TIM MIChIGANAWILY SUTNDAY,.3ANtA !$-19 4- '1 4 I i __________________________ I Collusion -. "Think Of Anything Yet?" ON THE ,.. 4 * .y'q NOW COMES definite proof that there is some sort of collusion between the mili- tary leaders of the Communist East and the United States. Since 1945 I've been regaled in the American press with articles about the', tactics of beautiful agents of the Com- munist Party, ever ready to ply me with liquor and more subtle devices and con- vert me to the dialectical materialism of one K. Marx. I've even heard, rather enviously I must admit, of the exploits of one of our Congress- men being chased all around Europe by a mysterious blonde. But now, comes the charge from Czecho- slovakia that the American Army is using similar tactics to convert the young soldiers of the Slovak fatherland. Again, the wea- pons seem to be liquor and sex. Perhaps I'm being unduly suspicious, but it has occurred to me that if I were a military leader and wanted the boys to volunteer there might be something ap- pealing to a red-blooded American in the idea that there are enemy women and liquor waiting to be lavished freely in the hope of conversion. Recruiting stations in Detroit and Prague will be open until midnight every day this month. --Don McNeil. Washington Merry-Go-Round WITH DREW PEARSON fN -"' a as. WASHINGTON-As a practical politician who has been through the mill, Harry Truman knows the hazards of legislating in an election year. However, he showed no signs of back-pedaling on unpassed portions of his Fair Deal program when he huddled with Vice President Barkley, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Sen. Scott Lucas and Congressman John McCormack as the new session opened. On the contrary he was full of fight and optimism-qualities somewhat less reflec- ted by his legislative c h i e f s, who have been worried by a rising trend toward isolation and economy, popular resistance to higher taxes, a rebellious farm bloc, and a Dixie-Republican fili- buster on civil rights. Truman began by congratulating his con- gressional leaders on the record of the last session: "On the whole, I think we made a pretty good record, and I am confident we will keep it intact during this season," he said. "By that I mean we should gt the rest of the Face-Lifting Needed THE MICHIGAN UNION needs a face lift- ing. A complete renovation to restore the structure to a standard of decency is need- ed, now. The interiors of the building today are grim and dirty, the lobby walls have gone unpainted for years. Entering the front door, a row of stiffbacked, worn out upholstery, of unknown vintage, set on black stone floors, greeets a visitor from below dim and ancient light fixtures. At best the lobby looks like a cheap hotel. From the first landing, scents of acrid chlorine lanquidly drift upward from the swimming pool, mingling with musty, worn, and ragged leather couches. n the second floor, in spite of recent im- provements in the billiard room, the same smoky, badly ventilated look has pervaded for years. The famous Pendleton Library is a heap of worn out chairs fashioned with stiff backs, to entice a courageous student, who dares to sit and read beneath lighting that was in- adequate when grandmother read by kero- sene. Magazines, and old papers are scatter- ed carelessly across the room without ade- quate covers of filing. Many pages are miss- ing and loose. The worst sight, of course, is the cafe- teria. "A grim and dirty beer cellar" one . eastern visitor commented. Those initialed EktorialFsAed in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: DAVE THOMAS tap room tables are filthy and germ laden. Run your fingernil along the carved names that Joe College of yesteryear left behind and you dig out enough scum to discour- age a carload of antiseptic. The right hand serving room resembles something out of a skid row soup kitchen. The floor is eterno ally littered, and dirty. Viewing the financial condition of the Un- ion candidly, there is no excuse for the pre- vailing situation. The Michigan Union is, and has been from its inception, a profitable organization. Its high rate of profits, drawn from ov- erpricedrooms and food, are cleverly dis- guised by Union executives behind the word "surplus." "Surplus," which in a non- profit institution is synonomous with cor- porative profits, has been piling up stead- ily for