i pAGE F~OUR THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1950 UU f r GOP Victory PLEAS OF SANITY in the form of Re- publican votes have bombarded Demo- crats across the nation. The Grand Old Party has cut the heart out of the New Deal majority and leadership in Congress., Voters have given a majority of governors' seats to Republicans. Big-city residents, tired of being taken for granted by corrupt Democratic machineshave chosen Republ- cans as their Congressmen, legislators and local officials and have given unexpected majorities to GOP senatorial candidates. The implication is unmistakeable-the American people do not believe the myth that the Republican party is the party of privilege and the Democratic party is the party of the people. Given a clear-cut choice between the socialist, internation- alist policies of the Democrats and the free enterprise, American policies of true Republicanism, the people will choose the GOP. They were given such a choice in 1946 and they gave the Republican party control of both houses of Congress. In 1948 the me-too, internationalist, "lib- eral" wing of the party controlled over the national convention, as it has every con- vention since 1936. The result was a platform and candidates which were carbon copies of Democratic leaders and policies. The voters couldn't tell the difference between the original and the carbon copy so they kept what they had-President Truman. This year in congressional and senatorial races across the land the Republicans offered voters a choice, an alternative to New Deal 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 DREW PEARSON: Washington Merry-Go-Round WASHINGTON-The final decision as to how far the Russo-Chinese alliance will go toward all-out world war will depend largely on one factor-how many atomic bombs we have, compared with the number Russia has. The preponderance of atomic weapons in our favor continues to be the most re- assuring thing in the otherwise unhappy international picjture. For definite information has been obtain- ed that Russia has been able to manufac- ture only 24 atomic bombs and is making - them only at the rate of two per month. On the other hand, the American atomic' stockpile, while a secret, is vastly greater. Furthermore our rate of production is much faster. This superiority of atomic strength has been the main factor beterring the Soviet from world war up to now, and the chances are it will.continue to be a deterrent in the future. It is also why the Russians have adopted. the policy of wearing down Ameri- can resources by wars of attrition n which satellite nations, not the Red army, do the fighting. In brief, it is likely that the Kremlin will not risk a major war in which Russian troops must do battle and in which Russian cities are- exposed-until there is a better balance between our atomic stockpile and Moscow's. GUARDING THE PRESIDENT' Until the recent attempt on his life, Presi- dent Truman had given little thought to his personal safety. He once told my as- sistant, Fred Blumenthal, that he had figur- ed out what he wouldd o if an assassin came into the room. Most assassins, he said, would expect the President to get under the desk, but he was planning to reverse things and attack the attacker-just as Andrew Jack- son did when attacked in the halls of Con- gress. ... When last week's shooting started, Mrs. Truman rushed into the President's bedroomwh ere he was napping, to tell him a Secret Service man was lying wounded in the street. Actually she mistook assassin Collazo for a plain-clothes man. . . . One secret service man. was in front of Blair House at the time of the shdoting,the others were in the rear eating lunch. The White House police, which bore the brunt 4f the attack, are under the secret police. ...The Secret Service have been under some criti- cism in recent years for having become par- tially political. Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan intervened in the early days of the Truman administration, fired Mike Reilly, who oper- ated under Roosevelt, and gave the impres- sion he wanted to run the service. This would not have been tolerated in the old days of Chief William Moran. . .. Later, during the Senate five-percenter probe, Reilly was hast- ily rehired and given a $10,000 job in the Interior Department. (He knew too much about how the Secret Service gave a special pass to Vaughan's friend, John Maragon, and about other political wiire pulling.) ... Despite occasional politics, however, the sec- ret Service does a good job. PROBLEM FOR U.N. THE NORTH KOREAN-Manchurian area is an ideal one for United Nations co- operation-if Moscow would permit it. Rea- son is that the Japanese, who once controlled both Korea and Manchuria, developed power and industry regardless of international boundaries, just as Grand Coulee and Bonne- socialism and internationalism-and the Re- publicans emerged victorious. The lesson of this election must be learned by the Republican party before its convention' in 1952. A canddate must be named who will truly oppose New Deal leftism. Senator Robert Taft of Ohio is the most obvious and the