THE MICHIGAN DAILY a THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1950 ____________________________________________________________________________________ I 1952 Presidential Forecasts Eisenhower & Dewey By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON - Governor Thomas E. Dewey's announced support of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, as the Republican Party's 1952 presidential nominee, coupled with his own renunciation of any ambitions for a third nomination, has these meanings, among others: 1. Utserved notice, more than a year and a half before the 1952 convention, that Governor Dewey as leader of the inter- nationalist wing of his party, intends to challenge the more narrowly nationalist element of the party led by Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio. This forecasts a real bat- tle within the party from here out and at the convention, itself. 2. Selection of General Eisenhower as his candidate, this far ahead, presents a widely popular figure about whom those of like mind in the party can rally as a symbol at least until, and unless, the general should declare himself out, as he did in 1948. This is good and familiar practical strategy for Governor Dewey, and answers the question as to why we should speak out so far in ad- vance. General Eisenhower did not close the door in his "Thank-you-for-the-compli- ment" statement in which he said chiefly that he was very happy at Columbia Uni- versity where he is now President. 3. Governor Dewey's announcement of support was notice, too, upon the General that he had better proceed to make up his mind. That notice carried special weight coming from the New York gov- ernor, since he is titular leader of the par- ty. If General Eisenhower is to be nomi- nated it will take considerable preliminary planning and work. For nominations rarely are handed up on a silver salver, even to popular war heroes. Beyond that, the Taft element will not yield without a struggle, whether or not the Ohio Senator is himself a candidate. Nor, indeed, will other professional politicians who as yet have no particular attachments, give in easily. The latter generally prefer one of their own kind to a rank outsider, which the general is. He never has said whether he is a Republican or a Democrat, though the general tenor of his speeches leaves little doubt that present overtures are from the right party. He was wooed by both two years ago-in vain. * * * THE GENERAL'S intentions may become known sooner than otherwise might be expected. It is rumored that he may be se- lected by President Truman as Military Com- mander of the Unified European Army. It has been decided that the commander will be an American. Acceptance of such a post might not necessarily rule him out of poli- tics; but it certainly would preclude any * political activity for the duration and that might be a protracted period. Governor Dewey's course for 1952, as projected in his "meet the press" radio interview, was not very surprising. When he accepted the "draft" to run for a third termn as governor it was pointed out here that this clearly meant that he intended to lead the fight within his party for the moderately progressive, international ele- ment wth which he is identified. To do that effectively he must continue as Governor so that he could control the New York convention delegation, which would give him considerable pover in the convention. That he confirmed in his radio inter- view. Likewise he confirmed what also was forecast here, that he intended to have a say about who was nominated. He declared very frankly, "I intend to have something to say" about who is the candidate. As to the principle, it then was predicted he would espouse for the inter-party battle-inter- nationalism. In his radio interview he in- cluded among the threats to freedom the danger that the Republican party might "be- come isolationist in its general philosophy., That he stressed further by praising General Eisenhower as "A man who really under- stands the problems of the world.' It was suggested then that he also might have a candidate of his own who might bej General Eisenhower. And, as for himself, it was pointed out that it was unlikely his party would nominate him a third time as Presidential candidate, and to that practical situation he bowed in his radio interview. When Governor Dewey tossed the mantle about the broad shoulders of General Eisen- hower he made a gesture that will be popu- lar with many Republicans. For among them you hear the general mentioned more and more, often as the only man who could take the party back into the White House after the long barren years. There is a note of desperation in their clutching at the gene- ral's stars (Copyright 1950 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: VERNON EMERSON Democracy Through Science 1 BELIEVE, first, that the technological future is far less dreadful and frightening than manv n fi.c hnavp hpl 1w +thp lpvp Warren & Roosevelt By THOMAS L. STOKES SAN FRANCISCO-Out of the turbulent, hard-slugging gubernatorial racein Cali- fornia may well come a future President of the United States. The race between colorful, audacious Jimmy Roosevelt who, with his father's voice and charm, has been