ments, Ext. 489. Detroit Civil Service Commis- sion announces examination for Playleaders (men and women) for summer playground work.mFiling period closes Dec. 21. For further information call at University Bu- reau of Appointments, 3528 Ad- ministration Bldg. Detroit Civil Service Commission announces examinations for Pub- lic Service Attendants men andl women) and Assistant Public Serv- ice Attendants men and women) to establish an eligible register for1 summer positions. Filing period1 closes Dec. 22. For further infor- mation call at University Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administra- tion Bldg.1 The University Bureau of Ap- pointments has received announce- ment that Cejwin Camps, Port Jervis, New York are now organiz- ing their camp staff for the com- ing summer. Openings are for men and women general and specialty counselors. Minimum academic re- quirement is Senior status in col- lege as of July 1 next. For further information, call at 3528 Adminis- tration Bldg. The Hammermill Paper Com-; pany of Erie Pennsylvania, has openings for applicants for sales' trainee positions. Students who plan to graduate in June 1950 are eligible to apply. For further in- formation call at the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administra- tion Bldg. International Center, Weekly Calendar: Tues., Dec. 6, 7 p.m., I.S.A. meet- ing. Wed., Dec. 7, 8 p.m., Instruction in Ballroom dancing. Thurs., Dec. 8, 8 p.m., Polonia Club. Fri., Dec. 9, 8:30 p.m., Chinese Club. University Community Center: Willow Village. Tues., Dec. 6, 8 p.m., Wives' Club. Dr. Hobart Coffey, "Domestic Re- lations." Wed., Dec. 7, 8 p.m., Great Books Group; Ceramics. Thurs., Dec. 8, 8 p.m., Skit Group; Choir; Ceramics; Water- color and textile painting. Sat., Dec. 10, 9-12 p.m., Wives' Club Christmas Dance at West Lodge. Entertainment by the "Brickettes." Lectures University Lectures. Two lec- tures by Mrs. Constance Dyson, Principal of Hillcroft College, Sur- rey, England. "Some Aspects of Modern English Literature," aus- pices of the Department of Eng- lish, 4:15 p.m., Architecture Audi- torium; "Adult Education in Great Britain," auspices of the School of Education and the University Ex- tension Service, 8 p.m., Tues., Dec. 6, Architecture Auditorium. University Lectures in Journal- ism: Two lectures by Carroll Bind- er, Editorial Editor, The Minneap- olis Tribune, auspices of the De- partment of Journalism. "The Outlook for Freedom of Informa- tion," 3 p.m., Room C, Haven Hall; "The Road Ahead in World Af- fairs," 8 p.m., Wed., Dec. 7, Kellogg Auditorium. Michigan Memorial - Phoenix Project Lecture: "Age Determina- tion by Radiocarbon Content." Professor James J. Arnold, Insti- tute for Nuclear Studies, Univer~ sity of Chicago; auspices of the Michigan Memorial - Phoenix Project, 4 p.m., Wed., Dec. 7, Kel- logg Auditorium. University Lecture: "Human Re- lations in Business and Industry." Charles T. Estes, Special Assistant to the Director, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Wash- ington, D.C.; auspices of the De- partment of Speech. 4 p.m., Wed., Dec. 7, Rackham Lecture Hall. University Lectures: "Three-Di- mensional Visualization of Heart Potentials," Dr. Otto H. Schmitt, Professor of Zoology and Physics, University of Minnesota; auspices of the Department of Physics. 4:15 p.m., Wed., Dec. 7, Rackham Amphitheatre. Academic Notices Preliminary Examinations for the Doctorate in Linguistics: Sat., Jan. 14. Candidates should consult Professor Kurath before the Christmas recess (2:30 to 3 p.m.) Elaine Giddings, Speech: thesis: "A Critical Study of the Speaking Career of General Jan C. Smuts with Special Reference to his World Peace Addresses," Tues., Dec. 6, 3211 Angell Hall, 1:30 p.m. Chairman, W. M. Satler. Doctoral Examination for Wil- liam Henry Roe, Education; thesis: "Administrative Structural Reor- ganization in Michigan with Spe- cial Reference to Community School Districts," Tues., Dec., 6, 715 S. Forest Ave. (Moehlman residence), 3 p.m. Chairman, A. B. Moehlman. AE. 160 Seminar: 4 p.m., Wed., Dec. 7, 1504 E. Engineering. Mr. Philip Culbertson, from the Uni- versity of Michigan Supersonic Wind Tunnel, will speak "On Problems in Supersonic Tunnel Measurements and Calibration." Refreshments. Visitors welcome. Chemical Colloquium: 4:15 p.m., Wed., Dec. 7, 1300 Chemistry. Prof. R. K. McAlpine, Department of Chemistry. "The Autooxidation- reduction of Iodine in Alkaline Solutions." Engineering Mechanics Semi- nar: Prof. J. A. Van den Broek, Department of Engineering Me- chanics. "History of Theory of Strength." 