wisest choice. His unalterable and outspoken criticism of the New Deal brought about his overwhelming election in Ohio Tuesday. The myth that Senator Taft cannot win the labor vote has been dashed by the huge support given him in the Cleveland industrial area. The supposedly overwhelming support of the American people for the "bi-partisan" foreign policy was shaken by the election of Republican Everett Dirksen to Senator Scott Lucas's post in Illinois. The cry "iso- lationist!" was repeatedly raised against Dirksen, because he is not a backer of the "bi-partisan" foreign policy. Senator Lucas, as President Truman's majority leader, was the symbol of all Administration policies, foreign and domestic. He was decisively beaten by the people of Illinois. That the American people will not accept the whitewash of charges of Communists in the government is shown in the defeat of Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland, who handled the investigation and the election of Senator Alexander Wiley, partner of Re- publican Senator Joseph McCarthy in Wis- consin's senatorial team. Proof that there is a limit to how much crime and corruption even regular Demo- crats will tolerate in their big-city ma- chines is found in the resounding defeat of Chicago's crooked Capt. "Tubbo" Gil- bert, the world's richest cop, in his cam- paign for sheriff. John Babb, a Republi- can, was elected. The Democrats have been beaten in the city and in the South. They have been re- jected by labor. The supposedly impregnable Democratic fortresses have been invaded. The American people have been offered a choice and they have made it. The revival of the Republican party has arrived. -Floyd Thomas. Debate Sidelights EIFTEEN STUDENTS who were apparently uninterested in Tuesday night's elec- tion returns wandered over to the Architec- ture Auditorium and heard four student de- baters contest whether or not students should be given special considerations un- der a peacetime draft. Student Legislature's Michigan Forum pulled a prime boner in holding their debate on an exciting election night, but the debate was a decently argued affair which had some rather interesting side- lights. For one, it appears that there are more. women on campus worried about losing their men than there are men worried about losing their lives, for of the fifteen students sparse- ly scattered through the 367 seat auditorium nine were women and six were men. This, incidentally, does not take into ac- count the four debaters and one moderator (all men), the two ushers (one a woman, the Daily reporter (male? and the janitor who dropped in a little before the debate ended to sweep the floor and listened with indifference (he was over 26 years of age) to the dying gasp of the argument. One of the debaters, Dave Belin, '51 BAd, should gain the "subtlest man of the year" award. A candidate for Student Legislature, Belin took his debate notes on the back of one of his election posters, which was easily recognizable from the audience. It's a pity such political shrewdness was wasted on only 15 electors. Tiring of the debate, the reporter ques- tioned a demure enough looking coed as to why she attended the thing in the first place. With a not so demure answer, she indi- cated that she had a blind date with a member of the pro team, and had simply come to look him over. What her opinion was on the subject, the'inquisitor never learned. It sufficeth to say that she did not remain to the end of the debate. -Rich Thomas. "Nah! Let's Wait Till They Go Communist, Then Spend A Few Billions Fighting Them" fa -N -.. at ~ I - S, Aa -914T~ Ps 4 T HOMAS L. STOKES: Elections & The 'Experts' WASHINGTON-It was' much more exciting that we came up to election day this year without knowing in advance exactly how it was going to turn out, as we did, you remember, two years ago. More interesting for the voters and for the pollsters and for the newspaper political experts. And no possibility of a headache afterward. Such a headache, for instance, as the experts had after the 1948 election when we were all so sure in advance, and all so wrong we found out later. Politicians were very cagey this year and so were the political reporters. And, as for the pollsters, only Dr. George Gallup stuck out his neck, and that not very far, for he hedged himself with all the finesse of a politican trying to please everybody. A FEW years ago, when the polling business was in its heyday, one of our leading pollsters-not Dr. Gallup-who used fewer samples than Dr. Gallup and came amazingly close on national results, was quoted as saying, perhaps facetiously, that he expected some day to find the one "Typical American" to whom he could go and find all the answers without need for any other samples. There is obviously none such. That same pollster, using his system that has been so good previously, came a cropper in 1948. So he not only stopped looking for his one infallible, "Typical American," but he has stopped looking, period. Clearly, there is no "Typical American" and it is good to have that myth exploded. People were not very talkative this year about their