ld+GlU 1F0 THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1950 T heatre THOMAS L. STOKES: The'Taft Dilemma' "Don't Worry - I Might Catch You" Inadequacies ONE GRAPHIC example of the inadequate facilities of the University is the dearth of theatres in which student groups may present dramatic productions. At present there are three auditoriums which possess the minimum stage require- ments of a theater-Lydia Mendelssohn, Fattengill Auditorium in Ann Arbor High School and the "U" High School Audi- torium. Lydia Mendelssohn, by far the best of the three, is almost completely booked for the entire school year by the Speech De- partment and the School of Music. When a student group does book a show it finds only a minimum of rehearsal time available and a maximum of expenses. A three night production with one rehearsal and conmpul- sory use of the box office costs approxi-~ mately $250. Pattengill, which does not possess the acme in back-stage setups is used primarily for Ann Arbor High School functions. A booking must be obtained far in advance and at the last minute is liable to be can- celled by some high school activity. Added to this policy is the experience of one group last year whose production was accompan- led by a dance band from the gym below. "U" High School Auditorium, the smallest of the three, is now completely restricted for use by the high school and the School of Education. To obtain a booking in Lydia Mendelssohn or Pattengill under the existing conditions an organization must make its plans a year in, advance. While this is possible with a group like Gilbert and Sullivan whose an- nual pducton is similar to the previous year's, and which uses limited material, it is not practical in the case of original, spontaneous or experimental productions. This leaves any student group which wish- es to stage a production the choice of a local church or the steps of Alumni Memorial Hall. The loss to cultural and recreational as- pects of the University's life are rather obvious. One arwer to the problem is an- other campus theater, similar to Lydia Men- delsohn but containing better storage and production facilities. An alternate plan could s} be to build a recital hall for the . School of Music thus freeing Lydia Mendelssohn for play productions. Admittedly a new theater would not be in constant use. Yet other campus facili- ties, such as the stadium, which are not used throughout the year have proved their worth to the University and the studentbody. The University's answer to a request for g new theater would most likely be that there are not sufficient funds. under the existing budget. But at least the University should recognize the lack of theater facili- ties and make plans to correct this situation as soon as possible. -Leonard Greenbaum Editorials published In The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NfGHT EDITOR: VERNON EMERSON ICURRENT MOVIE At The State .. . Two Weeks with Love with Jane Powell, Ricardo Montalban and Louis Calhern. ' DON'T know, maybe this sort of stuff ap- peals to some people. Evidently the pro- duction chiefs at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as- sume that an amalgam of period costumes (those "gay" Nineties again), the problems of adolescence, carefully staged production numbers and fatuous performances by all hands are sure-fire box office. There exists, I've suspected for some time, a wide dis- parity between the level of. intelligence im- puted to.the average movie-going public by the Hollywood front-office men and what that level actually is. Is it possible that pap !such as this sells anything more than a few boxes of popcorn? The picture relates the adventures of a strangely familiar family on a vacation in the Catskills. The oldest daughter, (whose voice and figure belie her seventeen years). Is engaged in a pointless pursuit of a dash- ing Cuban who is summering at the same resort. From this point on the film disinte- grates into a tasteless melange of adolescent posturings and tears, bumbling parents, com- petition from a predatory actress, charac- ters bursting into song at the slightest pro- vocation plus the usual stock gags, includ- ing, (so help me) a breakaway pair of trou- sers. About the only bright spot in the picture is a sparkling teen-ager, named Debbie Rey- nolds, who shows real talent. She can sing and dance as well as act. But her perform- ance, valiant though it is, cannot compen- state for the almost overpowering dullness of the piece. -D. R. Crippen Ii 1.D Li W ASHrINGTON-Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, now that he is reelected and has a "mandate," so to speak, by his big majority, again has become the same fa- miliar problem to the Internationalist wing of° the Republican party. The "Taft Dilemma," as it becomes once more to that elenent of the party, Is one of the most interesting things in our poli- tics. For it lays bare the paradoxes, in- consistencies and confusions of our poli- tical system caused by divisions within each of the maor parties on fundamental policy, both foreign and domestic. The Internationalist wing of the party was frightened and disturbed by some of