THE MICHIGAN DAILY . a u nt 1 Y, .I U . iYi iC G8, i9; _____________________________________________________________ U Excess profits Tax PAUSING momentarily from their tradi- tional wage dispute, labor and manage- ment are currently battling over the pro- posed new excess profits tax. While it is generally conceded by both sides that our expenditures for the quasi- war economy should be on a pay-as-we-go basis, there has been considerable question over how it should be financed. Labor's argument has followed the gen- eral line that the corporations which make excess profits due to war expenditures should help bear a large share of the cost. On the surface this appears to be a rather fair 'nd logical solution, but there are several points to consider, both political and econo- mic. Assuming that we are now faced with a production race with Soviet Russia which demands an increasing rate of productivity, the excess profit tax strikes at a spot vital to the increasing productivity of the nation. 1. Investors and speculators who base their tendency to invest or not to invest on the expected earnings of corporations will be hesitant about placing money in a Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. NIGHT EDITOR: CHUCK ELLIOTT Saturday's Football Game MOST OF US consider modern football a fan's sport. Weekly, all over the na- tion, huge stadi are filled with spectators who want to see their teams in action. The emphasis given to the game by the various colleges and universities that sup- port grid squads illustrates the result of the popular appeal of the game. But Saturday's game was not .a fan's game. Nor was it a player's game, an official's game nor a concessionaire's game. In short, the game should not have been played.' It should have been postponed to a later date as were other games in the East that would have been played under similar conditions. A small percentage of the 83,000 ticket buyers witnessed the game. The official gate of 50,000 indicated the number of tickets that were torn by the ticket takers. Thousands of fans left the stadium within a half-hour of game time. More than 30,000 ticket holders failed to take the trip to Columbus. Few of these people would have been inconvenienced by a date switch any more than they were incon- venienced by coming hundreds of miles only to return without seeing the game. The Michigan victory certainly has tem- pered criticism of the failure of the officials to cancel the contest. But people will long look upon the game's results as inconclusive. ** * SATURDAY'S GAME should have proved to conference officialdom that a wise cancelling of a game is much more satisfying than the type of struggle that was played. In the future, weather factors should in- fluence more than the betting odds. On days when the nation is plagued by its worst storm in years, officials should swallow tradition, as was done in the East, and post- pone a football game. The players then will have a better chance to expend their best abilities, the results will be more conclusive and the fan, that all important ticket buyer, will go home with a greater feeling of satisfaction. -Harland Britz. business which may have a large part of its profits taxed away by the government. The resulting lack of capital for expan- sion denies the hope of increased produc- tivity. Even now, without the tax, the shortage of investment capital is made evident by the large amounts corporations are borrowing from insurance companies. 2. Since 1946 many companies have been plowing money back into their businesses and only now are starting to show the profits from these investments. An excess profits tpx based on the 1946 to 1949 period would hit these companies who are for the first time showing a Profit, not as the result of an expanding war economy, but from previous investments in 1946. 3. Assuming the' law of supply and de- mand is operating with a certain degree of freedom, a company showing excess profits is a company that needs to, ex- pand its productivity. Because it cannot meet the demand, the price level for its goods is high enough to give the company an excess profit. The proposed excess tax would take away these abnormal profits which ordinarily would be plowed back into the business to increase the volume of production and ultimately reduce the price and profits to a more 'normal' level. 