decades. Today's surplus is somewhere in seven fig- ures-earmarked for future construction. Won't that construction be pretty: modern streamlined wings added to a rubble heap. To the alumni and students of the Uni- versity, the Union is and should be the com- mon meeting ground, a comfortable lounge in a town of boarding houses and sterile dormitories. The present physical condition of the Un- ion does little towards meetting the qualifi- cation of an intellectual, and social club. Michigan men worked long and hard to give to the University a Union. Money is available. Let Union officials restore the Union to the condition that its builders envisioned forever. A modern Michigan Union, a mark of pride in a world famous University, could be a reality tomorrow. Fortunately it is not too late, but it is time. -Herbert H. Cheston 1948 platform on the law books. I don't mean part of it--I mean all of it." Truman seemed most emphatic about en- acting the fair employment practices bill and other parts of the civil-rights program. Speaker Rayburn and House majority leader McCormack predicted the House would act quickly and favorably on FEPC. However, Senate leader Scott Lucas, wearing his per- ennial look of a man with his finger in a mousetrap, dourly replied the odds were against Senate passage. "Well, I am not afraid of a filibuster," de- clared Truman. "If we must go down fight- ing, let's have it that way. We have got to keep our promises to the people. They will be the best judge of who is right in the next election." The President made one indirect con- cession, however, to election-year politics. He did not emphasize a substantial boost in taxes. Instead, he listened silently while leaders explained it would be well-nigh impossible to get a bill raising individual income taxes through Congress this year. He also criticized the "hysteria" of big business for repealing wartime excise taxes on communications, transportation, luxur- ies, theatre admissions, etc. If excises are re- pealed, he insisted, there must be an off- setting increase in corporation income taxes. -PRICES CHASE WAGES- HERE ARE some facts that Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney of Wyoming, chairman of the Joint Committee on the Economic Re- port, is likely to find during his probe of the steel industry. In all the uproar over prices and wages, little has been said about the high cost of management. For instance, General Motors' 57 top off - cers and directors were paid $3,048,000 in salaries in 1948. But that was just the be- ginning. They also drew $5,445,000 in cash bonuses and 22,930 shares of stock as addi- tional bonuses. Finally, the company paid $275,000 into a retirement fund for the same 57 executives-all of which was added to the price of GM automobiles. Another industry that has been blaming labor for high prices is the building industry. Yet the labor cost for a modern, $12,000 home amounts to only $2,000 to $2,500. The cost of materials runs from $2,750 to $4,000, with another $1,000 for the average price of a lot, leaving a minimum of $4,500 to cover taxes, insurance and management. Thus the biggest slice goes to management and pro- fits. While the big steel companies put up a terrific battle against contributing to- ward pensions for steelworkers, these same companies were setting aside large sums for pensions for steel executives. U.S. Steel finances a $50,000-per-year pension for each of its three top executives - Olds, Voorhees and Fairless - which does not include an additional $13,000 a year for Olds, toward which he puts up $4 for ev- ery $7 by the company. Voorhees will also collect an additional $20,000 each year af- ter he retires, while Fairless will draw $26,000 on top of his regular $50,000 though he puts up only $6 for the com- pany's $10.. In the case of Bethlehem Steel, A. B. Hor- ner, its president, will be able to retire in 1961 at the age of 65 on a pension of $110,000 per year. Furthermore, he won't have to contribute a penny toward this fund. Yet 'in 1948, his working salary was $263,000. These are the same steel companies that just boosted prices because of $100-a-month pensions for labor. Senator O'Mahoney may find that the high cost of management 'also had something to do with high prices', (Copyright, 1949, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) CIINIEMA At The