the Ohio Senator's early post-election state- ments which, as moderated subsequently, are no more than what he has said many times before and are not out of lint with his previous actions in the Senate. IT IS AS IF, somehow or other, Senator Taft was expected to become a completely changed person after his election which In- ternationalists, along with others, promoted so feverishly. The worry about the senator comes out, here and there, in solemn re- minders to him of his "responsibility" and hopeful expressions, plaintive in tone, that he will not interfere with basic principles of Foreign Policy. To-the latter the Inter- nationalist -wing of the Republican Party generally subscribes, with some deviation as to the far east. As a matter of fact the broad outlines of the policy were laid down with its cooperation under leadership of Senator Vandenberg (R., Mich.). Senator Taft's foreign policy attitudes were forgotten for the duration of the campaign when Republican ranks closed behind him. This was dictated by that. same political necessity which, on the other hand, causes the Truman Fair Deal political high command to support for reelection Democratic members of Con- gress who afterward will oppose fair deal domestic reform measures. It is a glaring weakness of our two-party system about-which little has been done, or very likely can be done. For Republicans, as a party, it was ex- tremely important that Senator Taft be re-elected. Because- of the eminent position he has achieved in the party his defeat at this time would have been a heavy blow to the party as a going political institution. There were, too, other reasons which had become important to components of the Re- publican Party, however much they dif- fered with the Senator on foreign policy. Among these are powerful economic in- terests which recognized clearly the chal- lenge of labor politically and were deter. mined to check it in Ohio where labor had chosen to make its supreme and nationally- advertised effort. Now, with those matters settled, the In.' ternationalist wing of the party has the Senator back on its hands, and he is Just as independent as ever and just as unpredict- able as ever, and his prestige and influence have increased. He hurried back here to direct plans for the upcoming special ses- sion of Congress and the new Congress which meets in January with that same in- cessant urge of leadership that he always has exhibited after every election whether he was directly involved or not. There are some items which should com- for te Internationalists within his party when their excitement subsides. One is that despite the Senator's con- tinuous fight to cut down foreign economic aid appropriations and his opposition most recently, among other measures; to the At- lantic Pact, the latter was adopted by Con- gress and appropriations for foreign aid were not much modified. It must be remem- bered also. that in his complaints about foreign policy he does not get the support of Southern Democrats as he does in his attacks on the Fair Deal domestic program. Another source of comfort for the again harrassed Internationalist wing of his party is the news that Senator Vandenberg is re turning to the Senate to re-assume the lead- ership he formerly exercised in matters of foreign policy. It was the absence of Senator Vandenberg on account of illness that gave Senator Taft his head in foreign policy in which formerly the Ohio Senator had played second string to devote most of his attention to domestic policy; and it was that circum- stance which had disturbed Republican In- ternationalists. Beyond all that, Senator Taft does have a sense of responsibility. He has said that "only an idiot would be an isolationist to- day," and his bark hitherto on foreign policy has been worse than his bite, though no one can predict at what he may bark as the situ- ation develops in Congress. (Copyright 1950, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) -n 4 i; ,/ Xette#4 TO THE EDITOR. The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters o! 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 notrin good taste will be condensed edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the The Daily Official Bulletin is an official publication of the University of Michigan for which the Michigan Daily assumes no editorial responsi- bility. Publication in it is construc- (tive notice to all members of the Uni- versity. Notices should be sent in TYPEWRITTEN form to Room 2552 Administration Building, by 3 p.m. on the day preceding publication (11 a.- m. Saturdays). TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1950 VOL. LXI, No. 49 Notices Regents' Meeting: Sat., Dec. 16, 9 a.m. Communications for con- sideration at this meeting must be in the President's hands not later than Dec. 7. Herbert G. Watkins, Secretary School of Business Administra- tio: Students from other Schools and Colleges intending to apply for spring admittance should se- cure application forms in Room 150, School of Business Adminis- tration, as soon as possible. Regulations governing use of automobiles by University stu- dents will be waived during the Thanksgiving holiday from 12 p.