politics, which left the politicians confu§ed-and disturbed. * * * * THIS MAY have indicated confusion among the voters and inde- cisiveness that they didn't care to expose. That is understandable in the uncertainty of the times. It is difficult to make hard-and-fast decisions in the turmoil of the world today, with rapidly developing situations, and quick crises, as, for the example, that in/Korea which at first looked very bad, then suddenly cleared up in what appeared to be victory, and then suddenly became tense again on the eve of the election with the movement of Red Chinese across the Manchurian border. These are complex factors, and forecasting and polling that expect simple answers off-hand are risky. The answer in the end, when the voter gets in the booth, must be simple; but the fact that he had trouble making up his mind is all to the good, for it indicated that he did some hard thinking. (Copyright 1950, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) [.DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN 4 ette' 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 waiter 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 withhe'd from publication at the discretion of the editors. I i + ART + t Greatest Show On Earth which grandly and magnificently illustrates \'AMERICAN HISTORY, ARABIAN NIGHTS TALES, NURSERY RHYMES AND CHILDREN'S FABLES, together with myriads of Elegant and Costly Features" IN THE argot of the carnival barker of 1891 the yellowed handbill extols the diversi- fied attractions of Barnum & Bailey's fabu- lous wonderland of entertainment and mo- mentarily revives the quaint charms that bewitched our fathers. "Grandly and mag- nificently" the University Museum of Art announces to-day's opening of the "Greatest Show" of the year, "SPORT AND CIRCUS," under the big top of the Alumni Memorial Hall until November 29. A gaudy rocking horse, survivor of a forgotten carrousel, re- awakens to the ghost-echo of a departed calliope. The three crowded rings-North, South, and West Galleries-invite the young in heart to submit to the aura of enchant- ment of yesteryear., The gay spectacle constitutes the reali- zation of a dream: the first loan exhibition of paintings and drawings organized by the Museum in its short but active, history. Unlike shows circulating on a rental basis, these splendid selections are the personal achievement of Professor Jean Paul Slus- ser and Miss Helen Hall, who sought them out with painstaking effort among the mu- seums, dealers' galleries, and private col- lections of the country. Rarely was their merit as works of art sacrified to the ex- pediency of the theme. The enormity of the accomplishment can /be appreciated only through understanding of the tact that several years of mental pre- paration preceded the negotiations begun last April, which proliferated into an in- credible amount of correspondence. Each ex- hibit involved the arrangement of many de- tails of packing, transportation, and insur- ance-expenses borne by the Museum's bud- get. Disappointments were not infrequent, when substitutions had to be found for co- veted pictures that were not made available. Special significance lies in the theme of the show for all associated with a Univer- sity renowned for athletic preeminence- distinguished for producing sports enthu- siasts as well as participants in intercollegi- ate combat. Numbered among the former, as an alumnus "of the year one" is the Mu- seum's Director, who conceived this original show as a natural for the Museum's first independent project, on a national scale. DESPITE the exhibition's limited scope, the actual variety of the selections is im- pressive. As manifold as the aspects of sport represented are the sundry techniques and styles signalling the talents of an illustrious assemblage of artists. Generally represeta- tional, the exhibits range from the rock- solid realism of Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins to the schematic frivolities of Paul Klee and Calder. Few are unfamiliar with the name of Degas, which conjures pastel visions of +hii a +a cth__mA fn f na ha rn rainbow-hued ballerinas. His superb oil, "Race Horses,* reputed to be the most valuable painting of the show and a marvel of anatomy and observation, takes second place to none in treatment of the subject. Toulouse-Lautrec's lithograph, "The Joc- key," imbued with all the instantaneous vigor of a high-speed action photograph, repeats the Gallic absorption with eques- trian sport and contrasts a caricature of agitated motion with the relaxed vitality of Degas' horses and riders. The show is fortunate in having a Demuth watercolor, without which ittcouldrnot be complete. "The Circus," with its clear, lumi- nous color and delicate but precise design of silhouetted forms is an exquisite example of his series of vaudeville and circus. Most notable among such well-known oils as Curry's "Flying Codonas" and Walt Kuhn's poised and monumental "Blue Clown" is Bellow's celebrated "Dempsey and Firpo," immortalizing an episode of ring his- tory. Wooden, rigid stylizatiorr, inflicted by the artist's late theory of "d'ynamic