THE MICHIGAN DAILY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1950 THOMAS L. STOKES: Foreign Policy Control WASHINGTON--One of those rare, but al- Ways momentous, contests between President and Senate over control and di- rection of foreign policy seems in the mak- ing as the result of developments of the last few tense and critical days. It has meaning politically for the 1952 presidential elections. Republicans In the Senate apparently are emboldened now to try to wrest con- trol of foreign policy from the executive -President Truman. This is indicated by the way in which they revived their cam- paign to oust Secretary of State Dean Acheson in the very midst of the critical conferences between President Truman and British Prime Minister Clement Att- lee. Mr. Acheson was a key figure in those deliberations. It was indicated also in the demand by 20 Republican senators that any agreements with the British Prime Minister be put in treaty form and submitted to the Senate for ratification, one way in which the Senate could assert its authority. That may be taken as a symbolic move in the reach of power rather than in expecta- tion of any results, for the outcome of the Truman-Attlee conferences reveals no hard- and-fast "agreements" of a nature that could be embodied in a treaty. That could have been forseen in advance, when the de- mand was made, as the two allies are deal- ing with a long-time situation'in which poli- cies are necessarily flexible and subject to revision. AN INTENTION by many leading Repub- licans to begin fighting the 1952 cam- paign now on the Korean and Asian policy issues was forecast by the tenor of the meet- ing here of national and state party leaders with Republican Chairman Guy George Ga- brielson last week-end. Republicans are, indeed, well fortified for an attempt to seize commanding influence in foreign policy by virtue of their Senate strength, along with the support of a few Democrats. The party line-up in the new 82ndCongress will be 49 Democrats, 47 Re- publicans. Historically the last such challenge was In 1919, after the First World War, when Editorials published in The Michigan Daily are' written by members of The Daily staff. and represent the views of the writers onl'y. NIGHT EDITOR: CHUCK ELLIOTT Republicans, then with the aid of Demo- cratic isolationist allies, chose to challenge. Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations. They whipped up a great campaign public- ly, defeated Mr. Wilson's dream in the Senate, and then made it the issue in the 1920 Presidential campaign. They won that election, but there were other factors than the League involved in that over- turn. We have come to see, too, the tragic mistake of the course of policy they origi- nated at that time. 41 No such clear-cut issue is involved now. The United Nations, the League's successor, is settled and accepted fact divorced from party politics. There are big, vague issues now, growing out of the confusing, cloaked maneuvers of Communist imperialism. Lines of policy are subject to periodic shift with circumstances. The UN, of course, is heavily involved in all of it. * * * TO President Truman's advantage in this struggle with Senate Republicans is the very fact, itself, on policy adjustments which can only be handled by the executive and on the basis of information available only to him. A Senate junta is clumsy for meeting sudden developments, not to mention the handicap of differences among Republicans, themselves. But, beyond that, no President can af- ford to have his constitutional authority over foreign policy arrogated by the Sen- ate. That is his prerogative, and his his- torical responsibility under our system. Mr. Truman is a stubborn fighter, a per- sonality factor that enters heavily. He has stood by Dean Acheson, and there is little reason to believe that he would permit Senate Republicans to dictate who shall be Secretary of State, evidently the aim of current maneuvers, even if eventually he may decide to let Mr. Acheson step aside. It will be interesting to see just how far Republicans will go. That will become clear in the next few days. Because of their war on Dean Acfeson and their criticism of Far Eastern policy, it has become incumbent up- on them to formulate a policy of their own. This they say they intend to do. How much solidarity the party can mus- ter remains to be seen. It may be significant that Governor Thomas E. Dewey issued a call for "unity" in our present crisis, coming as it did on the heels of the new Senate outbreak against Mr. Acheson. He is, as he said, perhaps the outstanding critic of the administration's Asian policy, but in a time like this the country must be united. (Copyright, 1950, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) N THE 'Washington Merry-Go "Round Discrimination A SUB-COMMITTEE of the Dean's Con- ference is currently studying the prob- lem of possible discriminatory questions in University application blanks. Their find- ings will form the basis of recommendations to the Deans It is imperative that this report asks for the removal from application blaks of all questions that can be used for dis- criminatory purposes. The worst offender in requiring informa- tion from applicants that can be used for discriminatory pruposes, is the Medical School. It is the only school in the Uni- versity that still requires applicants to state their religion.