THE MICHIGAN DAILY TrarelBureau AS ANY vacation time approaches, students begin to think about the cheapest and quickest way to get home. "Wouldn't it be fine if I could find someone driving to Podunk" is the gen- eral sort of conversation heard during the week preceding the holiday. In the past, if the student wanted to do any more than think and talk about the possibility of riding home, he was pretty much out of luck. All he could do was put up a neatly typed notice on the bulletin board of the Union or his residence, and hope that some kind-hearted person with an auto- mobile would read and heed his request. This year, however, the Union has done something about the how-shall-I-get-home- for-Christmas problem. It has set up a travel bureau specifically designed to bring togeth- er persons driving to a certain area and per- sons desiring rides to the same destination. Response to the program was most enthu- siastic. Nearly 1,000 students registered with the bureau, either as drivers or as riders. Despite the expected shortage of drivers, the bureau was able to accommodate a size- able portion of the would-be riders who sign- ed up for its services. Considering the Uni- versity's rather restrictive driving provisions, the bureau's accomplishment is quite im- pressive. The Union staff deserves a well-earned compliment for providing a needed service to the student body. The support which . the travel bureau received shows beyond any doubt that students do appreciate worthwhile student-sponsored projects.. We could stand more of them around here. -Paul Brentlinger MATTER OF FACT: This Atomic Mess Bill Mauldin WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1949 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN II By JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP WASHINGTON-Resignation of David E. Lilienthal from the chairmanship of the Atomic Energy Commission has left this vital sphere of effort in an appalling mess. The mess is none of Lilienthal's mak- ing; but his going has brought the situation into rather lurid relief. Hence there is now talk, in the very restricted circles where the situation is understood at all, of the possible need for a wholly new start next year. The reason for Lilienthal's resignation was entirely personal. He simply did not like his job. He is one of the great administra- tors and public servants of our time, but he has no inclination to be a manufacturer of weapons of hideous destruction. When this turned out to be his real task as A.E.C. chairman, he had no enthusiasm for it. The sense of duty that kept him going was broken down by the most recent spasm of neurotic Senatorial inquisition, and he resigned forthwith. FURTHERMORE, Lilienthal's efforts have at least kept the mess in the atomic energy effort within reasonable limits. On the worlging level, the Atomic Energy Com- mission is adequately if not always bril- liantly staffed. The various divisions of the A.E.C. are operating pretty satisfactorily. The program can jog along for a while, without risk of immediate breakdown. There is clear risk of eventual breakdown, however, in the state of affairs at top. It ON THE Washington Merry-Go-Round WITH DREW BEanson was already unwieldy to try to run a great industrial effort through a commission. If not replaced by a single qualified adminis- trator, the A.E.C. ought probably to be reduced from five men to three. What Is even worse, however, is the enormous num- ber of persons legally authorized to breathe down the commission's neck. * * THIS ROLE IS performed by the General Advisory Committee, by the Military Liaison Committee, and above all by the Joint Congressional Committee .These neck- breathers represent an obvious sacrifice of efficiency to "safeguards." And their mere existence has also reacted sharply on the relationships within the A.E.C. It has long been known, of course, that Commissioner Lewis Strauss is at odds with Chairman Lilienthal. This disagree- ment has been rendered crippling by Strauss's habit of running for aid to Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, or other members of the Joint Congressional Com- mittee, or leaders of the Defense Depart- ment. Now, moreover, politics has crept in. While no doubt an able man, the most recently chosen commissioner, Gordon Dean, is also the patronage appointee of the chair- man of the Congressional Joint Committee, Senator Brien MacMahon. In the nature of things, Dean's special relationship in- creases the invitation to Congressional in- terference in the commission's proper work, already extended, as it were, by Strauss. A S IF THESE obstacles were not enough to repel any candidate for the succession to Lilienthal, the President has lately weak- ened the commission's support from the executive branch. The issue here has been the form of our co-operation in atomic development with the British and Canadiars. The explosion of the Soviet atomic bomb has removed every intelligible obstacle to the fullest Anglo-Canadian-American co- operation. One of the strongest lessons, of Dr. Vannevar Bush's "Modern Arms and Free Men" is that we are likely 1 benefit the most by full co-operation. Chairman Lilienthal fought for full co- operation from the first. But the White House and the State Department have alike shrunk back from asking Congress for the necessary exceptions to the "se- crecy" rules. As a result, the recent conversations with the British here would have been comic, if they had not been tragic. Sir Oliver Franks and Sir Alexander Cockcroft, representing the British government, went into the talks completely briefed, completely united and completely aware of what had to be ac- complished. Although Secretary of State Acheson had been strongly urged to take personal charge of the American side, our repre- sentatives were six representatives of the A.E.C. and the State and Defense Depart- ments, all divided among themselves, all uncertain of policy, all unauthorized to act. Complete failure was only narrowly avoided. These are the real reasons why the President is having such difficulty in finding a successor for Chairman Lilienthal. In the end, indeed, it seems clear that the President will have to choose betwen two alternatives. Either he will have to name anotherofthe dim hacks who are becoming so common in vital government jobs. Or' he will have to promise some qualified man his own energetic support in any reforms the new chairman may think necessary after a year's experience. (Copyright, 1949, New York Herald Tribune, Inc.) uates, 21-25 years of age. The Line Operations (Steel) is interested in obtaining Mechanical or Metallur- gical Engineering graduates, 21-26 years of age, in the upper half of their class. 18-month on-the-job apprenticeship type training pro- gram is followed by placement in a supervisory situation. There are also opening for Commerce gradu- ates with majors in Accounting, in the upper quarter of their class, 22-26 years of age, for 18-month on-the-job training program. For additional information and appointments for interviews call the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administration Bldg. Lectures University Lectures in Journal- ism: "The Press in a Changing World." Benjamin M. McKelway, Editor, Washington Star, and President of the American Society of Newspaper Editors: auspices of the Department of Journalism. 3 p.m., Wed., Dec. 14, Room C, Haven Hall. University Lecture: "An Immu- nological Approach to Problems of Fertilization And Development." Dr. Albert Tyler, Associate Profes- sor of Embryology, California In- stitute of Technology; auspices of the Department of Zoology. 8 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 15, Rackham Amphi- theater. A cademic Notices Doctoral Examination for Ar- thur Edwin Johnson, Jr., Educa- tion; thesis: "Development of an Interest Blank to Differentiate Types of Mechanical Interest," 2 p.m., Thurs.,Dec. 15, West Coun- cil Room, Rackhain Bldg. Chair- man, H. C. Koch. Doctoral Examination for Lyle Frederick Albright, Chemical En- gineering; thesis: "Thermodyn- amic Properties of Freon 13," 3 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 15, 3201 E. En- gineering Bldg. Chairman, J. J. Martin. Continued from Page 2 Doctoral Examination for David John Davis, Education; thesis: "A Comparative Study of Achieve- ment Levels of Twelfth Grade Pu- pils on a Test Designed to Measure Functional Competence in Mathe- matics," 4 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 15, West Council Room, Rackham Bldg. Chairman, H. C. Kochj, Doctoral Examination for Ern- est Milton Halliday, English; the- sis: "Narrative Technique in the Novels of Ernest Hemingway," 7 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 15, East Coun- cil Room, Rackham Bldg., Chair- man A. L. Bader. AE. 160 Seminar: 4 p.m., Wed., Dec. 14, 1504 E. Engineering. Prof. M. V. Morkovin will speak "On Wind Tunnel Corrections." Re- freshments. Visitors welcome. Engineering Mechanics Semi- nar: 4 p.m., Wed., Dec. 14, 101 W. Engineering. Mr. F. W. Nieden- fuhr will speak on the "Analog Computer." All interested persons welcome. Physical-Inorganic Chemistry Seminar: 4:07 p.m., Wed., Dec. 14, 2308 Chemistry. Prof. J. H. Hodges. "Activation in Unimolecular Reac- tions." Zoology Seminar: 4:15 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 15, Rackham Amphi- theater. Mr. Martin J. Ulmer will speak on "The Life History of Postharmostomum hellcis (Leidy), (Trematoda)." Concerts Student Recital: Graham Young, a Wind Instrument major in the School of Music, will present a program in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music degree at 8:30 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 15, Lydia Mendels- sohn Theater. He will be assisted by members of the Woodwind En- semble Class taught by Dwight Dailey. A pupil of Clifford Lillya, Mr. Young will play works by Barat, Hindemith, Bohme, Feld- man, Tomasi, and Daniel Gregory Mason. The public is invited. (Continued on Page 6) "Shinin' example, my eye! I happen to know he's payin' off a gamblin' debt." Xete~4TO 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. .4 WASHINGTON - A