4 p.m., Wed., Dec. 7, W. Engineering. All interested per- sons welcome. Mathematics Colloquium: 4 p.m., Tues., Dec. 6, 3011 Angell Hall. Dr. Wilfred M. Kincaid will speak on 'AN ANALYSIS OF A ONE-PERSON GAME." Concerts Stanley Quartet. The final pro- gram in the series of concerts by the Stanley Quartet will be pre- sented at 8:30 p.m., Tues., Dec. 6, Rackham Lecture Hall. Composed of Gilbet Ross and Emil Raab, violinists, Paul Doktor, violist, and Oliver Edel, cellist, the group will play Mozart's Quartet in D minor, K. 421, Arnold Schoenberg's Quar- tet No. 2, Op. 10, and Schumann's Cluartet in A major, Op. 41, No. 3. In the Schoenberg quartet, written for soprano, two violins, viola and cello, Norma Swinney Heyde, a graduate student in the School of Music, will appear as soloist. Open to the public without charge. Student Recital: Harriet Boden Brask, Mezzo-soprano, will present a program in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Music degree at 8:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 7, Rackham Assembly Hall. Mrs. Brask is a pupil of Arthur Hackett. Program. compositions by Donaudy, Faure, Chausson, Vidal, Debussy, Cornelius, and a group of English songs arranged by John J. Niles and Victor Young. Open to the public. Events Today Canterbury Club: 7:30-9:30 p.m., Chaplain's Seminar, conducted b (Continued on Page 5) .M . *. ~IU1~ I I It i Al ON THE i I Washington Merry- Go-Round WITH DREW PEARSON Ijj WASHINGTON-Recent revolution and ri- oting in Latin America has pointed up what the American public has long dimly realized, namely that while we are fighting Communism in Europe, we are losing out to Fascism at our own front door. Panama, which surrounds the most im- portant waterway in the world so far as the United States is concerned, is now in the hands of a dictator, Arnulfo Arias, who had roots in Germany and Italy dur- ing the days of Hitler and Mussolini. Just before Pearl Harbor, we considered him such a menace the United States helped to euchre him out of the presidency. In Colombia, a country equally vital to the strategic waterway which links east-west shipping, the bloodiest riots in, history have been taking place. Approximately 1,000 peo- ple have been killed, and a Fascist party, de- liberately aided and abetted by Dictator Franco of Spain, has instituted such terror that it was impossible to hold two-way elec- tions. While U.S. senators have been guzzling Dictator Franco's lush wines in Madrid, Franco has been pulling the rug right out from under U.S. policy in one of the most important countries in the Pan American Union. Months ago Laureano Gomez, now the Colombian strong man. went to Madrid and had bogged down, he just wouldn't believe it. But the trouble with President Truman is that he thinks of Pan-American friend- ship in terms of getting out a lot of flags and the brass bands to greet President Dutra of Brazil. He doesn't realize that the Good-Neighbor policy must be closely co- ordinated and carefully carried out every day of the year. Over in the Export-Import Bank, also, far more loans have been advanced in Latin America than most people realize. But a successful Good-Neighbor policy isn't built up merely by dumping money into Latin America, or giving rousing wel- comes to visiting Pan-American poten- tates. Today we have a lot of well-meaning cogs in our diplomatic machinery, but sometimes they seem to be turning separately and in different directions. In brief, the gears do not mesh. - JESSE JONES' RIVAL - IT LOOKS LIKE Jesse Jones, long consid- ered the financial czar and once an as- piring political czar of Texas, now has a real rival. He is Texas Oil Tycoon Glenn Mc- Carthy of Houston, who recently helped mastermind "Sam Rayburn Day." 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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