- The Medical School says that knowing an applicant's religion provides a means by which members of the Admissions Commit- tee can investigate applicants' personalities. But it is quite ridiculous to say that by knowing what church a person frequents, insight can be gained about his personality. Unless by knowing whether a person is Catholic, Jewish, Methodisthor what have you, an admission official is able to form in his mind a catch-all stereotype of a per- son. Another reason the Medical School gives for wanting to know the religion of an ap- plicants is that it helps the Admissions Committee determine if an applicant has philosophical objections to the scientific study of medicine. Clearly this is just a ra- tionalization on the part of the Medical School. Students who hold any private Phil- osophies which object to the scientific study of medicine will not apply to a medical school. And there is no correlation between scientific ability and the church a person attends. Very often members of the Committee must be stymied in selecting one applicant from several who are equally qualified in all respects. Under such circumstances it is only human for personal biases to influence choices. The- remarks of President Truman's Com- mission on Higher Education are pertinent in this respect: "A recent study of the ques- tions asked on the admission blanks of a large number of colleges leads to the con- clusion that a substantial proportion in- cludes several questions which are readily susceptible for use in carrying through a tacit policy of discrimination." But why present the opportunity for bi- ases to come into play. Much desired fur- ther investigation of a person's ability would be fostered if there were no subjective grounds on which a decision could be made. Already every institution of higher edu- cation (except religious schools) in the state of New York have removed objectionable questions from their application blanks. A Massachusetts law prohibits the use of such questions on college applications in that state. Rhode Island has ruled that when ap- plications contain inquiries "answers to which would directly or indirectly reveal the race, color, religion or ancestral ori- gin of an individual, all such questions must be completely deleted to comply with the law." At this University, it is clear that an ir- rational thing such as discrimination should be eliminated. The Deans should grasp the opportunity to wipe out the inequlity of educational opportunity which the question on their application blanks foster. -Paul Marx CURRENT MOVIES At The Michigan... THE HIDDEN ROOM with Robert New- ton, Naunton Wayne, Phil Brown and Sally Gray. THIS IS another of those taut little thrill- ers which the English do so well. Done with a carefully calculated lack of preten- sion, it chronicles the misadventures of a jealous psychiatrist who plans to do away with his wife's paramour. Whether he will be able to do this without detection and his quietly sinister preparations, form the major portion of the film's action. The au- dience is fully aware of what is happening at all times, which, while this device may lessen the plot's suspense somewhat, comes as a welcome diversion. Even the contents of the hidden room are -known to the au- dience and the principals, but this, in turn, does not mitigate the baleful implications of its intended use. Robert Newton's low-keyed performance as the homicidal psychiatrist is eminently successful. Quite in contrast to his usual flamboyant roles, he quietly builds up sus- pense by effectively underplaying his part. Naunton Wayne as the inevitable Scotland Yard detective is pleasantly casual about his duties and Phil Brown as the intended victim contributes much to the picture's suc- cess. While not especially edifying, it is a beau- tiful way of whiling away a couple of spare hours. -D. R. Crippen Looking Back 30 YEARS AGO THE UNIVERSITY reported an enrollment of 8,137 for the first semester of 1920, ."A it, in Tc n ..,.yrt-- .-. ns- - - r tp A "The Only Question Is, Whose Bipartisan Policy?" C, 1 j; i, ; (Continued from Page 3) ics, mechanical, naval architec- ture, and petroleum. These posi- candidates with a B.S. degree in tions are for grades GS-9 to GS- pharmacy, chemistry, chemical, 12. There isno closing date. e n g I n e e r i n g, pharmaceutical The City of Detroit Civil Ser- chemistry, bacteriology; M.S. de- vice Commission announces ex- 'gree in pharmacy, pharmaceutical aminations for Junior Account- c h e m i s t r y, chemistry, organic ant, Semi-Senior Accountant, and chemistry; and Ph.D. degree in Senior Accountant. Applications p h a r m a c y or pharmaceutical must be filed by Dec. 29. chemistry nhvsiol b hinh im w-. *.9 Y W .Jo54 iF. vS'r E XetteA TO THE EDITOR The Daily welcomes communications from its readers on matters of general interest, and will publish all letters which are signed by the writer