significant develop- ment has taken place inside the Justice department regarding the amazing John Maragon, close friend of General Vaughan and once a frequent caller at the White House. Higher-ups in Justice have given orders to Morris Fay, efficient U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, to give them a full report on the perjury case against Maragon and to make no move without consulting the Justice Department. This has not been done in other important cases. General Benny Meyers also faced a perjury charge, but no such order went to Fay from the Justice Department. He was convicted and jailed without any delay or consultation. John Maragon not only faces an almost identical perjury charge, but Sen. Clyde Eoey of North Carolina, chairman of the Se rate Expenditures Subcommittee, official- ly sent the case to the Justice Department with a request for prosecution. Furthermore, Hoey went to extra precautions to have a quorum of his subcommittee present when Maragon was questioned so there would be no legal -loophole for a wriggling out of a erjury prosecution. Finally, it has been three full months since the Senate sent its report to the Justice Department, and still no action. Ordinarily, it takes about one week to bring a case of this kind before a grand jury. Maragon, of course, has had a special Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: DOLORES LASCHEVER Lux on Weseurup WHEN BELGIUM, The Netherlands and Luxembourg set up special economic arrangements, they were called Benelux for short. The proposal now is that the arrange- ments be expanded to include France and Italy, and this new proposal has been dubbed Fritalux. Lest this be considered a slight upon Belgium and The Nether- lands, which are also involved, the name had better be Fritabenelux. The Dutch are urging that western Ger- many also be included. If this is done, the name would appropriately be Wegefrita- benelux. Other nations are intimately concerned with these economic arrangements. For example, the Scandinavian countries, which have special ties among themselves. By the Scandinavian countries, of course, we mean Swenorden. And always there are the vast interests of Great Britain. She is at the same time a' part of Briswenorden and Briwegefrita- benelux. Sooner or later these must be brought together into a Briswenordenwege- fritabenelux. But there will remain the problem of Spaipor, which is not a Marplan country, Marplan, of course, means Erp or Oeec. When the political and economic difficulties have been overcome, the whole may be call- ed Briswenordenwegefritabeneluxspaipor. Or, it might simply be called Western Europe. -St. Louis Star-Times White House pass, has supplied liquor to Gen. Harry Vaughan, has ridden on special Presidential trains, stood on the bridge of a battleship with the President when he re- viewed the fleet in New York, and at one time had access to the White House at al- most any time of the day or night. So while General Benny Meyers can't even get parole, Maragon isn't even indicted. RELUCTANT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT' FAILURE TO ACT in the Maragon case brings up. a point regarding the Justice Department which most people don't realize. The public generally thinks qf the Justice Department as the protective branch of the U.S. Government, which reaches out to pun- ish dishonesty wherever found and does its best to keep the federal government clean. * * * A review of important cases, however,' Indicates that the justice Department is. extremely reluctant to go after the big boys in government, and that most of the cleanup cases have been developed either by committees of Congress or by the news- papers. Frequently it isn't until after a crime has been thoroughly aired by the press and on Capitol Hill that the so-called upholders of the law in the Justice De- partment move in. And if some friend or high political figure is involved, such as John Maragon, sometimes they don't move at all. Here are a few notable cases in point: ALGER HISS-now on trial for perjury. This case was developed by the House Un- American Activities Committee, w h i c h turned up the famed pumpkin papers. Since the Justice Department finally moved in, however, its lawyers have done an efficient and persistent job. CONGRESSMAN ANDREW MAY - now sentenced to jail. Various hints of May's peculiar activities were published by this column and others for some years, but it took the Senate Investigating Committee, under Sen. James Mead of New York, to bring out the facts. After that the Justice Department acted, CONGRESSMAN PARNELL THOMAS - now sentenced to jail. It took a newspaper- man to dig out Thomas's skulduggery. After the cancelled checks in Thomas's kickback deals, plus an important witness, were turned over to the Justice Department, it carried through thoroughly and efficiently. How- ever, Alex Campbell, dynamic chief of the Criminal Division, who carried the ball, had to buck some opposition near the top. GENERAL BENNY MEYERS - the first public revelation that General Meyers had been up to no