I I THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER.26, 1950 U Al Jolson MONDAY the world learned of the death of Al Jolson, the beloved jazz singer. The suddeness of his passing leaves a gap, on the American scene that will never be filled. Jolson was more than just a singer. In both World War II and the Korean conflict, he was the first entertainer to offer his services to give the GIs a few hours of relaxation during their otherwise dreary days. As a pioneer he gave talking movies their baptism un- der fire with the immortal "Jazz Sing- er.,, His particular charm and vivacious personality brought sunshine and pa- thos into millions of American lives dur- ing his close to half a century in the en- tertainment world. During the twenties and early thirties his star was one of the brightest in show business. As a name in stage, radio, mo- vies and records he became one of the most beloved characters on the whole American scene. In the middle thirties he went into retirement. When war came and he returned to entertain troops, a new, popularity arose. The public hadn't had enough of him. A new generation en- joyed his charm as a Jolson boom swept the country. He keynoted a re- nhvival of.roaring twenties fads. Then another, war and m~other tour of the front for Al.. And suddenly he was taken away. Need- less to say, all of his admirers will miss him greatly. For one of the greatest of them all has passed away. Jolson left a great tradition and a treasury of mem- ories. He will remain one of the most in- vigorating influences on modern Ameri- can culture. -Harland Britz Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT FDITOR: BOB VAUGHN Toward world Government "I'll Wait Here" i 01 DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN United States Leadership SINCE the outbreak of the Korean war we have witnessed a heartening revival of public interest in the United Nations. This movement reached a new height earlier this week in United Nations Day celebrations throughout the country. It has given added hope and encouragement to those people and organizations working for the transfor- mation of the United Nations into a strong world government. For the United Nations as it exists now is merely an association of sovereign na- tional states. While it provides the ma- chinery by which these states can meet and attempt to settle their problems, it has no means of enforcing its decisions other than the pressure of world opinion or the voluntary military support of its member nations. To achieve world peace the'United Nations must be transformed into a world federal government with ample force to compel obedience to its decisions and with laws en- forceable upon individuals. The United States should take the lead in working for the amendment of the United Nations Charter from an organization of sovereign states to a United Nations con- stitution for a world federal government. A bill now before both houses of Congress and sponsored by the United World Fede- ralists proposes that "it should be a funda- mental objective of the foreign policy of the United States to support and strengthen the United Nations and to seek its develop- ment into a world federation, open to all nations, with defined and limited powers adequate to preserve peace and prevent ag- gression through the enactment, interpre- tation, and enforcement of world law." The passage of this bill will give our foreign policy the positive and moral di- rection it has lacked in the past. No one can deny that there are grave obstacles to establishing an ordered world. But those who believe that these obstacles loom too large must realize that there are even graver risks in going on as we are in almost complete international anarchy. If world government is a long way off, then permanent peace is exactly that same dis- tance away.I -Jean Klerman United States Attitude WHEN THE UN FLAG was raised along- side the American emblem a few days ago in celebration of the fifth anniversary of the world organization, some people in all sections of the country greeted the re- cognition with howls and hisses. A typical example occurred in Los Angeles, where the sight of the blue and white flag flying over City Hall drew boos and-jeers, and a cry of "Down with treason! Down with the international flag!" The incident even became localized when a spokesman for a veteran's organization reported that the group he represented would not object to a display of the UN flag if it was flown on a separate mast, and to the left of the American flag. Unfortunately, people in prompting these events have not only failed to realize that such actions disregard the sacrifices of our men in Korea while fighting under the UN flag, but are also a contradiction of this nation's determination as a whole to estab- lish peace through the UN. It's hardly possible that the armed forces fought for "the narrow, sentiments or pro- vincial attitudes exhibited by those who object to the display of the blue and white emblem. After all, the united action of the G.I.'s came as a result of this country's ac- knowledgement (through the President, State Department, Congress, and military leaders) that the UN