and in good taste. Letters exceeding 300 words in length, defamatory or libelous letters, and letters which for any reason 'are not in good taste will be condensed, edited or withheld from publication at the discretion of the editors. uitioy, puys iogy, wocnemis- try, and chemical engineering. The United States Civil Service Commission announces the fol- lowing examinations: JUNIORj AGRICULTURAL A S SI S T ANT with options botanist, entomolo- gist, fishery biologist, forester, soil scientist, statistician, wildlife1 biologist; zoologist (parasitology including nematologists). Appli- cations must be filed by Jan. 9. ENGINEER with options aero- nautical, civil, electrical, electron- DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN The Connecticut State Person- nel Department announces an ex- amination for a Psychiatric So- cial Worker. Applications must be filed by Dec. 28. For further information con- cerning the above' announcements please call at the Bureau of Ap- pointments, 3528 Administration Bldg. Interviews, Women's Army Corps: Due to the increased interest in the training program for commis- have been indoctrinated with sioned officers in the Women's class distinction cannot readily Army Corps and the lack of time shed this attitude or accept for interviews this week, Captain another without first being edu- Biddle will be i the office of the cated, informed and reconciled to Bureau of Appointments again a new progressive cultural pat- on Tues., Dec. 19. Closing date tern . . . for this program is Jan. 15, and The fact remains that affiliated June as well as February gradu- groups have made great strides ates must make application at toward removing discriminatory' this time. For furtheiYinformation clauses from'their constitutions.I call at the Bureau of Appoint- In my opinion, the motion will ments, Room 3528, Administra" obstruct or destroy all the pro- tion Bldg. gress made by pioneers of equal- ity. Furthermore it will not only Lectures make those dissenters more vig- orous in the defense of their be- University Lecture Postponed: liefs but it will also force those The lecture by Paul Nettl on "The deliberators to make a decision German Lies in the 17th to the which ought to be and must be 19th Centuries," previpusly an- their own. No matter how you nounced for 4:15 Thursday after- disguise this time-limit plan it noon in the Rackham Assembly can be interpreted as nothing else Hall has been postponed due to but a threat or demand by force. illness. Instead, Dr. Willi Apel, Maybe not by 1956, nor by 19- author of the Harvard Diction- 60 will we have seen the end of nrvof -.,wl1 b .'* +1h 4 Student Morale 0 0 * WITH DREW PEARSON ASHINGTON - Those who sat in on W the prolonged talks with Prime Minis- ter Attlee and President Truman agreed that they set a new high-water mark for Anglo- American cooperation-something that had been needed for a long time. The two men talked as if they were fellow members of the same cabinet -- though the Prime Minister, in his frendly 'way, did more talking than the President. Attlee even told Truman quite frankly that both he and French Premier Pleven were worried over his growing opposition in Congress and wondered whether any military agreements, made now, would be honored in the new 82nd Congress. Presi- dent Truman later expressed some con- cern about this, and asked his staff to see what they could recommend to get the bipartisan foreign policy back on an even keel. However, despite the healthy Anglo-Amer- ican agreements to cooperate on economic matters and move for quick rearming of Europe, the two men remained far apart on policy toward Communist China. In fact, the only thing they agreed concerning China was to disagree. FIRM LAST-STAND IN KOREA A JOINT POLICY on the intermediate problem in Korea was a lot easier and here is how the Korean discussions progress- ed. Prime Minister Attlee arrived with the feeling that the United Nations would be better off if we pulled out of Korea alto- gether. His views were confirmed when Gen. Omar Bradley, Top Chief of Staff, gave an unvarnished account of the ter- rible casualties, and expressed doubt re- garding the wisdom of trying to hold a beachhead. The Joint Chiefs of Staff, incidentally, have been unanimous behind Bradley; be- lieve it might take as many as 50,000 casual- ties to maintain a beachhead. This view was seconded by the British Chief of Staff, Field Marshall Sir William Slim, who also doubted the wisdom of re- maining in Korea. NO-APPEASER ACHESON HOWEVER, Secretary of State Acheson took the opposite view. Though branded an appeaser by Republicans, Acheson was anything but an appeaser in the talks with Attlee. He argued that there were two ways of getting out of Korea-one to pull out, the other to get kicked out. To run out on a small country like Korea, he argued, would brand us as dishonorable, without courage, and a nation not to be trusted as an ally in the future.I If, on the other hand, we went down fighting to the last ditch and with colors flying, Acheson argued, our position would be far better in the eyes of the world4 Therefore, the Secretary of State urged that we keep