good was published in this column on July 29, 1947, when it was stated that Meyers had speculated in the stock market with as much as $4,000,000. Chief credit belongs to the Brewster Committee, however, for bringing out the facts in the Meyers case and turning them over to the Justice Department.. ARABIAN OIL - It was also the Brewster Committee which developed the amazing manner in which certain admirals and the Navy had overcharged the U.S. Government for Arabian oil during the war. The Justice Department, for reasons best known to itself, never prosecuted this scandal, but exposure of the facts resulted in new oil contracts and a saving to the taxpayers of millions of dol- lars. SENATOR ELMER THOMAS- When a grand jury probing lobbyists learned about the speculating activities of Senator Thomas, it wanted to indict him, but the Justice De- In Defense of Engineers To the Editor: A BIG HEAD-er-a big hand to Philip Dawson on his illumi- nating editorial in Thursday's Daily. Mr. Dawson spotlighted the over-specialization of our engi- neering curriculum an stated the need for a preliimnary course that would give engineers more social poise and background. In this, we quite agree. However, Mr. Dawson ap- proached asininity when he tried to place the engineering student on an "animal level" of existence. Mr Dawson has a narrow and naive mind if he thinks the aver- age engineer is unable to "engage in light conversation" and speak of "anything but sine functions, electron beams, stress, and torque." But if enjoyment of life depends upon discussing such topics as the culture in the Vatican City be- tween 1669 and 1769, we'd rather stick to our sine functions. We can't decide whether Mr. Dawson is ill-informed or just plain facetious in his comments. At any rate, past experience in the engineering field disproves all those horrid inadequacies he has painted. Certainly the average engineer could profit by training in the L.S.& A. college, but cer- tainly he is far from desperate. For Mr. Dawson's information, the field is not full of mechanical in- troverts. On the contrary, it deals with personal contact and super- vision, as much as in any other profession. Engineering sales is one of the most extrovertive types of employment to be found anywhere and represents a very large seg- ment of engineers. If engineers are so lacking, how do so many, many engineers, and not only the exceptions, find their way into management's ranks? In fact, from the outset, engineer graduates are employed with the idea that someday they will join the executive ranks. Yes, despite all of Mr. Dawson's inherent hand- icaps, the engineers are quite a successful group. -Merton Westott, Sam Sargeant. * * * To the Editor; I'M SURE THE editorial page of ,Thursday's Daily flustered and completely left most of us engi- neers in a quarry. The editorials therein told us to do exactly opposite things and thereby nullified us. To wit: One (by Mr. Dawson) criticized us for not getting into the fling of things -then, the other (by Mr. Tanner) said don't throw snowballs. Whither course do we take? Admittedly, the average engi- neer is somewhat rectangular so- cially and not too hot on literary endeavor, etc. - but the throwing of snowballs is to him as the throwing of. parties is to others. Are we to rise from our "animal level" (Mr. Dawson's words) only to be depreived by public opinion of making contacts by snowball- ing? Many a snowball has made a lasting impression on a person's mind, with an engineer-meets-girl effect. The snowball, it must be pointed out, is an American institution- and if it is not thrown, it deterior- ates. Many GI's in tropical com- bat longingly thought of it and thanked it for -making sour guns more accurate. (It was Benjamin Franklin, probably, who threw the first snowball and traced its tra- jectory-hence, the science of bal- listics and range-finding.) All of which points up the basic issue: Why is it that engineers throw more snowballs? Is it not because, they want to emerge from their social and cultural stupor? -Is it not an act of conscientious desire to make a striking impact on lit students and their more di- versified society? Yes, it is. -G. L. Scott To the Editor: welcome Home SENATOR Pat McCarran has returned to these shores after a two-months expedi- tion to darkest Europe, and we are glad, to see him back safe of limb and sound,. -of wind. If there is one thing we like, it's: a man who was right all along and isit afraid to admit it. The Senator is such a man. He was right about the D. P.'s being undesirable; he was right about a loan for Spain being necessary; he was right about the E.C.A.; he was right about any number of things which escape us at the moment. It shows what seeing things with your own eyes can do for you. Also on the boat was Senator Elbert Thomas, and we're happy to have him home, too, especially since he reports that the Swedes pulled the welcome mat out from under him. It may have been just a misunderstanding caused by the strange surroundings; it's astonishing how many foreigners there are in Europe, and