rIHl MICHLIGAN DAILY Dan gerousTrend "I -'.4 IN A FRENZY to strengthen defenses against Communism, this nation has adopted some of the aspects of Soviet prac- tice it most opposes. The moral of the fable (Thurber, circa 1930) that you might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too ar backward has been forgotten. Laws have been passed and programs approved which undermine freedom and are, at best, self-defeating. The most outstanding example is the Mc- Parran Act. This was intended to be a death- blow to the American Communist Party. But 4t has only made the party's activities more secretive. The barring of reporters from many meetings at the recent Communist Party convention which had been open at past conventions gives some indication of this. Besides failing to 'pchieve its intended purpose, the bill has backfired at the ex- pense of many innocent persons, making them victims of its nefarious alien regis- tration and immigration provisions. Thus, after years of damning Russia's Iron Cur- tain, we established our own, at the same .time seriously undermining basic civil Hi- berties. If legislators are constructively interested in the nation's safety, they should replace the existing untenable act with something similar to the original Kilgore proposal. This provided for the detention of Communists in case of all-out war with Russia. ANOTHER CASE in point is the federal loyalty program. A recently published study, conducted at Cornell University, con- cludes that the present loyalty and security measures have damaged the morale and deputation of many loyal Americans, check- d the free flow of scientific ideas and ham- ered the, obtaining of new scientists. The I Al UNTIL JAN. 20 the Rackham Gallery will display one of the most interesting shows of the year from the progressive, ex- gerimental viewpoint: the abstractions of Prof. GEROME KAMROWSKI of the Col- lege of Architecture and Design. This ob- scurely conceptual but powerful art is es- sentially a pictorial report on the first grant awarded an artist by the ~Rackham trustees for research abroad. The scope of Kamrowpki's research- In Paris-is embodied in the show itself, which is introduced by understatements as "Experiments in actual paintings, ex- ploiting the new painting techniques, methods of composition, color relation- ships, linear structure, and possibilities of expression." During his sojourn in Paris he executed many rubbings of Egyptian and medieval tomb carvings, and of the walls and even the streets of Paris themselves, the latter contributing the ornate exuberance of a manhole cover and a crude death's-head characteristic of the timeless graffiti of a venerable center of civilization-as anony- mous as the zoomorphic scratichings of Paleolithic cave dwellers. Beyond such memorabilia and source materials the artist, on his return from Paris, brought only the slowly assimilated impressions that matured subsequently in his work of the past year, a body of work. which can be divided into four groupings: the large oils, the smaller paintings in dif- ferent media, and two very new departures- one the sand paintings, the other the small Egyptian-inspired panels. AMROWSKI'S WORK in sand is about as'close to a truly original expression as a modern painter can approach, and it is my guess that these weird creations will be a perplexing novelty to most spectators. Not only sand, but sometimes even gravel, in a binder of varnish, may be built up almost sculpturally, giving the appearance of topographical reliefs. "Ce- lestial" is a startling sight to eyes accus- tomed to the more traditional-and will doubtless not fulfill a "popular" role. Its basic structure (in three-dimensional terms) is contrived through a pyramided montage of heavy cardboard polygons, on which the sand is plastered, then overlaid with wormlike extrusions of pigment di- rect from the tube. Here, as in most of the sand examples, aluminum paint has been applied with an insecticide sprayer. The total effect is bizarre in the extreme. Other metallic colors, as well as those of a more conventional palette, are sprayed in pastel blendings on the other sand, paint- ings, most of which are incised with primi- tive symbols. Among the most eye-dazzling examples is "Frozen," whose frosty granules literally scintillate against the contrasting nuances of blue and pink. "Figure" is an eerie at- tenuation of form insinuated on a narrow vertical which gaudily combines sand, metal, and oil pigments, trickled ingeniously. * *, * KAMROWSKI'S passionate search for re- lease from the constraint of convention is no less apparent in the flat panels of Egyptian influence, such as the extraordi- nary "Le Serpent at l'Etoile," with its un- easy suggestion of ancient occultism in the almost heraldic image of the winged serpent, whose three heads rear in profile above the foutr striding legs. This group of small panels is easily loyalty program, established to see that dis- loyal persons are not given responsible gov- ernment jobs, has instead discouraged quali- fied men from entering government and promoted a trend toward conformist think- ing. Again, this is a program which verges on totalitarianism in its limitations on free thought. It is also self-defeating in hampering the very