4. An excess profits tax would reduce the efficiency of many corporations. Realizing that if their corporation showed any excess profit, it would be taxed away, businessmen would lose the incentive to achieve the top efficiency which is a big step toward making a profit. This tolerated inefficiency would aid in blocking the goal of higher produc- tivity. AN ALTERNATIVE might be an across the board corporation income tax. This tax would catch all corporations equally, and it is generally conceded that most corpora- tions benefit directly or indirectly from an increasing war economy. Also an increase in personal income tax and a revival of luxury taxes would aid in paying the bill for our rising federal expenditures. To prevent the big investors and owners of corporations from reaping an unfair profit during a period of national emergency, the income tax must be highly progressive in order to reach the profiteers in the upper brackets. Taxes of this type would ease the infla- tionary pressure of more dollars bidding for the decreasing supply of civilian pro- ducts. Such a policy would allow the cor- porations to expand their facilities. With an increasingly greater productivity we could feel more secure against Russia and even- tually look forward'to a higher standard of living for all. -Ron Watts. Vacations W ITH THE Christmas holidays only four weeks away, students are casting some- what premature glances at the University calendar. And what they see they won't like, since the calendar works to the disadvantage of students over the Christmas season, just as it did over Thanksgiving. Most schools in this area will end classes for the two-week holiday around December 15, and re-open about January 3. But at Michigan, classes end on Decem- ber 22, resuming January 8. Two important disadvantages in such a schedule should be pointed out: 1. Many students with long distances to travel will arrive home just a day or two before Christmas. This leaves students with little time to finish pre-holiday business, including their Yuletide shopping. And should the weather be bad over the week- end, some students with long distances to travel may be deprived of being with their families for the traditional Christmas get- together, just as some were over Thanks- giving. 2. Those students in need of extra fi- nances to meet expenses will have a hard time getting jobs over the vacation period. Post offices, department stores, and other- temporary job openings want student help during the week before Christmas, and not the two weeks after. Since other schools get out a week earlier than Michigan, and a limited number of jobs are available, the calendar has put the Michigan student at a distinct disadvantage. And in at least some cases, this inability to' find Christmas jobs may force some students to cut down their contributions to the Phoe- nix Project. In these instances, the Univer- sity is defeating its own worthwhile purposes. These and other defects in the present calendar actually amount to a case of poor public relations between the University and the students, their parents and friends. At a time when the University needs and should get all the support it can get in finances and er\llment, the present calendar is doing little to foster the necessary goodwill. Any calendar arrangement that is far from satisfactory to students and their fami- lies cannot benefit the University. It is to be hoped that the University will make good its stated intentions to improve the present poor calendar arrangement that still exists in spite of continued student and parental protest. -Bob Solt.. Wings Over Manchuria DAILY OFFICIAL BULEI XetteA TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest,'and willpublish 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 publication at the discretion of the editors. (Continued from page 2) further information and appoint- ments for interviews please call Ext. 371. Lectures The William W. Cook Lectures on American Institutions. Sixth Series, "Democracy and the Eco- nomic Challenge," Dr. ROBERT MORRISON MacIVER, Lieber Professor of Political Philo- sophy and Sociology, Columbia University. Second lecture, "The Rise of Private Economic Power." 4:15 p.m., Tues., Nov. 28, Rackham Am- phitheatre. Third lecture, "The Portent of Karl Marx." 4:15 p.m., Wed., Nov. 29, Rackham Amphitheatre. William L. Laurence, authority on the Hydrogen Bomb and sci- ence reporter on the N.Y. Times, will discuss the bomb tomorrow at 8:30 p.m., Hill Auditorium, as the fourth number on the Lecture Course. Tickets are on sale today and tomorrow atrthe Auditorium box office. Academic Notices Bacteriology Seminar: Wed., Nov. 29, 10 -a.m., Room 1520 E. Medical Bldg. Speaker: Dr. Burton L. Baker. Subject: "The Adrenal Cortex in Relation to Disease." Great Books I, Sec. 6: Hour Test today at 11 a.m., Room 2054, Natural Science Bldg. Orientation Seminar in Matlie- matics: Meeting, Wed., Nov. 29, 4 p.m., Room 3001, Angell Hall. Mr. Osborn will speak on the "Transcendence of e and pi." .Mathematics Colloquium. Mr. Daniel Resch will speak on "A transformation theory of partial differential equations" e at the Mathematics Colloquium on Tues., Nov. 28, at 4:10 p.m. in Rm. 3011 Angell Hall. Doctoral Examination for Fred A. Beeler, Mathematics; thesis: "A Study of the Variation in the Moments of a Frequency Distribu- tion Due to Grouping," Tues., Nov. 28, 3001 Angell Hall, 1:30 p.m. 