- m. on Wed., Nov. 22 until 8 a.m,. Fri., Nov. 24. Employment Interviews: Bendix Aviation Corporation Re- search Laboratories, Detroit, have openings for new staff members with interest and experience in the fields of dynamic analysis and controls as applied to aircraft and guided missiles. Applied mathe- maticians are also desired. Mr. H. Helvidge will interview for this corporation in Room 1521 E. En- gineering Bldg., Mon., Nov. 27. Sign interview schedule on.Aero bulletin board. Application blanks in Aero Office. Employment Interviews: A representative from the Stan- dard Register will be here for in- terviews on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 27 and 28. There will be one representative from the Detroit office and one from the home of- fice. in Dayton, Ohio to interview men for sales in any part of the country. For further information and appointments call at the Bu, reau of Appointments, Ext. 371. Men's Housing: Applications for rooms in the Men's Residence Halls for the spring semester 1951 are now being accepted. Any stu- dent interested in accommoda- tions should see Mr. K. D. Streiff in the Office of Student Affairs. Rooms will be available in the East and West Quadrangles, Vic- tor Vaughan House, and Fletcher Hall (room only). Academic Notices Bacteriology Seminar: W e d., Nov. 22, 10 a.m., Room 1520, .E Medical Bldg. Speaker: Dr. Bur- ton L. Baker. Subject: "Physio- logy of Adreno Cortical Hor- mones." DAILY OFiFICIAL. BULLETIN Unto Erkkila, violinists; David Ireland, violist and Jerome Je- linck, cellist; Symphony in Two Movements by Grant Beglarian, with Elaine Brovan and Ann Mc- Kinley, pianists. The discussion panel will in- clude Gilbert. Ross, Helen Titus, Harvey Gross and Edward Chd- acoff. The public is invited. Stanley Quartet, Gilbert Ross and Emil. Raabviolinists, Paul IDoktor, violist, and Oliver Edel, cellist, will be heard at 8:30 p.m., Tues., Nov. 21. The program will include the Rasoumowsky Quar- tets by Beethoven. Open to the public. Events Today Congregational, Disciple, Evan- gelical and Reformed Guild: Tea at the Guild House, 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.% Christian Science Organization: Testimonial meeting, 7:30 p.m., Upper Room, Lane Hall. Kappa Phi: Meeting of all Kap- pa Phi actives and pledges, 5:30 p.m., Youth Room, Methodist Church. Mrs. LeSourd, our na- tional =sponsor will be our .guest. Theme of program: "Great Wo- men of the Half Century." U. of M. Women's Glee Club: Rehearsal, 4:10 p.m. Sigma Rho Tau: Meeting, 7 p.- m., Union. Program: Debate with the University of Detroit and a contest in raconteur speaking. All engineering students invited. WASHINGTON - War documents seized after V-E Day have shown conclusively that about three million Russians surrender- ed to the German army in 1941 because of the revolt against Moscow. There is also conclusive evidence that millions of Rus- sians were friendly toward the United States at the ;time of V-E Day; and that the chief reason for the Iron Curtain was to keep them from knowing the benefits of peace and friendship. Cracking the Iron Curtain, it should be noted, is not easy. But neither is war easy. And as a step toward cracking it, I would like to propose four rather elementary moves which could be made in Washington. MOVE NO. 1-President Truman should call in the most powerful leaders of the Re- publican party-Governor Dewey, Senator 'Taft, Gov. Warren of California and Sena- - -- - MUSIC SOLOMON combines a prodigious technique with a warm and sensitive musician- ship. The combination makes him a superb interpreter of romantic music: his perform- ance of the Schumann Etudes Symphoniques was the most exciting I have ever heard. There were no technical problems for Solomon, and unlike other heaven- storm- ers his technique does not seem to be built on an effort of will. His manner of playing is relaxed and unaffected without any of the characteristic virtuoso gestures. His interpretation of the Beethoven Waldstein Sonata was a virtuoso reading, and I heard complaints about this. But the Waldstein is in many ways a display piece: a very superior display piece, but neverthe- less a work which is brilliant and showy. Solomon's reading made the most of the runs and trills, and I don't think I'l soon forget the rondo theme ringing out above the trill on G. It sounded like the pianist had three hands. Yet it wasn't all bravura; his tender treatment of the E Major theme in the Allegro, and his handling of the in- tense Adagio made one anxious to hear his interpretations of the later Beethoven so- natas. SIn the Adagio he worked up a beautiful emotional curve, moving from questioning expactation, through agitation and intensity and finally dropping down to serenity. At. this point the entrance of the rondo theme was magical. Solomon was at his top form in the Schumann. These studies became, under his hands, truly symphonic. One heard tor-elect Duff of Pennsylvania-in an effort to chart a straightforward foreign policy for the nation. We have suffered too much from having foreign policy statements shoot- ing off in different directions. We don't real- ize that