THE MICHIGAN DAIY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1950 f .. Voting Habits "I always voted at my party's call, "And never thought of thinking for my- self at all!" BACK IN the days of Gilbert and Sullivan, this bit of whimsy was something to be laughed at. But in this country today, it is such widely accepted' operating procedure 'in all fields of political activity that it has assumed a quality more akin to holiness than to satire. It most markedly manifests itself in the sometimes questionable actions of the nation's voters.# A glance at representative precinct totals in the recent election indicates this in graph- ic fashion. In an average Ann Arbor pre- f cinct, approximately six per cent of all bal- lots cast were split. This means simply that 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 94 out of 100 voters in that precinct ap- parently considered nothing more than the party involved when they cast their ballots. Some people might honestly believe that either the Rjepublican or Democratic candi-' dates are, as a body, so vastly superior that they need not consider whether the individ- ual men are competent or not. Or they might feel, as a reaction or as a result of some obscure psychological urge, that either the Democrats or Republicans would logically do a better job. They might have a vague idea that they like the Democrats, as the party of the people, perhaps, or that since their grandfathers voted Republican for time im- memorial, they owe it an allegiance. Finally, there is the not inconsiderable number of voters, who, when confronted by the com- plicated menage of levers in a voting ma- chine, hastily pull the largest one and go home. Whatever the reason for voting.a straight ticket, it would appear that in most cases the voter is discarding his fran- chise by passing it on so readily to a single political party. He is often electing men to govern him not on grounds of capabili- ty but merely because of party affiliation. This way of voting cannot be reconciled to good government. Blind party voting, for whatever reason, certainly does not have the best interest of intelligent government at heart. One party government makes for more efficiency in administration, but seldom for high caliber officials all the way down to the municipal level. -Chuck Elliott THOMAS L. STOKES: Far West Southern Schools RECENT court decisions and rulings of at- torney generals favoring admittance of of Negro applicants to state-supported uni- versities' graduate schools formerly accept- ing only white applicants has caused con- siderable quandary among Negro educators. Last week at the twenty-eighth annual ses- sion of the conference of Presidents of Negro Land Grant Colleges, held in Washington, D. C., it became more evident that formerly anticipated problems were drawing near. The acceptance of Negro students by erstwhile white tax-supported universities is bound to affect the interests and pro- grams of Negro schools. Because of segre- gation laws in the south, these Negro tax- supported schools have operated on a seg- regated racial basis and continue to do so. But if present trends continue, as indi- cated by the recent court decisions which have allowed Negroes to attend the Uni- versities of Texas and Oklahoma, these schools will cease to be "Negro" schools, just as the others will cease to be "white" schools. Somewhat optimistically Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing told the edu- cators that "the year 1950 may well have heard the death knell for second-class citi- zenship in America's institutions. of higher learning." Idealistically, this abolishment of segregation is fine, and wholly in character with American democratic principles. There are, however, pressing practical problems that must be met before abolishment of seg- regation can truly be valuable. The question of what is to become of the Negro colleges and their faculties cannot be dismissed. These Negro colleges may also become in- terracial along with the white institutions in the south, and both will be retained be- cause of the well-known school shortage, as elsewhere. In the integrating of teaching staffs, however, the minority group may well suffer from injustice and discrimination sim- ilar to that experienced by Negro officers in the "integrated" U.S. Army. Very few Negroes would, for this reason, favor retention of the dual tax-supported college system. The solution of the prob- lem posed by the revolutionary changes taking place may not be advantageous to Negro teachers and professors, eventhough the country will gain by such erasures of the color line. However, if the country is ready to accept an integrated educational system, as seems increasingly likely, then it is important to press more strenuously than ever the com- plete equalization to pay scales for Negro and white teachers and professors, as well as protection of tenure. This should be firm- ly established before the trend to integra- tion gets too far under' way. -Henry Van Dyke One Side, Bub --- I Just Won A Big Victory?" DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN a 1 s : Y 1z (Continued from Page 2) Ohio, distributors in hardware, in- dustrial, plumbing, electrical and sporting goods, will interview Feb- ruary graduates for positions in sales on Thurs., Nov. 16, at the Bureau of Appointments. There are also openings for female sec- retaries. The International Business Ma- chines Company of Endicott & Binghamton, N.Y., will interview at the Bureau on Friday, Nov. 17 for mechanical, and electrical en- gineers, and physicists on the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. levels for positions in research, development and pro- duction engineering. For further information and appointments for interviews for any of the above companies call the Bureau of Appointments, Ext. 371. Lectures University Lecture, auspices of the School of Music. "Modern Edi- tions of Renaissance Music" (illus- trated). Dr. Donald J. Grout, Pro- fessor of Music, Cornell University. 4:15 p.m., Tues., Nov. 14, Rack- ham Amphitheatre. University Museums Lecture. "Demons and Angels of the Plant! World" (illustrated). Dr. Alexan- der H. Smith, Professor of Bo- tany and Botanist in the Univer- sity Herbarium. 8:15 p.m., Wed., Nov. 15, Rackham Amphitheatre. Upper Room, Lane Hall. S.R.A. Council Meeting, Lane Hall, 5-7 p.m. Square Dance Group: Lane Hall, 7 p.m. Mathematics Club: 8 p.m., West Conference Room, R a c k h a m Building. Prof. R. V. Churchill will speak on "Sturm-Liouville Transforms." Sigma Rho Tau. Regular meet- ing Tues., 7 p.m., 2084 E. Engineer- ing Bldg. Besides the usual train- ing circles, there will be a debate between the Michigan Engineering Debate Team and the University of Detroit's Team. Topic: "Do Un- ions Cramp Management?" All engineering students are invited. Chess Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3-D, Union. U. of M. Soaring Club: Open meeting, 7 p.m., 1042 E. Engineer- ing Bldg. The status of the air- plane tow will be discussed. New members welcome. Wolverine Club: Meeting, 7:15 p.m., Union. Michigan Forum Committee Meeting: 4:30 p.m. at S.L. Office, second floor, M. F. Committee room. All members must be pre- sent. Pershing Rifles: Honorary Marching Society: Regular meet- ing. Consideration being made for those who have mid-semester ex- aminations. Gilbert & Sullivan Society: Full chorus rehearsal, 7 p.m., League. Open Houses for Student Legis- lature Candidates: 5-6 p.m., Sigma Nu; 5:45-7:15 p.M., New Women's Dormitory; 6:30-7:15 p.m., Lloyd House; 7:15-8:30 p.m., Acacia, Strauss House, Alpha Kappa Al- pha, and Harold Osterweil House. rComing Events WASHINGTON-It sometimes takes cold statistics to wake us up to rather deep- aeated chknges that affect both our national economy and our politics and point up an important development of which most of us had been only dimly conscious. The statistics here referred to are those of the census bureau which reveal the tremendous gain in population by Cali- fornia in the last decide which, with its 53.3 per cent increase since 1940 topping all other states, gives it ten and a half W million people to rank second to New York with just under 15 million. With its parallel economic development, it arises as truly a great Western empire. Politically it attains commensurate impor- tance. For it now moves up from fourth place to tie Pennsylvania for second, next to New York, in its representation in the House of Representatives-30 members-and in elec- toral votes in national elections-32-and likewise will have equal or nearly equal representation with Pennsylvania in national ,conventions. Behind the cold figures of the census is the Intensely human story of a great movement of peoples westward in the last two decades, not only to California but also to the Pacific northwest of Washington and Oregon. That has had an impact on its politics, which is always influenced by economics. Up to now, the Democratic party has been more con- scious of its significance in national policy than has the Republican party, though as- 'tute local Republican leaders in that thriving region are fully aware of its implications. There was, first, the movement of elderly people to sunny Southern California around Los Angeles from the Middle West, princi- pally during the prosperous 1920's. Estab- lished there to live out their days in retire- ment on incomes from farms left to their children to operate, many of them found themselves, when the depression hit the farm belt, in straitened circumstances. So they rallied about old Dr. Francis Townsend to give a push to his did-age pension move- ment which swept into the rest of the coun- try and ultimately had its effect in passage of the 7ederal old-age security law by Con- gress. Then there was another westward move- ment caused by the depression-that of the "Okies," as they came to be called, hordes of destitute JInd down-at-heel families who fled to California from the dust bowl areas of Oklahoma and neigh- boring states and from depressed cotton farms of the old South. This raised prob- lems which had their repercussions in poli- ties. With the second world war, the lo- cation of great war