'Chairman, C. C. Craig. Geometry Seminar: Wed:, Nov. 29, 2 p.m., Room 3001, Angell Hall. Mr. Leisenring will be the speaker. Events Today Congregational, Disciple, Evan- gelical and Reformed Guild: Tea at the Guild Mouse, 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Christian Science Organization: r 1 li !( l I ON THE Washington Merry-Go, Round WITH DREW PEARSON 'I~i' I Looking Back 20 YEARS AGO Zeta Phi Eta, "female debating society" challenged Alpha Nu to a debate, Resolved: "That the co-ed behaves like a human be- ing." After long discussion, it was decided that the women would take the affirmative. . * *s THIRTY YEARS AGO A POLL TAKEN among political science students showed that The Daily and the Saturday Evening Post were the two most widely read periodicals for 453 students. Those polled reported spending an average of an hour and a half a day perusing the pages of The Daily. * * FORTY YEARS AGO LOCAL CAFE advertised a complete tur- key dinner for 50c It came with all the usual trimmings, plus the added attraction of dinner music provided by a six-piece or- chestra. "Come and bring your mother, sister, or sweetheart," it said. 50 YEARS AGO Dr. William Mitchell, '78 donated what was "probably the finest private collection TWO SENATOR LODGES ' ARTHUR SWEETSER is one of the real veterans of the struggle for world peace. One of the original employees of the League. of Nations in Geneva, Sweetser has spent the last seven years with the United Nations and now runs the U.N. office in Washington. Sweetser was also one of Woodrow Wil- son's aides in the fight to get the United States to join the League of Nations-a fight in which Wilson was defeated by a band of "irreconeilables" led by Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. And the other day, as he sat at a U.N. meeting in New York, Sweetser could not keep back a couple of sentimental tears as he listened to Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., also of Massachusetts, grandson of Wilson's ene- my, battling in a U.N. committee to obtain more funds for the United Nations. Afterward, Sweetser sat down and wrote a note to young Lodge: "I never thought I would live to see the day," he said, "when Henry' Cabot Lodge would be fighting for a world-peace organi- zation. It proves that the world makes progress and that we All learn from the past." RADIO RAZZBERRY THE STAGE was set at the Pentagon the other day for some dramatic, two-way radio calls, opening the military amateur radio system. This is a world-wide network of ham radio operators, which the defense department has organized for emergency communications. At the climax of the dedication ceremony, Secretary for Air Finletter announced: "We will now contact an airplane in flight over the North Atlantic!" Dials spun, tubes lit up, but all that came over the loudspeaker was "Bleep, Bleep, Bleep." Clearing his throat uneasily, Finletter tried again: "Now we will talk to Maj. Gen. Lyman Whitten sitting at his desk at Fort Pepperell in Newfoundland. Come in, Gen- eral Whitten . ." But all . that came in was "bleep, bleep, bleep," then some static that sounded like an ethereal razzberry razz.# "That was certainly an interesting con- versation," ad libbed Finletter. "That was Armed Services Committee will be asked to investigate why General MacArthur, a Re- publican, made his sudden statement re- garding Chinese troops just at the psycho- logical moment before elections. (Democrats estimate the MacArthur statement cost them a million votes.) . . . Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon Republican, transformed his trailer into a chicken coop and brought 21 fat hens to Washington from Oregon with him .. . The Viking Press is bidding $50,000 for the memoirs of former Secretary of Defense James Forrestal . . . President Truman is hopping mad at most of the Democratic National Committee as a result of the elec- tion. He plans to reshuffle most of the committee-except for Chairman Bill Boyle. HIGH-RIDING SENATOR OREGON'S G.O.P. Sen. Wayne Morse was given a surprise birthday party recently on a plane 11,000 feet over Alaska. His two traveling companions, Democratic Sen. Les- ter Hunt of Wyoming and and G.O.P. Sen. Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, smug- gled a birthday cake on board and produced it at the strategic moment. Since Morse is a teetotaler, they also served coffee. However, Saltonstall noted they were fly- ing at 11,000 feet altitude and warned she Senator from Oregon: "I am going to tell the Senate I saw you plenty high on your birthday." CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES LADY DIPLOMATS -a Madame minister Perle Mesta put up a ga lant fight but she lost. She's going to have be satisfied with' being a plain "Minister" instead of a full- fledged "Ambassador" to Luxembourg . . Main reason Perle came back to Washing- ton was to persuade the President to raise her American legation to a full embassy. Even though she's a close friend of Mr. Truman's, he said no . . . meanwhile, the other lady diplomat, Eugenie Anderson in Denmark, will continue to reign supreme as the only lady Ambassador in the United States Diplomatic Corps. NO AID FOR TIBET-U.S. Ambassador Austin has privately advised El Salvador to give up its campaign to get the United Na- tions to resuce Tibet. The U.N., Austin said, has enough trouble~in Korea without taking on more headaches in the most mountainous and inaccessible country in the world. Greene House . To the Editor: SEASONED READERS of this department will see at once the magnitude of Greene House's debt to John Masefield Marks, who wrote most of "Our Hero." They know that one letter to The Daily is nothing, but wherever two or three are gathered, there is controversy - and controversy (whatever the topic) approaches news. We of Greene House are grate- ful for even the slightest oppor- tunity to focus more attention on Greene's final "e" (for "excel- lence"). The effect of the original letter is increased - even in Greene House - when others ap- pear to resent it. If the Poet Lariat pf the Fahr West meant, in setting the cause of poetry back some fifteen min- utes, to call attention to a seem- ing over-seriousness in the tone of my first, letter, let him know that there are still some who pre- fer a sober style for the discussion of questions that involve the memories of distinguished gentle- men and refer to two governing t6odies of the University. In a reply to Mr. Marks, how- ever, it is admissable to refer to The Daily's choink in the Phoenix issue as the last (we hope) of a long series of such choinks. We felt that if The Daily could handle "Physiologus," "Heliopolis," and the complexities of fraternity names, it should do better by "Greene," just as it sternlyresists what must, be an overwhelming temptation to misspell "Texas." -Robert T. Swartz Another Miller . . To the Editor: MY FRIENDS are deserting mne; roommate threatens to pile my clothing and books on the sidewalk. I have even received an anonymous telephone call. Andl all because there is another George Miller on campus; in fact, there are two besides myself, and one of them hasn't identified him- self completely in your column. Seriously, however, Mr. Miller's letter and his incomplete signa- ture have caused me some embar- rassment and inconvenience, andl I would like to go on record now as being in absolute opposition to the views expressed in his two let- ters. While I believe that Mr. Mill- er has a right to whatever opin- ions he wishes to call his own, and a right to publicize those opinions if he so chooses, I would greatly appreciate it if in the future he' would identify himself more com- pletely, if only to save me the em- barrassment and inconvenience of being credited with a line of thought so completely opposed to my own. -George D. Miller, Jr., '53L Slosson Replies . . To the Editor: MR. MILLER'S reply to my let- ter leaves me with a sort of hopeless feeling. If the only road Potsdam, etc.) vast concessions toj Russia, which has gained more territory from World War II than all other nations put together. It is time for Russia to make some concessions, especially since, as Mr. Miller admits, most of these concessions are right in them- selves. For instance, quite apart from, who wants the veto, it has become apparent that a veto will prevent the United Nations from ever be- ing able to enforce world peace. Again, quite apart from who wants limitation of atom bombs and other (equally important) forms of armament, it is quite apparent that no measure of dis- armament will even bring confi- dence and reassurance unless ac- companied by most drastic inter- national powers of inspection and control. Neither the American nor the Russian government would be foolish enough to disarm if afraid that another power was secretly retaining armament. What Mr. Miller proposes as the road to peace is simply the "road to Munich." And that road did not bring peace. -Preston Slosson * Greene House . . , BEFORE ANYONE asks John David Marks what EastQuad -:_ F ..___ .. .,_ .. hos he lives in, et me point ouT thatsthe question' would be dis-, courteous. If he= lives in Greene House (Green E ! Green ED, an East Quadder will tell you; if he doesn't, don't embarass him by asking. -John M. Morgan To Promote Scientific Progress Brookhaven National Labora- tory's request for declassification of one of the four faces of its nu- clear reactor should be approved by the Atomic Energy Commission. Security of secret information is not involved in this case. What, Brookhaven wants to do is to make it possible for all university spien- tists, whether or not their loyalty has been investigated, to have a chance to increase scientific know- Testimonial meeting, 7:30 Upper Room, Lane Hall. p.m., Chess Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3D, Union. / Hiawatha