when foreign governments' hear the White House say one thing and a group of Senators who have been visiting General MacArthur say another, they don't know which side to believe. MOVE NO. 2-Create a government pro- paganda office entirely separate from the State Department. MOVE NO. 3-Bring more top newsmen and public relations experts into the new, reorganized Propaganda Bureau. MOVE NO. 4-Create in the United States a "League for a Democratic Russia." Made up of Russian exiles, this committee could function as did the Czechoslovak committee in Pittsburgh in 1918 which led to the dis- ruption of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the founding of the Czechoslovak republic. * *. * BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN SCIENTIST ESCAPES-Bruno Pontecor- the Italian-born British atom scientist, had the full cooperation of the OGPU in escap- ing behind the Iron Curtain.... Pontecorvo drove his car to Copenhagen and left it there while he and his family took the north ex- press to Stockholm. From Stockholm they flew by plane to Helsinki. The Russian freighter Beloostrov had been scheduled to sail at 10:40 a.m. September 5. It waited until 5 p.m. and sailed the minute the Pon- tecorvo family was on board. RED ARMY CHIEFS MEET-The Ameri- can legation reports that a mysterious meet- ing of eastern European Communist bosses is now going on at the Russian resort town of Sochi in the Crimea. This is Prime Minis- ter Stalin's favorite hideaway and It's be- lieved he may be present. A number of Polish and Rumanian generals are known to be present and American diplomats belive the subject being discussed is how to bring great- er coordination between the satellite armies. TENSION IN IRAN-U.S. ambassador Grady has cabled from Teheran that the Russian radio across the border in Aberbai- jan is warning Iranians to get ready to wel- come a Russian army. The broadcasts- which continue round-the-clock-no longer say "If the Russian army enters Iran," but "When the Russian army enters Iran." . . Meanwhile the Moscow diplomatic set has been buzzing about the way all Soviet btg- wigs turned out for a party at the Iranian embassy a week ago. SdVIET TANKS-The U.S. Army in Cer- many has reported to the p'entagon that Russia's tanks and artillery and even the Pedestrians . To the Editor: I WAS LOOKING forward to a follow-up of Saturdy's article on "frustrated drivers," but since none seems to be forthcoming, let me attempt an apologia for the poor defenseless pedestrian, whose very name has become synony- mous with certain unfavorable characteristics. He is the boor, the very peasant in American culture, and is treated like dirt under the wheels. He very often winds up that way. His longevity is not re- markable, and in this State the absence of ventral license plates on cars makes it possible never to know who hit you. Of course I realize that the oth- er fellow is always the idiot, and I do not wish to elevate the am- bulant above the cyclist and the motorist. When I was a kid, I had a car. As a young man, I had a bicycle ("A plague on both your houses"). Now, in my dotage, I walk. And the dumb things I have done in each case are legion. I also realize that automobiles are a faster means of locomotion than Shank's mare, and often in a greater hurry than I on the way to my one o'clock, but neverthe- less the motorist does not yet own Michigan. Every time you make a car stop if it is supposed to stop, you protect Civil Rights just as much as when you take a stand in the Student Legislature. Why is the pedestrian on the highway a parasite and the bicy- clist a nuisance? The law says that a car must stop before the cross-walk on a stop street. Park- ed vehicles blocking cross-walks are no sources of enjoyment, eith- er. At traffic lights, pedestrians take precedence over turning ve- hicles, unless otherwise specified. It might even be nice for cars to slow down to let pedestrians cross at other intersections, after wait- ing five minutes. But at State and Williams, it often takes a Dufek to break through. Some cars do stop, but in gen- eral there is far too little cour- tesy of drivers to pedestrians or to other drivers. In California, the Promised Land, walkers get as much courtesy crossing the high- way as do cattle in Michigan. The poor Midwesterner has to readjust himself to a situation where high- way traffic will stop to let him pass. At first, he will jump back on the curb, never thinking it pos- sible that approaching traffic is halting just for him. How about that? .