is the one hope for halting Russian aggression. Obviously, those who object to a dis- play of the UN flag on a par with the American emblem believe that such an action means that this country is giving up some of that precious stuff called "sovereignty." But- if these my-country-right-or- wrong'ers would stop to think, they might realize that sovereignty has too often been the cause of many of America's international troubles. For example, this country's ex- cessive trade barriers, its renunciation of certain sections of the UN's declaration of 'universal human rights, and its policy of low immigration quotas because of fear of cheap labor have created an outside resent- ment against the United States. We should keep in mind Omar Bradley's warning that "Sovereignty is paid for in the blood and lives of soldiers," and we should stop worrying that if we sacrifice an iota of sovereignty we will also sacrifice our freedoms., America wouldn't even have anything resembling sovereignty today if individu- als, and then states, hadn't been willing (or forced) at one time to give up some of their sovereignty so that a strong federal nation could be formed. Under similar circumstances of a global nature, we should be willing to take the chances that are necessary if we are sincere in our desire for freedom on a world-wide scale. And one of those chances is the recog- nition of the UN as the congress to unite the world, as an earlier congress united this country. Just as we have been willing to accept the emblem of 48 states so that we may enjoy our freedom, so we must be willing to ac- cept the emblem of 60 world states if democracy is to be extended to all nations while continuing for us. -Bob Solt. r - ;fpa tU ) tUJ d (01 t1}t ' I l " ti" . " ! . .. .. !, , -.. an®svas+Arm r r" roa. w 4 eQtteP' 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 publifation at the discretion of the editors. THOMAS L. STOKES: New York Republicans N W YORK-Much in Republican Party national politics is at issue in the elec- tion here. This was first apparent in September in the last-minute "draft" arranged for Gov. Thomas: E. Dewey to run for a third term by shunting aside Lieut. Gov. Joe R. Han- ley, who had entered the race for the Re- publican Gubernatorial nomination in June when Tom Dewey announced his retirement. Mr. Hanley already had .cam- paigned widely over the state, his nomina- tion up to then presumably only a matter of formal ratification. How really determined the Dewey element had become to retain control in this key state so that it could exert power in the party nationally has come to light in the last few days. In a frank and plaintive let- ter, 74-year-old Joe Hanley revealed the circumstances. of how he was shoe-horned out of the nomination with what he said were promises assuring his future financial security. By way of appeasement he was kicled upstairs to the party's U.S. Senate nomination for an obviously hard race against Democratic Senator Herbert H. Leh- man. Whatever the price, the Dewey contingent was willing to pay it, further emphasizing the big stakes for which it intended to play, fn national Republican affairs. This signal- ed an all-out fight for control of the party, with the, eastern financial and internation- alist element pitted, against the more nation- alist Middle West wing led by Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. * * * NONE CAN DENY Tom Dewey's own per- sonal ambitions for continued power and influence in his party's affairs. That is na- tural to a man who long has exercised such and twice been his party's nominee for President. But, beyond that, Tom Dewey is an instrument in this case for other and powerful economic and political . interests who, from the evidence in hand, seemed to wake up suddenly to what his retirement would mean. Therefore, a re-shuffling of the ticket was arranged. Among those active in this maneuver was Winthrop W. Aldrich, Chairman of the Board of the Rockefeller Chase National Bank. Just what were the commitments to Joe Hanley for his withdrawal are the sub- ject now of rampant controversy-and lit- tle light. The only documentary testimony is his own letter-now known as "the let- ter"-written after consultations with Tom Dewey and State Republican leaders, in which he spoke of "certain unalterable and unquestionably definite propositions ... definitely assured of being able to clear up my financial obligations within 90 days. so that I could be clear for the first time in twenty years ... an iron-clad unbreak- able arrangement whereby I will be given a job with the state.. ." Governor Dewey has denied any financial implications, saying he told his Lieutenant Governor only that he would always be glad to have him in his administration. Joe flanley's letter was to Rep. Kingsland Macy, former Republican State Chairman, who had loaned the Lieutenant Governor money for his campaign and is among the rebel leaders here against continued Dewey control. They saw in Mr. Hanley the in- strument for seizing control themselves. Among them are men friendly to the nomin- ation of Senator Taft. THE DEWEY CONTINGENT may have overplayed its hand. The Hanley letter literally