Orpheum. . . THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY THE EIGHTH: Charles Laughton and five of the harried wives. BEYOND THE dubious necessity for ex- ploiting the bad manners and marital friskiness of one of England's more renowned kings, there is little excuse for this movie. Once Anne Boleyn gets the axe and King Henry belches for the first of many times, there appears to be no reason for continuing. Henry's private life proves to be a dread- fully slow and dull affair in spite of his checquered night-life. I question whether he could have gotten a wife by any means short of a royal command with the quali- ty of his conversational wit as portrayed here. Throughout the movie the dialogue is maintained at a childishly elementary level. Everyone, including the astute Mr. Cromwell, seems to have mastered all the better monosyllabic words for the oc- casion. It would take more than the brilliant lavish setting to compensate for the general dirth of either clever or intriguing subject matter. The procession of wives occurs with a certain slavish necessity that would, I'm sure, have bored old Henry into his grave. Thrown in for plot stuffing are a couple of flfl , o','it~rc xy, ncon nhinn'f'c of anffnnulcv /ett/' TO THE EDITOR 4 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. Security . To the Editor: Please, PLEASE, don't leave J a m e s Gregory's editorial (January 5) buried in The Daily! Send a copy of it to Harry S. Tru- man and every member of Con- gress! The only genuine security any man ever had, or ever will have, is what he makes with his own brain and his own hands. -Dean B. McLaughlin, Professor of Astronomy 'I ' DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN Michigan State Civil Service an- nounces an examination for Li- brr yaExecutive. Closing date: Jan. 25. For further information call at the Bureau of Appointments, 3528 Administration Bldg. Lectures Lecture: Auspices of the De- partment of Political Science. "Politics in the Far West in 19- 50." Thomas S. Barclay, Professor of Political Science, Stanford Uni- versity, and Visiting Professor of Political 1Science, University of Michigan. 4:15 p.m., Mon., Jan. 9, Rackham Amphitheater. Economics Club Lecture: "Cur- ent Problems and Procedures of Monetary Policy." Woodlief Tho- mas Economic Adviser to the Board of Governors of the Fed- eral Reserve System. 7:45 p.m., Mon., Jan. 9, Rackham Amphi- theater. Mr. R. M. Leggette will lecture. on "Elements of Ground Water Hydrology," in room 2054, Natural Science Bldg, Tues., Jan. 10, 8 p.m. Oratorical Association Lecture Series. "The Story of My Coun- try." King Peter II of Yugoslavia, Tues., Jan. 10, 8:30 p.m., Hill Au- ditorium. Academic Notices I! Publication in The Daily Official Bulletin is constructive notice to all members of the University. Notices for the Bulletin should be sent in typewritten form to the Office of the Assistant to the President, Room 2552 Administration Building, by 3:00 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11:00 a.m. Saturdays). SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1950 VOL LX., No. 75 Notices Student Tea: President and Mrs. Ruthven will be at home to students from 4 to 6 o'clock on Wed., Jan. 11. by student supper and meeting at 6 p.m. Professor Titiev of the Anthropology Department will speak on "Religion in Primitive Art." Coffee Hour follows at 8:30 P.m. Michigan Christian Fellowship: 4:30 p.m. Fireside Room, Lane Hall. Rev. Harold DeVries, of Grace Bible Church will speak on "The Origin of Paul's Religion." Refreshments. Gamma Delta, Lutheran Stu- dent Club: Supper meeting at 5:30; showing of "The Sickle or the Cross" at 6:30 p.m. Wesleyan Guild: 9:30 a.m., Student Breakfast Seminar in the Pine Room; discussion topic: "Radical Christianity on the Cam- pus." 5:30 p.m., Supper and Fel- lowship Sing; 6:30 p.m., Worship and program. Dr. Howard Mc- Clusky will discuss "Community Application of Christian Atti- tudes." Evangelical and Reformed Guild: Meeting with Congrega- tional-Disciples Guild at Memor- ial Christian Church, 6 p.m. Congregational-Disciples Guild: 6 p.m., Supper at Memorial Chris- tian Church. New Year's dedica- tion service follows supper. Unitarian Students: 6:30 p.m., meet at ;home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Berlow, 1217 Willard St. for a program of recordings of music from varied lands. Lutheran Student Association: 5:30 p.m., Supper. 