at least a beachhead in Ko- rea, during which time we would do our best to improve our diplomatic bargaining posi- tion. President Truman vigorously supported his Secretary of State, and Prime Minis- ter Attlee, after listening to the arguments, changed his mind and agreed that Ache- son was right. The Joint Chiefs of Staff meanwhile es- timate that with enough warships standing off shore and pounding the enemy around a beachhead, plus enough airplanes overhead, they can defend an Allied toe hold in Korea indefinitely. *4 * * THE BLOCKADE OF CHINA H AVING AGREED to this, the next big question was joint Anglo-American dip- lomatic policy toward China. This was the most difficult nut to crack of all. In this case Acheson again proved to be anything but an appeaser. He favored a stiff straight-arm policy against the Chinese Communists, including a naval blockade and a, boycott. He proposed stationing the American and British fleets off the coast of China and preventing a single pound of merchandise or material from entering any Chinese port --until China was ready to revert to a peace- ful status. To the Editor: THERE HAVE BEEN two meet- ings reported this week which have shown a concern for stu- dent morale. The :first was a meeting of student leaders and University officials; the result of it was the message to keep faith with the future and devote ourselves to the work at hand from Provost Adams in Sunday's DAILY. Provost Adams' letter was called an "unprecedented" action. Tuesday afternoon at a meeting of student pastors, religious lead- ers also felt that this is a time that requires many "pnprece- dents." They decided to set a time when students and campus reli- gious leaders could come together to think out the philosophy which will determine their attitudes and actions in this world emergency. I was a part of this latter meet- ing and I feel, therefore, respon- sible to explain its significance. The intense concern which these men and women gave to the pre- sent student problem met the re- alities squarely. They do not feel that religion is an optimistic call for hope in the future. Men who have been in touch with religious men of other countries know the great trials they are facing now. We in this country have been an exception from the rest of the world but now we must realize that we may not have peace with- in our life time and we have to prepare for that fact. This preparation is not a sim- ple formula. No one knows better than religious leaders who have long worked with one another on this campus that there is no one set of answers they can give. It may seem often that the religious approach is too disunified to give us anything concrete to stand on. Yet these men feel that there is a very basic philosophy which un- dergirds the Judeo-Christian tra- dition and which is strong enough to withstand the pressures of to- day. With this in mind, the student pastors of this campus are com- ing together at Lane Hall Thurs- day evening at 7:30 to meet with all students who wish to come. Concrete proposals will be made representing five different reli- giousaapproaches to the problems we face as students and as citi- zens of this country and the world. The discussion which is scheduled to follow, led by Dr. McClusky, may enable us to clar- ify our own philosophy and to' know others who can help us fur- ther. -Rosemary Jones ** * Dead-End Road... To the Editor: THERE ARE twenty-thousand students enrolled in the Uni- versity of Michigan. If all of these students were suddenly an- nihilated, they would constitute only one-seventh of the human lives which were taken by the Atomic bomb dropped on Hiro- shima. Do we want this horrify- ing nightmare to repeat itself again in Korea? We certainly do not, and so that it will not happen again, we must not use the Atom bomb as a de- fensive measure in the Korean War. The total devastation that it has wrought should be sufficient proof, of what will happen if this is a third world war and the bomb is used as an armament of de- fense. What is freedom if it is gained with such brutal force which can only have catas- trophe as its aftermath? The United States has always been a peacemaker, a country whose people cringed at the thought of such uncivilized 'me- thods of warfare. It was necessary to use the Atom bomb in World War II. At the time of its use we had reached a crisis in that war. Although it took countless lives, many more were saved by its use in bringing an end to the war that might still be raging today. We are not yet at such a crisis in the Korean War. The use of the Atom bomb now will not save lives, but it will bring on a war which will take countless more. Ignore all of the former facts if you wish and the moral wrong of this act still persists. If pos- sible, someday, we want to have peace in this world. The anni- hilation of millions of innocent people is not going to do the trick. Man, through scientific pro- gress has paved his own "dead end road." Unless he uses this progress wisely, he has devised a method for total destruction of the earth, although few realize it. The atom bomb used in Korea would surely bring on a third world