covering Cali- fornia like a patchwork quilt until there is almost no town which has not seen or heard him; and on the other side, Republi- can Gov. Earl Warren, one of the most level-headed executives in the U.S.A. The race is important not merely because of the personalities involved but because of the growing importance of California in the nation. There was a day when Virginia, because of its size, was the mother state of Presidents. Later, Ohio, with its heavy popu- lation, boasted that it was the well-spring of Presidents, while New York has also sup- plied a heavy quota. The weight of population is important because of the number of delegates a state can control in the nominating conventions. And this year, California comes forward with the second largest population in the U.S.A. Also imprtant is the fact that if a mir- acle should happen and Jimmy Roosevelt should be able to defeat a Republican of Governor Warren's prestige and standing, he would be a definite Presidential tim- ber four years later. On the other hand, if Warren defeats Jimmy Roosevelt, as now seems likely, his three terms as Governor of California, plus certain other qualities, wll make it hard for the party bosses to ignore him in 1952- much as they would like to. * * " WARREN A-1 GOVERNOR Real fact is that when Jimmy Roosevelt picked Earl Warren as his opponent in his 'first big bid for public office, he pcked about the toughest man to run against in the en- tire U.S.A.-for two reasons: 1. Warren has been an A-1 Governor of a state that is hard to govern. 2. Warren has put into practice, in re- verse, the sage advice of Jimmy's father, who when running for President in the pro- Republican days of 1932, told his brain trust: "The only way we can win is to wean away a chunk of Republican votes." That was when the Republicans had a big majority of the registered voters. Now with a preponderance of Democratic voters, War- ren reverses FDR's technique and weans away the Democrats. How successful he has been is illustrated by his first race for Governor in 1942 when 400,000 Democrats voted for Warren. In his second race, 1946, he was so strong with the Democrats that they nominated him on their ticket too. Doubtless Warren would have received the Democratic nomination again this year also, had it not been for Jimmy Roosevelt. This in itself is a tribute to the indefatigable vigor of the youthful Jimmy. * * * MORE DEMOCRAT THAN REPUBLICAN? A little over a year ago I discussed with Governor Warren his political future. He seemed discouraged and somewhat uncer- tain. Scores of Republican leaders in Cali- fornia were down on him, claimed he was more a Democrat than a Republican, and there was open talk that Lt. Gov. Goodwirr Knight would run against him in the GOP primaries. I have always remembered one remark Warren made at that time, "If a job is worth doing," he said, "It is worth fighting for, even if you lose." At that time, Republican reactionaries were so opposed to Warren that I think he expected to lose. Today the tide is just the opposite. Warren is riding the crest of the wave and is a certain victor. Warren has become that favorite chiefly by applying a rigid sense of fair play to government. Some time ago, Judge William Denman of San Francisco, Chief Justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals, telephoned War- ren to ask the political affiliation of 10 State Judges the. Governor had appointed over a period of years. The governor appeared slightly irritated. "I don't know what political party they belong to," he replied. Judge Denman. who believes, as Warren does, that a Judge should not be picked be- cause of politics, later looked up the political backgrounds of the 10 California judges. He found that Warren had appointed five Republicans and five Democrats. POLITICAL COURAGE In more than one respect Jimmy Roose- velt's political aspirations are suffering from the fact that Governor Warren has taken a leaf from Jimmy's father's book. For in- stance, Warren has appointed a Negro, Wal- ter Gordon, as head of the California parole board-an appontee who has won the re- spect and confidence of everyone. Warren has also gone further than any other state in working out old-age pen- sions; and put forward a health program of his-own which, while not going as far as that proposed in Washington, at least went far enough to stir California doctors into a lather against him. Dropping Courses LAST SEMESTER, the literary college changed its procedure with regard to the dropping of courses. Under the old rules, a student could drop a course at any time within the first eight weeks after registra- tion while he is now given a period of only three weeks in which to withdraw from one of his courses. This new rule is a good one in that it impresses upon the student the need for making a wise choice of subjects the first time. It also relieves some of the heavy burden of clerical work that has to be done by the Registrar's office. hIowever, as it now stands, the new rule's value is confined to these benefits only. Many courses taken by freshmen and sophomores in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts are selected primarily to satisfy the distributional requirements of that college. A pre-medical