7 p.m., Pastor Yoder will discuss the National Lutheran Council. I.Z.F.A. - Hillel: Hebrew Circle meeting, 11 a.m. in the Union. U. of M. Hot Record Society: Record program, 8 p.m., Michigan League Ballroom. Everyone in- vited. Coming Events Deutscher Verein musical pro- gram originally scheduled for Jan. 9 has been postponed to Jan. 16. Tickets for The Traitor, a sus- penseful and timely drama by Herman Wouk will go on sale to- morrow morning at 10 a.m. at the Mendelssohn Theater box of- fice. This play will be presented by the Department of Speech for four nights, Wed., Jan. 11, through Sat., Jan. 14. Special rates for students are available for the Wed. and Thurs. night perform- ances. Box 'office open from 10 to 5 daily. Ca1I 6300. Editorial Staff, Inter-Arts Ma- gazine: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Mon., Jan. 9, Garden Room, League. Armenian Students' Assn.: El- ection of officers meeting, Mon., Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m., Rm. 3B, Union. Naval Research Reserve Unit: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Mon., Jan. 9, 18 Angell Hall. Prof. W. H. Hobbs, "The Isthmian Canal Problem." Cercle Francais. Last meeting of semester, Mon., Jan. 9, Hus- sey Room, Michigan League, 8 p.m. sharp. Election of officers for next semester. Refreshments. Everyone urged to attend. Women's Research Club: 8 p.m., Mon., Jan. 9, W. Lecture Rm., Rackham Bldg. Dr. Wilma Dona- hue will speak on "Learning to Read Aurally." I.Z.F.A. Meeting on Tues., 8 p.m. in the League. Discussion on The Jerusalem Problem. Songs and dances. Everybody welcome. Sigma Rho Tau will hold its final meeting of the current se- mester on Tues., Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. Rm. 2084 E. Engineering Bldg. A.LE.E.-I.R.E. field trip to De- troit Edison Co. Trenton Channel Plant on Wed., Jan. 11, from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Sign up on EE bulletin board, 2nd floor, EE Bldg. The University Musical Society will present the Budapest String Quartet (Josef Roisman and Jac Gorodetzky, violins; Boris Kroyt, viola; and Mischa Schneider, vio- loncello) in the tenth annual Chamber Music Festival in the Rackham 'Bldg. Auditorium as follows: Fri., Jan. 13, 8:30 p.m.: Quar- tet in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4- Haydn; GrandFugue, Op. 133- Beethoven;: Quartet in B-flat ma- jor, Op. 67-Brahms. Sat., Jan. 14, 8:30 p.m.: Quar- tet in Eflat major, K. 428-Mo- zart; Quartet No. 3-Piston; Quar- tet in F major, Op. 135-Beetho- ven. Sun., Jan. 15, 2:30 p.m.: Quar- tet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1- Beethoven; Quartet, Op. 22, No. 3-Hindemith; Quartet in D min- or-Schubert. Tickets for the series or for individual concerts. are available at the' offices of the University Musical Society in Burton Me- Doctor's Dilemma IT IS A misfortune, in a way, that the tragic incident in New Hampshire in which a conscien- tious physician ended the suffer- ing, and the life, of a presumably incurable cancer patient should have become mixed up with ab- stract arguments about euthanasia, The proponents of euthanasia, or mercy killing, take the view that society ought to authorize and le- galize the painless extinction of hopeless sufferers and of certain types of the mentally deficient, The case in New Hampshire is one in which Dr. Herman N. Sander practiced euthanasia without any authorization and is therefore guilty of a crime. And the case ' must be judged, therefore, on its own particular merits rather than in terms of a theory. Dr. Sander candidly dictated a notation for the Hillsborough County Hospital records that he had injected a lethal dose of air into the blood stream of Mrs. Abbie C. Borroto. It seems to be agreed that the patient could not have lived more than a mat- ter of hours in any case. But because the doctor had plainly k violated the law he was arrest- ed on a warrant charging him with killing- Mrs. Borroto "fel- oniously, willfully and of malice aforethought." To this, Dr. San- der is said to have replied. "It was an act of mercy. There ney- er was any malice in my hear." That Dr. Sander's motive was entirely benign is indicated by his' whole demeanor, by his reputatior in the community and by th.e support that has come to him from his fellow townsmen. The dead woman's husband, Reginald F. Borroto, issued a statement to + reporters