symme- try," makes this less successful than his earlier "Stag at Sharkey's,'' in which he did not inhabit his flair for expressing the flow of violent action. DEPICTING a more leisurely sport, Kuni- yoshi scores one of the hits of the show with his "Swimmer," who serenely navigates in her limpid, personal sea-charming hy- brid offspring of oriental linear grace and western expressive distortion. Smoky nuances of color are accented by the vivid green and white of the island. Also at leisure we find the "Seated Clown," Rico Lebrun's ink'and crayon masterpiece, a sensationally-success- ful statement of a circus cliche. The largest of the drawings, its distinction lies in the vigorous calligraphy and the penetrating in- sight that reveals the mountainous disdain of the unmaskeddprofessional buffoon. Completely modern is Ben Shahn's tem- pera, "Handball," with its concern for peo- ple-here in a characteristic context of vast space, whose oppressiveness perhaps symbolizes overwhelming social forces. The contrast between decorative detail and broad planes is striking. Less modern but technically unusual, Charles Prendergast's two panels make use of a Renaissance medium, tempera and gold leaf on gesso (fine plaster), in which the linear design is heavily incised. Pattern and color com- bine the influences of Persian miniatures and the post-Impressionism of the artist's better-known brother, Maurice. Klee's "Sketch for Traveling Circus" is one of those disappointingly flimsy efforts whose delusive effect is to prompt the clas- sic remark: "Why, my little girl could do better than that." Also disappointing, Marin's "Circus Forms," employing the technique responsible for his reputation with water- color, loses the latter's fresh transparency for a pasty opacity. The College of Architecture and Design is well represented with the work of Weddige, Gooch, La More, Prendergast, Wilt, and Lo- pez-oils by the last two taking their place among the best of the show. If names alone are drawing cards, the fol- Hitchcock.. . To the Editor: o, NO, NO, where does John Briley ever get the "evident" idea that Alfred Hitchcock hadn't developed his own distinctive style i by 1939? The 39 Steps came out in 1935, The Lady Vanishes was made in 1937 or 1938. It is true that Hitchcock first went to Hollywood in 1938, but -did that make him distinctive? He had been making movies since 1925, and if some of his early opera achieved success, it was surely because of the Hitch- cock touch. -John Neufeld. Line-ups.. To the Editor: IN ORDER that most students can contnue to enjoy having a football program at home games why not publish a roster of both teams in the Saturday Issues of the Daily? This practice is sure to endear you to many many stu- dents. -Ted Lawrence Dunn (Editor's Note - Shop restrictions prevent us from using type that is small enough to permit running complete rosters of each team weekly. To run the lineups, other thin the starting teams as is now done, with the type-sizeswe now have available would restrict our coverage of other games in the Big Ten and around the nation.) S* ** Russia . To the Editor: I NEVER met Mr. Stalin and I don't know the brand of Vodka he drinks. but my mother came from Russia and my father was a Russian Pole, so, I think I can rely on the words of my parents, and if I can not I can pick up a history book and read the history of czarist Russia. When did working people ever eat butter in Russia? And when did they wear any kind of shoes? Why try to compare that country with our progressive civilization any more than our southern neigh- bor Mexico? How do the people dress there? How much money do they receive in wages? How much food do they get? Mr. Papajiak is a bit short- sighted on the length of time that the Russians have used the com- pulsory conscriptive system. In 'Old Russia' a man of age was au- tomatically enlisted into the army for twenty years-my mother said so. Would dropping the atom bomb prepare the Russian soil for a bet- ter potato crop or would it cause the mules to kick up their heels and be therefore producing more leather for shoes? I always thought I was sort of a pacifist myself and thought there were other ways to solve issues rather than agitate war. -S. Kesicki '54 Gay Life... To the Editor: IMUST cast my vote in favor of your column, "It's a Gay Life." I almost failed to write this let- ter of support. How many others are in my position? I haven't "ask- ed forty people" (what a nice, round figure. School spirit does not necessi- tate lack of consideration for oth- ers. The directors of our track meets have to plead with the spec- tators to remain seated. Is that lack of school spirit? Away with such drivel as "an overt act of enthusiasm." How could waving a pom-pom in a neighbor's face be interpreted as an overt act? -John Haver ** * Student. Directory... To the Editor: EDITOR Roger Wellington of the Student Directory recently complained of my "peddling misin- formation." I had made a general criticism about the late publica- tion of the directory and its boost in price from 75 cents to a dollar, instead of giving specific facts as Wellington