-John Neufeld ,, * " Zoning Code . To the Editor: ORDINANCE 10 constitutes the zoning code of the City of Ann Arbor. One of the amend- ments to Ordinance 10, now under consideration, would affect areas z o n e d for single-family use, through the adoption of a defini- tion of what is a family. If the definition is adopted, the effect would be to exclude fraternities, sororities and similar groups from entering "AA" and "A" Residen- tial Districts.'Those already locat- ed within such districts would then continue as a non-conform- ing use. This amendment was recom- mended to the Common Council by the Ordinance Committee, of which I am chairman. It passed its first reading on November 6., Prior to its second reading, a pub- lic hearing must be held; and that hearing is to be held priors to the C'ouncil Meeting of Decem- ber 4. The purpose of this letter is to make sure that all concerned have been notified. It may also be noted here that the City Planning Commission is working on plans for rather exten- sive revisions of the several usej districts. One of these plans, which might be ready for recom- mendation to the Council fairly soon, would involve a considerable extension of the "B" district; and if this plan were adopted, it wolud include a very large share. of existing fraternity and sorority locations. --Alderman A. D. Moore * . * Haircuts . . To the Editor: CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. Chapekis and the Hiawatha Club. The movement that you andJ your club have launched should be followed by all the male students on the campus of the UniversityE of Michigan. A small group of friends, all stu- dents and Faculty members, who1 used to get a haircut every two weeks, decided about two months Le p.m., Prof. ago to have their hair cut every four weeks. It is working very nice- Mathematics Colloquium: 4:10 ly, and as matter of general in- p.m., Tues., Nov. 21, Room 3011, formation for the students, per- Angell Hall. Prof. Wilfred Kap- haps we ought to mention that lan will speak on "Fourier Series we get a lot of help from the Sta- and Logarithmic Potential." Neet (a razor blade-comb combi- nation available at the drug stores at a rather low price). Concerts We are very happy to see that Composers' Forum under the di- another group of students, much rection of Ross Lee Finney, 8:30 larger than ours, is also interested p.m., Wed., Nov. 22, Rackham As- in bringing down the price for a sembly Hall. The program will in- haircut. Just as Mr. Chapekis puts lude Symphony in D by Dean it, perhaps the whole thing won't Nuernberger, with Robert Stein- do any good. Perhaps what we bauer and David Hildinger, pian- need is to get together all the stu- ists; Concerto in A by Frederick dents who live in the frater- Don Truesdell, with Mr. Truesdell nities, dormitories and all other and Digby Bell, pianists; String houses. These fellows have a big Quartet in B flat, by Robert Co- advantage on the rest of us. They gan, with Theodore Johnson and Pershing Rifles: Meeting Pic- tures will be taken. Everyone should appear in correct uniform. Gilbert and Sullivan Properties Crew: Meeting, 7 p.m., League. Quarterdeck Society: 7:30 p.m., Room 3G, Union. Speaker: Com- mander W. R. Smith. Submarine Operation. Graduate History Club: Meet- ing, 8 p.m., Room 3S, Union. Pro- fessor Th. J. G. Locker, Visiting Professor of History from the Uni- versity of Leyden, will speak on "The Teaching of History in Wes- tern Europe." Chess Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3D, Union. Michigan Education Club: 7:30 p.m., League. Dr. Lord will discuss, "Opportunities In The Special Fields In Education." All are in- vited. Undergraduate Psychological So- ciety: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3-D, Union, Prof. Emeritus John F. Shepard will "R e m i n i s c e through 50 Years in Psychology." Gilbert & Sullivan Society: Full chorus rehearsal, 8 p.m., League. (Continued on Page 5) 1 Cercle Francais: Meeting, 8 Michigan League. Talk by C. E. Koella. live at one place, they can get to- gether easily and they constitute ;ountry. a very large group of the male students. Let's hope we get some anetics m reaction from them! sent me --F. Villegas will beco * * * without they ark Dianetics . . . good." T scientific To the Editor: is Prof. I READ with a good deal of in- book pro terest the opinions on Dianetics probably as expressed by various Univer- result in sity psychologists. Having had a ple . . . good deal of experience with Di- the factI anetics I would be inclined to say sult of n that these professional men were not an i passing judgement on something gether o without giving it a fair trial, if many ca any trial at all. Even the author perience, of "Dianetics" doesn't ask anyone results w to believe his ideas, but he asks I am n them to try them out and see. In my word my experience with this new sci- Dianetics ence I have not yet found any- fore it i thing to contradict the statements who kn made by Mr. Hubbard. would be The statements made by these this sub, University men is typical of the group tha way Dianetics is being received by ed in it. psychiatrists throughout t h e They are afraid that Di- might work and that pre- thods of psycho-therapy ome obsolete. Therefore, any experiment or test rbitrarily say, "It's no that is certainly not the attitude. Proof of this Kelly's statement: "The omises so much that it cannot deliver, and may a setback for some peo- . " Prof. Kelly overlooks that Dianetics is the re- many years of research; dea that was thrown to- vernight. I can point to ses, some in my own ex- in which the expected rere achieved. not asking anyone to take for it; I merely ask that s be given a chance be- s ripped apart by people ow nothing about it. 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