expressing "complete confidence" in the doctor. In sub- urban Candia, where he lives, 605 of the town's 650 registered voters signed an affirmation of their "faith" in him. When Dr. Sander is tried by a jury of his peers, no doubt they will take into account the circumstances and the moti- vation of his act and temper jus- tice with the mercy he seems clearly to deserve. Nevertheless, it was an awe- some responsibility that Dr. Sander assumed. Society can scarcely afford to let physicians exercise this kind of discretion at will. There have been a num- ber of comparable cases in the past several years in which the responsibility was assumed not by a doctor but by a relative of the victim or (if you prefer) the beneficiary of such a mercy killing. Confronted with a crime of this kind, juries have com- monly been reluctant to con- vict. And perhaps, if only be- cause these acts of mercy are committed even though they are criminal, there is a good deal to be said on the side of those who would make them legal when hedged about with reas- onable safeguards. A group which styles itself the Euthanasia Societ yof America, Inc., is now seeking enactment in New Hampshire of the Nation's first "mercy death" law which would permit the -mercy killing of incurable sufferers upon their pe- tition and with the recommenda- tion of a medical committee and approval by the courts. This seems at least preferable to condonation of the act by acquittal after a vi- olation of law. -Washington Post Big Smell.. LANSING-AP-Water pollution problems in the northern half ot the Lower Peninsula will be the main topic of a three day meeting of the State Water Resources Com- mission starting Jan. 24 at Hig- gins Lake. s J ,4 L ; a .*1 II'I .d MATTER OF FACT Saturday Evening Service: General Library will be open urday evenings until 10 p.m. the month of January. The Sat- dur- Mathematical Logic 7:30 p.m., Mon., Jan. 9, gell Hall. Seminar: 3217 An- by JOSEPH ALSOP WASHINGTON-Thus far, the Formosa mess has cast far more light on the fu-. ture of the Truman administration than on the future of Asia. Indeed, the general tur- moil has produced only one seriously signifi- cant result to date. Secretary of State Dean G. Acheson has scored a rather spectacular triumph over Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. It is certainly time for some one to come out with the plain truth, that Secretary Johnson has been one of the chief in- spirers of the campaign against the State Department's Formosa policy. The other, of course, has been General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. For a very long time, Secretary Johnson has been indicating dissatisfaction with the State Department's passive response to the Communist victories in Asia. For an even longer time, General MacArthur has been making the same point to all his visitors, with special emphasis on the importance of holding Formosa. Rather recently, the Joint Chiefs of Staff came to agree with MacAr- thur, that some attempt should be made to keep Formosa out of Communist hands. It is a pretty open secret that Johnson then caused this J.C.S. decision to be transmitted to the public. * * * THERE IS EVEN some indication that MacArthur and Johnson have been con- certing the efxort to make Formosa a hot public issue. The existence of a State De- partment paper warning foreign service officers abroad that Formosa might soon be lost, was recently reported, from Tokyo. Yet there was no reason why this document should have reached Tokyo for some weeks, if at all.. The natural inference is that some one in Washington took special steps to transmit the document to General MacAr- let it be known, that he would make a last- ditch fight for an aggressive program. When the Security Council meeting was scheduled, it almost appeared as though Johnson's long struggle to take a hand in foreign policy-making might finally be crowned with success. Then the Defense Secretary learned that the President had already made up his mind. Perhaps he also heard that Truman had been informed of the real origins of the Formosa row, and was irritated thereby. * * * * AT ANY RATE, to the complete astonish- ment of his former confidants, Secretary Johnson did not go to the Security Council meeting. He vanished into Florida, leaving even his personal staff ignorant of his whereabouts. The field was thus left to Sec- retary Acheson, who