industries of all kinds on the Pacific Coast attracted a new wave of migration of people who stayed, and that created problems peculiar to our great urban areas in the east with resultant effects on politics. Nationa'l polkices espoused by Franklin D. Roosevelt were directed at the manifold problems epitomized in this changing pat- tern-the development of land and water resources througli vast public power and re- clamation projects to open new opportuni- ties; social security; farm measures, and so on. During the new deal era there was one outstanding western Republican leader, the.. late senator Charles McNary of Oregon, also the party's Senate floor leader, who was a stout champion of the western resource de- velopment program and supported great public power projects. There is one today, Governor Earl Warren of California, who sees the necessity of political adaptation to economic change, not only in power and water resource fields, but also in housing, health and others affecting the increasing urban-type problem which he clearly recog- nizes in California's rapidly evolving in- dustrial economy. Though he and the west were recog- nized when he was nominated vice presi- dential candidate in 1948, he is regarded as a maverick by some GOP leaders and their imprint still remains heavy on the party's national policy. tetteA TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will pubish 'allletters 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. Looking Back TEN YEARS AGO ADOLPH HITLER and Vyacheslaff Molo- toy talked for four hours in the Fuehrer's chancellery. The negotiations were described by certain informed sources as intended to develop a long-range program of Soviet Nazi collaboration. -* * * . Football captain Forest Evashevski won the presidency, of the literary college senior class. Professor Preston Slosson termed 'FDR's 1940 win over Willkie not entirely a personal triumph for Roosevelt but also a victory for the entire Democratic party. TWENTY YEARS AGO THREE MEN were arrested here for foot- ball ticket scalping. -From the Pages of The Daily. r -- uu 111 ON THE Washington Merry -Go ARound WITH DREW PEARSON . I, _ WASHINGTON - This is the kind of col- umn most editors don't like me to write because it's a think-piece, and they don't pay me to think. They pay me to get the in- side on cabinet meetings and closed-door sessions, but I get tired allegedly crouching under cabinet tables, and being human, I can't help thinking occasionally. Recently I've been thinking about some of the discouraging things that have been happening in different parts of the world which we have lost sight of during elections. I've also been indulging in that cheapest of all pastimes-thinking about what I would do if I were runningthe country. I've even got two ideas to propose to make things bet- ter and am almost tempted to write a letter to Harry Truman. First, however, here are some of the things happening in Europe that haven't hit the headlines and which we have missed because we have been so absorbed in the late battle to control the west bank of the Potomac. IN ITALY, a country which we have helped out to the tune of about a billion dollars a year, big placards are posted ozi the streets in English: "Get the hell out and take your money with you.". . . . This means us. Na- urally the placards are Communist inspired, but one-third of the people of Italy are Com- munist. . . . Aside from the Communists, Italian resentment was so strong against us when we passed the McCarran Act holding up Italian passport visas, the Italian Parlia- ment seriously debated the banning of all Americans from Italy-even Marshall Plan- officials-though the tourist trade is a ma- jor source of Italian revenue. This is not a pleasant picture, but there is no use keep- ing our heads in the sand regarding the facts. IN SOUTHERN ITALY land is being seiz- ed every day, and the local Priest sometimes accompanies bands of Communist-led peas- ants when they march into the big landed estates. This is something the Vatican does not condone, but local sentiment regarding the big estates is so intense that frequently the crucifix and the red flag march side 'by side. . . Elsewhere in Italy about 4,000,000 are unemployed, and the extremes of poverty and wealth are so great, with land reforms so long delayed and so piddling, that Com- munism thrives here as in no country out- side Russia. In fact, the Italian Communist by the Marshall Plan and by the century- old tradition of French friendship for the U.S.A., the French Communist party is still strong enough to stymie rearmament. More important, if war came, the French Com- munists would create a powerful bloc for sabotage and revolt. French Communists would create a powerful bloc for sabotage and revolt. About fifteen per cent of the French army is Communist, serving under Vichy officers, and the two don't mix. Re- sult: France could not stand up against the Red army more than 48 hours. * S * REALISTIC FRENCHMEN NOT LONG ago a big French champagne producer asked a friend of mine: "What's America going to do to defend France?" "What's France going to do to defend her- self?" replied my friend. "Nothing," was the Frenchman's reply. He was both accurate and realistic. France has made important gains under the Marshall Plan. But the man in the street doesn't realize it. He doesn't realize that most of the bread he eats comes from the U.S.A., or that much of the current French prosperity comes from Uncle Sam. He is not unfriendly to the U.S.A.