scientific research it seeks to promote. This is not to imply, nor did the Cornell study conclude, that we should have no loyalty program. It means, rather, that we need a studied revamping. of the program which would provide necessary security while eliminating over-zealous control. STILL ANOTHER aspect of this malignant near-sightedness is the, loyalty oath. In- stitutions requiring these oaths, such as the University of California for example, are apparently blind to the substantially es- tablished fact that the Communist party warmly sanctions lying when it serves the party's interest. Active Communists are the first to sign such oaths, loyal Americans actively interested in the preservation of civil liberties are the first to be adversely affected by the requirement. The entire loyalty oath program was characterized about two years ago by Governor Williams as "not worth two cents." Inflation since then hasn't raised this value. The only thing to do with the loyalty oath is to bury it deep enough so that it does not crop up again. If we do not halt these repugnant security efforts, we may find that ill-advised at- tempts to preserve freedom have succeeded in killing it. Such a self-inflicted defeat would be more complete and destructive than any Russia could hope to accomplish. -Roma Lipsky RT+ THOMAS L. STOKES: GP Leaders WASHINGTON - The new 82nd Cong- ress, which will be with us for the next two years, will form the backdrop for a dramatic battle for control of the Republi- can party. The verdict will come at the par- ty's national convention a year and a half from now in preparation for the 1952 presi- dential election. The lines were being drawn as the new Congress assembled around two outstand- ing party figures. On the one hand, Herbert Hoover, the only living ex-President, holding out the symbol of "A Western Hemisphere Gibral- tar of Western Hemisphere Civilization," which immediately was tagged as "Isola- tionism" not only by Democrats, including President Truman, but also by many Re- publicans. On the other hand, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the party's titular lead- er, with his counter appeal to develop and strengthen our allies so that we may not be isolated. "Gosh, If it , PRO%M x . VAPARPS AgROAP FOR?_INN/A STATMOOD' FOR ALASkA AVNWi o {ST 16-IVJII , .WWOO Only We Had More People On Our Side!" DALC ALYANuY 11, 1951 * .. * through an irregular pigment. template of polished ** * THE MOST SUCCESSFUL of the recent paintings, to my taste, are the large oils and the taintings of intermediate size, in such media as casein, or mixed media. "Mouvement Interne" and "Fete de Cristal," typical of the large canvases, are saturated with color, brushed on so thinly that the texture of the canvas is revealed. "M. Horror dans l'Arbre," al- though generally abstract, has near- human shapes and is remarkable for transparent effects of rich red suggesting blood-suffused organs luminous against a dark background. (M. Horror, who has made an appearance in a number of Kam- rowski's post-war paintings, is the con- cretion of that global miasma of doom that infects the civilization of the atomic age.) In 'fact "organic" is the word that best describes the images in all of this group-- a characteristic deriving from Kamrowski's earlier abstractions; with the significant ad- dition in most of these of rectilinear geo- metric elements. Recent works also seem less involved-at the same time less pre- cise, less explicit. In a few of them anthro- pomorphous patterns are dimly recogniz- able, whereas such magnificent earlier con- ceptions in the west room as "Nu a Cheval," "Oeil Totemique," and "Constellation Femme" are convoluted fantasies of vascu- lar forms, spiky globules, cellular nuclei, and linear currents of growth and movement that relate the tree, the river, and the nervous system. Mutually identified in the morphological cycle of man's internal life are the protozoan microcosm and the galac- tial macrocosm. ALL IS TRANSLUCENT and penetrable, for, as Andre Breton wrote on the occa- sion of the "Bloodflames 1947" exhibit at the Hugo Gallery: "If, in the living substance, it is the peripheral elements (hard and well-dif- ferentiated) which assure the architec- tural stability, we must not forget that it is the nucleus (colloidal by nature) which governs the maintenance of life. All of Kamrowski's attention has been brought to bear on the energizing function of absorption and emission, which to a great extent determines corporal structure. He makes us a witness at the formation of these structures, contrary to all those who limit themselves by presenting the surface to us." Of the enormous new paintings "Prisme Magnetique" is outstanding and a conspicu- ous shift in style from the paintings of the west room. Superimposed on the fluid or- ganization of the latter we now see angular planes, articulating the prismatic refrac- tion of light, creating moving figures out of the crystalline fracture of atmosphere. But it is in several of the smaller works, notably "Sanctuary," that the most dar- ing and abandoned use of color can be found. Here spatial organization through color reaches the ultimate. Pigments are used with the greatest freedom, splattered and incised, but not without control and meaning. Space recession occurs in sharp jumps through the chromatic "double rhythm" of juxtaposed complementaries. Ocular concentration on this for a few moments will prove a singular experience. Kamrowski's contribution has already BOTH THESE LEADERS are outside Con- gress. But the impact of their conflict- ing viewpoints was evident in discussion among Republican members of the new Congress in which the party will have such a strong voice, much more potent than in the last Congress. 