created a sensation-and naturally because of all the circumstances. The poli- tical managers of both parties are trying to assess its possible effect on the election. Republicans concede it has done damage which, however, they hope to reduce. It probably will defeat Joe Hanley, who ad- mittedly had a tough race anyhow against Senator Lehman, four times governor of the state, himself. As for Governor Dewey it. could conceivably cut down his vote upstate where Joe Hanley lives and is popular and where a "moral" issue involving big city shenanigans might have some influence. Considerable apathy previously has been re- ported in upstate New York where Republi- cans must roll up a considerable vote always to offset the New York City Democratic vote. To arouse voters there and generally, Republicans haidae rmuch of New York d SI MUSIC -'1 Reply to Barense . . . To the Editor: MR. BARENSE'S letter the other dy, in which he demonstrates a wistful reluctance to find any- thing wrong with Russian films, leads' the writer into some pretty fuzzy -ideas about film and film criticism. This in itself isn't very important, except that Mr. B's let- ter affords a ready-made example of what usually happens when someone with a prefabricated slant undertakes criticism. Mr. B. objects, first, to Mrs. Greenhut's claim that the film manifests a certain "negligence of the individual" in order to bear down on the group. While I'm not sure that this is true to begin with, or that it's worth mentioning any- way, Mr. Barense is at least will- ing to go along with it. "It is most doubtful that bour- geois individualism was very wide- spread in the 13th Century Rus- sian feudalism," he says-which doesn't seem at all relevant be- cause NEVSKY was made in 1938 and therefore represents, of.course, what Eisenstein, Vassiliev and a number of others thought the 13th Century might have been like. It seems to me obvious that the film critic, like anyone else, ought to avoid confusing the reality with the imitation of it. In this case there's something wrong with as- suming, as Mr. Barense apparently does, that because a picture pre- tends to be about the 13th Century it must necessarily reflect 13th Century attitudes. "The theme of war is at no time and in no country compatible with a doctrine of individualism" is Mr. Barense's next observation- which causes me to think immedi- ately of GRAND ILLUSION, HENRY V, Stephen Crane, Sten- dhal, and a number of other things. The truth probably is that there are any number of legiti- mate ways of getting at the theme of war and- that there is no criti- cism at all, either favorable or un- favorable, implicit in merely say- ing that NEVSKY ignores indi- viduals. Mr. Barense concludes his cri- tique of Mrs. Greenhut's review by pointing out that, while it's per- fectly true that Eisenstein's pre- sentation of the Teuton invaders shows them as entirely bad, it's all right because "our own war pictures depicted the Germans and Japanese" that way. This kind of lopsided equation is about like little Roger's reply to Mother: "But why shouldn't I play in the street? Johnny plays in the street." Like I say, I haven't under- taken this letter as a defense of Mrs. G.'s review. As a matter of fact, I suspect that NEVSKY isn't as good a film as she found it. But the kind of thinking manifest in Mr. Barense's reply scares hell out of me. -W. J. Hampton. MSC Politics . To the Editor: IT IS NOT very nice to be kicked in the teeth by a group whose favor you have been trying to cur, ry. This must be particularly true whc.n you have sacrificed a basic principle in seeking that favor. Perhaps after enough kicks in the teeth you may begin to feel that appeasement at the, expense of principle is a folly that provides no long range solution and is best strictly avoided. Tragically enough this may be the situation of some people up at Michigan State College these days. It is a simple and rather naus- eating story all the way around. The State Board of Education which runs MSC recently insti- tuted a ruling barring its faculty members from running for a po- litical office of a partisan nature. This is construed broadly enough to bar virtually all partisan politi- cal activity." Why? In the face of an obvious value and need for men of high caliber (such as the several in both parties which our own Uni- versity has provided) the only ap- parent excuse is that up until now the State Legislature which ap- propriates MSC's funds has been Republican dominated while some of the most politically active MSC faculty members have been Dem- ocrats. Ironically, instead of easily re- moving this' thorn in the Repub- licans side and getting in solid with the Legislature, MSC appears headed for an increasing amount of grief, not alone from its faculty whose civil rghts were impaired, but from the very Republicans that they sought to appease. Following up the "no partisan politics" rule, "right-wing" Re- publicans through the person of Kit Clardy of Fighting Republi- cans, Inc. sought to impose their own partisan political views on the campus. Following the bankrupt Republican line, Mr. Clardy as- sumed that because his candidate for Governor has sought to smear