some can't even speak English. Senator Thomas says he's pretty worried about Sweden; seems to think it may go Com- munist. Well, both Senators are back now, and we expect things will be much better for us all. We even notice that the Weather Bu- reau says a mass of cold air is rushing down from Canada. Cold air from Canada, hot air from Europe-what more could we ask as we move into the winter? -New York Herald-Tribune I WISH to thank Philip Dawson for his concern and interest in the welfare of the Michigan en- gineering student (Dec. 8, 1949). Only rarely does such an expres- sion of sympathy penetrate the cloistered walls which hide our specialized existence from the more enlightened elements on campus. Our enjoyment of life on the "animallevel" has evidently become cause for alarm. I am somewhat dismayed that these reports have spread to various parts of campus. Yet there is no need for alarm. Our "narrow" in- terest in profit, women, and wine is a highly specialized disease and, I dare say, only afflicts members of the engineering profession. It is hoped that this statement will stop any plans to quarantine engineer- ing students. -J. Eichhorn * * * to th' Eddyter: AM JUST a plane and ignerant Chem. Ingeneering studant. The other nite one of my friends in Lit. Scool done read to me som- thing which one of your boys put in the eddytoryal part of the Scool Noospaper. (I hope thet you kin unnerstan my writin.) Your imployee over their sed thet fellers like myself caint read or rite. That aint true atall. We, sure as my name aint John Doe, kin read and rite. Why, shucks, we just sorta pick up some sorta ed- 'jucashun out and over them corses in Ingeneering by some sorta nacherel methids. Sure as all git- out you mite find me lissening to Baytovens nineth symfonie one day or another. Us Ingeneers know thet their are sich corses as Cycology, and I think thet it sure is a purty gud corse. Dont think thet we Inge- neers are dumb about thet corse. Why it is almost neseccary to know a purty gud amount about Cycol- ogy for us Ingeneers. Heck, I even done herd about Edifice Wrecks, whats more, Im purty sure that I know what it means. Didnt need to take a corse atall, just red a buk. Red some gud litteryture also. Your feller rit thet we wernt so- shal. Gosh, I date gurls. I even red Emly Postes buk on gud mannors. Thets whut I go by. Aint nobady complained yet. Nobody done calld me a beest or sed thet my talkin on diffrunt topicks aint gud enuf. Now thet feller is ganno make peeple kinda sore at me fer beein a Ingeneer. Them folks aint even goin to talk to me becuz I ain't taken eny corses that makes me. awear of whuts going on. O well, you beleeve just wht you wanna, but I thincik thet you shud hold a polycie: ffJ -.!ilessa&y-fairy" (thets french) ', lwn it comes to Inge- neering cbrckalum. -Don E. Kory A Ingeneer, 1950 To the Editor: RE: EDITORIAL by Philip Daw- son Michigan Daily, Thurs., Dec. 8, 1949: "The ,foQ doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." The engineer realizes his shortcomings. Despite the fact that our time is limited, we have decided to go to bed a little later this morning in order to offer an explanation to Mr. Dawson concerning the Col- lege of Engineering. We agree with you, Mr. Dawson, that an engineering college pro- gram falls short in presenting sub- jects 'outside the realm of engi- neering. To be exact the non-en- gineering subjects comprise 15.7% of the required engineering pro- gram at this University. However, there are certain subjects taught to literary students which from necessity must be second nature to good engineers. They do not, for example, need to learn psychology from a text to be able to apply it in their everyday contacts. Never- theless, to obtain the maximum efficiency from those who work under their supervision they must be gregarious individuals. Should one take a course in music appre- ciation to appreciate music? Yes, Mr. Dawson, it is obvious that a course of this nature would raise one about the "animal level." We also .agree that our interests are too specialized-so much so that one of our engineers is pres- ently the Managing Editor of our Michigan I gily. It is claimed that our engineering college education is of a "less suc- cessful" nature than other col- leges. We disagree. Education is defined as a "discipline of mind or character through a study or in- struction." Where can be found a report or a process of thinking with a more open mind for the facts than in the engineering school? The most important thing that an engineer is taught is to THINK. -Roger Daniels-'50E John David Marks-'50E * * * Abdominal Revolution To the Editor: USUALLY I ,am a man of few words, and when I do make a statement I like to come right to the point and be very frank. Thus I will dispense with the usual pre- liminaries and make my state- ment, 'I think that Barnaby is an insult to the intelligence of the University students.' It practically makes my stomach turn every time that I happen to glance at it. -Marvin E. 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