14 Governor Dewey clearly intends to seize and exercise the leadership of the internationalist wing of his party by utilizing the forum afforded by the Gov- ernor's seat at Albany. This was apparent when he took the occasion of his inaugur- ation for a third term to devote virtually his whole address to foreign policy. In so doing, he lost no time in picking up the gage thrown down by Herbert Hoover. By this same gesture, too, he sang out his challenge to the outstanding Repub- lican leader in Congress, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who still is identified, as he has been previously, with the more nation- alist rpidwest wing of the party. Senator Taft becomes the natural legatee of what- ever sentiment, in and out of congress, was stirred up by Mr. Hoover. That has been considerable, at least for the moment. SENATOR TAFT manifestly has in his camp a majority of Republicans in con- gress. He has the advantage, too, of his presence there. But, by the same token, he is more vulnerable because of that fact. He must go on record constantly on the for- eign policy issues as they develop and must bear much responsibility for the Republican attitude in Congress.* In Governor Dewey's favor, looked at long range, is the fact that his inter- nationalist wing of the party, while less influential in Congress, has been trium- phant in the last three national conven- tions over the Taft forces, both in plat- form and in candidates - Wendell L. Wilikie in 1940 and himself in 1944 and 1948. Politically, the Hoover speech was a break for Tom Dewey. He was quick to pick up the ball. It gave him a chance to draw the issue broadly on cooperation, with our al- lies, now a fundamental of foreign policy generally accepted by our people. He main- tained his Republicanism by the criticism he has voiced so often before of the admin- istration's Chinese policy and of its defense policy which he said, had "allowed the mightiest force on earth, our naval, air and ground forces to disintegrate." Once again Tom Dewey is much in the national Republican picture. (Copyright, 1950, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) CURRENT MOVIES At The Michigan .. . STATE SECRET with Douglas Fair- banks, Jr., Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins and Herbert Lom. THIS NEAT little thriller produced in England is a good example of what can be done with tight direction, a simple, but provocative story line, and intelligent per- formances. The story concerns an American doc- tor who is flown to a fictitious central European police state (which looks suspi- ciously like Yugoslavia) to perform an operation on its ailing dictator. When the general dies of complications, the doctor's life expenctancy dives to zero and the chase is on. The trick is to get out of the heavily-guarded country with no resources, faced by a hostile citizenry with the ubi- quitous state police dogging his every step. How this is accomplished is achieved with nice, melodramatic effect and the suspense is never very far away. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. looks good in muf- ti again and is just right for the role of the harried doctor. As the Minister of State who is faced with keeping the totalitarian fa- cade from crumbling, Jack Hawkins is prop- erly sinister. However, one of the best things in the picture is Herbert Lom's brief, but important bit as the doctor's reluctant bene- factor. His performance is a delight to watch and, for that matter, so is the picture. IetteAJ TO The Daily welcomes communicat general interest, and will publish allI and in good taste. Letters exceeding libelous letters, and letters which for2 be condensed, edited or withheld from editors. Re ply to Seltzer To the Editor: IN A RECENT Daily I noticed a letter by Dr. H. S. Seltzer. He is another advocate of World Gov- ernment, according to his letter. What I would like to know is, what makes him think that a su- pranational government will solve all our difficulties? The impracti- bilities of World Government are well-known to everyone and I don't think I need elaborate on them here, but the simple fact that the Soviet Union is not co-operat- ing in the United Nations today should certainly make it clear to all of us that they would have no intentions of co-operating in a much larger World Government. Mr. Seltzer made the very bold statement that "This is no time to pray to God for guidance . .." in this letter, and added that the only help there is left will come from a strong police force of the world. Well, if the time has come in America when such an attitude prevails, I can only say, God for- give us! Granted that we must have a strong army and navy to defend ourselves with, but there is always time for prayer, it seems to me. Christ said, "Call upon Me in the day of trouble . . ." Perhaps if more people in America would do this, we would not be in the ter- rible plight we now find ourselves. There is still a just God in Hea- ven who guides the destinies of nations, and I may quote the words of a great leader of yesterday, "with confidence in our armed forces; with the unbounding de- termination of our people; we will gain the inevitable triumph, so help us God!" Yes, now is the time to pray, America, before it's too late. --Gene Mossner, '52 *: %* *f THE EDITOR ions from its readers on mattersof letters which are signed by the writer 300 words in length, defamatory or any reason are not in good taste will u publication at the discretion of the "Isn't any alternative better than war?" Perhaps if we should try to negotiate without being afraid that we might in some way "appease" the opposing forces,put more mo- ney into supporting the four-point program, or even, if other alterna- tives fail, resort to "passive re- sistance", we might "yet find some humane way in which disputes be- tween nations can be settled and keep our future from looking like a nightmare.3 -Pat McMahon Why Michigan Won... FIVE-and-fifty was the number That left Ann Arbor town, Cross the prairies and the moun- tains To take back the football crown. And I saw them as they came and left The L. A. Big Ten's feast, No Flag of Stars to greet them: These contenders from the East. But only silly song and dance And ancient wisecrack toast: The condition of our Nation's life On this Pacific coast. But 'fore they joined in football strife, These Five-and-fifty men, Paid tribute to their Country And the Flag that shelters them. Their band struck up the Anthem Heard often in their land, At which their training taught them To bare the head and stand. And .as the Stars and Stripes were raised To greet the mighty throng, The lungs of Five-and-fifty men Sent forth the Patriot's Song. Their duty to their Country done, And then the football game, No foul or underhanded trick Detracted from their fame. And when the game was ended, And theirs the football crown, Homeward their way they wended, To old Ann Arbor town. -Charles Cottingham * * * Gratitude . . To the Editors: WOULD LIKE to tell you how a Japanese' student spent his Christmas vacation, moved by tears of gratitude by the warm friendship and love of American educators and their youngsters .. . Cold wind began to blow and Christmas was coming on. Every American student began to wear a happy look. This time of the year is also the happiest time to us Japanese. I was naturally begin- ning to feel homesick and remind- ed from time to time of happy moments I would have back in Japan. Just then I received a let- ter from certain Americans then living in Florida, saying I might go and see them there. Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw are their names. Both of them are educators and operate a small private school in Michigan in the Warm season. With the coming of the cold sea- L (continued from Page 3) Insured Group Retirement Plans. or industrial engineer and two Algebra (I) Seminar: Thurs., electrical engineers. Some ex- Jan. 11, 4 p.m., Room 3011, An- perience is preferred, but recent gell Hall. Mr. D. W. Wall will graduates will be considered. speak on "The Dimension of Al The American Radiator & Stan- gebraic Varieties." dard - Sanitary Corp. of Yonkers, New York, needs mechanical en- Orientation Seminar in Mathe- gineers, graduating in February, matics: Meeting, Thurs., Jan. 11, to work in appliance testing in 4 p.m., Room 3001, Angell Hall. their Gas Dept. and in Air Con- Mr. Kleinman will speak on "The ditioning Research. For further Interior of a Square as a Con- information concerning these tinuous Curve." jobs, call at the Bureau of Ap- pointments, Room 3528, Admin- Seminar in Applied Mathema- istration Bldg. tics: Thurs., Jan., 11, 4 p.m., Room 247, W. Engineering Bldg. L t eProf. G. E. Hay will speak on ectueOs "The dynamics of a body of vari- University Lecture, auspices of able mass." the Department of Philosophy. " Thinking." Professor Gilbert Doctoral Examination for Mar- Ryle, Oxford University, England. ion Emmett McArtor, Musico- Fri., Jan. 12, 8 p.m., 1025 Angell logy; thesis: "Geminiani, Com- Hall. poser and Theorist," Thurs., Jan. 11, East Council Room, Rackham University Lecture, auspices of Bldg., 3 p.m. Chairman, J. H. the Department of History and Lowell. the School of Education. "Who Teaches American History?"Dr A. C. Krey, Professor of History, Concerts University of Minnesota. 4:15 p.- Erica Morini, violinist; Leon m., Fri., Jan. 12, Rackham Am- Pommers at the piano; will be phitheatre. heard in the seventh concert in the Choral Union Series, Thurs- University Lecture, sponsored by day evening, Jan. 11 at 8:30 in the Geology Department, "Tec- Hill Auditorium. tonic Framework of North Am- Miss Morini will play the Mo- erica" (illustrated), Dr. Armand zart Concerto No. 5'in A major; Eardley, Professor of Geology at Leo Weiner's Sonata in F-sharp University of Utah, Jan. 12, 8 major, No. 2, which will be heard a:., Science Auditorium, Natur- for the first time in Ann Arbor; al Science Bldg. Dr. Eardley is and compositions by Vivaldi-Cor- the distinguished lecturer selected ti; Tartini; Castelnuovo; and by the American Association of Sarasate. Petroleum Geologists for their _____ current lecture tour. ____ Events Today Academic Notices Canterbury Club: 10 15 a.m, History 11, Lecture Group 2: Holy Communion- Final Exam will be held in Wa- terman Gym. American Society of Civil En- History 91: Final Exam will be gineers, Student Branch: Joint held in 1025 A.H. meeting with Chi Epsilon and I.