quickly secured the President's complete acceptance of his more carefully calculated policy. Although he has often shown courage in dealing with the armed services, Secretary Johnson is a pretty adequate symbol of everything that is distressing about the Truman administration. Although he has sometimes been indecisive, particularly about Far Eastern matters, Secretary Acheson is an excellent symbol of the Truman adminis- tration's good side. And although he breathes no fire and flame, Acheson has now shown that he will fight hard for a principle and will not run away. * * * * IN THE CHOICE between Acheson and Johnson, President Truman has certainly been influented by personal considerations. As Under Secretary of State, Acheson in- sisted upon working closely with the fresh- man President, at a time when his chief, James J. Byrnes, wished to run the State Department without White House super- vision. Truman and Acheson are now warm- All Veteran Students: The dead- line for the procurement of sup- plies using veteran requisitions will be Jan. 10. The vendors will not accept requisitions for the first semester 1949-1950 after this date. Closing hours in women's resi- dences during Orientation period will be as follows: Feb. 6, 11 p.m.; Feb. 7, 11 p.m.; Feb. 8, 12:30 a.m.; Feb. 9, 11 p.m.; Feb. 10, 4 a.m.; Feb. 11 4 a.m. BUREAU OF APPOINTMENTS: A Personnel representative of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico will be at the Bureau of Appointments on Mon., Jan. 9, to talk with any doctoral candidates in physics, chemistry and related fields, who will be interviewed by technical representatives Tuesday and Wed- nesday. This is to give general in- formation concerning location, working conditions, etc. A representative from the De- troit office of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company will be at the Bu- reau of Appoinmetnts on Jan. 10 to interview February graduates for Sales Trainee positions. This training will be conducted in the Detroit area and will include ro- tating assignments in the Paint and Glass Departments in the De- troit distributnig warehouse. Representatvies from the Inter- national Business Machine Cor- poration will interview february 1950 graduates of the L.S.&A. and Business Administration Schools on Jan. Ill for their Sales Train- ing Program (Electric typewriter, Time clock, and Punch card Sales). They desire applicants with strong interest in sales. The Tobe-Coburn School for Fashion Careers in New York an- nounces fashion fellowships for 1950-51. Contestants must regis- ter in January 1950 and must be Mathematics Orientation Semi- nar: 3:30 p.m., Mon., Jan. 9, 3001 Angell Hall. Speaker: Mr. Lubel- feld. Organic Chemistry Seminar: 7:30 p.m.,. Mon., Jan. 9, 1300 Chemistry. S p e a k e r: Leonard Bruner. Topic: Infrared Absorp- tion Spectra and Molecular Struc- ture. Doctoral Examination for Mar- tin John Ulmer, Zoology; thesis:, 'Postharmostomum Helicis (Lei- dy, 1847) Robinson 1949, (Trema- toda), its Life History and a Re- vision of the Subfamily Brachy- laeminae," Tues., Jan. 10, West Council Rm., Rackham Bldg., 1:30 p.m. Chairman, G. R. LaRue. DIRECTED TEACHING: Students planning to do direct- ed teaching for the secondary school certificate during the spring term in the Ann Arbor high schools or in one of the other cooperating schools may secure assignments in Rm. 2442, Univer- sity Elementary School on Thurs., Jan. 12, at 9 a.m. If this hour is not free, the student may ar- range for a special conference in which he can get his assignment. Students planning to do direct- ed teaching ?for the secondary school certificate during the spring term in the University High School are requested to secure assign- ments in Rm. 2442, University Elementary School according to the following schedule: A. Thursday, Jan. 12-English 1:30-2:30; All Foreign Languages 2:30-3. B. Fri., Jan. 13-Social Studies 9:30-10:30; Science and Mathe- matics 10:30-11:30; all others, and any having conflicts at sched- uled hours 11:30-12 or by appoint- '.J 04r,." I 'y Fifty-Ninth Year Edited and managed by tudentl of the University of Michigan under authority of the Board Iii Qoziatrol o!ti Student Publications. Editorial Staff Leon Jaro l............Mn N ditor Al Blumrosen........ V ity Edit Philip Dawson...Editor iDreaoro Mary Stein, ........... 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