-just cynical and fed up with talk of war. He has fought too many times, and when the next war comes, he plans to sit it out..'.. The Mar- shall plan, he feels, was a great thing for the factory owner and the government. It rebuilt the big war plants and helped his boss. But what did it do for his'wages? They are still low.... Actually the Marshall Plan has accomplished its main goal. Without it all Western Europe would have gone Com- munist long ago. But in countries which have not tasted Communist rule, some peo- ple think the Communist experiment might be worth trying. They don't know what hap- pened in Czechoslovakia. ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE conditions are about the same.... The two countries work- ing hardest to help themselves are the Dutch and Norwegians. But the Norwegian Minister of Defense says privately: "We are now spending four to five per cent of our budget on armament. If we increase to 22 per cent, as the United States wants us to, we undo Ballots a.s To the Editor: RECENTLY, while prospecting for uranium in Northern Mi- chigan, we came across an aban- doned cave containing numerous strange documents entitled "Ball- ots", all being marked in favor of a straight "Cave-man" slate of candidates. Understanding that such docupients are of a peculiar significance at the present time, we are forwarding them to the powers-in-office at Lansing for further action. -John L. Naylor, .Jr., '51L -Howard Van Antwerp, '51L Football Pools . To the Editor: WE WOULD LIKE to compli- ment the Daily, and Mr. Crippen, in their zealous efforts to protect the gullible Michigan students from the unscrupulous national crime syndicate. It is heartening, to realize that OUR Daily is so moved as to send us in the direction of righteous living. We fervently hope, that the Daily will continue in its efforts to com- bat "juvenile delinquency," by placing its vast resources at the disposal of the local police, to help them in the job of rounding up all the miniature Al Capones running rampant through our Campus. We are sure that the Daily has the wholehearted sup- port of the entire Student body, in its crusade. Being poor little lost sheep, and having no shep- .herd to guide us, we place all our faith in you, dear Mr. Crippen, to lead us away from the strangling grasp of the Chicago mobsters. For a cleaner and bettor world -R. N. Dreese -B. C. Estep S * * U. S.-U.S.S.R. To the Editor: DEEDS NOT WORDS is what President Truman says we must get from the Soviet Union if we are to avoid a world war. What kind of deeds? The Soviet Union offered to withdraw its troops from Gemany if the U.S.A. would do the same. That was a deed. Did we accept it? No! We shouted that it was a "trick" to get the American troops out of Germany . Truman says also that we can't have peace unless the Soviet ac- cept the Baruch Plan. This was railroaded through the U.N. atom- ic commission. What does it pro- vide? That the Soviet Union must surrender the ownership of its Peace-Time Atomic Development to a U.N. Commission in which Washington would have an auto- matic majority ... Thus, the "deed" that Truman demanded of the socialist state is a deed which would make it com- mit suicide and turn its industries back to the capitalist owners. If it does not surrender its socialist economy, then this proves it does- n't want peace according to the Truman argument! ... Or take the deeds of Soviet Union and Washington with re- gards to expansion of bases and power. BARNABY the "inevitable war." Our country' is drenched in war propaganda, and peace is considered subver- sive.X Washington talks peace but acts for bigger guns, more bombs, more1 casualties in Korea. Every movek for peace is mocked and spurned . It is from Washington that mankind expect. a true deed for peace, such as sitting down withN the Soviet Union to bring a peaceI settlement to the world.r -George Miller. * * * Football... To the Editor: AS A result of observing Michi- gan's victory Saturday against Indiana, there are a few questions+ answered in' regard to past team performances. The first is: Chuckt Ortmann definitely should be usedi only in an offensive unit. I base1 this on the past evidence of the Minnesota game when he was int the safety-man position and al-j lowed the tying touchdown to be scored. Then, in the Illinois game, he was again guilty of not covering the Illinois pass-receiver. Against1 Indiana, the long pass that set up1 Indiana's lone touchdown wasi again the result of his poor defen- sive play.1 On the opposite side of the led-; ger, Lowell Perry has proved hisI ability to capably handle this po- sition. He intercepted three passeso against Michigan State