- T.E.; 7:30 p.m., Room 1213, E. Make-up exam for Geology 12: Engineering Bldg. The A.S.C.E. Fri., Jan. 12, 3 p.m., Room 3056, will elect officers for "the coming Natural Science Bldg. year. Movies. Astronomical Colloquium: Fri., Women's Glee Club: Rehearsal, Jan., 12, 4:15 p.m., Observatory. 7:10 p.m. Speaker:. Mr. William Liller, "Astronomical Photo - electric Student Science Society: Pro- Photometry." gram and meeting, 7:30 p.m., Room 1400, Chemistry Bldg. Dean Actuarial Seminar: Fri., Jan. R. A. Sawyer will speak and show 12, 3 p.m. Miss Marjorie Van- color motion pictures of the Bi- Eenam will begin a discussion of kini atomic atom bomb tests. All interested persons are invited. son, they shifted the scl}ool to A Bill of 4 One-Act Plays pre- Florida. sented by the Department of I was of course very eager to go Speech at Lydia Mendelssohn to this southern part of the coun- 'Theatre, tonight and tomorrow try. . . . night, 8 p.m. The roster of plays The Sunshine State was won- include two one-acts written by derful. However it was by the University students: "The Woods warm heart and love of the peo- Are Still" and "Boke's Friends" .ple around me that I was really and "Aria Da Capo" by Edna St. moved. The two educators did me Vincent Millay and "Wurze- everything they could in their Flummery," by A. A. Milne. Tick- power. They are by no means mil- ets on sale at the Mendelssohn lionaires, but just leading a plain (continued on Page 5) but wholesome life, as is the case with an educator of every coun- try. Their schoolr children were very nice too. They extended to me a hand of warm friendship and love. I was not a Japanese there. I found myself to be one of the family.. . . We were one and the same after all! This was a great discovery to me. With the end of the Christmas vacation I had to say goodbye to those dear people-the most un- forgettable people in the world. Smaller kids kissed me a fare- well. Warm hands were exchanged. Farewell gifts were given me, andSxy--i they even provided me with food Sixty-First Year enough to support me during my Edited and managed by students of trip back. Thinking of their kind- theouniversity of Michigan under the authority of the Board In Control of ness, I had never found the Amer- Student Publications. ican food so delicious. Thus I found myself continuing a happy Editorial Staff trip back to Michigan. From time Jim Brown.........Managing Editor to time, I was wiping out my tears, Paul Brentinger... ......City Editor which I could not suppress. Roma Lipsky........ Editorial Director Dave Thbmas............Feature Elidtor It is from these people that' a Janet Watts............Associate Editor better world is born. I was filled Nancy Bylan........Associate Editor with a greater sense of my mis- James Gregory........Associate Editor sion and promised to fulfill it. Bob Sandell....AssocIate Sports Editor The United States is a great coun- Bill Brenton. ...Associate Sports Editor try. I have now realized this great- Barbara cans.........Women's Editor ness both externally and inter- Pat Brownson Associate Women's .Editor nally. Takao Muto Grad. Business Staff B n D nnits _ . B usiness Managel M r< t r t y t', E "fi, ' , :' t 4 _ _ a Peace Possibility . 0 , To the Editor: WE HAVE JUST finished fight- ing one world war and now, only a few years later,dPresident Truman has announced, "a na- tional emergency, which requires that the military, air, and civilian defenses of this country be strengthened as speedily as possi- ble . .." If we should go into an- other war at this time, what have we and the generations that fol- low to look forward to? If we sur- vive another war, is there any certainty that there won't be a recurrence? Are we to live in times of constant tension and fear for the rest of our lives? Will we con- tinue to kill people and destroy land? Will we pour funds into armaments at the expense of edu- cation, foreign aid, and non-mili- tary research? These are only a few questions that come to mind at the present time. A glance into the future makes a person wonder whether the great expenditure of lives and time and money is really worth the existence he will be forced to live, if he is not killed fighting, himself, or the victim of an atom or hydrogen bomb. It seems to me "the time has long since come to ask ourselves the even more important question, N F n * * * Art Exhibit . . To the Editors: THE KAMROWSKI show at the Rackham Galleries is the best I've seen in Ann Arbor. When a guy can, out of all the things, and shapes there are select thel few that mean what he feels as skillfully as this and present them with this kind of impact, it sends me for one down on my figurative knees. -David Vance flop Lianieis..,....... ..susine .--....bs Walter Shapero Assoc. Business Manager Paul Schaible... . 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