war and a third world war now can end in nothing but disaster. The crisis is not yet here. Rus- sia is not ready to declare war be- cause her armaments are not yet built up andtbecause she does not feel her purpose has been fully achieved by the war in the pup- pet states. Wait! Do not use this devastating weapon now. Try by patience and understanding to avert a crisis which will necessi- tate its use. We are now halfway down the "dead end road." Thought and persistencewill turn us back the other way. -Barbara Gressa S* * * Time-Limit . To the Editor- B A very close margin a pro- posal was recently passed by the Student Legislature asking the Student Affairs Committee -to deny recognition to any campus group which has not removed dis- criminatory clauses from its con- stitutions by 1956. An attempt to clarify the pro- posal was made in aafour-man debate Tuesday night at the Ar- chitecture Auditorium. After two hours of controversial debate the only. colplusion or clarification was again in a word, controver- sial. To some of us this proposal seems ridiculous . . . Advocators of this proposal should realize that this question has naturally been discussed by the majorities in their own individual groups. However, the problem requires no small amount of tact and di- plomacy. A group cannot afford an open split and still function successfully as a unit. Those who this unjust and unfounded dis- crimination and hypocrisy but we are healing this sore of our democracy with amazing rapidity. It wouldsbe unwise andsunfortu- nate to set back or destroy that progress we have already made. We are facing this problem where it should be faced, amid the doers in future America; let's, not be impetuous and try to build Rome in a day. Print, educate, in- form and discuss, that is con- structive, but don't threat or de- mand in a democracy,that is de- structive. -Richard D. Helmrich * * * Movie Ciliicisms . ..* ary oz 1VsC, Wil eecure aL ne same time1 in the Rackham Am- phitheatre, on "The Organ Chor- ale Prelude Before Bach." University Lecture: Willi Ap- el, author of "Harvard Diction- ary of Music," will be heard in a public lecture at 4:15; Thursday afternoon, Dec. 14, in the Rack- ham Amphitheatre. A Professor of Music at Indiana University, Apel will speak on "The Or- gan Prelude Before Bath." Originally scheduled to lecture during the Second Semester, Dr. Apel will appear at this time in place of Paul Nettl who was com- pelled to postpone his , visit be- cause of illness. To the Editor: An illustrated lecture on some =DO NOT envy the job of the phases of his botanical experien- critic for each individual who; ces in Northern Alaska will be participates in the experience of given by Dr. Ira L. Wiggins, at art or drama or music brings to 4:15 p.m., Fri., Dec. 15, Rackham that experience a background of Amphitheatre. Dr. Wiggins is pro- personal events which to a certain fessor of Botany at the Stanford extent interpret the meaning of University and is on leave of ab- the piece. sence from his university position This truth notwithstanding, I' for the current year to take over was surprised at the superficial- the Directorship of the Arctic ity of D. R. Crippen's movie re- Institute at Point Barrow, Alaska. view of "The Next Voice You (Continued on Page 5) Hear-." Here, it seemed to me that Hollywood courageously (if courage is necessary( to deal with important ideas) has dealt with a question which is at the very core of our ailing society. The re- presentation of the modern com- mon man, a victim of the inse- curities and fears and monoton- ies of existence-sometimes trans- formed by the love for his wife and child but by-and-large too weak to alone meet the futility of - r. a materially sufficient but spirit-t ually pointless existence. The comic but tragic character of the - bar scene displays a man driven - to 'escape even by the ordinary Sixty-First Year frustrations of life. The movie Edited and managed by students of is a fantasy and yet it reveals that the University of Michigan under the the real and holy sacraments are authority of the Board in Control of the times of crisis when God speaks to man whether through the radio or through his heart. The reviewer suggested that the' ideals of the Sermon on the Mount are "disingenuous" in these "intensely realistic" times. Be- yond the inappropriateness of; statements in this area in a mov- ie review, I submit that such a judgement is totally false. Indeed, the self-giving love is the only practical and workable way for man to rid himself of the fears which build the barriers between. men and engender suspicions flowering into mistrust and hate. -George Edgar Bradley, Grad. Movie Criticisms . . Student Publications. Editorial Staff Jim Brown.........Managihg Editor Paul Brentlinger............City Editor Roma Lipsky........ Editorial Director Dave Thomas.........Feature Eidtor Janet Watts...........Associate Editor Nancy Bylan...........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 Bob Mersereau....... Finance Manager Carl Breitkreitz....Circulation Manager Telephone 23-24-1 I mn fhe Wal+.nr. 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