and Satur- day grabbed a pass thrown by; D'Achille. After all, Perry has been groomed to catch passes and seems to fit into the picture beautifully. He's fast, agile, nimble-fingered,1 cool, and above all a sophomore. In the offensive ends depart-1 ment, I feel that the combinationI of Pickard and Perry hp: outshown all other combinations. Also, why doesn't Bill Billings l ever get a chance to do the punt-|I punts. Punting average against In-7 diana happened to be 29.1 or so, very poor for a Big Ten partici- pant! In regard to the next two games, I suggest that the backfield com- bination of Topor, Putich, Brad- ford, and Dufek might provide just the spark to bring the season to a successful close. By all means, against North- western- with the powerful- combi- nation of Flowers to Stonesifer ready and waiting, Chuck Ortmann should be definitely benched for Perry on defense. --Dick Frankie,1'52, Ed. * *1 * Football Pools . . To the Editor: THE MICHIGAN DAILY is to be lauded for its forceful and in- trepid expose of campus crime. It is this type of journalism, the news without fear or favor, rush- ing in where angels fear to tread, that has made the Press our most jealously protected safeguard of Freedom. Too too recently, we have seen many strong hearts shatter upon7 beholding the terrifying visage of the Syndicate. Verily, many strong men have cried. But at last, it is comforting to know that here in this, the last stronghold of integrity, the final retreat for minds in moral har- mony, where honest men, untaint-. ed by easy money and the lure of wild women, have taken sanctu- ary and. solace . . . . one voice rings out calm, clear and fearless, and it is the MICHIGAN DAILY! And in this I want you good men to know I for one am behind you,, for if Frank Costello and Frank,' the Inforcer, Nitti and Jake, Greasy Thumb, Guzik think they will be unopposed here, they are wrong! Arid for this, Good Lord, please bless our Newspaper. -Joseph B. White, '53L Washington has sized the Chi- nese island of Formosa by sending Academic Notices the Seventh Fleet there, 6000 miles from our shores. Is this the kind Bacteriology Seminar: Wed., of deed, Truman wants from the Nov. 15, 10 a.m., 1520 E. Medical Soviet Union? .. .Bldg. Speaker: Dr. Walter J. Nun- Washington has just promised gester. Subject: "Phagocytosis." two billion dollars to help the Botanical Seminar: Wed., Nov. French armies murder the inde-' oaia eia:WdNv Fpendence movement in Indo- 15, 4 p.m., 1139 Natural Science China. Wha ould we sa if o- Bldg. T. W. Johnson will speak on, cow repeated such a deed by send- A Synopsis of the Genus Achlya. ing two billion dollars worth of All those interested are invited. guns to Mexico, the Phillipines, or Chemistry Colloquium: 4:15 p.- to Indiamed.,rNo15140Cm:4 tr. - Washington dropped 20,000 tonsml Wed., Nov. 15, 1400 Chemistry of bombs on Korea destroyingBlS peaer:Apos e practically all of Korea's indus- "Some Recent Applications of the tries, which took 50 years to build Phase Rule." up. Is this the kind of "deed" Gemty S inr Spca which would convince Truman andMeetin T es. N 14 at 4 pm., the Democratic Administration Meeting. AeN 1at 4M.m., tha th SoietUnin wntspeae? .3001 Angell Hall. Mr. Mac- that the Soviet Union wants peace? Dowell will continue his talk on The Soviet Union has just an- inrsae nkos nounced long range projects for Milnor's paper on knots. the building of the world's Biggest Geometry Seminar: Wed., Nov. Peace Time Power Stations along15, at 2 p.m., Rm. 3001 Angell the Volga and other rivers. TheHalMrWigtwltlkofas Soviet Union, writes the New York Hall. Mr. Wright will talk on flats Times correspondent, is beautify- in metaprojectve geometry. ing Moscow in a long range hous- ing plan.aEn tsT Are those the deeds of a nation seeking war? Christian Science Organization: Over here, we are practicing Testimonial meeting, 7:30 p.m., atom bomb drills in the schools. We are told farewell to all social ing instead of Tony Momsen? Dur- progress and we are urged to dedi- ing the early part of this season cate ourselves ' to "sacrifice" for he certainly made some beautiful II' Westminster Guild: Tea and Talk, 4-6 p.m., Wed., Nov. 15, third floor parlor, First Presbyterian Church. Wesley Foundalon: Do-Drop- In, Wed., Nov. 15, 4 p.m. in the Lounge. Michigan Arts Chorale:' Regular rehearsal, 7 p.m., Wed., Nov. 15, Lane Hall. All members must be present. 'Concert In three weeks. Bridge Tournament: '7:30 p.m., Wed., Nov. 15, Union. W.A.A. Square and Folk Dance Club: 7:30-9:45 p.m., Wed., Nov. 15, Waterman Gymnasium. t League Dance Class Committee: Meeting, Wed., Nov. 15, 4 p.m., League Concourse. Tau Beta Sigma: Meeting, Wed., Nov. 15, 4:15 p.m., Harris Hall. V'.~i[ Sixty-First Year Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Controi 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..........Associate Editor James Gregory.......Associate Editor Bill Connolly............. 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It got away- v__ r- - You caught it, yes. That much is true. And we're proudof you- And Mr. O'Malley Aren't you C