student is re- quired to elect fourteen hours of social science courses; a pre-business student is required to have a sequence in laboratory science. These requirements are certainly necessary, for no individual deserves a diploma from a liberal arts college unless he has dabbled somewhat in the diversified fields of learning. But yet, few students can be expected to take as much interest in the required fields of study as in those in which immediate personal benefit is seen. Now, should a pre-medical student elect history or geography or political science? Should a pre-business student elect chem- istry or astronomy or , geology? Most freshmen and some sophomores become quite confused when it comes to choosing courses which would merely satisfy the re- quirements. Some seek a genuine liberal education while others are content to meet the requirements by taking the easiest courses possible. The results of this confusion are mis- takes. These mistakes usually do not manifest themselves until the instructor gets around to giving the first blue-book. In most courses, this examination is not taken until the three week period for dropping courses has elapsed. Perhaps it would be beneficial if instruc- tors were required to give at least one written examination before the course- dropping period ends. This, however, would be quite difficult in courses which cover little concrete material during the first three weeks. It seems that the most equitable solution would be to allow the student a greater length of time in which he may decide on dropping a course. Even the most conscielcious student can make a mistake in choosing his courses. The present system in the literary college gives him little opportunity to realize his mistake before it is too late. -Ed Sader. fCURRENT,.MMES]1 At The Michigan .. . TRIPOLI, with a bevy of brown horses, a white one which could double for Silver; a herd of daring dancing damsels; multi- tudinous camels (sans smell); an exiled Arab King who does so much double-crossing he begins to look like a game of tic-tac-toe; a well-wrought sandstorm (photographed beautifully in places by James Wong Howe); two not-too-well faked ships (the 1805 model) looking ill at ease on a wind- machined studio pond; a plaster city dis- integrating to the tune of a medley of 'patriotic songs played in counter-point with the volley of naval cannon; one well-plugged up water hole; several strategically placed, very sandy sand-dunes to hide the holes in the plot; a dashing, daring devil-may-cafe- band of renegade Greek cavalrymen led, oddly enough, by a dashing, daring devil- may-care Greek, who are just dying to help the Americans carry out the first "com- bined sea-land invasion in history," an ac- tion carried with sufficient loss of life and limb to satisfy both History and the audi- ence; a dramatic flag raising (the American banner, torn but proud flutters bravely over foreign soil for the first time in history) designed to demonstrate the daring- spirit which braved the stormy seas and sands to establish the country which would one day carry out the "first combined sea-land in- vasion in history" (amid the blare of tri- umpbal trumpets); written for screen by Winston Miller; produced by William H. Pine and William C. Thomas; color by Technicolor; cast of thousands including Grant Withers, Phillip Reed, Howard de Silva, John Payne, and Maureen O'Hara. The plot: Maureen, who always gets a man, gets him. All this and no comedy too. -Al Clamage. by another prominent personage who may find himself competing with Warren for the GOP nomination in 1952-General Ei- senhower. Ike was being wined and dined in San Francisco some months ago and delivered two off-the-record talks before the San Francisco Press Club and the Bohemian Club, during which he took an indirect crack at Governor Warren by saying that The Cenched Fist Salute ir~l #n' 2*t ,M- *.1 r .';7 f DAr=ILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN (Continued fromPage 3) versity Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower. Open Houses for the Wisconsin game are authorized in officially organized student residences on Sat.. Oct. 21 between 11:30 -a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for pre-game func- tions and between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. for post-game functions. No registration of these functions- is necessary provided they are con- fined to the hours indicated. -Office of Student Affairs ea emic Notices Seminar in Applied Mathema- tics will meet today, 4 p.m., 1042 East Engineering Bldg. Dr., Alwin Walther of the Institut fur Prak- tische Mathematik will speak on "Some Remarks on Special Math- ematical:Functions." Algebra (1) Seminar: today, 4:10 p.m., 3011 Angell Hall. Mr. R. Z. Norman will speak on "Ideals in Commutative Rings." Make-up examination for Ger- man 1, will be held Mon., Oct. 23, 1-3 p.m., 106 Tappan Hall. Language Examinations for the A.M. in History will be given on F11.,. Oct. 20, 4 p.m., Room 1035 Angell Hall. All students are1re- quired to sign list in History Of- fice. Bring dictionary and small bluebook. Orientation Seminar in Mathe- matics: Meeting today, 4 p.m., 3001 Angell Hall. Mr. Jarsma will speak on "Inversions." Tea at 3:30. etteP4 TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all lettersrwhich 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 arenot in good taste will be condensed edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. Reuther "Smear" * R To the Editor: BESIDES reminding your read- ers that they have only until 8 p.m. tomorrow night to register at the City Clerk's office in order to vote in the fall election, I should like to present for their en- tertainment a brief news story ap- pearing in the Toledo Blade last month which tells a quaint little story while striving to keep a straight face: "BROWN CHARGES REUTH- ER 'SMEAR' "SPRINGFIELD, O., (AP) Rep. Clarence J. Brown (R., O.) said last night that Walter Reuther, CIO United Auto Workers presi- dent, used "smear tactics" in an address before a labor meeting here Thursday. "Mr. Reuther inferred that the voting record of the congressman from Blanchester (Rep. Brown) was almost the same as that of Vito Marcantonio, American La- borite from New York, and left- wing supporter. Mr. Reuther called for the replacement in Congress of Mr. Brown and Sens. Robert A. Taft and John Bricker, Ohio Republicans. "I am amazed and astonished that any responsible person would attempt to mislead the public by such smear tactics," Mr. Brown said. "Mr. Brown also declared that Mr. Reuther "should know all about communism," adding that he had "spent considerable time with the Communists in Russia." "Mr. Reuther, one of the most vocal anti-Communist labor lead- ers, and a brother toured Russia during their youth." -Tom Walsh * * * Movie Criticism . To the Editor: MR. WALLS brief letter in Tues- day's Daily indicates that he is not sufficiently familiar with the Daily critical methods. He tactly assumes that in reviewing the Italian film "Faust and the Devil" The Daily's critic saw the same film that Mr. Wall and I saw This, however, is quite obviously not the case. What happened ap- parently is that the reviewer en- tered the wrong theatre-which is not at all difficult down on Main Street. His review shows beyond all doubt that he couldn't have seen the picture he reviewed. For instance, it should have been evident to Mr. Wall that the re- viewer thought he was seeing Italo Tajo when he was in reality watch- ing Roy Rogers; that he was sere- nading Trigger, not Marguerite. Such a hypothesis will account for the scornful, condescending tone of the review. It was also obvious that the ad- jective "episodic" referred to the serial (Chap. 7 of "Superman's Mate"), rather than to "Faust." You have to be subtle when you read The Daily, Mr. Wall. -Bruce M. Archer Grid Suggestion . To the Editor: H AVING READ and heard the accounts of the Michigan- Army affair, and having noted the vast space devoted by the papers? to comments on the brilliance of the Michigan Marching Band-we have a suggestion. At this Satur- day's game, why not have the Graduate School Record Con. cert: East Lounge, Rackham 7:45 p.m. Mozart: Quartet in F for oboe and strings, k370. Mozart: Con- certo No. 1 for flute, in G. Haydn: 97th Symphony. Beethoven: 5th Quartet. All grad students invited; silence requested. The Michigan Crib, the Univer- sity pre-legal society, will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 3KLM (third, floor), Michigan Union. Speaker, Honorable James R. Breakey, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court. All old, new, and prospective mem- bers invited. Student Science Society: Meet- ing, 7:30, 1300 Chemistry Bldg. Speaker: Prof.- D. B. McLaughlin, Astronomy Dept. Topic: "Analy- zing Starlight." Also discussion of amendments to constitution. New members are invited. Coming Events Westminister Guild: Moonlight hike, Fri., Oct. 20, 8 p.m. at the Church. Wesley Foundation: Informal Party, Fri., Oct. 20, 8 p.m. Visitors' Night, Department of Astronomy, Fri., Oct. 20, 7:30- 10 p.m\ ., Angell Hall. Short illus- trated talk by Dr. L H. Aller Room 3017, following which: the Student Observatory, fifth floor, will be open for observation of the Moon and Jupiter. If the sky is not clear, the observatory will b open for inspection of the tele- scopes and planetarium. Children must be accompanied by adults. German Coffee Hour, Fri., 3:15- 4:30 p.m. Michigan League Cafe- teria. Everyone welcome. University Museums Program for Friday evening: "Botany of the Garden." Three films; "The Story of Dr. Carver,", "Plant Growth," and "The Cabbage," Kellogg Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. In the 4th floor exhibit hall of the Museums Bldg. Is an exhibit of plant genetics illustrated with peas and snapdragons; on the 2nd floor exhibit hall is a display of vegetables used by the Indians for food; and in the Museums Ro- tunda is a special temporary ex- hibit showing Techniques of Col- lecting Flowering Plants for the Herbarium. Museums exhibit halls are open from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday. C.E.D.: Meeting, Fri., Oct. 20, 4:15, Room 3L of the Union. Busi- ness meeting and election of of- ficers. Graduate Student Mixer: Fri., Oct. 20, 8:30 p.m., Rackham As- sembly Hall. Faculty Sports Night: IM'Bldg., Fri., Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m. Swimming and indoor sports" equipmet available to faculty, teaching