desired. He is absolute- ly right; all the facts were not in- (Continued from Page 2) 1 W. Parry. Topic: "Our Most Im- portant Natural Resource." Every- one invited. Cotn ing Events Westminster Guild: Oppn house, First Presbyterian Church, 8:301 p.m., Fri., Nov. 10. W e s I e y Foundation: "Sadie Hawkins" Party, Fri., Nov. 10, 8 pm to foreign countries. Subjects for discussion: Commonwealth of Nations - Nov. 10. International Travel-Nov. 17. American Family-Nov. 24. Students interested in partici- pating in the programs may con- tact Hiru Shah, Moderator of the, Roundtable, 2-1644 or Charles Ar-' nade, Organizer of the Program, International Center. Russian Circle: Meeting Mon., cluded in my first letter-nor in 1 8 +*t4 4' C Nov. 13, 8 p.m., International Cen- his "factual" answer. A baseball Acolytes: Meeting, Fri., Nov. 10, ter. Miss Irene Balaksha will bat presentation is not to my lik 7:45 p.m., West Conference Room, speak on A. S. Pushkin. Everyone ing, but since his manner leaves Rackham Bldg. Prof. G. Williams, welcome. no other approach, and so that my philosophy Department, Univer- em "ignorance may not be foisted up- sity of Toledo. "Naturalism, ItsP on others." Here are the facts: Nature and Importatce." WE PASSIONATELY long that FACT: The Student Directory-. there may be another life in made mioney last year-at 75 cents Visitors' Night: Department of which we shall be similar to what apiece-according to the report of Astronomy: Fri., Nov. 10, 7:30-10 we are here below. But we do not the Board in Control of Student p.m., Angell Mall. Short illustrated pause to reflect that, even with the BadiCnr ofSitinfrtha her life .in Publications. It shows a net in- talk, by Mr. Raphael LaBauve, come of $1,531.31 for the Directory, "Is There Life on Mars?" Room or a profit of practically one-quar-.! 3017, following which the Angell ter of the $6,336.59 gross sales. Hall Student Observatory, fifth This figure may be reduced silghtly floor, will be open for observation if assessed with a fair share of of Jupiter and a star cluster. If some expenses not allocated by the the sky is not clear, the observa- Board. tory will be open for inspection of FACT: Student Publications as the telescopes and' planetarium. a whole did lose money last year Children must be accompanied by as Wellington carefully pointed out adults. -$300 in a gross business of over IninFsial;DWL $140,000. So what?sDoes the d Indian Festival, "DIWALI & rectory have to make up losses of NEW YEARS DAY." 7:30 p.m., all the publications just because Fri., Nov. 10, Lane Hall. Every- it has a monopoly in the wide- one invited. spread distribution of student ad- dresses and phone numbers? In University Museums: Program my opinion each publication should I for Friday evening: "Fur-Bearing attempt to carry its fair share. Mammals of Michigan." Films: "imc "zer±w~ ".iy.~4± this life, after a 'few years we are unfaithful to what we have been to what we wished to remain. -Marcel Proust + M ci!an~ ti~ FACT: The directory was small- er this year. It contained 10% fewer names by my rough misin- formed methods-8% by the edi- tors more refined techniques; 351 pages insteand of 388, a saving in cost no matter how you calculate. Wellington is not responsible for the price of the directory, although he saw fit to defend it-nor am I or any other individual. I have therefore contacted some members of the Board in Control of Student Publications who have indicated that the Board will weigh the mat- ter. Their authoritative explana- tion should eliminate the seed for a continuance of individual clrms and charges. --Keith Beers Monroe St. Journal'... To the Editor: N A LETTER last Saturday, Nov. 4, a correspondent referred to the Monroe Street Journal, Bus Ad school weekly newspaper, as an unofficial publication. He was mistaken. The Board inl "Black Bear Twins," **ray squir- rel," and "Fur Trade," 7:30 p.m., Kellogg Auditorium. A series of mounted Michigan, mammals is on display in the third and fourth floor exhibit halls, Museums Bldg., open from 7-9, Friday evening. In the small zoo on the Museum grounds may be seen 2 live black bears, 5 rac- coons, 2 skunks, and a badger. International Radio Round Table: Auspices of International Center and WUOM. Discussions are held Friday at 2:30 p.m. on WUOM and are transcribed on WHRV on Friday at 7:15 p.m., and are broadcast on the Voice of America 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 Paui Brentlinger...........City Editor Roma Lipsky:......... Editorial Director Dave Thomas............Feature Editor Janet Watts............Associate Editor Nancy Byan............Associate Editor James Gregory.........Associate Editor Bill Connolly .............Sports Editor Bob Sandell.....Associate Sports Editor Bill Brenton..Associate Sports Editor Barbara Jans..........Women's Editor Pat Brownson Associate Women's Editor Business Staff Bob Daniels.........Business Manager Walter Shapero Assoc. Business Manager Paul Schaible..Advertising Manager Control of Student Publications Bob ersereau........inance Manager Carl Breitkreitz .... 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