Club: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., League. All students from the Upper Peninsula are invited. G r ad u at e Political Science Round Table: 7:30 p.m., Rackham Amphitheatre. Student panel-dis- cussion: "The 1950 Elections-Re- sults and their Significance." All P&olitical Science graduate stu- dents, their friends, and interest- ed persons invited. Social hour following discussion. Pre-Dental Society: Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 3M, Union. Dr. Phillip Jay will speak on "Fluorine in Dentistry." All are welcome. ledge. And that can be done be- - cause it is physically possible to Pershing Rifles Marching So- let scientists use the reactor at one ciety: Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Every- face without letting them find out one appear promptly at the rifle such secret matters as how the range in uniform. controls work of the details of'con- struction. U. of M. Women's Glee Club: As matters now stand, anybody Rehearsal, Tues., Nov. 28, 4:10 who wants access to the atomic p.m. furnace must obtain a Federal Bu- reau of Investigation clearance. Electrical Engineering Dept. Re- This process not only takes months search Discussion Group: Meeting, -thereby effectively discouraging Rm. 2084, E. Engineering Bldg., 4 some scientists from taking the p.m. All graduate students, under- trouble - but also occasionally graduates, and, faculty members dredges up doubts about an indi- are invited. Prof. Jack F. Cline vidual's past which can only be will discuss "A New Antenna Im- cleared up through a prolonged pedance Measuring Instrument.". and harrowing appeals process. Giving any qualified individual Women of the University Fa- access to one unrestricted face culty: Dinner meeting at the Lea- would help the nation. It would gue, 6:15 p.m. be a step toward enabling the United States to have the benefit Gilbert & Sullivan:' Full chorus of the work of all its scientific rehearsal, 8 p.m., League. 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Wesleyan Foundation: Do-Drop- In at 4 p.m., Wed., Nov. 29. Spe- cial weekly announcements for the week 'will be made at 5 p.m. Bible Study Group will meet in the lounge, 7:15 p.m. Senior Engineers: Mr. G. D. Hobby, of the NationalTube Com- pany, will conduct a Group Meet- ing for Electrical, Industrial, Me- chanical and Metallurgical, Engi- neers on Wed., Nov. 29, in 348 W. Engineering Bldg., at 5 p.m. English Journal Club: Meeting, East Conference Room, Rackham Bldg., 8 p.m., Wed., Nov. 29. A graduate student in psychology will speak on Psychology and Lit- erature. All graduate students in English and psychology and oth- ers interested are invited. W.A.A. Square & Folk Dance Club. Meeting, Waterman Gymna- sium, 7:30-9:45 p.m., Wed., Nov. 29. All those interested are wel- come. Michigan Arts Chorale: Regular rehearsal, Wed., Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Lane Hall. All members must be present. Concert Sat, night. Ullr Ski Club: Organizational meeting. New members invited. Movies. Room 3-D, Union, Wed., Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m American, Society of Civil Engi- neers, student chapter: Meeting, Wed., Nov. 29, 7 p.m., Room 3-G Union. Mr. C. J. Kirchgessner, of Grand Rapids, a representative of the Portland Cement Associa- tion, will talk on the use of pre- stressed concrete. Delta Sigma Pi: Business meet- ing, Wed., Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m., Chapter House, 1212'Hill. Generations Literary S t a f f Meeting: Wed., Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m., first floor, Student Publications Bldg. New -members and literary contributions welcome. "Caesar and Cleopatra,"a wise and witty comedy by George Ber- (Continued on Page 5) Fs to peace is for the United Nations brains, wich is not now the case to accept all the demands of the by a long shot. It would stimulate. Soviet Bloc there is sure to be a basic research, upon which all war. No majority will let a minor- scientific progress depends. And it ity, even an armed and threaten- would counteract somewhat the ing minority, dictate all its poli- strangling effect of a blunderbuss cies. For the sake of peace we loyalty program. have already made (as at YaltaI -St. Louis Post-Dispatch Wolverine Club: Meeting, 7:15 p.m., rec. room, Betsy Barbour. Michigan Singers: Rehearsal, 4 p.m., Lane Hall. Deutscher Verein: Meeting, 7:30 BARNABY I guess it will be a kind of a dull Christmas around here this year, huh, Mr. O'Malley? If we aren't going to get any money The corrupting influence of gold is well known- To say nothing of the Income Tqx problem...I shudder to think of it. Particularly at Christmas time-With all its concomitntfproblems--All the, r I I shall give your parents the greatest gift of all!-PEACE of MIND! Your Fairy Godfather will take over Christmas for them! 1 shallI ninn *IfaeI rr'.nnnin