fel- ldws, wives, children and guests For further information telephone Mrs. Eiteman, 5474. i(j football team march onto the field Law School Admission Test: in a high step and sing the Star Those students who have not as Spangled Banner? After this cere- yet obtained their application mony has been completed, we blanks for the Law School Ad- could have coach Revelli's boys mission Test to be administered race onto- the field and take on the Badgers. Can't you see that mighty aggregation snaring passes in tubas, stiff arming with pic- colos, blocking with huge drums, and blowing the opposition over with trumpets? This change from the ordinary, while it might con- fuse Harry Wismer and the Wis- consin team and result in many Wisconsin scouts losing their jobs, will certainly entertain the spec- tators; and after all as our own beloved "Fritz" would say - it's the 97,239 that pay. We all want to see Michigan at the Rose Bowl don't we? Well then, how about it! ! ! -Harvey Gordon, '52 Sanford Schwartz, '52. 'Time' Gem . , . l ' ! To the Editor: AY I burden your so frequently, overburdened letter columnI with a lucid .gem snatched from the ample page of Time mag. I was true that Syngman Rhee was arbitrary and that he sometimesl ran roughshod over the civil rightsI of his opponents. But he was also *..a thoroughgoing' anti -Coin-j Nov. 18, 1950, can obtain them at 110 Rackham Bldg. These appli- cation blanks are due in Prince- ton, New Jersey, not later than Nov. 8, 1950. Astronomical Colloquium: Fri., Oct. 20, 4:15 p.m., at the Obser vatory. Speaker: Dr. Lawrence H. Aller. Subject: Stellar Evolution. Zoology Sceinar: Tonight at 7:30, Amphitheater, R a c k ham Bld-. Francis J. Kruidenier will speak on Mucoproteins in Digene- tic Trematodes. I. Concerts Student Recital: Natalie Bar- nett, pianist, will play a- program in partial fulfillment of the re- quirements for the Master of Mu- sic degree tonight at 8:30 in the Rackham Assembly Hall. It will include works by Bach, Beethoven and Schubert and will be open to the public. Miss Barnett is a pupil of Joseph Brinkman. Student Recital: John Williams, student organist, will play a re- cital at 8:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 20, Hill Auditorium. in partial fulfill- munist " n t of the requirements for the. A bit "but." Need I say more? degree of' Master of Music. A pu- Obviously the man is one of us. dil of Ro t oehrcn r. Wi- -P. A. Parn'enter iofRbr oheM.Wl --. A. arliams will play compositions by Widor, Bach, Alain, and Messiaen. Dorm Phones . . . Open to the public. To the Editor: ' AM WRITING this letter in the E'ents Today hopes that it will someday in International Center Weekly the near future reach the proper Tea for foi'eign students and authorities. My complaint is that American friends, 4:30-6 p.m. the telephone service to and from the girls' dorms is far below what Alpha Phi Omega will have a one would term as deplorable. I regular meeting, 7:30 p.m., Lea- personally know fellows who have gue. spent whole evenings at a 'time trying to contact the dorms and Canterbury Club: 10:15 a.m., have been unable to do so. This is Holy Communion. not a far removed case, but ex-- - emplifies the plight of many of Women's Glee Club: Rehearsal, our students. . 7:10 p.m., League. If the authorities intend to re- strict social activities why don't Gilbert & Sullivan Society: Full they take the phones out al- chorus rehearsal at 7 p.m., League. together? Final costume measurements will t -Richard H. Smith. VICE PRESIDENT BARKLEY is urging voters not to swap horses in the middle of the stream. Maybe we could get the Veep to tell us what stream takes 18 years to cross? Can it be that in a fit of abstraction we have been trying to cross it endwise? -Roger Allen. THE whole art of teaching is bnly the art of awakening the-natur- al curiosity oi young minds for the purpose of satisfying it after-1 wards. -Anatole France be taken. Executive meeting at 9 p.m., League. Principals at Union at scheduled times. La p'tite causette meeting, 3:30 p.m., League. Polonia Club: Meeting, Interna- tional Center, 7:30 p.m. At 8 p.m.1 Robert Zojanc will speak on "The Inefficiencies of the UN and Its Various Branches." Young Republican Club: Gener- al meeting, Terrace Room, Union, 7:30 p.m. Speaker, Mr. Albert Bentley, formerly of the StateDe- partment. Board meets at 7 p.m. Sixty-First Year Edited and managed by students ad the University of Michigan under thO authority of the Board in, Control o Student Publications._ Editorial Staff Jim Brown.........Managing Editor Paul Brentlinger......City Editor Roma Lipsky ........ Editorial Director Dave Thomas ........ FeatureEditor Janet Watts . ....... 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A COMMUNITY is like a ship; U. of M. everyone ought to be prepared 7:30 p.m., to take the helm. school ,for -Henrik Ibsen skippers. Sailing Club: Meeting, 311 W. Engr. Shore beginners and racing BARNABY Mr. O'Malley! Listen- If it's anything The complete lack of interest on the part of the government, the people, radio, television, movies, pulpit, and the press-. I've abolished National, Fairy Godfathers Day, and its joyous eve, too. Because kid- -41 over town are going th. rt toys out for the Pixies to collect- m I ii