ADA as "socialistic" that two United States Senators associated with it should be barred from an MSC camus lecture series. This newspaper attack which sought to coerce MSC compelled one of the deans there to retort that if Senators Wayne Morse and Paul Douglas are "socialists" so are we all, and to add a state- ment not very complimentary to Mr. Clardy. Whether this refusal to help promote the Republican smear campaign has offset all of the pos- sible benefit that the little scheme to please the Republican Legisla- tors may have had initially is hard to estimate. It is difficult to decide at the moment whether the analogy about appeasing a dictator like Hitler or Stalin or the one about the camel's nose 'under the tent is the more appropriate to the MSC situation. Perhaps as future Republican antics become history, those re- sponsible for the "no partisan poli- tics" rule at MSC will draw their own rueful conclusion. -Tom Walsh * * * Prejudice . . . To the Editor: THE PREJUDICES of the war between the sexes have found their way even into the Daily's letters to the Editor column. (Continued from Page 3) ] the League for Industrial Demo- cracy and past-president of the National Bureau of Economic Re- search, etc., will speakaon "Prob- lems of Cooperative and Public1 Ownership," auspices of the De- partment of Economics in Rack-' ham Amphitheatre, Thurs., Oct. 26, 4:15 p.m. The public is invited. Academic Notices Algebra (II) Seminar: Thurs., Oct. 26, 4:10 p.m., 3011 Angell Hall. Professor Brauer will con- tinue his review of Representation Theory. Seminar in Applied Mathemat- ics: Thurs., Oct. 26, 4 p.m., 247 W. Engineering Bldg. Mr. J. A. McFadden continues his talk on "Conical Supersonic Flow." Orientation Seminar in Mathe- matics: Meeting, 4 p.m., Thurs, Oct. 26, 3001 Angell Hall. Miss' Curran will speak on "Jordan's 1 Theorem." Concerts Carillon Recital: 7:15 p.m.,' Thurs., Oct. 26, by Percival Price, University carillonneur. Program:] Prelude Solennel for Carillon by W. L. Curry; four British Harpsi- chord Selections: Selection from Scherzo, Op. 39 by Chopin; four German folk songs; and Selections from Svanda by Jaronier Wein- berger. Events Today Canterbury Club: 10:15 a.m., Holy Communion.' U. of M. Soaring Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., 1042 E. Engineering Bldg. Flight operations conducted, at the Washtenaw County Airport, Jackson Road, at 1 p.m., weather permitting. All interested in join- ing the club are invited to attend both meetings. Graduate Student Council Cof- fee Hour: e7:30 p.m., Graduate Outing Club room, Rackham Blog. U. of M. Women's Glee Club: Rehearsal, 7:10 p.m., League. International Relations Club.: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Union. Pros- pective' members welcome. Gilbert &-Sullivan Society: Full chorus rehearsal, 7 p.m., League. U. of M. Sailing Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., 311 W. Engineering Bldg. Shore school for all. Graduate School Record Con- cert: 7:45 p.m., East Lounge, Rackham. MOZART: Divertimen- to in D, K 251. BEETHOVEN: 6th Quartet. BEETHOVEN: Hammer- klavier Sonata. All graduate stu- dents invited; silence requested. Alpha Phi Omega: Meeting, 7 p.m., Union. Important that all actives be present as duties at the State Convention will be assigned. Sigma Gamma Epsilon, honor- ary Geology fraternity: Meeting, 12:15 p.m., 2054 Natural Science Bldg. Dr. K. K. Landes, "A Geol- ogy Teacher's Non-Teaching Geol- ogy." American' Society for Public Ad- ministration, Michigan Chapter, Social, Seminar, 7:30 p.m., West Conference Room, Rackham Bldg. Prof. Harold M. Dorr will talk on his recent visit and observations of German government and adminis- tration. All members and any others interested are invited. Polonia Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.- m,, International Center. Every- one invited. International Center Weekly Tea for foreign students and American friends, 4:30-6 p.m. Women of the University Fa- culty: First of the weekly teas, 4 to 6 p.m., Club Room, League. Hostelers: Meeting, 7:30 pm., Lane Hall. Slides shown of hostel- ing in Europe. Everyone welcome. Young Democrats: Meeting, 7:15 p.m., in front of Administration Though surely the institution of matrimony has some flaws in it, Mr. Barense' by deliberately ig- noring its existence indicates that he must be looking at it through Thurber-colored glasses. It is a shame that Mr. Barense duty to contribute his bit to the anti-marriage propaganda obliged him to refer to the Daily's review- er as Miss Greenhut. -Dick Kraus. Blgg. We will go to the Voter's Rally at Pattengill Auditorium to- gether. Young Progressives of America: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Union. Elec- tion of officers. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation: Meeting of all people interested in learning Yiddish Language, 7:30 p.m., Lane Hall. Student-Faculty .Tea .honoring the English Department, 4 p.m., Terrace Room, Union. La p'tite causette: 3:30 p.m., League. Coming Events Inter-Guild Party: Friday, Oct. 27, 8:30-12 midnight, Presbyterian Church. Unitarian Fellowship Dinner: .ri., Oct. 27, 6:15 'p.m. Reserva- tions should be made before noon on Friday by calling the church office, 2-0085. Unitarian Organ Dedicatio Ser- vice ,open to all students, Oct. 27, 8:15 p.m. Dr. Frederick May Eliot, president of the Unitarian denom- ination will speak on: "Strength- ening the Forces of Freedom." Mrs. Kathleen A. Rogerson, De- troit organist, will present a pro- gram of music on the new Bald- win organ, University' Museums Program for Friday Evening: "Homesgand Customs of Little-Known Peoples of the Western Hemisphere." Three films: "Cross Section of Guatemala," "South America," and "West Indies," 7:30 p.m., Kellogg Auditorium. In the fourth floor exhibit hall of the Museums building is a table case of Eskimo life and weapons and clothing; in the fourth floor corridor are four cases showing Seasonal Activities of the Chippe- wa Indians of Northern Micrigan; and in the second floor exhibit hall are numerous artifacts illus- trating Indian Cultures of the Middle West. Visitors' Night, Department of Astronomy: Fri., Oct. 27, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Angell Hall. Short illus- trated talk, by Dr. D. B. McLaugh- lin'on "The Face of the Moon" in room 3017, following which the Angell Hall Student Observatory, fifth floor, will be open for ob- servation of the Moon, Pleiades, and Jupiter. If the sky is-not clear, the observatory will be open for inspection of the telescopes and planetarium. Children must be ac- companied by adults. International Radio Round Ta- ble: Auspices of Internationl Cen- ter and WUOM. Discussions a're held every Friday at 2:30 p.m. on WUOM. The same programs are .broadcast on the Voice of Ameri- ca to foreign countries. Subjects for discussion: American Woman-Oct. 27. (Continued on Page 5) LA.w I CURRENT MOVIES r At The Michigan.. . DARK CITY with Charlton Heston, Liz- abeth. Scott, and Dean Jagger. WHAT DIRECTOR William Dieterle had in mind in concocting this- expensive bit of trivia is somewhat puzzling. Faced with explicating a puerile script, the result is confused and, for long stretches, downright dull. The action revolves'around the separation of a naive young man from his roll by three gamblers and the resultant revenge taken by his psychopathic brother. The situation might 'have been interesting, but the plot lingers much too long on the third gambler's efforts to escape the trap set by the killer. 'Broodingly played by newcomer Heston, the characterization is an' admixture of pseudo- psychological overtones and amateurish dia- logue. The denouement. takes place, appro- priately enough, in Las Vegas where the action becomes unexpectedly taut. This se- quence, shot against the authentic backdrop of the casinos, has a refreshing quality which unfortunately, does not sustain the film as a whole. Dean Jagger is wasted as an inspector of Charles Munch and his Boston Symphony presented another magnificent program in Hill Auditorium last night. Differing great- ly from Sunday's all-Beethoven concert, the program was varied, highly interesting and well-planned-less demanding of the audience, but perhaps even more taxing for the orchestra. Munch's Handel, like his Beethoven, may probably be termed unorthodox; it certainly is not "pure" baroque. But in its tempos, dynamic contrasts, sweeping melodic line and healthy vigor, it was completely satis- fying. The jump from Handel to Debussy is a difficult one, but the orchestra effected it successfully, and their rendition of "La Mer" was outstanding. In Munch's hands, even Debussy is straightforward. There is less blending of elements into a diffused whole than the composer might, have wished, and Munch, never a colorist, relied on rhythmic emphasis, dynamic accentuation and the skillful use of inner voices; but the over-all effect was overwhelming. The opportunity for first-hand acquaint- ance with the works of Roussel is a wel- come one. The "Bacchus et Adriane" ballet music was interesting, beautiful and effec- tive; it came well after Debussy and served as a climax to it. In both French works the woodwinds and brasses upheld. the fine im- pression made Sunday night. If Munch's Beethoven can be questioned, his Brahms can not. The fourth symphony came as a climax not only to last night's program, but to both the Boston's appear- ances in Ann Arbor. This work, one of the greatest tragic symphonies since Beethoven, was read with the same heroic grandeur which characterized the Eroica. Munch ap- proached it with simplicity and naturalness, breadth, depth and intensity. His melodic conception and interpretive perception were outstanding, and his musical understanding impeccable. Sixty-First Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. Editorial Staff Jim Brown............Managing Editor Paul Brentlinger.........City Editor Roma Lipsky..........Editorial Director Dave Thomas............Feature Editor Janet Watts............Associate Editor Nancy Bylan............Assoclate Editor James Gregory ........ 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Just some things for your Here's some mail, Mom. I'm going to take a. little walk ... To study n.,fur..rnd fhjIl 1 nor, In. .John?...There's a notice here from the freight station. They have a crate or something for us.